[Bug 1094019] [NEW] Linux's getdents gets /.. inode number from host system under LXC

[Ahmed Kamal]

Public bug reported:

Calling getdents on "/" gets the host system's inode number for /.., which is different from /. unlike real (non lxc) systems.
This causes flexlm to fail

More info at http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2012/12/LXC-lies-about
-..-inode-number-making-flexlm-unhappy.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu65
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.2.0-34.53-virtual 3.2.33
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 27 13:13:46 2012
Ec2AMI: ami-2737b74e
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1d
Ec2InstanceType: t1.micro
Ec2Kernel: aki-825ea7eb
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
KernLog:
 
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lxc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
lxcsyslog:
 
modified.conffile..etc.lxc.lxc.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.lxc.lxc.conf: 2012-12-04T17:17:14.072195

** Affects: lxc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images precise

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  Linux's getdents gets /.. inode number from host system under LXC

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