Hi NeilBrown, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.19-rc2 next-20220610] [cannot apply to trondmy-nfs/linux-next viro-vfs/for-next] [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] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/NeilBrown/Allow-concurrent-directory-updates/20220614-072355 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git b13baccc3850ca8b8cccbf8ed9912dbaa0fdf7f3 config: um-i386_defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220614/202206141215.dWJM11Ut-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-3) 11.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/46a2afd9f68f24a42f38f3a8afebafe7e494e9d8 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review NeilBrown/Allow-concurrent-directory-updates/20220614-072355 git checkout 46a2afd9f68f24a42f38f3a8afebafe7e494e9d8 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=um SUBARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): >> fs/namei.c:3175:16: warning: no previous prototype for 'lock_rename_lookup_excl' [-Wmissing-prototypes] 3175 | struct dentry *lock_rename_lookup_excl(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vim +/lock_rename_lookup_excl +3175 fs/namei.c 3174 > 3175 struct dentry *lock_rename_lookup_excl(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2, 3176 struct dentry **d1p, struct dentry **d2p, 3177 struct qstr *last1, struct qstr *last2, 3178 unsigned int flags1, unsigned int flags2) 3179 { 3180 struct dentry *p; 3181 struct dentry *d1, *d2; 3182 3183 if (p1 == p2) { 3184 inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT); 3185 d1 = __lookup_hash(last1, p1, flags1, NULL); 3186 if (IS_ERR(d1)) 3187 goto out_unlock_1; 3188 d2 = __lookup_hash(last2, p2, flags2, NULL); 3189 if (IS_ERR(d2)) 3190 goto out_unlock_2; 3191 *d1p = d1; *d2p = d2; 3192 return NULL; 3193 out_unlock_2: 3194 dput(d1); 3195 d1 = d2; 3196 out_unlock_1: 3197 inode_unlock(p1->d_inode); 3198 return d1; 3199 } 3200 3201 mutex_lock(&p1->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex); 3202 3203 if ((p = d_ancestor(p2, p1)) != NULL) { 3204 inode_lock_nested(p2->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT); 3205 inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_CHILD); 3206 } else if ((p = d_ancestor(p1, p2)) != NULL) { 3207 inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT); 3208 inode_lock_nested(p2->d_inode, I_MUTEX_CHILD); 3209 } else { 3210 inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT); 3211 inode_lock_nested(p2->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT2); 3212 } 3213 d1 = __lookup_hash(last1, p1, flags1, NULL); 3214 if (IS_ERR(d1)) 3215 goto unlock_out_3; 3216 d2 = __lookup_hash(last2, p2, flags2, NULL); 3217 if (IS_ERR(d2)) 3218 goto unlock_out_4; 3219 3220 *d1p = d1; 3221 *d2p = d2; 3222 return p; 3223 unlock_out_4: 3224 dput(d1); 3225 d1 = d2; 3226 unlock_out_3: 3227 inode_unlock(p1->d_inode); 3228 inode_unlock(p2->d_inode); 3229 mutex_unlock(&p1->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex); 3230 return d1; 3231 } 3232 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp