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b=16578
o=adilger

A faster way to get long string.

diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 89ea9f6..95a6ac5 100644 (file)
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -466,9 +466,7 @@ run_test 17f "symlinks: long and very long symlink name ========================
 
 test_17g() {
         mkdir -p $DIR/$tdir
-        for ((i = 0; i < 511; ++i)); do
-                LONGSYMLINK="${LONGSYMLINK}01234567"
-        done
+        LONGSYMLINK="$(dd if=/dev/zero bs=4095 count=1 | tr '\0' 'x')"
         ln -s $LONGSYMLINK $DIR/$tdir/$tfile
         ls -l $DIR/$tdir
 }