Allow multiple CreateContainer operations at the same time.

internal/guest/bridge/bridge_v2.go

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) execProcessV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err error) {
 	var c *hcsv2.Container
 	if params.IsExternal || request.ContainerID == hcsv2.UVMContainerID {
 		pid, err = b.hostState.RunExternalProcess(ctx, params, conSettings)
-	} else if c, err = b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID); err == nil {
+	} else if c, err = b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID); err == nil {
 		// We found a V2 container. Treat this as a V2 process.
 		if params.OCIProcess == nil {
 			pid, err = c.Start(ctx, conSettings)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) signalContainerV2(ctx context.Context, span *trace.Span, r *Req
 		b.quitChan <- true
 		b.hostState.Shutdown()
 	} else {
-		c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+		c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) signalProcessV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err error) {
 		trace.Int64Attribute("pid", int64(request.ProcessID)),
 		trace.Int64Attribute("signal", int64(request.Options.Signal)))
 
-	c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+	c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) getPropertiesV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("getPropertiesV2 is not supported against the UVM")
 	}
 
-	c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+	c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) waitOnProcessV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err error) {
 		}
 		exitCodeChan, doneChan = p.Wait()
 	} else {
-		c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+		c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) resizeConsoleV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err error) {
 		trace.Int64Attribute("height", int64(request.Height)),
 		trace.Int64Attribute("width", int64(request.Width)))
 
-	c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+	c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) deleteContainerStateV2(r *Request) (_ RequestResponse, err erro
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal JSON in message \"%s\"", r.Message)
 	}
 
-	c, err := b.hostState.GetContainer(request.ContainerID)
+	c, err := b.hostState.GetCreatedContainer(request.ContainerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/guest/runtime/hcsv2/container.go

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package hcsv2
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/cgroups"
@@ -28,6 +30,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/protocol/guestresource"
 )
 
+// containerStatus has been introduced to enable parallel container creation
+type containerStatus uint32
+
+const (
+	// containerCreating is the default status set on a Container object, when
+	// no underlying runtime container or init process has been assigned
+	containerCreating containerStatus = iota
+	// containerCreated is the status when a runtime container and init process
+	// have been assigned, but runtime start command has not been issued yet
+	containerCreated
+)
+
 type Container struct {
 	id    string
 	vsock transport.Transport
@@ -43,6 +57,8 @@ type Container struct {
 
 	processesMutex sync.Mutex
 	processes      map[uint32]*containerProcess
+
+	status containerStatus
 }
 
 func (c *Container) Start(ctx context.Context, conSettings stdio.ConnectionSettings) (int, error) {
@@ -220,3 +236,19 @@ func (c *Container) GetStats(ctx context.Context) (*v1.Metrics, error) {
 func (c *Container) modifyContainerConstraints(ctx context.Context, rt guestrequest.RequestType, cc *guestresource.LCOWContainerConstraints) (err error) {
 	return c.Update(ctx, cc.Linux)
 }
+
+func (c *Container) getStatus() containerStatus {
+	val := atomic.LoadUint32((*uint32)(&c.status))
+	return containerStatus(val)
+}
+
+func (c *Container) setStatus(st containerStatus) error {
+	switch st {
+	case containerCreating, containerCreated:
+		break
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown status: %d", st)
+	}
+	atomic.StoreUint32((*uint32)(&c.status), uint32(st))
+	return nil
+}

internal/guest/runtime/hcsv2/uvm.go

@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/policy"
-	"github.com/mattn/go-shellwords"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/gcserr"
+	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/policy"
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/prot"
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/runtime"
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/guest/spec"
@@ -36,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/internal/protocol/guestresource"
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/pkg/annotations"
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/pkg/securitypolicy"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-shellwords"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // UVMContainerID is the ContainerID that will be sent on any prot.MessageBase
@@ -123,19 +122,30 @@ func (h *Host) RemoveContainer(id string) {
 	delete(h.containers, id)
 }
 
-func (h *Host) getContainerLocked(id string) (*Container, error) {
+func (h *Host) GetCreatedContainer(id string) (*Container, error) {
+	h.containersMutex.Lock()
+	defer h.containersMutex.Unlock()
+
 	if c, ok := h.containers[id]; !ok {
 		return nil, gcserr.NewHresultError(gcserr.HrVmcomputeSystemNotFound)
 	} else {
+		if c.getStatus() != containerCreated {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("container is not in state \"created\": %w",
+				gcserr.NewHresultError(gcserr.HrVmcomputeInvalidState))
+		}
 		return c, nil
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *Host) GetContainer(id string) (*Container, error) {
+func (h *Host) AddContainer(id string, c *Container) error {
 	h.containersMutex.Lock()
 	defer h.containersMutex.Unlock()
 
