Re: Return failure from take_dentry_name_snapshot() (Was: [GIT PULL] overlayfs fixes for 7.3)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 1 Nov 2026 at 03:50, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Feel free to apply and/or wait for ACK from Al/Christian,

I'd like to see an ack from Al / Christian, but

> or I can include it in my next ovl-fixes PR.

I think I'll also rewrite that function to use guards. I didn't do it
originally because I just wanted to do minimal surgery, but when I
look at that patch I go "it could be done more prettily with our
modern infrastructure".

Let me look at it in my copious spare time.

             Linus