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

[Helge Deller]

On 4/6/26 23:10, Al Viro wrote:
> 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?

This happened with all Debian kernels from (at least, maybe earlier) 6.16 up to 6.19.
 
> 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...
I know, and I do in some cases.
Nevertheless, everthing takes often longer than expected... :-(

Helge