Re: [PATCH 2/4] propagate_umount(): only surviving overmounts should be remounted

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On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 12:34:50AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> ... as the comments in reparent() clearly say.  As it is, we reparent
> *all* overmounts of the mounts being taken out, including those that
> are taken out themselves.  It's not only a potentially massive slowdown
> (on a pathological setup we might end up with O(N^2) time for N mounts
> being kicked out), it can end up with incorrect ->overmount in the
> surviving mounts.
> 
> Fixes: f0d0ba19985d "Rewrite of propagate_umount()"
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>




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