opencontainers / opencontainers/runc

More user friendly error message on mkdir failure

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Description

It would be nice with a more user friendly error message when mkdir fails.

FROM debian:stable-slim
RUN mkdir -p /hostvolume/buildvolume/content
VOLUME /hostvolume/buildvolume
docker run --rm -it -v $PWD:/hostvolume:ro a6ff2c221aaa bash
docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:336: starting container process caused "process_linux.go:402: container init caused \"rootfs_linux.go:57: mounting \\\"/var/lib/docker/volumes/68ea6bf2489a77aa8f5f0564219c5c62c952cce0279d47ba144032f831e4527a/_data\\\" to rootfs \\\"/var/lib/docker/overlay2/45d9d35420719503083473a549170b60e7bc2658502b0222e1f84d2c8813441c/merged\\\" at \\\"/var/lib/docker/overlay2/45d9d35420719503083473a549170b60e7bc2658502b0222e1f84d2c8813441c/merged/hostvolume/buildvolume\\\" caused \\\"mkdir /var/lib/docker/overlay2/45d9d35420719503083473a549170b60e7bc2658502b0222e1f84d2c8813441c/merged/hostvolume/buildvolume: read-only file system\\\"\"": unknown.

WIth the current error message, it can take a while to figure out why it is trying to create a directory. Also, it isn't obvious that the directory it is trying to create a directory in, is the source directory of my hostvolume bind volume.

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with the Dockerfile and docker run commands in the issue, then trace the reported mkdir failure through the container startup path. Done means the error explains why the directory is being created and identifies that the parent comes from the hostvolume bind mount.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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