[Lxc-users] cannot stop/kill lxc-start

[Ulli Horlacher]

I have some lxc-start processes which I cannot stop or kill:


root at vms2:/lxc# psg bunny
USER       PID  PPID %CPU    VSZ COMMAND
root     27033     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log
root     26620     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log

root at vms2:/lxc# lxc-stop -n bunny -o /dev/tty
root at vms2:/lxc# echo $?
0

root at vms2:/lxc# psg bunny
USER       PID  PPID %CPU    VSZ COMMAND
root     27033     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log
root     26620     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log

root at vms2:/lxc# kill 27033 26620
root at vms2:/lxc# psg bunny
USER       PID  PPID %CPU    VSZ COMMAND
root     27033     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log
root     26620     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log

root at vms2:/lxc# kill -9 27033 26620
root at vms2:/lxc# psg bunny
USER       PID  PPID %CPU    VSZ COMMAND
root     27033     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log
root     26620     1  0.0  20872 lxc-start -f /data/lxc/bunny.cfg -n bunny -d -o /data/lxc/bunny.log


root at vms2:/lxc# uname -a; lxc-version
Linux vms2 2.6.35-30-server #59~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 1 19:39:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lxc version: 0.7.4.1


I do not want to reboot the server host, because there are others
containers running in production state.

How can I terminate these dangling lxc-start processes?

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Ullrich Horlacher              Server- und Arbeitsplatzsysteme
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