I can no longer reproduce this bug, following the release of fixes for bugs #1531747, #1534961 and #1535150 .
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490267 Title: Regression in overlayfs Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When installing the linux-lts-vivid kernel in Ubuntu 14.04, there is a regression with overlayfs and unprivileged containers: 'failed to whiteout' Below the system information: - Kernel error: http://pastebin.com/iajXHbHZ - Kernel version: 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:20 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - Executed LXC command: lxc-clone -s -B overlayfs orig test (both unprivileged containers) - LXC version: 1.0.7 We discussed this on the LXC user mailing list, and this is likely a bug in one of the patches that add support for unprivileged use of overlayfs. --- AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Aug 30 13:56 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug 30 13:56 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Ec2AMI: ami-fceee9e1 Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown) Ec2AvailabilityZone: eu-central-1b Ec2InstanceType: t2.micro Ec2Kernel: unavailable Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: Xen HVM domU Package: linux (not installed) PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 cirrusdrmfb 1 xen ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-26-generic root=UUID=dde0e30e-be54-43dc-9a44-5769353c2e27 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-26-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-26-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.15 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory StagingDrivers: visorutil Tags: trusty ec2-images staging Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Xen dmi.bios.version: 4.2.amazon dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Xen dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnXen:bvr4.2.amazon:bd05/06/2015:svnXen:pnHVMdomU:pvr4.2.amazon:cvnXen:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: HVM domU dmi.product.version: 4.2.amazon dmi.sys.vendor: Xen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1490267/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp