From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Overlayfs falls back to index=off if lower/upper fs does not support file handles. We should do the same if upper fs does not support xattr. The redirect_dir feature is implicitly disabled when upper fs does not support xattr via the check in ovl_redirect_dir(). Make the feature explicitly disabled in this case by emitting a warning at mount time and setting redirect_dir to off so its true state is visible in /proc/mounts. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c index 76440feb79f6..e9419faaa156 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@ -967,7 +967,9 @@ static int ovl_make_workdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *workpath) err = ovl_do_setxattr(ofs->workdir, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE, "0", 1, 0); if (err) { ofs->noxattr = true; - pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs does not support xattr.\n"); + ofs->config.redirect_dir = false; + ofs->config.index = false; + pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs does not support xattr, falling back to redirect_dir=off, index=off and no opaque dir.\n"); } else { vfs_removexattr(ofs->workdir, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE); } -- 2.13.6 -- 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