Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+6030b3b1b9bf70e538c4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 9012da7c hfsplus: fix to avoid false alarm of circular.. git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git misc console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17244a6a980000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6be91306a8917025 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6030b3b1b9bf70e538c4 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.