Server Fault Asked on December 16, 2021
I have a RootFS that’s a read-only SquashFS overlayed with writable storage (ext4, if it matters).
This is generally working but, after a while, one file became unaccessible:
# cat /etc/init.d/update
[ 378.714771] overlayfs: failed to get inode (-151)
[ 378.719636] overlayfs: failed to get inode (-151)
cat: can't open '/etc/init.d/update': Stale NFS file handle
It seems error is in the directory entry, since i get errors even with plain ls
:
# ls /etc/init.d/update
[ 1256.618431] overlayfs: failed to get inode (-151)
[ 1256.623489] overlayfs: failed to get inode (-151)
ls: /etc/init.d/update: Stale NFS file handle
This error seems to survive reboot.
This specific file was edited, so I have two versions, one on the "lower" SquashFS and one on the "upper" ext4; both are accessible using the respective mount points: the error seems to come from OverlayFS itself.
I seem unable to clean this error (and I’m scared because this system should go in production 24/7), I already ran fsck -fp
on all affected systems (not on SquashFS, of course).
Any hint welcome.
Note: I don’t have (and don’t need) NFS; I assume they reused this errno
(151), but I don’t know.
UPDATE: I was able to clear the error by manually deleting the "new" copy of the file from the "upper" directory; subsequent editing of the same file worked as expected.
I’m very scared and I would like to understand what happened (and make sure it won’t happen again in "production"!).
UPDATE2: I am using defaults for OverlayFS in my kernel v5.7
, should I select more options?
<*> Overlay filesystem support
[ ] Overlayfs: turn on redirect directory feature by default
[*] Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off
[ ] Overlayfs: turn on inodes index feature by default
[ ] Overlayfs: turn on metadata only copy up feature by default
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