-	return h.getContainerLocked(id)
+	if _, ok := h.containers[id]; ok {
+		return gcserr.NewHresultError(gcserr.HrVmcomputeSystemAlreadyExists)
+	}
+	h.containers[id] = c
+	return nil
 }
 
 func setupSandboxMountsPath(id string) (err error) {
@@ -162,26 +172,37 @@ func setupSandboxHugePageMountsPath(id string) error {
 }
 
 func (h *Host) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, id string, settings *prot.VMHostedContainerSettingsV2) (_ *Container, err error) {
-	h.containersMutex.Lock()
-	defer h.containersMutex.Unlock()
+	criType, isCRI := settings.OCISpecification.Annotations[annotations.KubernetesContainerType]
+	c := &Container{
+		id:        id,
+		vsock:     h.vsock,
+		spec:      settings.OCISpecification,
+		isSandbox: criType == "sandbox",
+		exitType:  prot.NtUnexpectedExit,
+		processes: make(map[uint32]*containerProcess),
+		status:    containerCreating,
+	}
 
-	if _, ok := h.containers[id]; ok {
-		return nil, gcserr.NewHresultError(gcserr.HrVmcomputeSystemAlreadyExists)
+	if err := h.AddContainer(id, c); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			h.RemoveContainer(id)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	err = h.securityPolicyEnforcer.EnforceCreateContainerPolicy(
 		id,
 		settings.OCISpecification.Process.Args,
 		settings.OCISpecification.Process.Env,
 		settings.OCISpecification.Process.Cwd,
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "container creation denied due to policy")
 	}
 
 	var namespaceID string
-	criType, isCRI := settings.OCISpecification.Annotations[annotations.KubernetesContainerType]
 	// for sandbox container sandboxID is same as container id
 	sandboxID := id
 	if isCRI {
@@ -290,15 +311,7 @@ func (h *Host) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, id string, settings *prot.VM
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get container init process")
 	}
 
-	c := &Container{
-		id:        id,
-		vsock:     h.vsock,
-		spec:      settings.OCISpecification,
-		isSandbox: criType == "sandbox",
-		container: con,
-		exitType:  prot.NtUnexpectedExit,
-		processes: make(map[uint32]*containerProcess),
-	}
+	c.container = con
 	c.initProcess = newProcess(c, settings.OCISpecification.Process, init, uint32(c.container.Pid()), true)
 
 	// Sandbox or standalone, move the networks to the container namespace
@@ -318,7 +331,9 @@ func (h *Host) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, id string, settings *prot.VM
 		}
 	}
 
-	h.containers[id] = c
+	if err := c.setStatus(containerCreated); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return c, nil
 }
 
@@ -337,7 +352,7 @@ func (h *Host) modifyHostSettings(ctx context.Context, containerID string, req *
 	case guestresource.ResourceTypeVPCIDevice:
 		return modifyMappedVPCIDevice(ctx, req.RequestType, req.Settings.(*guestresource.LCOWMappedVPCIDevice))
 	case guestresource.ResourceTypeContainerConstraints:
-		c, err := h.GetContainer(containerID)
+		c, err := h.GetCreatedContainer(containerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -355,7 +370,7 @@ func (h *Host) modifyHostSettings(ctx context.Context, containerID string, req *
 }
 
 func (h *Host) modifyContainerSettings(ctx context.Context, containerID string, req *guestrequest.ModificationRequest) error {
-	c, err := h.GetContainer(containerID)
+	c, err := h.GetCreatedContainer(containerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

test/cri-containerd/policy_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2"
 
@@ -232,13 +233,30 @@ func Test_RunContainers_WithSyncHooks_ValidWaitPath(t *testing.T) {
 	cidWriter := createContainer(t, client, ctx, writerReq)
 	cidWaiter := createContainer(t, client, ctx, waiterReq)
 
-	startContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWriter)
-	defer removeContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWriter)
-	defer stopContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWriter)
-
-	startContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWaiter)
-	defer removeContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWaiter)
-	defer stopContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWaiter)
+	errChan := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		_, err := client.StartContainer(ctx, &runtime.StartContainerRequest{ContainerId: cidWaiter})
+		errChan <- err
+		defer removeContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWaiter)
+		defer stopContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWaiter)
+	}()
+
+	// give some time for the first go routine to kick in.
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+	go func() {
+		_, err := client.StartContainer(ctx, &runtime.StartContainerRequest{ContainerId: cidWriter})
+		errChan <- err
+		defer removeContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWriter)
+		defer stopContainer(t, client, ctx, cidWriter)
+	}()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		if err := <-errChan; err != nil {
+			close(errChan)
+			t.Fatalf("failed to start container: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func Test_RunContainers_WithSyncHooks_InvalidWaitPath(t *testing.T) {