Re: [PATCH] dcache: add extra sanity checks of the dentry in dentry_free()

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:29:48 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> If d_flags isn't what we expect, then it's good to display it. Add a new
> DENTRY_WARN_ONCE() macro that also displays d_flags for the dentry.
> Change D_FLAG_VERIFY() to call that instead of a generic WARN_ON_ONCE().
> 
> Change the existing hlist_unhashed() check in dentry_free() to use the
> new macro, and add checks for other invariants of a dead dentry. Notably:
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.2.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.misc

[1/1] dcache: add extra sanity checks of the dentry in dentry_free()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/94607391f5ae