On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 08:32:26AM +0200, Silvan Jegen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Rendov Norra <tsobf242_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Reading the source code, it seems that error represents any failure
> > from mount(). It seems overlayfs wasn't compiled with my kernel.
>
> Having better error handling that either takes into account all of the
> errors returned by mount (2) or passes them on would be nice.
>
> In your case the mount call most likely returned:
>
> "ENODEV filesystemtype not configured in the kernel."
>
> (from mount (2))
>
This can be filesystem-specific. Mount just returns the errstr at the
moment.
Feel free to send a patch with your idea however.
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Kind regards,
Hiltjo
Received on Wed Jun 07 2017 - 19:36:34 CEST