On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 01:09:57PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 11:45:33AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > In commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
> > nested file systems") we introduced the ability for 'nested' drivers and
>
> Fwiw, they're called "stacked filesystems" or "stacking filesystems" such
> as overlayfs. I would recommend you use that terminology going forward
> so we don't confuse each other.
>
> You've used "nested" here and in the code doc for
> compat_vma_mmap_prepare() you used "'wrapper' file systems".
Thanks, good to know there's a general term (yeah seems even I am not consistent
there :) will fix that up in a separate patch if that's ok.
>
> Otherwise seems fine,
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!
Cheers, Lorenzo
