err = -EINVAL;
if (!ufs->config.lowerdir) {
- pr_err("overlayfs: missing 'lowerdir'\n");
+ if (!silent)
+ pr_err("overlayfs: missing 'lowerdir'\n");
goto out_free_config;
}
sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
ufs->workdir = NULL;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Upper should support d_type, else whiteouts are visible.
+ * Given workdir and upper are on same fs, we can do
+ * iterate_dir() on workdir.
+ */
+ err = ovl_check_d_type_supported(&workpath);
+ 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;
+ }
}
err = -ENOMEM;