See bug number 1007089
overlayfs alters /proc/self/exe link(s), making result a dead link.
Test script, from #40:
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set -e
mkdir -p /mnt/test /tmp/usr
mount none /mnt/test -t overlayfs -o lowerdir=/usr,upperdir=/tmp/usr
/mnt/test/bin/tail -f /dev/null&
ls -lart /proc/$!/exe
kill $!
umount /mnt/te
On 03/02/12 08:58, Tim Gardner wrote:
In light of the concerns about overlayfs being sufficiently cooked in
time for Precise, Andy Whitcroft and I have decided to re-enable aufs.
Thank you, that's helpful and comforting.
We will continue to advocate for dropping aufs in favor of a sufficient
On 03/01/2012 03:08 PM, Gary Poster wrote:
Hi.
aufs was reliable for us on Oneiric when creating ephemeral lxc
instances based on an underlying template. The most recent overlayfs
issue that we discovered is today's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/944386
The summary is that
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 12:56:13AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:08:36PM -0500, Gary Poster wrote:
> > aufs was reliable for us on Oneiric when creating ephemeral lxc
> > instances based on an underlying template. The most recent
> > overlayfs issue that we dis
Hi Gary,
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:08:36PM -0500, Gary Poster wrote:
> aufs was reliable for us on Oneiric when creating ephemeral lxc
> instances based on an underlying template. The most recent
> overlayfs issue that we discovered is today's
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+b
Hi.
aufs was reliable for us on Oneiric when creating ephemeral lxc
instances based on an underlying template. The most recent overlayfs
issue that we discovered is today's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/944386
The summary is that, within an overlayfs, this fails:
gar
Hi All,
Early in the Precise Pangolin 12.04 development cycle, we disabled
support for AUFS in the kernel. This decision was made at UDS. The
reasoning behind this decision included:
* AUFS is not upstream. Despite previous efforts from it's
maintainer, it does not appear it will