Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix warning at fs/dcache.c:430 dentry_free

From: Al Viro

Date: Mon Apr 06 2026 - 17:06:42 EST


On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 10:43:57PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:

> > BTW, could you reproduce it on viro/vfs.git #work.dcache-busy-wait? It's possible
> > that changes in there might accidentally fix that, and if they did it would narrow
> > the things down a lot.
>
> Ok, will try.
> Please note that building kernel/ installing / running dpkg build takes hours & days,
> so it may take quite some time until I come back here....

Which kernel(s) had that been reproduced on, BTW?

Incidentally, can that be reproduced on any of qemu-based setups? And do you need
to build the kernel natively? Debian kernels can be cross-built, after all...