summary  overlay: mkdir in user namespace fails if directory exists in
lowerdir"


** Description changed:

  If a directory exists in the lowerdir but not in the mounted
  overlay, then mkdir of the directory in the target dir results
  in a mysterious -EPERM.  I've seen this both in wily kernel
  (4.2.0-22-generic #27-Ubuntu) and in a hand-built xenial
  master-next (with unrelated patches added).
  
  =====================================================
  #!/bin/sh -ex
  dir=`mktemp -d`
  cleanup() {
-       umount -l $dir/t
-       rm -rf $dir
+  umount -l $dir/t
+  rm -rf $dir
  }
  
  trap cleanup EXIT
  
  echo "dir is $dir"
  mkdir -p $dir/l $dir/u $dir/w $dir/t
  mkdir $dir/l/dev
  mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=$dir/l,upperdir=$dir/u,workdir=$dir/w o $dir/t
  stat $dir/t/dev
  rmdir $dir/t/dev
  mkdir $dir/t/dev
  echo $?
  echo "mkdir should have succeeded"
  =====================================================
+ 
+ The above will work on the host, but fail in a user namespace, i.e
+ in a regular lxd container.

** Summary changed:

- overlay: mkdir fails if directory exists in lowerdir
+ overlay: mkdir fails if directory exists in lowerdir in a user namespace

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  overlay: mkdir fails if directory exists in lowerdir in a user
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