Re: [PATCH v2] overlayfs.rst: remove mention of workdir needing to be empty

Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:36:20 -0600

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Amir Goldstein <[email protected]> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 8:23=E2=80=AFAM Jesse Van Gavere via B4 Relay
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Jesse Van Gavere <[email protected]>
>>
>> This requirement has not been true since v4.8 when automatic cleanup was
>> added in commit eea2fb4851e9 ("ovl: proper cleanup of workdir")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jesse Van Gavere <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <[email protected]>
>
> Jon,
>
> Can you please pick this one?

Will do.

Thanks,

jon