Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+b592c1f562f0da80ce2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 0a3bf81d ovl: auto generate uuid for new overlay files.. git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/overlayfs/vfs.git overlayfs-next console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16079b6ca80000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=150188feee7071a7 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b592c1f562f0da80ce2c compiler: gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.