Failure to set workdir with overlayfs volumes

[muhzii]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug

Description

Podman seems to have a problem setting the workdir (via the -w flag) in the container when using an overlay volume on kernels that support rootless overlays through overlayfs. I Tried forcing the use of fuse-overlayfs and it didn't result in such issue.

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Run the command podman run -it --rm --volume /var:/var_ovl/:O -w /var_ovl/log docker.io/library/bash bash on a 5.11+ kernel using the overlayfs driver.

Describe the results you received:

Error: workdir "/var_ovl/log" does not exist on container

Describe the results you expected:
Being able to set the work dir to mountpoints inside the overlay volume.

Output of podman version:

\Client:       Podman Engine
Version:      4.2.1
API Version:  4.2.1
Go Version:   go1.19
Git Commit:   62b324ddf718411b1d4d0ba8117c632f7f984a38-dirty
Built:        Thu Sep  8 08:52:54 2022
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Output of podman info:

host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.27.0
  cgroupControllers:
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: /usr/bin/conmon is owned by conmon 1:2.1.4-1
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.4, commit: bd1459a3ffbb13eb552cc9af213e1f56f31ba2ee'
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 98.73
    systemPercent: 0.49
    userPercent: 0.78
  cpus: 16
  distribution:
    distribution: arch
    version: unknown
  eventLogger: journald
  hostname: legion
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
  kernel: 5.19.2-arch1-1
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 1696440320
  memTotal: 16621641728
  networkBackend: netavark
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: /usr/bin/crun is owned by crun 1.6-1
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.6
      commit: 18cf2efbb8feb2b2f20e316520e0fd0b6c41ef4d
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL
  os: linux
  remoteSocket:
    path: /run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /etc/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: /usr/bin/slirp4netns is owned by slirp4netns 1.2.0-1
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.2.0
      commit: 656041d45cfca7a4176f6b7eed9e4fe6c11e8383
      libslirp: 4.7.0
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 4
      libseccomp: 2.5.4
  swapFree: 16565399552
  swapTotal: 17179865088
  uptime: 33h 38m 25.00s (Approximately 1.38 days)
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries: {}
store:
  configFile: /home/muhzi/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 0
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions:
    overlay.mount_program:
      Executable: /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
      Package: /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs is owned by fuse-overlayfs 1.9-1
      Version: |-
        fusermount3 version: 3.11.0
        fuse-overlayfs: version 1.9
        FUSE library version 3.11.0
        using FUSE kernel interface version 7.31
  graphRoot: /home/muhzi/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 279417565184
  graphRootUsed: 140984487936
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "false"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 68
  runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
  volumePath: /home/muhzi/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 4.2.1
  Built: 1662619974
  BuiltTime: Thu Sep  8 08:52:54 2022
  GitCommit: 62b324ddf718411b1d4d0ba8117c632f7f984a38-dirty
  GoVersion: go1.19
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 4.2.1

Package info (e.g. output of rpm -q podman or apt list podman):

Name            : podman
Version         : 4.2.1-1
Description     : Tool and library for running OCI-based containers in pods
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/containers/podman
Licenses        : Apache
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : catatonit  conmon  containers-common  crun  iptables  libdevmapper.so=1.02-64  libgpgme.so=11-64
                  libseccomp.so=2-64  slirp4netns
Optional Deps   : apparmor: for AppArmor support
                  btrfs-progs: support btrfs backend devices [installed]
                  netavark: for a new container-network-stack implementation [installed]
                  podman-compose: for docker-compose compatibility
                  podman-docker: for Docker-compatible CLI
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 67.28 MiB
Packager        : David Runge <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Thu 08 Sep 2022 08:52:54 AM EET
Install Date    : Tue 13 Sep 2022 06:11:41 PM EET
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Have you tested with the latest version of Podman and have you checked the Podman Troubleshooting Guide? (https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md)

Yes

[giuseppe]

opened a PR: #15793