Branch b1_8_gate

b=16578
o=adilger

A faster way to get long string.

diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index ec20bce..3cf672d 100644 (file)
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -445,9 +445,7 @@ run_test 17e "symlinks: create recursive symlink (should return error) ===="
 
 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
 }