Re: "fs/namei.c: keep track of nd->root refcount status" causes boot panic

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Tue Sep 03 2019 - 17:30:49 EST


On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 06:50:24AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 02:48:32PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > Not sure what would be the best way to do it... I don't mind breaking
> > the out-of-tree modules, whatever their license is; what I would rather
> > avoid is _quiet_ breaking of such.
>
> Any out of tree module running against an upstream kernel will need
> a recompile for a new version anyway. So I would not worry about it
> at all.

I'm really confused. What out-of-tree module are people needing to
use when doing linux-next testing? That seems like a recipe for disaster...

- Ted