On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 2:49 PM Fabian Vogt <fvogt@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I noticed that you can still unmount the lower/upper/work layers, even if > they're currently part of an active overlay mount. This is the case even when > files in the overlay mount are currently open. After unmounting, the usual > effects of a lazy umount can be observed, like still active loop devices. > > Is this intentional? It's a known feature. Not sure how much thought was given to this, but nobody took notice up till now. Do you have a good reason for wanting the underlying mounts pinned, or you are just surprised by this behavior? In the latter case we can just add a paragraph to the documentation and be done with it. Thanks, Miklos
