On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 12:21:36AM -0400, Qian Cai wrote: > The linux-next commit "fs/namei.c: keep track of nd->root refcount status” [1] causes boot panic on all > architectures here on today’s linux-next (0902). Reverted it will fix the issue. <swearing> OK, I see what's going on. Incremental to be folded in: diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h index 20ce2f917ef4..2ed0942a67f8 100644 --- a/include/linux/namei.h +++ b/include/linux/namei.h @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND}; #define LOOKUP_FOLLOW 0x0001 /* follow links at the end */ #define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY 0x0002 /* require a directory */ #define LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT 0x0004 /* force terminal automount */ -#define LOOKUP_EMPTY 0x4000 /* accept empty path [user_... only] */ -#define LOOKUP_DOWN 0x8000 /* follow mounts in the starting point */ +#define LOOKUP_EMPTY 0x8000 /* accept empty path [user_... only] */ +#define LOOKUP_DOWN 0x10000 /* follow mounts in the starting point */ #define LOOKUP_REVAL 0x0020 /* tell ->d_revalidate() to trust no cache */ #define LOOKUP_RCU 0x0040 /* RCU pathwalk mode; semi-internal */