How to mount more than 2 nested overlayfs layers?

Question

linux

Hello everyone
I'm trying to make layers nested inside each other, but apparently overlayfs has limitations.

mount -t overlayfs -o rw,lowerdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer0-lower,upperdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer0-upper overlayfs /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer0-mount
    find /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer0-mount -lname '(overlay-whiteout)' -exec rm -rf {} \;

    mount -t overlayfs -o rw,lowerdir=/tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer0-mount,upperdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer1-upper overlayfs /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer1-mount
    find /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer1-mount -lname '(overlay-whiteout)' -exec rm -rf {} \;

    mount -t overlayfs -o rw,lowerdir=/tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer1-mount,upperdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer2-upper overlayfs /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer2-mount
    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on overlayfs,
           missing codepage or helper program, or other error
           (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
           need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
           In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
           dmesg | tail  or so
    find /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer2-mount -lname '(overlay-whiteout)' -exec rm -rf {} \;

    mount -t overlayfs -o rw,lowerdir=/tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer2-mount,upperdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer3-upper overlayfs /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer3-mount
    find /tmp/mount/centos5.6-layer3-mount -lname '(overlay-whiteout)' -exec rm -rf {} \;