Quoting Paul Menage (menage@xxxxxxxxxx): > On 6/4/07, Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >2. I can't delete containers because of the files they contain, and > >am not allowed to delete those files by hand. > > > > You should be able to delete a container with rmdir as long as it's > not in use - its control files will get cleaned up automatically. > > If you're getting an EBUSY error that means that either there are > still tasks running in the container (look in the "tasks" file) or > else there's a reference counting bug somewhere. > > Can you post an example to reproduce the problem? here is an excerpt: [root@linuz11 root]# mount -t container -ocpuset cpuset /containers/ [root@linuz11 root]# ls /containers/ cpu_exclusive memory_pressure mems tasks cpus memory_pressure_enabled notify_on_release mem_exclusive memory_spread_page releasable memory_migrate memory_spread_slab release_agent [root@linuz11 root]# mkdir /containers/1 [root@linuz11 root]# echo 0 > /containers/1/mems [root@linuz11 root]# echo 0 > /containers/1/cpus [root@linuz11 root]# sh sh-2.05b# echo $$ > /containers/1/tasks sh-2.05b# cat /containers/1/tasks 4325 4326 sh-2.05b# exit [root@linuz11 root]# ls /containers/1/tasks /containers/1/tasks [root@linuz11 root]# rm -rf /containers/1 rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/memory_spread_slab': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/memory_spread_page': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/memory_pressure': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/memory_migrate': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/mem_exclusive': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/cpu_exclusive': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/mems': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/cpus': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/releasable': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/notify_on_release': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/containers/1/tasks': Operation not permitted Ah, I see the second time I typed 'ls /containers/1/tasks' instead of cat. When I then used cat, the file was empty, and I got an oops just like Pavel reported. I bet if I solve the problem he reported, then I solve my problem :) thanks, -serge _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers