On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15 April 2011 13:31, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Cleaning up temporary files... >>> [ Â Ânn.nnnnnn] overlayfs: ERROR - failed to whiteout 'motd' >>> find: cannot delete `./motd': Operation not supported >> >> What is the upper filesystem type? ÂIs xattr support enabled? >> > > The upper filesystem is tmpfs and there is not option regarding XATTR > in the config. Apparently tmpfs does not support generic xattr. I understand why tmpfs is an attractive choice for an upper filesystem, so this should be addressed. I see two options here: 1) implement generic xattr in tmpfs 2) take whiteout/opaque support from union mounts and use that Both have advantages and disadvantages. Any thoughts? Thanks, Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
