Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+8608bb4553edb8c78f41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 79f938ea ovl: fix dentry reference leak after changes .. git tree: https://github.com/amir73il/linux ovl-fixes console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=171ae01ae80000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=52c9552def2a0fdd dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8608bb4553edb8c78f41 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.