On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:19:41 +0900, Tomasz Chmielewski <man...@wpkg.org>: > lxc-destroy may be destroying wrong containers! > > To reproduce: > > 1) have a container you want to clone - here, testvm012d: > > # lxc-ls -f > NAME STATE IPV4 > IPV6 GROUPS AUTOSTART > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > testvm012d STOPPED - > - - NO > > > 2) clone it - but before the command returns, press ctrl+c (say, you > realized you used a wrong name and want to interrupt): > > # lxc-clone -B dir testvm012d testvm13d > [ctrl+c] > > > 3) lxc-ls will now show two containers: > > # lxc-ls -f > NAME STATE IPV4 > IPV6 GROUPS AUTOSTART > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > testvm012d STOPPED - > - - NO > testvm13d STOPPED - > - - NO > > > 4) we can see that the "interrupted" container was not fully copied - let's > remove it then with lxc-destroy: > > # du -sh testvm012d testvm13d > 462M testvm012d > 11M testvm13d > > # lxc-destroy -n testvm13d > > # echo $? > 0 > > > 5) as expected, lxc-ls only lists the original container now: > > # lxc-ls -f > NAME STATE IPV4 > IPV6 GROUPS AUTOSTART > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > testvm012d STOPPED - > - - NO > > > 6) unfortunately rootfs for the original container is gone: > > # du -sh testvm012d > 4.0K testvm012d > > # ls testvm012d/ > config This may not have something to do with lxc-destroy but with how clones work. Can you only proceed up to step 2) you listed:
> 2) clone it - but before the command returns, press ctrl+c (say, you
> realized you used a wrong name and want to interrupt):
>
> # lxc-clone -B dir testvm012d testvm13d
> [ctrl+c]
and immediately afterwards check whether the rootfs of the original container
testvm012d is still present?
Christian
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