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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/super.c12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index ce02f46029da..9a7693d5f8ff 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1082,11 +1082,13 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
if (err < 0)
goto out_put_workdir;
- if (!err) {
- pr_err("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n");
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto out_put_workdir;
- }
+ /*
+ * We allowed this configuration and don't want to
+ * break users over kernel upgrade. So warn instead
+ * of erroring out.
+ */
+ if (!err)
+ pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n");
}
}