The lts-vivid kernel 3.19.0-40.45 (which should be in -proposed soon) already includes this fix as this commit was tagged for stable >= 3.18.
** Changed in: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed ** Tags added: kernel-bug-break-fix ** Description changed: There's simply a missing flag, which was fixed here: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=0480334 The patch claims it requires kernel 3.18+, but the overlayfs code in ubuntu's 3.16 kernel is already backported from later kernel revs. + + break-fix: - 0480334fa60488d12ae101a02d7d9e1a3d03d7dd ** Changed in: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-lts-utopic in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1523000 Title: writing files larger than 2GB to overlayfs fails Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Trusty: New Status in linux-lts-vivid source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Bug description: There's simply a missing flag, which was fixed here: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=0480334 The patch claims it requires kernel 3.18+, but the overlayfs code in ubuntu's 3.16 kernel is already backported from later kernel revs. break-fix: - 0480334fa60488d12ae101a02d7d9e1a3d03d7dd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1523000/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp