Merge pull request #3551 from mheon/fix_memory_leak

Fix memory leak with exit files

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 83ee5640e..aba9c5b93 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -634,19 +634,15 @@ func (c *Container) removeConmonFiles() error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error removing container %s OOM file", c.ID())
 	}
 
-	// Instead of outright deleting the exit file, rename it (if it exists).
-	// We want to retain it so we can get the exit code of containers which
-	// are removed (at least until we have a workable events system)
+	// Remove the exit file so we don't leak memory in tmpfs
 	exitFile := filepath.Join(c.ociRuntime.exitsDir, c.ID())
-	oldExitFile := filepath.Join(c.ociRuntime.exitsDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s-old", c.ID()))
 	if _, err := os.Stat(exitFile); err != nil {
 		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error running stat on container %s exit file", c.ID())
 		}
 	} else {
-		// Rename should replace the old exit file (if it exists)
-		if err := os.Rename(exitFile, oldExitFile); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error renaming container %s exit file", c.ID())
+		if err := os.Remove(exitFile); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error removing container %s exit file", c.ID())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1112,7 +1108,13 @@ func (c *Container) stop(timeout uint) error {
 	}
 
 	// Wait until we have an exit file, and sync once we do
-	return c.waitForExitFileAndSync()
+	if err := c.waitForExitFileAndSync(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.newContainerEvent(events.Stop)
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Internal, non-locking function to pause a container