linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree
From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 17:35:34 EST
Hi all,
After merging the vfs-brauner tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
In file included from include/linux/init.h:5,
from include/linux/printk.h:6,
from include/asm-generic/bug.h:22,
from arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h:116,
from include/linux/bug.h:5,
from arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h:8,
from arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h:11,
from include/linux/atomic.h:7,
from include/linux/refcount.h:104,
from include/linux/ns_common.h:5,
from include/linux/nstree.h:5,
from kernel/nstree.c:3:
kernel/nstree.c: In function '__ns_tree_add_raw':
kernel/nstree.c:144:48: error: 'struct ns_tree' has no member named 'type'
144 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(ns->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~
include/linux/build_bug.h:30:63: note: in definition of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID'
30 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) ((void)(sizeof((__force long)(e))))
| ^
kernel/nstree.c:144:9: note: in expansion of macro 'VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE'
144 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(ns->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/nstree.c: In function '__ns_tree_remove':
kernel/nstree.c:210:48: error: 'struct ns_tree' has no member named 'type'
210 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(ns->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~
include/linux/build_bug.h:30:63: note: in definition of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID'
30 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) ((void)(sizeof((__force long)(e))))
| ^
kernel/nstree.c:210:9: note: in expansion of macro 'VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE'
210 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(ns->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/nstree.c: In function '__ns_tree_adjoined_rcu':
kernel/nstree.c:355:98: error: 'struct ns_tree' has no member named 'type'
355 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(list_entry_rcu(list, struct ns_common, ns_list_node)->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~
include/linux/build_bug.h:30:63: note: in definition of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID'
30 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) ((void)(sizeof((__force long)(e))))
| ^
kernel/nstree.c:355:9: note: in expansion of macro 'VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE'
355 | VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(list_entry_rcu(list, struct ns_common, ns_list_node)->ns_type != ns_tree->type);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Presumably caused by commit
c6b288f5382b ("nstree: maintain list of owned namespaces")
I have used the vfs-brauner tree from next-20251030 for today.
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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