Pod Rm Infra Improvements

Made changes so that if the pod contains all exited containers and only infra is running, remove the pod.

resolves #11713

Signed-off-by: cdoern <cdoern@redhat.com>

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-rm.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-rm.1.md
index d185385b6..ce91dab5b 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-rm.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-rm.1.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ podman\-pod\-rm - Remove one or more stopped pods and containers
 **podman pod rm** [*options*] *pod*
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
-**podman pod rm** will remove one or more stopped pods and their containers from the host.  The pod name or ID can be used. The \-f option stops all containers and then removes them before removing the pod.
+**podman pod rm** will remove one or more stopped pods and their containers from the host.  The pod name or ID can be used. The \-f option stops all containers and then removes them before removing the pod. If all containers added by the user are in an exited state, the pod will be removed.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 2ca49758d..d71179017 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ func (c *Container) checkReadyForRemoval() error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrCtrStateInvalid, "container %s is in invalid state", c.ID())
 	}
 
-	if c.ensureState(define.ContainerStateRunning, define.ContainerStatePaused) {
+	if c.ensureState(define.ContainerStateRunning, define.ContainerStatePaused) && !c.IsInfra() {
 		return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrCtrStateInvalid, "cannot remove container %s as it is %s - running or paused containers cannot be removed without force", c.ID(), c.state.State.String())
 	}
 
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_pod_linux.go b/libpod/runtime_pod_linux.go
index a90ea6125..3a6098de8 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_pod_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_pod_linux.go
@@ -177,10 +177,9 @@ func (r *Runtime) removePod(ctx context.Context, p *Pod, removeCtrs, force bool)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	numCtrs := len(ctrs)
 
-	// If the only container in the pod is the pause container, remove the pod and container unconditionally.
+	// If the only running container in the pod is the pause container, remove the pod and container unconditionally.
 	pauseCtrID := p.state.InfraContainerID
 	if numCtrs == 1 && ctrs[0].ID() == pauseCtrID {
 		removeCtrs = true
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
index c5d91d679..ac1f322ef 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
@@ -301,4 +301,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod rm", func() {
 		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
+
+	It("podman pod rm with exited containers", func() {
+		_, ec, podid := podmanTest.CreatePod(nil)
+		Expect(ec).To(Equal(0))
+
+		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--pod", podid, ALPINE})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--pod", podid, ALPINE})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		result := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"pod", "rm", podid})
+		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(result).Should(Exit(0))
+	})
 })