overlayfs: Warn instead of error if d_type is not supported
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PATCH 1/1 overlayfs: Warn instead of error if d_type is not supported
overlay needs underlying fs to support d_type. Recently I put in a patch in to detect this condition and started failing mount if underlying fs did not support d_type.
45aebea ovl: Ensure upper filesystem supports d_type
But this breaks existing configurations over kernel upgrade. Those who are running docker (partially broken configuration) with xfs not supporting d_type, are surprised that after kernel upgrade docker does not run anymore.
https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/22937#issuecomment-229881315
So instead of erroring out, detect broken configuration and warn about it. This should allow existing docker setups to continue working after kernel upgrade.
Signed-off-by Vivek Goyal <[email protected]>
--- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
fs/overlayfs/super.c +7 -5
@@ -1082,11 +1082,13 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_bif (err <0 ) goto out_put_workdir; -if (!err) { -pr_err ("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n" ); - err = -EINVAL ; - goto out_put_workdir; - } +/* +* We allowed this configuration and don't want to +* break users over kernel upgrade. So warn instead +* of erroring out. +*/ +if (!err) +pr_warn ("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n" ); } }