Description of problem: init-containers with resource requests/limits got error Message Failed to start container with id 4b43d72e4376312cad410647323cb9513cf3440972e96c0ff58ca5886be9ff1a with error: rpc error: code = 2 desc = failed to start container "4b43d72e4376312cad410647323cb9513cf3440972e96c0ff58ca5886be9ff1a": Error response from daemon: {"message":"invalid header field value \"oci runtime error: container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused \\\"process_linux.go:291: setting cgroup config for ready process caused \\\\\\\"failed to write 50000 to cpu.cfs_quota_us: write /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct/kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod0eb5bca1_4c2b_11e7_9837_42010af00003.slice/docker-4b43d72e4376312cad410647323cb9513cf3440972e96c0ff58ca5886be9ff1a.scope/cpu.cfs_quota_us: invalid argument\\\\\\\"\\\"\\n\""} Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openshift v3.6.99 kubernetes v1.6.1+5115d708d7 etcd 3.1.0 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a pod of init-containers with resource requests/limits $ oc create -f init-containers.yaml $ cat init-containers.yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: init-limits spec: containers: - image: docker.io/ocpqe/hello-pod name: hello-pod resources: limits: cpu: "150m" memory: "120Mi" requests: cpu: "100m" memory: "100Mi" initContainers: - name: init image: centos:centos7 command: - /bin/true resources: limits: cpu: "500m" memory: "400Mi" requests: cpu: "300m" memory: "200Mi" 2. exam pod status $ oc get pod Actual results: Errors $ oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-quota123 0/1 Init:rpc error: code = 2 desc = failed to start container "4b43d72e4376312cad410647323cb9513cf3440972e96c0ff58ca5886be9ff1a": Error response from daemon: {"message":"invalid header field value \"oci runtime error: container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused \\\"process_linux.go:291: setting cgroup config for ready process caused \\\\\\\"failed to write 50000 to cpu.cfs_quota_us: write /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct/kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod0eb5bca1_4c2b_11e7_9837_42010af00003.slice/docker-4b43d72e4376312cad410647323cb9513cf3440972e96c0ff58ca5886be9ff1a.scope/cpu.cfs_quota_us: invalid argument\\\\\\\"\\\"\\n\""} 0 4s [root@dhcp-140-97 initcontainers]# oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-quota123 0/1 Init:rpc error: code = 2 desc = failed to start container "8d2b645c2f694639ad6744af38c3c3416ba2ce05a2973a6554b0456ffad5ec1a": Error response from daemon: {"message":"invalid header field value \"oci runtime error: container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused \\\"process_linux.go:291: setting cgroup config for ready process caused \\\\\\\"failed to write 50000 to cpu.cfs_quota_us: write /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct/kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod0eb5bca1_4c2b_11e7_9837_42010af00003.slice/docker-8d2b645c2f694639ad6744af38c3c3416ba2ce05a2973a6554b0456ffad5ec1a.scope/cpu.cfs_quota_us: invalid argument\\\\\\\"\\\"\\n\""} 1 6s [root@dhcp-140-97 initcontainers]# oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-quota123 0/1 Init:CrashLoopBackOff 1 7s Expected results: pod running, no error Additional info: $ oc describe pod will show error message, too
Upstream already has a fix: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/22ab45b5759b01341a2b030915da68842e9bd135
Origin PR: https://github.com/openshift/origin/pull/14605
verified on openshift v3.6.112 Fixed. # oc create -f init-containers.yaml pod "init-limits" created # oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-limits 0/1 Init:0/1 0 4s # oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-limits 0/1 Init:0/1 0 7s # oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-limits 0/1 Init:0/1 0 9s [...] # oc get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE init-limits 1/1 Running 0 2m
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3188