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[Brad Figg <brad.figg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  Overlayfs breaks /proc/self/exe link

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Overlayfs breaks /proc/self/exe link when mounted not to VFS root.
  This issue, for example, breaks clang which uses /proc/self/exe to recursively exec self.

  Test case:
  $ mkdir /tmp/bug/ && cd /tmp/bug
  $ mkdir lower upper mount
  $ cp `which readlink` upper
  $ sudo mount -t overlayfs -o lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper none mount
  $ ./upper/readlink /proc/self/exe
  /tmp/bug/upper/readlink
  $ ./mount/readlink /proc/self/exe
  /readlink

  At the same time aufs don't break /proc/self/exe:
  $ sudo umount mount/
  $ sudo mount -t aufs -o noxino,br=upper:lower none mount/
  $ ./mount/readlink /proc/self/exe
  /tmp/bug/mount/readlink

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