lxc-start: Device or resource busy - failed to remove previous cgroup

Balbir Singh balbir at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jan 4 07:57:15 PST 2010


> munmap(0x7feca8220000, 4096)            = 0
> access("/cgroup/arch64-1", F_OK)        = 0
> rmdir("/cgroup/arch64-1")               = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy)
> write(2, "lxc-start: "..., 11lxc-start: )          = 11
> write(2, "Device or resource busy - failed "..., 77Device or resource
> busy - failed to remove previous cgroup '/cgroup/arch64-1') = 77
> write(2, "\n"..., 1
> )                    = 1

I can't see the create of /cgroup/arch64-1 happening, but the rmdir
fails. Hmmm.. does the group already exist at mount time? What are the
permissions?

Balbir Singh.


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