[PATCH] fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS

[PATCH] fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS

[Mateusz Guzik]

Calls to the 2 modified routines are explicitly gated with checks for
the flag, so there is no use for this in production kernels.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
---
 fs/namei.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f7a8b5b000c2..9c5a372a86f6 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static bool try_to_unlazy(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
+	VFS_BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
 
 	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_CACHED)) {
 		drop_links(nd);
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ static bool try_to_unlazy(struct nameidata *nd)
 static bool try_to_unlazy_next(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int res;
-	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
+
+	VFS_BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
 
 	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_CACHED)) {
 		drop_links(nd);
-- 
2.48.1

Re: [PATCH] fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 29-12-25 13:57:51, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> Calls to the 2 modified routines are explicitly gated with checks for
> the flag, so there is no use for this in production kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/namei.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index f7a8b5b000c2..9c5a372a86f6 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static bool try_to_unlazy(struct nameidata *nd)
>  {
>  	struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
> +	VFS_BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
>  
>  	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_CACHED)) {
>  		drop_links(nd);
> @@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ static bool try_to_unlazy(struct nameidata *nd)
>  static bool try_to_unlazy_next(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
>  {
>  	int res;
> -	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
> +
> +	VFS_BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
>  
>  	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_CACHED)) {
>  		drop_links(nd);
> -- 
> 2.48.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH] fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:57:51 +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> Calls to the 2 modified routines are explicitly gated with checks for
> the flag, so there is no use for this in production kernels.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs-7.0.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.0.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.0.misc

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      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/729d015ab230