https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218822 --- Comment #1 from Squall.Zhou@xxxxxxxxxx --- 1. The issue has also been reproduced on: 29~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 4 14:39:20 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~:mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=etc,upperdir=upper,workdir=work overlay etc ~:~/overlaytest$ touch etc/a rm upper/a rm etc/a rm: cannot remove 'etc/a': Stale file handle 2. But not reproduced on WSL(Ubuntu 20.04.6) Squall.Zhou[~/over1]:mkdir etc mkdir upper mkdir work sudo mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=etc,upperdir=upper,workdir=work overlay etc sudo touch etc/a sudo rm upper/a sudo rm etc/a rm: cannot remove 'etc/a': No such file or directory Squall.Zhou[~/over]:uname -a Linux PC3203 4.4.0-22621-Microsoft #2506-Microsoft Fri Jan 01 08:00:00 PST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You may reply to this email to add a comment. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.