作者:华仔

一、前言

问题排查过程,源码部分均由我的开发同事排查和记录;在征得其同意后,由我发表在此。

二、问题

某天接到客户反馈,pod的事件中出现大量的 warning event: Readiness probe failed: OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: EOF: unknown。但不影响客户访问该服务。

三、环境

特别说明:客户在负责运行业务的k8s节点上坚持开启了cpu-manager

组件

版本

k8s

1.14.x

四、排查

1、接到客户反馈后,检查该pod所在节点的kubelet日志,如下:

I0507 03:43:28.310630  57003 prober.go:112] Readiness probe for "adsfadofadfabdfhaodsfa(d1aab5f0-
ae8f-11eb-a151-080027049c65):c0" failed (failure): OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: EOF: unknown
I0507 07:08:49.834093  57003 prober.go:112] Readiness probe for "adsfadofadfabdfhaodsfa(a89a158e-
ae8f-11eb-a151-080027049c65):c0" failed (failure): OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: unexpected EOF: unknown
I0507 10:06:58.307881  57003 prober.go:112] Readiness probe for "adsfadofadfabdfhaodsfa(d1aab5f0-
ae8f-11eb-a151-080027049c65):c0" failed (failure): OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: EOF: unknown

probe的错误类型为failure,对应代码如下:
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2、再查看docker日志,如下:

time="2021-05-06T16:51:40.009989451+08:00" level=error msg="stream copy error: reading from a closed fifo"
time="2021-05-06T16:51:40.010054596+08:00" level=error msg="stream copy error: reading from a closed fifo"
time="2021-05-06T16:51:40.170676532+08:00" level=error msg="Error running exec 8e34e8b910694abe95a467b2936b37635fdabd2f7b7c464d
fef952fa5732aa4e in container: OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: EOF: unknown"

虽然从Docker日志中显示是 stream copy error,但实际上是底层的 runc 返回了 EOF,导致返回了 error。
3、因为日志中显示 probe 类型为 Failure,因此 e.CombinedOutPut() 的 err != nil,并且 ExitStatus 不为 0,data 的值为 OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: unexpected EOF: unknown,最终会调用到 RunInContainer 方法
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ExecSync 是通过 GRPC 调用了 dockershim 的 ExecSync
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dockershim 最终调用到 ExecInContainer 方法,并且该方法的返回了 exitcode 不为 0 的 error。

func (*NativeExecHandler) ExecInContainer(client libdocker.Interface, container *dockertypes.ContainerJSON, cmd []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize, timeout time.Duration) error {
   execObj, err := client.CreateExec(container.ID, createOpts)
   
   startOpts := dockertypes.ExecStartCheck{Detach: false, Tty: tty}
   streamOpts := libdocker.StreamOptions{
      InputStream:  stdin,
      OutputStream: stdout,
      ErrorStream:  stderr,
      RawTerminal:  tty,
      ExecStarted:  execStarted,
   }
   err = client.StartExec(execObj.ID, startOpts, streamOpts)
   if err != nil {
      return err
   }

    ticker := time.NewTicker(2 * time.Second)
    defer ticker.Stop()
    count := 0
    for {
       inspect, err2 := client.InspectExec(execObj.ID)
       if err2 != nil {
          return err2
       }
       if !inspect.Running {
          if inspect.ExitCode != 0 {
             err = &dockerExitError{inspect}
          }
          break
       }
    
       count++
       if count == 5 {
          klog.Errorf("Exec session %s in container %s terminated but process still running!", execObj.ID, container.ID)
          break
       }
    
       <-ticker.C
    }

   return err
}

ExecInContainer 做了以下几件事:

  1. 调用 CreateExec 创建 ExecID
  2. 调用 StartExec 执行 exec,并通过 holdHijackedConnection 来重定向输入输出。将 inputStream 写入到 connection,并将 response stream 重定向到 stdout,stderr。
  3. 调用 InspectExec 获取本次 exec 的运行状态和 exitcode

