FYI, I'm seeing this in a rawhide VM using ext4, but only twice, and since then 20 trials with no failure.
FAIL: test-fdutimensat (exit: 134) ================================== test-utimens.h:109: assertion failed It never fails when run by itself. I.e., the failure happens only when running many in parallel via e.g., make -j20 check -C gnulib-tests I'll add some instrumentation eventually. Here's the relevant code. Line 109 is the final ASSERT: /* Set both times. */ { struct timespec ts[2] = { { Y2K, BILLION / 2 - 1 }, { Y2K, BILLION - 1 } }; ASSERT (func (BASE "file", ts) == 0); ASSERT (stat (BASE "file", &st2) == 0); ASSERT (st2.st_atime == Y2K); ASSERT (0 <= get_stat_atime_ns (&st2)); ASSERT (get_stat_atime_ns (&st2) < BILLION / 2); ASSERT (st2.st_mtime == Y2K); ASSERT (0 <= get_stat_mtime_ns (&st2)); ASSERT (get_stat_mtime_ns (&st2) < BILLION); if (check_ctime) ASSERT (st1.st_ctime < st2.st_ctime || (st1.st_ctime == st2.st_ctime && get_stat_ctime_ns (&st1) < get_stat_ctime_ns (&st2))); }