Use Libpod tmpdir for pause path

Previously, we always computed pause path from the Rootless
runtime directory. Problem: this does not match the behavior of
Libpod when the directory changes. Libpod will continue to use
the previous directory, cached in the database; Pause pidfiles
will swap to the new path. This is problematic when the directory
needs to exist to write the pidfile, and Libpod is what creates
the directory.

There are two potential solutions - allow the pause pidfile to
move and just make the directory when we want to write it, or use
the cached Libpod paths for a guaranteed location. This patch
does the second, because it seems safer - we will never miss a
previously-existing pidfile because the location is now
consistent.

Fixes #8539

Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <mheon@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_supported.go b/pkg/util/utils_supported.go
index 2d636a7cb..a63c76415 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_supported.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_supported.go
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ func GetRootlessConfigHomeDir() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath returns the path to the file that holds the pid for
-// the pause process
+// the pause process.
+// DEPRECATED - switch to GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPathGivenDir
 func GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath() (string, error) {
 	runtimeDir, err := GetRuntimeDir()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -107,3 +108,13 @@ func GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(runtimeDir, "libpod", "pause.pid"), nil
 }
+
+// GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPathGivenDir returns the path to the file that
+// holds the PID of the pause process, given the location of Libpod's temporary
+// files.
+func GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPathGivenDir(libpodTmpDir string) (string, error) {
+	if libpodTmpDir == "" {
+		return "", errors.Errorf("must provide non-empty tmporary directory")
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(libpodTmpDir, "pause.pid"), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_windows.go b/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
index 9bba2d1ee..46ca5e7f1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ func GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath() (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.Wrap(errNotImplemented, "GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath")
 }
 
+// GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath returns the path to the file that holds the pid for
+// the pause process
+func GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPathGivenDir(unused string) (string, error) {
+	return "", errors.Wrap(errNotImplemented, "GetRootlessPauseProcessPidPath")
+}
+
 // GetRuntimeDir returns the runtime directory
 func GetRuntimeDir() (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.New("this function is not implemented for windows")