那么日志中打印的报错就是 response stream 传递过来的字符流。也就是说,dockerd 的 response 中包含了错误值。
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此时去 docker 代码中查找原因,ExecStart 会调用到 dockerd 的以下代码:
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根据上面 docker 的日志,err 的错误信息为:OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: EOF: unknown。也就是说 ContainerExecStart 返回了错误。
ContainerExecStart 会调用到 containerd.Exec,也就是 dockerd 和 containerd 之间进行通信
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// docker/libcontainerd/client_daemon.go
// Exec creates exec process.
//
// The containerd client calls Exec to register the exec config in the shim side.
// When the client calls Start, the shim will create stdin fifo if needs. But
// for the container main process, the stdin fifo will be created in Create not
// the Start call. stdinCloseSync channel should be closed after Start exec
// process.
func (c *client) Exec(ctx context.Context, containerID, processID string, spec *specs.Process, withStdin bool, attachStdio StdioCallback) (int, error) {
   ctr := c.getContainer(containerID)
   if ctr == nil {
      return -1, errors.WithStack(newNotFoundError("no such container"))
   }
   t := ctr.getTask()
   if t == nil {
      return -1, errors.WithStack(newInvalidParameterError("container is not running"))
   }

   if p := ctr.getProcess(processID); p != nil {
      return -1, errors.WithStack(newConflictError("id already in use"))
   }

   var (
      p              containerd.Process
      rio            cio.IO
      err            error
      stdinCloseSync = make(chan struct{})
   )

   fifos := newFIFOSet(ctr.bundleDir, processID, withStdin, spec.Terminal)

   defer func() {
      if err != nil {
         if rio != nil {
            rio.Cancel()
            rio.Close()
         }
      }
   }()

   p, err = t.Exec(ctx, processID, spec, func(id string) (cio.IO, error) {
      rio, err = c.createIO(fifos, containerID, processID, stdinCloseSync, attachStdio)
      return rio, err
   })
   if err != nil {
      close(stdinCloseSync)
      return -1, wrapError(err)
   }

   ctr.addProcess(processID, p)

   // Signal c.createIO that it can call CloseIO
   //
   // the stdin of exec process will be created after p.Start in containerd
   defer close(stdinCloseSync)

   if err = p.Start(ctx); err != nil {
      // use new context for cleanup because old one may be cancelled by user, but leave a timeout to make sure
      // we are not waiting forever if containerd is unresponsive or to work around fifo cancelling issues in
      // older containerd-shim
      ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 45*time.Second)
      defer cancel()
      p.Delete(ctx)
      ctr.deleteProcess(processID)
      return -1, wrapError(err)
   }

   return int(p.Pid()), nil
}

这里 new 了一个 FIFOSet,而 reading from a closed fifo 仅出现在 fifo 被 close 掉时,仍然在读取的情况。即 f.Close() 发生在 f.Read() 前面。
在外层可以看到

defer func() {
   if err != nil {
      if rio != nil {
         rio.Cancel()
         rio.Close() // 这里 Close 会导致 fifo close
      }
   }
}()

p, err = t.Exec(ctx, processID, spec, func(id string) (cio.IO, error) {
   rio, err = c.createIO(fifos, containerID, processID, stdinCloseSync, attachStdio)
   return rio, err
})
if err != nil {
   close(stdinCloseSync)
   return -1, wrapError(err)
}

ctr.addProcess(processID, p)

// Signal c.createIO that it can call CloseIO
//
// the stdin of exec process will be created after p.Start in containerd
defer close(stdinCloseSync)

// p.Start 出错,会导致内部的 fifo 关闭,从而导致 reading from a closed fifo 的问题
if err = p.Start(ctx); err != nil {
   // use new context for cleanup because old one may be cancelled by user, but leave a timeout to make sure
   // we are not waiting forever if containerd is unresponsive or to work around fifo cancelling issues in
   // older containerd-shim
   ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 45*time.Second)
   defer cancel()
   p.Delete(ctx)
   ctr.deleteProcess(processID)
   return -1, wrapError(err)
}

p.Start 调用到下面的代码,通过 GRPC 和 containerd 通信。

// github.com/containerd/containerd/task.go
func (t *task) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
   r, err := t.client.TaskService().Start(ctx, &tasks.StartRequest{
      ContainerID: t.id,
   })
   if err != nil {
      t.io.Cancel()
      t.io.Close()
      return errdefs.FromGRPC(err)
   }
   t.pid = r.Pid
   return nil
}

