linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] overlayfs: Adjustments for ovl_fill

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:49:02 +0200
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, cocci@...ia.fr, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] overlayfs: Adjustments for ovl_fill_super()

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:38:23 +0200
> >
> > Some update suggestions were taken into account
> > from static source code analysis.
> >
> > Markus Elfring (4):
> >   Return directly for two checks
> >   Improve two size determinations
> >   Improve exception handling
> >   Move some assignments for the variable “err”
> >
> >  fs/overlayfs/super.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> Is this patch series still in review queues?
>

Sorry, this series was not on my radar.

> See also:
> https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/87b65f8e-abde-2aff-4da8-df6e0b464677@web.de/
> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2023-03/msg00115.html
>

I will queue cleanup patches 1-2, but I do not like patches 3/4 and 4/4.
I do not think that they make the code better to read or maintain.

Thanks,
Amir.