[Bug 1307829] [NEW] network namespace error

[Kaloyan Ganchev]

Public bug reported:

Hello,
I am using latest stables lxc build from http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-lxc/stable/ubuntu on a OpenStack controller to run containers. The OpenStack is also using network  namespaces . When I boot the server without auto start the containers everything looks fine with the OpenStack network namespaces. If I boot lxc container with lxc-start the container starts and its networking is functioning, but network namespaces created before that , by OpenStack installation for example , become unusable with he following error:

 root at osctrl3dc02:~# ip netns exec vips ip a
 seting the network namespace failed: Invalid argument

Here is the strace:

 open("/var/run/netns/vips", O_RDONLY)   = 4
 syscall_308(0x4, 0x40000000, 0x7fffc4d54e83, 0x7fffc4d54bf0, 0x430af0,
 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 0, 0, 0) = -1 (errno 22)

 As far as I know sys call_308 should set the namespace , but it seems
it fails on accessing the /var/run/netns/vips

It is strange that the permissions are altered: 
root at osctrl3dc02:~# ls -alh /var/run/netns/vips
 ---------- 1 root root 0 Apr 14 08:48 /var/run/netns/vips

 This file have the following permission before I start the container
 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 14:01 /var/run/netns/vips

 If I destroy the vips namespace and create it again , keeping the lxc
containers running, everything is back to normal, both containers and
Openstack networking are working.

Best regards,

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: iproute 20111117-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33~precise1-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 15 00:30:18 2014
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: iproute
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: iproute (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  network namespace error

Status in “iproute” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,
  I am using latest stables lxc build from http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-lxc/stable/ubuntu on a OpenStack controller to run containers. The OpenStack is also using network  namespaces . When I boot the server without auto start the containers everything looks fine with the OpenStack network namespaces. If I boot lxc container with lxc-start the container starts and its networking is functioning, but network namespaces created before that , by OpenStack installation for example , become unusable with he following error:

   root at osctrl3dc02:~# ip netns exec vips ip a
   seting the network namespace failed: Invalid argument

  Here is the strace:

   open("/var/run/netns/vips", O_RDONLY)   = 4
   syscall_308(0x4, 0x40000000, 0x7fffc4d54e83, 0x7fffc4d54bf0, 0x430af0,
   0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
   0, 0, 0) = -1 (errno 22)

   As far as I know sys call_308 should set the namespace , but it seems
  it fails on accessing the /var/run/netns/vips

  It is strange that the permissions are altered: 
  root at osctrl3dc02:~# ls -alh /var/run/netns/vips
   ---------- 1 root root 0 Apr 14 08:48 /var/run/netns/vips

   This file have the following permission before I start the container
   -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 14:01 /var/run/netns/vips

   If I destroy the vips namespace and create it again , keeping the lxc
  containers running, everything is back to normal, both containers and
  Openstack networking are working.

  Best regards,

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: iproute 20111117-1ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33~precise1-generic 3.11.10.5
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 15 00:30:18 2014
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: iproute
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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