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libct.Start: fix locking, do not allow a second container init #4271

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@kolyshkin kolyshkin commented May 7, 2024

By definition, every container has only 1 init (i.e. PID 1) process.

Apparently, libcontainer API supported running more than 1 "init", and
two tests mistakenly used it. Of course, the second "init" was not
PID 1, but it was started like init and, I guess, some of the Container fields
were set to wrong values.

Let's not allow that, erroring out if we already have init running.

Fix two cases in libct/int which ran two inits inside a container.
Also, fix a locking issue and remove some code that's not needed.

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@opencontainers/runc-maintainers PTAL

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@lifubang ptal

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lifubang commented Jun 9, 2024

fix a locking issue

SGTM, but could you give some details for this issue in commit 3b5376f? I think it's a refactor, but not a fix?

if err := c.createExecFifo(); err != nil {
return err
}
defer func() {
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Maybe this defer should be moved to the position before createExecFifo, please see #4319.
I don't know whether this PR(4271) should be backported to release-1.1 branch or not, so I opened #4319(seems need backport), feel free to close it.

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My suggestion change is unneeded Once #4319 merged.

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fix a locking issue

SGTM, but could you give some details for this issue in commit 3b5376f? I think it's a refactor, but not a fix?

Maybe the commit message is too long and vague. Here's an except about the main issue: "part of c.Run executing without the lock". I did not get too deep inside why this locking is needed, but if it is needed, it is a bug to execute Run in parallel with, say, Start. This is what's being fixed.

In case file already exists, mknod(2) will return EEXIST.

This os.Stat call was (inadvertently?) added by commit 805b8c7.

Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
1. The code to call c.exec from c.Run was initially added by commit
   3aacff6. At the time, there was a lock in c.Run. That lock was
   removed by commit bd3c4f8, which resulted in part of c.Run executing
   without the lock.

2. All the Start/Run/Exec calls were a mere wrappers for start/run/exec
   adding a lock, but some more code crept into Start at some point,
   e.g. by commits 805b8c7 and 108ee85. Since the reason mentioned in
   commit 805b8c7 is no longer true after refactoring, we can fix this.

Fix both issues by moving code out of wrappers, and adding locking into
c.Run.

Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
By definition, every container has only 1 init (i.e. PID 1) process.

Apparently, libcontainer API supported running more than 1 init, and
at least one tests mistakenly used it.

Let's not allow that, erroring out if we already have init. Doing
otherwise _probably_ results in some confusion inside the library.

Fix two cases in libct/int which ran two inits inside a container.

Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
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Here's an except about the main issue: "part of c.Run executing without the lock".

I understand now, thanks your explanation.

@lifubang lifubang merged commit 9d60019 into opencontainers:main Jun 11, 2024
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