From: Nick Labich <nick@labich.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:38:04 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: sysext: Include index=off in overlay mount options
X-Git-Tag: v258-rc1~716
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=52e2a2421699543217331cc15d5a9bdad0fe776b;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

sysext: Include index=off in overlay mount options

Enable reuse of upper/work dirs with different lower layer paths.

Fixes https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/37245
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diff --git a/src/sysext/sysext.c b/src/sysext/sysext.c
index 201787b2517..765d315b73c 100644
--- a/src/sysext/sysext.c
+++ b/src/sysext/sysext.c
@@ -736,8 +736,8 @@ static int mount_overlayfs(
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
                 /* redirect_dir=on and noatime prevent unnecessary upcopies, metacopy=off prevents broken
-                 * files from partial upcopies after umount. */
-                if (!strextend(&options, ",redirect_dir=on,noatime,metacopy=off"))
+                 * files from partial upcopies after umount, index=off allows reuse of the upper/work dirs */
+                if (!strextend(&options, ",redirect_dir=on,noatime,metacopy=off,index=off"))
                         return log_oom();
         }