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-rw-r--r--runsc/boot/config.go6
-rw-r--r--runsc/container/container_test.go37
-rw-r--r--runsc/main.go2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/runsc/boot/config.go b/runsc/boot/config.go
index 6d6a705f8..bcec7e4db 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/config.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/config.go
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ type Config struct {
// ReferenceLeakMode sets reference leak check mode
ReferenceLeakMode refs.LeakMode
- // OverlayfsStaleRead causes cached FDs to reopen after a file is opened for
- // write to workaround overlayfs limitation on kernels before 4.19.
+ // OverlayfsStaleRead instructs the sandbox to assume that the root mount
+ // is on a Linux overlayfs mount, which does not necessarily preserve
+ // coherence between read-only and subsequent writable file descriptors
+ // representing the "same" file.
OverlayfsStaleRead bool
// TestOnlyAllowRunAsCurrentUserWithoutChroot should only be used in
diff --git a/runsc/container/container_test.go b/runsc/container/container_test.go
index acf988aa0..7ba301331 100644
--- a/runsc/container/container_test.go
+++ b/runsc/container/container_test.go
@@ -2126,43 +2126,6 @@ func TestNetRaw(t *testing.T) {
}
}
-// TestOverlayfsStaleRead most basic test that '--overlayfs-stale-read' works.
-func TestOverlayfsStaleRead(t *testing.T) {
- conf := testutil.TestConfig(t)
- conf.OverlayfsStaleRead = true
-
- in, err := ioutil.TempFile(testutil.TmpDir(), "stale-read.in")
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("ioutil.TempFile() failed: %v", err)
- }
- defer in.Close()
- if _, err := in.WriteString("stale data"); err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("in.Write() failed: %v", err)
- }
-
- out, err := ioutil.TempFile(testutil.TmpDir(), "stale-read.out")
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("ioutil.TempFile() failed: %v", err)
- }
- defer out.Close()
-
- const want = "foobar"
- cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cat %q >&2 && echo %q> %q && cp %q %q", in.Name(), want, in.Name(), in.Name(), out.Name())
- spec := testutil.NewSpecWithArgs("/bin/bash", "-c", cmd)
- if err := run(spec, conf); err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("Error running container: %v", err)
- }
-
- gotBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(out)
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("out.Read() failed: %v", err)
- }
- got := strings.TrimSpace(string(gotBytes))
- if want != got {
- t.Errorf("Wrong content in out file, got: %q. want: %q", got, want)
- }
-}
-
// TestTTYField checks TTY field returned by container.Processes().
func TestTTYField(t *testing.T) {
stop := testutil.StartReaper()
diff --git a/runsc/main.go b/runsc/main.go
index 0625a06e0..920ed84a5 100644
--- a/runsc/main.go
+++ b/runsc/main.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var (
fileAccess = flag.String("file-access", "exclusive", "specifies which filesystem to use for the root mount: exclusive (default), shared. Volume mounts are always shared.")
fsGoferHostUDS = flag.Bool("fsgofer-host-uds", false, "allow the gofer to mount Unix Domain Sockets.")
overlay = flag.Bool("overlay", false, "wrap filesystem mounts with writable overlay. All modifications are stored in memory inside the sandbox.")
- overlayfsStaleRead = flag.Bool("overlayfs-stale-read", false, "reopen cached FDs after a file is opened for write to workaround overlayfs limitation on kernels before 4.19.")
+ overlayfsStaleRead = flag.Bool("overlayfs-stale-read", true, "assume root mount is an overlay filesystem")
watchdogAction = flag.String("watchdog-action", "log", "sets what action the watchdog takes when triggered: log (default), panic.")
panicSignal = flag.Int("panic-signal", -1, "register signal handling that panics. Usually set to SIGUSR2(12) to troubleshoot hangs. -1 disables it.")
profile = flag.Bool("profile", false, "prepares the sandbox to use Golang profiler. Note that enabling profiler loosens the seccomp protection added to the sandbox (DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION).")