FYI, we noticed the below changes on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master commit 5dc5218840e1268de639150a851978bb19c341df ("fs: create proper filename objects using getname_kernel()") [ 16.813397] 010f 65536 ram15 (driver?) [ 16.815041] fc00 268435456 vda driver: virtio_blk [ 16.816777] fc10 268435456 vdb driver: virtio_blk [ 16.818544] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0) [ 16.819520] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.19.0-rc5-next-20150120-g5d0eebb #799 [ 16.819520] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.7.5-20140531_083030-gandalf 04/01/2014 [ 16.819520] ffff8800076a0000 ffff880006f47db8 ffffffff81b7a16b ffffffff810cf061 [ 16.819520] ffffffff81fd6ce5 ffff880006f47e38 ffffffff81b749fd ffffffff822459b0 [ 16.819520] ffff880000000010 ffff880006f47e48 ffff880006f47de8 ffff003500626476 [ 16.819520] Call Trace: [ 16.819520] [] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65 [ 16.819520] [] ? console_unlock+0x398/0x3c7 [ 16.819520] [] panic+0xc9/0x1f7 [ 16.819520] [] mount_block_root+0x201/0x218 [ 16.819520] [] mount_root+0x13f/0x14a [ 16.819520] [] ? initrd_load+0x2d7/0x2e6 [ 16.819520] [] prepare_namespace+0x16d/0x1a6 [ 16.819520] [] kernel_init_freeable+0x268/0x278 [ 16.819520] [] ? rest_init+0xca/0xca [ 16.819520] [] kernel_init+0xe/0xda [ 16.819520] [] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 16.819520] [] ? rest_init+0xca/0xca [ 16.819520] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff9fffffff) Elapsed time: 20 Thanks, Huang, Ying