Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+96f61f1ad84e33cee93e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 672cf418 Merge series 'Open block devices as files' of.. git tree: https://gitlab.com/brauner/linux vfs.super console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=157f9cec180000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=1ee6536d236103ff dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=96f61f1ad84e33cee93e compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.