Re: [PATCH] Add support for empty path in openat and openat2 syscalls

From: kernel test robot

Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 11:37:18 EST


Hi Jori,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on brauner-vfs/vfs.all]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v7.0-rc1 next-20260220]
[cannot apply to arnd-asm-generic/master]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Jori-Koolstra/Add-support-for-empty-path-in-openat-and-openat2-syscalls/20260223-232002
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git vfs.all
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260223151652.582048-1-jkoolstra%40xs4all.nl
patch subject: [PATCH] Add support for empty path in openat and openat2 syscalls
config: alpha-allnoconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260224/202602240038.MTqLbuRR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260224/202602240038.MTqLbuRR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602240038.MTqLbuRR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from <command-line>:
fs/fcntl.c: In function 'fcntl_init':
>> include/linux/compiler_types.h:705:45: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_393' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: 21 - 1 != HWEIGHT32( (VALID_OPEN_FLAGS & ~(O_NONBLOCK | O_NDELAY)) | __FMODE_EXEC)
705 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^
include/linux/compiler_types.h:686:25: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
686 | prefix ## suffix(); \
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/compiler_types.h:705:9: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
705 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:39:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
39 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:50:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
50 | BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(condition, "BUILD_BUG_ON failed: " #condition)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fs/fcntl.c:1172:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON'
1172 | BUILD_BUG_ON(21 - 1 /* for O_RDONLY being 0 */ !=
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~


vim +/__compiletime_assert_393 +705 include/linux/compiler_types.h

eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 691
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 692 #define _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix) \
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 693 __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix)
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 694
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 695 /**
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 696 * compiletime_assert - break build and emit msg if condition is false
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 697 * @condition: a compile-time constant condition to check
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 698 * @msg: a message to emit if condition is false
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 699 *
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 700 * In tradition of POSIX assert, this macro will break the build if the
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 701 * supplied condition is *false*, emitting the supplied error message if the
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 702 * compiler has support to do so.
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 703 */
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 704 #define compiletime_assert(condition, msg) \
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 @705 _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
eb5c2d4b45e3d2d Will Deacon 2020-07-21 706

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