FYI, we noticed the below changes on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master commit 6aaca9bab6116a2b392e7a07b5ff209741bc248f ("fs: create proper filename objects using getname_kernel()") There are new kernel message as follow, that may have relationship with your patch. [ 4.798286] uvesafb: failed to execute /sbin/v86d [ 4.799010] uvesafb: make sure that the v86d helper is installed and executable Thanks, Huang, Ying