Re: [PATCH v3] ovl: support layers on case-folding capable filesystems

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:17:02 +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Case folding is often applied to subtrees and not on an entire
> filesystem.
> 
> Disallowing layers from filesystems that support case folding is over
> limiting.
> 
> Replace the rule that case-folding capable are not allowed as layers
> with a rule that case folded directories are not allowed in a merged
> directory stack.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.17.file branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.17.file 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.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.17.file

[1/1] ovl: support layers on case-folding capable filesystems
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/5810e7558fda