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diff --git a/tests/dd/nocache.sh b/tests/dd/nocache.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure dd handles the 'nocache' flag
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ dd
+
+# This should not call posix_fadvise
+dd iflag=nocache oflag=nocache if=/dev/null of=/dev/null || fail=1
+
+# We should get an error for trying to process a pipe
+dd count=0 | returns_ 1 dd iflag=nocache count=0 || fail=1
+
+# O_DIRECT is orthogonal to drop cache so mutually exclusive
+returns_ 1 dd iflag=nocache,direct if=/dev/null || fail=1
+
+# The rest ensure that the documented uses cases
+# proceed without error
+for f in ifile ofile; do
+  dd if=/dev/zero of=$f conv=fdatasync count=100 || framework_failure_
+done
+
+# Advise to drop cache for whole file
+if ! dd if=ifile iflag=nocache count=0 2>err; then
+  # We could check for 'Operation not supported' in err here,
+  # but that was seen to be brittle. HPUX returns ENOTTY for example.
+  # So assume that if this basic operation fails, it's due to lack
+  # of support by the system.
+  warn_ 'skipping part; this file system lacks support for posix_fadvise()'
+  skip=1
+fi
+
+if test "$skip" != 1; then
+  # Ensure drop cache for whole file
+  dd of=ofile oflag=nocache conv=notrunc,fdatasync count=0 || fail=1
+
+  # Drop cache for part of file
+  dd if=ifile iflag=nocache skip=10 count=10 of=/dev/null || fail=1
+
+  # Stream data just using readahead cache
+  dd if=ifile of=ofile iflag=nocache oflag=nocache || fail=1
+fi
+
+Exit $fail