Can I run splunk on btrfs?

Hello,

I just downloaded splunk today to try it out on a few of our servers, but found out very quickly that it doesn't support btrfs:

Filesystem type is not supported: buf.f_type = 0x9123683e

1. Why does splunk care about the file system anyway?
2. Is there a way to "force" btrfs support, maybe with reduced functionality?
3. Is official support for btrfs planned?

The output of locktest looks like this:

~/splunk]% bin/locktest                                 
Could not create a lock in the SPLUNK_DB directory.
Filesystem type is not supported: buf.f_type = 0x9123683e
If supporting this filesystem type is important to you, please file an Enhancement Request with Splunk Support with the fs info number listed.

~/splunk]% ls $SPLUNK_DB 
audit/  authDb/  blockSignature/  defaultdb/  fishbucket/  hashDb/  historydb/  _internaldb/  sample/  summarydb/  test.ijKHJ9  test.R0jT0h  test.T65SU0

Output of strace:

~/splunk]% strace bin/locktest
execve("bin/locktest", ["bin/locktest"], [/* 32 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x245b000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8ad5120000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=27312, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 27312, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8ad5119000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p\355\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1832712, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3664040, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8ad4b84000
mprotect(0x7f8ad4cf9000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8ad4ef9000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x175000) = 0x7f8ad4ef9000
mmap(0x7f8ad4efe000, 18600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8ad4efe000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8ad5118000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8ad5117000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8ad5116000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f8ad5117700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8ad4ef9000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8ad5121000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f8ad5119000, 27312)           = 0
stat("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=258, ...}) = 0
umask(0777)                             = 022
umask(066)                              = 0777
gettimeofday({1290061806, 661323}, NULL) = 0
getpid()                                = 15124
open("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk/test.dHc3Nt", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = 3
statfs("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk/test.dHc3Nt", {f_type=0x9123683e,     f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=2228224, f_bfree=1430113, f_bavail=1128033, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={196237592, 245698777}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0
statfs("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk/test.dHc3Nt", {f_type=0x9123683e, f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=2228224, f_bfree=1430113, f_bavail=1128033, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={196237592, 245698777}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0
statfs("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk", {f_type=0x9123683e, f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=2228224, f_bfree=1430113, f_bavail=1128033, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={196237592, 245698777}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0
write(2, "Could not create a lock in the S"..., 52Could not create a lock in the SPLUNK_DB directory.) = 52
statfs("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk/test.dHc3Nt", {f_type=0x9123683e, f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=2228224, f_bfree=1430113, f_bavail=1128033, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={196237592, 245698777}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0
statfs("/home/xx/splunk/var/lib/splunk/test.dHc3Nt", {f_type=0x9123683e, f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=2228224, f_bfree=1430113, f_bavail=1128033, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={196237592, 245698777}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=4096}) = 0
write(2, "Filesystem type is not supported"..., 201Filesystem type is not supported: buf.f_type = 0x9123683e
If supporting this filesystem type is important to you, please file an Enhancement Request with Splunk Support with the fs info number listed.) = 201
exit_group(9)