On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 10:18:52AM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote: > > libmount v1.41 calls several unneeded fsconfig() calls to reconfigure > > lowerdir/upperdir when user requests only -o remount,ro. > > > > Those calls fail because overlayfs does not allow making any config > > changes with new mount api, besides MS_RDONLY. > > > > force mount(8) to use mount(2) to remount ro/rw to workaround > > this issue, by setting LIBMOUNT_FORCE_MOUNT2=always. > > > > Reported-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20250521-ovl_ro-v1-1-2350b1493d94@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > Is my bug report (a year ago) gotten fixed? > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20241026180741.cfqm6oqp3frvasfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Please see v2 (this is v1): https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/20250603100745.2022891-2-amir73il@xxxxxxxxx/ The suggested workaround is exactly the same as suggested one year ago > If this kernel fix works, do we still need this workaround? > Which kernel fix? There was no agreement on a kernel fix (yet). Thanks, Amir.
