Merge branches 'acpi-ec', 'acpi-video', 'acpi-button' and 'acpi-thermal'

[cascardo/linux.git] / fs / overlayfs / super.c

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index ce02f46..9a7693d 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1082,11 +1082,13 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto out_put_workdir;
 
-                       if (!err) {
-                               pr_err("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n");
-                               err = -EINVAL;
-                               goto out_put_workdir;
-                       }
+                       /*
+                        * We allowed this configuration and don't want to
+                        * break users over kernel upgrade. So warn instead
+                        * of erroring out.
+                        */
+                       if (!err)
+                               pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs needs to support d_type.\n");
                }
        }