这个 GRPC 调用会到达 containerd 以下的代码:

func (e *execProcess) start(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
   var (
      socket  *runc.Socket
      pidfile = filepath.Join(e.path, fmt.Sprintf("%s.pid", e.id))
   )
   if e.stdio.Terminal {
      if socket, err = runc.NewTempConsoleSocket(); err != nil {
         return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create runc console socket")
      }
      defer socket.Close()
   } else if e.stdio.IsNull() {
      if e.io, err = runc.NewNullIO(); err != nil {
         return errors.Wrap(err, "creating new NULL IO")
      }
   } else {
      if e.io, err = runc.NewPipeIO(e.parent.IoUID, e.parent.IoGID, withConditionalIO(e.stdio)); err != nil {
         return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create runc io pipes")
      }
   }
   opts := &runc.ExecOpts{
      PidFile: pidfile,
      IO:      e.io,
      Detach:  true,
   }
   if socket != nil {
      opts.ConsoleSocket = socket
   }
   // err 返回了 exec failed: EOF: unknown
   // 这里的 runtime 就是 runc 的二进制文件执行命令
   if err := e.parent.runtime.Exec(ctx, e.parent.id, e.spec, opts); err != nil {
      close(e.waitBlock)
      return e.parent.runtimeError(err, "OCI runtime exec failed")
   }

Exec 的代码如下:

// Exec executres and additional process inside the container based on a full
// OCI Process specification
func (r *Runc) Exec(context context.Context, id string, spec specs.Process, opts *ExecOpts) error {
   f, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"), "runc-process")
   if err != nil {
      return err
   }
   defer os.Remove(f.Name())
   err = json.NewEncoder(f).Encode(spec)
   f.Close()
   if err != nil {
      return err
   }
   args := []string{"exec", "--process", f.Name()}
   if opts != nil {
      oargs, err := opts.args()
      if err != nil {
         return err
      }
      args = append(args, oargs...)
   }
   cmd := r.command(context, append(args, id)...)
   if opts != nil && opts.IO != nil {
      opts.Set(cmd)
   }
   if cmd.Stdout == nil && cmd.Stderr == nil {
      data, err := cmdOutput(cmd, true)
      if err != nil {
         return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", err, data)
      }
      return nil
   }
   ec, err := Monitor.Start(cmd)
   if err != nil {
      return err
   }
   if opts != nil && opts.IO != nil {
      if c, ok := opts.IO.(StartCloser); ok {
         if err := c.CloseAfterStart(); err != nil {
            return err
         }
      }
   }
   status, err := Monitor.Wait(cmd, ec)
   if err == nil && status != 0 {
      err = fmt.Errorf("%s did not terminate sucessfully", cmd.Args[0])
   }
   return err
}

因此是 runc 在运行后输出了 exec failed: EOF: unknown 这个错误。
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将 runc 指令循环执行,可少量复现。经过排查,发现 runc exec 在运行期间会读取 container 的 state.json,并使用 json decode 时出现异常。
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此时联想到开启 kubelet cpu-manager 后,会 update container,也就是更新这个 state.json 文件。导致 runc 读到了部分 cpu-manager 更新的内容。从而导致 json decode 失败。
此时排查 runc EOF 和 kubelet cpu-manager update container(默认每 10s 更新一次) 的时间,发现时间点刚好吻合,验证猜想。

查看 runc 是否有修复,发现了这个 pr: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/2467。
修复思路是将 saveState 变成原子操作,这样就不会出现读取 state.json 时,读到部分写入的内容,导致 unexpected EOF (或 EOF)的问题

// 原来的
func (c *linuxContainer) saveState(s *State) error {
   f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(c.root, stateFilename))
   if err != nil {
      return err
   }
   defer f.Close()
   return utils.WriteJSON(f, s)
}
// 修复后的
func (c *linuxContainer) saveState(s *State) (retErr error) {
        tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(c.root, "state-")
        if err != nil {
                return err
        }

        defer func() {
                if retErr != nil {
                        tmpFile.Close()
                        os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
                }
        }()

        err = utils.WriteJSON(tmpFile, s)
        if err != nil {
                return err
        }
        err = tmpFile.Close()
        if err != nil {
                return err
        }

        stateFilePath := filepath.Join(c.root, stateFilename)
        return os.Rename(tmpFile.Name(), stateFilePath)
}

五、解决

  1. 关闭cpu-manager
  2. 升级runc