Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v3 1/3] overlayfs: Fix the QA skip for ignored mounts

Paul Barker
2026-01-15T13:42:04Z

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On Wed, 2026-01-14 at 18:54 +0000, Vyacheslav Yurkov via
lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Vyacheslav Yurkov <uvv.mail@gmail.com>
>
> The supressing of QA check for mounts should happens twice, at parsing stage
> and at rootfs postprocessing. If the mount point is configured to be skipped,
> but it is still present in the configuration (machine or distro), then the
> parsing would complain.

Thanks for respinning these patches.

I'm still unsure why the check is being performed twice. Are we checking
for different errors at parse time and rootfs time?

Also, can we convert this to fit in our existing QA framework so that it
is controlled by the WARN_QA/ERROR_QA variables?

>
> Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Yurkov <uvv.mail@gmail.com>
> ---
> meta/lib/oe/overlayfs.py | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/overlayfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/overlayfs.py
> index 5a5ea03d45..3805746d90 100644
> --- a/meta/lib/oe/overlayfs.py
> +++ b/meta/lib/oe/overlayfs.py
> @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def unitFileList(d):
> # check that we have required mount points set first
> requiredMountPoints = d.getVarFlags('OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS')
> for mountPoint in requiredMountPoints:
> - if mountPoint not in overlayMountPoints:
> + qaSkip = (d.getVarFlag("OVERLAYFS_QA_SKIP", mountPoint) or "").split()
> + if mountPoint not in overlayMountPoints and not "mount-configured" in qaSkip:
> bb.fatal("Missing required mount point for OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT[%s] in your MACHINE configuration" % mountPoint)
>
> for mountPoint in overlayMountPoints:
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Best regards,

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Paul Barker

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