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From: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "fs/namei.c: keep track of nd->root refcount status" causes boot panic
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 19:22:41 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+G9fYtQLLTWNNqb289Q+tCLgZ72mXeqmUweTMJF69MBh+8GDA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190903133134.GG1131@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

Hi

On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 19:01, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 01:37:19PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 12:21:36AM -0400, Qian Cai wrote:
> > > The linux-next commit "fs/namei.c: keep track of nd->root refcount status” [1] causes boot panic on all
> > > architectures here on today’s linux-next (0902). Reverted it will fix the issue.
> >
> > <swearing>
> >
> > OK, I see what's going on.  Incremental to be folded in:
>
> ... or, better yet,
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
> index 20ce2f917ef4..397a08ade6a2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/namei.h
> +++ b/include/linux/namei.h
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
>  #define LOOKUP_NO_REVAL                0x0080
>  #define LOOKUP_JUMPED          0x1000
>  #define LOOKUP_ROOT            0x2000
> -#define LOOKUP_ROOT_GRABBED    0x4000
> +#define LOOKUP_ROOT_GRABBED    0x0008
>
>  extern int path_pts(struct path *path);
>

I have applied above patch and tested on arm64 juno-r2 and boot pass [1].
Thanks for the fix patch.

>
> to avoid breaking out-of-tree stuff for now good reason.
> Folded and pushed out.

[1] https://lkft.validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/898187#L511

- Naresh

      reply	other threads:[~2019-09-03 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-03  4:21 "fs/namei.c: keep track of nd->root refcount status" causes boot panic Qian Cai
2019-09-03  5:22 ` Dexuan-Linux Cui
2019-09-03  5:50   ` Dexuan Cui
2019-09-03  6:00     ` Dexuan Cui
2019-09-03  8:13 ` Naresh Kamboju
2019-09-03  9:08   ` Sachin Sant
2019-09-03 12:37 ` Al Viro
2019-09-03 13:04   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-03 13:48     ` Al Viro
2019-09-03 13:50       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-03 13:53         ` Al Viro
2019-09-03 15:39           ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-03 17:56             ` Al Viro
2019-09-04 12:39               ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-05  9:13                 ` Naresh Kamboju
2019-09-05 16:46                   ` Al Viro
2019-09-05 12:17               ` Kevin Easton
2019-09-03 21:30         ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-09-03 13:31   ` Al Viro
2019-09-03 13:52     ` Naresh Kamboju [this message]

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