On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Rock Lee <rockdotlee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, all: > When I "ls" a overlayfs directory which has a whiteout device in it's upper dir, > and got a strange output like this (aaa is a whiteout in upper): > > [ETO test]# ll -i > ls: cannot access 'aaa': No such file or directory > total 3 > ? ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? aaa > 157633 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 96 3月 31 2017 hello > 157634 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 3月 31 2017 open > 157632 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 128 3月 29 04:54 ssh > > But if I use "tree" to list the files , there is no whiteout device in > the test(overlayfs root dir). > I got this output and it seems OK. > > [ETO usb]# tree > . > ├── lower > │ ├── aaa > │ ├── hello > │ │ └── uu > │ └── ssh > ├── test > │ ├── hello > │ ├── open > │ │ └── uu > │ └── ssh > │ ├── aaa > │ └── bbb > ├── upper > │ ├── aaa > │ ├── hello > │ │ └── uu > │ ├── open > │ │ └── uu > │ └── ssh > │ ├── aaa > │ └── bbb > > > If I am correct, I think if the upper dir has a whitout, and the root > directory of overlayfs > should not see this WHITEOUT DEV nor the file in the lower dir with > the same name. > Is this a overlayfs bug ??? Yes. Could be a bug. Please report it to the maintainer of the distro you are using, unless you are seeing this bug on a mainline kernel? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
