overlays: mount overlayfs using fuse-overlayfs
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #183 as 7aa01bd4, switching overlay mounts to fuse-overlayfs to support id-mapped Focal containers on updated kernels.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #183 was approved and merged via merge commit 7aa01bd4; implementation commit 27f1bf23 replaced the kernel mount mechanism with fuse-overlayfs.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Use fuse-overlayfs instead of the kernel implementation to enable
mounting inside idmapped containers in focal with updated kernels.
Signed-off-by: Claudio Matsuoka <claudio.matsuoka@canonical.com>
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #183 as 7aa01bd4, switching overlay mounts to fuse-overlayfs to support id-mapped Focal containers on updated kernels. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged a change to mount overlays with fuse-overlayfs, enabling mounts inside id-mapped Focal containers on updated kernels (commit 7aa01bd4). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #183 as 7aa01bd4, replacing kernel overlayfs with fuse-overlayfs to support mounts inside idmapped Focal containers on updated kernels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged. Replaces kernel overlayfs with fuse-overlayfs to enable idmapped container mounting on Ubuntu Focal with updated kernels. Approved by reviewer, passed CI, and rebased on main prior to integration. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged. Switches overlayfs mounting to fuse-overlayfs to enable idmapped container support on Ubuntu Focal with updated kernels. Changes were rebased on main before merging. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #111 overlay: add overlayfs helpers (CRAFT-462) | craft-parts | merged | Merged PR #111 via commit 7424a039, adding OverlayFS mount/unmount helpers and detection for special files and directories used in filesystem layering. | |
| #185 fix: build latest fuse-overlayfs to fix warning message | imagecraft | merged | Merged PR #185 in commit 5e39250, building fuse-overlayfs v1.15 from source to eliminate the overlay warning tracked in containers/fuse-overlayfs#429. |