From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74BA1337688; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784212583; cv=none; b=M7rZHTWu9uEsjIrTt7qd/0kp33/JwxgLysSV0RedifC6QdcNUw0UegIjzAc+GihgWCR2cT4mOjDcVa+oor9y2mCrP9K+ZNY/ldfXKJJmhLEyAEVCZdoPTT2JkbR3jIr9qPEA8t+cGzdmwliKlO2Gk9ogCYIT5aq/5AmPxCxbLbY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784212583; c=relaxed/simple; bh=AQWEIij24/Lo+Vr2qAl3/gJTSAEKfvKlRYXCa5wUmXg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=gat9Na9a2mciTgDj2RJu5YqKqi/yNNQrEd7BDSm2WLPAbIfA6grZR7uuzEgbjjc7GeJtp8T/tXkRP97jhN1Cs6UhjgpC3ab91zJOkJJUjg5emOBhUe13VVsORipmQD+Fp0dKsPqCG3bHwBWLZYE3RtayMr8Z4kvRHxpJoKpVseg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=E8dJX2E+; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="E8dJX2E+" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 9546440E56 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1784212581; bh=AQWEIij24/Lo+Vr2qAl3/gJTSAEKfvKlRYXCa5wUmXg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=E8dJX2E+NHKkxZfVM6RE14TSx8ZiRS1ChFDYZVHfsSd0Yu2KaW0XMcg/zcK3speTl qtXlv6N99P9rTjrPoXJVBAl+N2ntaxZNAqjFo3kUkgnSptE1Z2FCGxOcr3PL/PGocV NvnBznuSkGUdRVK/KgdXjMWk0fCtrLuv3WSuRPATTgJB+tekrKaxN+yNjbZgrTDTVG ZnmlqxTwjQZaVK0bCxfY4X3JPbHMZ87duaGGbcBcjvC13JY1vgyIPseGQ9I6jdMZ/c EAlwpCOf6QXmYJslaYGubjadKIvshljVuOO4viLLbc5byREl94DaTnniZjN3ml5ORY WIvoM5nWZJdkw== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9546440E56; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:36:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Amir Goldstein , jesse.vangavere@teledyne.com Cc: Miklos Szeredi , Shuah Khan , linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] overlayfs.rst: remove mention of workdir needing to be empty In-Reply-To: References: <20260716-overlayfs-rst-update-v2-1-ba25393ea7a3@teledyne.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:36:20 -0600 Message-ID: <8733xj9f2z.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amir Goldstein writes: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 8:23=E2=80=AFAM Jesse Van Gavere via B4 Relay > wrote: >> >> From: Jesse Van Gavere >> >> This requirement has not been true since v4.8 when automatic cleanup was >> added in commit eea2fb4851e9 ("ovl: proper cleanup of workdir") >> >> Signed-off-by: Jesse Van Gavere > > Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein > > Jon, > > Can you please pick this one? Will do. Thanks, jon