Podman throws: "invalid arguement" against "<storage loaction>/storage/overly/<layer id>/merged" directory when trying to remove a pod even with force

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to remove a pod, even with force, podman throws the following error
        while attempting to delete storage: unmounting <storage location>/storage/overlay/<layer id>/merged": invalid argument

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
  • podman 4.6

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