+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1555910 +++

Description of problem:

Originally reported bug : https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/61178

By creating a deployment where an init container creates a file in an emptydir and then the container tries to mount this file as a subpath will reproduce it.

---
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: subpath
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: subpath
    spec:
      initContainers:
        - name: init
          image: busybox
          command:
            - touch
            - /mount/test
          volumeMounts:
            - name: mount
              mountPath: /mount
      containers:
      - name: subtest
        image: busybox
        command:
          - ls
          - -l
          - /mount/test
        volumeMounts:
          - name: mount
            mountPath: /mount/test
            subPath: test
      volumes:
      - name: mount
        emptyDir: {}


--- Additional comment from Hemant Kumar on 2018-03-14 16:05:08 EDT ---

https://github.com/openshift/ose/pull/1135