[lxc-users] Disk space not released after deleting rootfs image

[Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]]

Sorry, I had sent the wrong link previously.

The correct link is;
http://pastebin.com/chBWt5u1

Cal


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
cal.leeming at simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:

> Not sure if this helps but here is a simple test scenario that will
> reproduce the problem;
> http://pastebin.com/V0GJsNcx
>
> Cal
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
> cal.leeming at simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm able to create containers which use a single file for their rootfs;
>>
>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/rootfs.img bs=1 count=1024
>> $ mkfs.ext4 /rootfs.img
>> -- other debootstrap commands here --
>>
>> The image runs successfully in both lxc-start, lxc-start-ephemeral and
>> lxc-execute.
>>
>> However if I then attempt to delete the rootfs image after running
>> lxc-start or lxc-execute, the disk space is not given back and I have to
>> reboot in order to reclaim the disk space.
>>
>> Does anyone know why this might be happening? Perhaps LXC is keeping a
>> scale descriptor open somewhere?
>>
>> Any help would be really appreciated, can provide more info/debugging if
>> needed.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Cal
>>
>
>
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