From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: tools@kernel.org
Cc: konstantin@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [BUG] b4: assertion error with `b4 send`
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:23:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878q8ujbqs.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
Hi,
I got this assertion error when sending patches today:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/bin/.b4-wrapped", line 9, in <module>
sys.exit(cmd())
~~~^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/command.py", line 512, in cmd
cmdargs.func(cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/command.py", line 95, in cmd_send
b4.ez.cmd_send(cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/ez.py", line 2352, in cmd_send
reroll(mybranch, tag_msg, cl_msgid)
~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/ez.py", line 2491, in reroll
store_cover(new_cover, tracking)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/ez.py", line 749, in store_cover
run_frf(frf)
~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "/nix/store/rnbga7cjzjihq8qayhm2fdpq18g49dwm-b4-0.15.2/lib/python3.13/site-packages/b4/ez.py", line 157, in run_frf
frf.run()
~~~~~~~^^
File "/nix/store/xl7fx5x8g52g03npg1dpjzvaiijpv98z-python3.13-git-filter-repo-2.47.0/lib/python3.13/site-packages/git_filter_repo.py", line 4936, in run
self._record_metadata(self.results_tmp_dir(), self._orig_refs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/xl7fx5x8g52g03npg1dpjzvaiijpv98z-python3.13-git-filter-repo-2.47.0/lib/python3.13/site-packages/git_filter_repo.py", line 4767, in _record_metadata
self._compute_metadata(metadata_dir, orig_refs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/xl7fx5x8g52g03npg1dpjzvaiijpv98z-python3.13-git-filter-repo-2.47.0/lib/python3.13/site-packages/git_filter_repo.py", line 4712, in _compute_metadata
assert(usoa == intermediate) # old wasn't pruned => usoa == intermediate
It looks like everything is OK and b4 set up for the next spin, cover
letter looks right.
I observed this on nixos first with b4 0.14.3 via nixpkgs 25.05, then
upgraded to 0.15.2 via nixpkgs unstable.
Best regards,
Andreas
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 20:23 Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-06-04 20:47 ` [BUG] b4: assertion error with `b4 send` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2026-06-05 8:07 ` Andreas Hindborg
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