4 files changed, 6 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
index bba00d551..371fcc0ae 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ type Gofer struct {
 	applyCaps bool
 	setUpRoot bool
 
-	panicOnWrite bool
-	specFD       int
-	mountsFD     int
+	specFD   int
+	mountsFD int
 }
 
 // Name implements subcommands.Command.
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ func (g *Gofer) SetFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.StringVar(&g.bundleDir, "bundle", "", "path to the root of the bundle directory, defaults to the current directory")
 	f.Var(&g.ioFDs, "io-fds", "list of FDs to connect 9P servers. They must follow this order: root first, then mounts as defined in the spec")
 	f.BoolVar(&g.applyCaps, "apply-caps", true, "if true, apply capabilities to restrict what the Gofer process can do")
-	f.BoolVar(&g.panicOnWrite, "panic-on-write", false, "if true, panics on attempts to write to RO mounts. RW mounts are unnaffected")
 	f.BoolVar(&g.setUpRoot, "setup-root", true, "if true, set up an empty root for the process")
 	f.IntVar(&g.specFD, "spec-fd", -1, "required fd with the container spec")
 	f.IntVar(&g.mountsFD, "mounts-fd", -1, "mountsFD is the file descriptor to write list of mounts after they have been resolved (direct paths, no symlinks).")
@@ -168,8 +166,7 @@ func (g *Gofer) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 	// Start with root mount, then add any other additional mount as needed.
 	ats := make([]p9.Attacher, 0, len(spec.Mounts)+1)
 	ap, err := fsgofer.NewAttachPoint("/", fsgofer.Config{
-		ROMount:      spec.Root.Readonly || conf.Overlay,
-		PanicOnWrite: g.panicOnWrite,
+		ROMount: spec.Root.Readonly || conf.Overlay,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("creating attach point: %v", err)
@@ -181,9 +178,8 @@ func (g *Gofer) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 	for _, m := range spec.Mounts {
 		if specutils.Is9PMount(m) {
 			cfg := fsgofer.Config{
-				ROMount:      isReadonlyMount(m.Options) || conf.Overlay,
-				PanicOnWrite: g.panicOnWrite,
-				HostUDS:      conf.FSGoferHostUDS,
+				ROMount: isReadonlyMount(m.Options) || conf.Overlay,
+				HostUDS: conf.FSGoferHostUDS,
 			}
 			ap, err := fsgofer.NewAttachPoint(m.Destination, cfg)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -316,6 +312,7 @@ func setupRootFS(spec *specs.Spec, conf *config.Config) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("resolving symlinks to %q: %v", spec.Process.Cwd, err)
 		}
+		log.Infof("Create working directory %q if needed", spec.Process.Cwd)
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(dst, 0755); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("creating working directory %q: %v", spec.Process.Cwd, err)
 		}
diff --git a/runsc/container/container.go b/runsc/container/container.go
index 6e1d6a568..63478ba8c 100644
--- a/runsc/container/container.go
+++ b/runsc/container/container.go
@@ -902,9 +902,6 @@ func (c *Container) createGoferProcess(spec *specs.Spec, conf *config.Config, bu
 	}
 
 	args = append(args, "gofer", "--bundle", bundleDir)
-	if conf.Overlay {
-		args = append(args, "--panic-on-write=true")
-	}
 
 	// Open the spec file to donate to the sandbox.
 	specFile, err := specutils.OpenSpec(bundleDir)
diff --git a/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer.go b/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer.go
index 4268d97a1..0b628c8ce 100644
--- a/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer.go
+++ b/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer.go
@@ -1181,9 +1181,6 @@ func extractErrno(err error) unix.Errno {
 
 func (l *localFile) checkROMount() error {
 	if conf := l.attachPoint.conf; conf.ROMount {
-		if conf.PanicOnWrite {
-			panic("attempt to write to RO mount")
-		}
 		return unix.EROFS
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer_test.go b/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer_test.go
index 0e4945b3d..a84206686 100644
--- a/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer_test.go
+++ b/runsc/fsgofer/fsgofer_test.go
@@ -553,29 +553,6 @@ func TestROMountChecks(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestROMountPanics(t *testing.T) {
-	conf := Config{ROMount: true, PanicOnWrite: true}
-	uid := p9.UID(os.Getuid())
-	gid := p9.GID(os.Getgid())
-
-	runCustom(t, allTypes, []Config{conf}, func(t *testing.T, s state) {
-		if s.fileType != unix.S_IFLNK {
-			assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Open(p9.WriteOnly) })
-		}
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Create("some_file", p9.ReadWrite, 0777, uid, gid) })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Mkdir("some_dir", 0777, uid, gid) })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.RenameAt("some_file", s.file, "other_file") })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Symlink("some_place", "some_symlink", uid, gid) })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.UnlinkAt("some_file", 0) })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Link(s.file, "some_link") })
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.Mknod("some-nod", 0777, 1, 2, uid, gid) })
-
-		valid := p9.SetAttrMask{Size: true}
-		attr := p9.SetAttr{Size: 0}
-		assertPanic(t, func() { s.file.SetAttr(valid, attr) })
-	})
-}
-
 func TestWalkNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	runCustom(t, []uint32{unix.S_IFDIR}, allConfs, func(t *testing.T, s state) {
 		if _, _, err := s.file.Walk([]string{"nobody-here"}); err != unix.ENOENT {