Fall back to simpler behavior, if setsid is not installed

Author: ardaguclu

pkg/cli/admin/mustgather/mustgather.go

@@ -98,12 +98,15 @@ while true; do
 usage_percentage=$(df -P "$target_dir" | awk 'NR==2 {print $5}' | sed 's/%%//')
 echo "[disk usage checker] Volume usage percentage: current = ${usage_percentage} ; allowed = ${usage_percentage_limit}"
 if [ "$usage_percentage" -gt "$usage_percentage_limit" ]; then
-	echo "[disk usage checker] Disk usage exceeds the volume percentage of ${usage_percentage_limit} for mounted directory, terminating..."
-	ps -o sess --no-headers | sort -u | while read sid; do
-		[[ "$sid" -eq "${$}" ]] && continue
-		pkill --signal SIGKILL --session "$sid"
-	done
-	exit 1
+	echo "[disk usage checker] Disk usage exceeds the volume percentage of ${usage_percentage_limit} for mounted directory, terminating..." >&2
+	if command -v setsid >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		ps -o sess --no-headers | sort -u | while read sid; do
+			[[ "$sid" -eq "${$}" ]] && continue
+			pkill --signal SIGKILL --session "$sid"
+		done
+	else
+		kill 0
+	fi
 fi
 sleep 5
 done`
@@ -1325,12 +1328,19 @@ func buildPodCommand(
 	cmd.WriteString(volumeCheckerScript)
 	cmd.WriteString(` & `)
 
-	// Start the gather command in a separate session.
-	cmd.WriteString("setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF\n")
+	// Start the gather command in a separate session if setsid is available.
+	// Fall back to simpler approach if setsid is not present (minimal images).
+	cmd.WriteString("if command -v setsid >/dev/null 2>&1; then\n")
+	cmd.WriteString("  setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF\n")
 	cmd.WriteString(gatherCommand)
 	cmd.WriteString("\nMUSTGATHER_EOF\n")
+	cmd.WriteString("else\n")
+	cmd.WriteString("  ")
+	cmd.WriteString(gatherCommand)
+	cmd.WriteString("\nfi; ")
 
 	// Make sure all changes are written to disk.
 	cmd.WriteString(`sync && echo 'Caches written to disk'`)
+
 	return cmd.String()
 }

pkg/cli/admin/mustgather/mustgather_test.go

@@ -454,19 +454,25 @@ func TestBuildPodCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			name:                     "default gather command",
 			volumeUsageCheckerScript: "sleep infinity",
 			gatherCommand:            "/usr/bin/gather",
-			expectedCommand: `sleep infinity & setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF
+			expectedCommand: `sleep infinity & if command -v setsid >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF
 /usr/bin/gather
 MUSTGATHER_EOF
-sync && echo 'Caches written to disk'`,
+else
+  /usr/bin/gather
+fi; sync && echo 'Caches written to disk'`,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                     "custom gather command",
 			volumeUsageCheckerScript: "sleep infinity",
 			gatherCommand:            "sed -i 's#--rotated-pod-logs# #g' /usr/bin/*gather* && /usr/bin/gather",
-			expectedCommand: `sleep infinity & setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF
+			expectedCommand: `sleep infinity & if command -v setsid >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  setsid -w bash <<-MUSTGATHER_EOF
 sed -i 's#--rotated-pod-logs# #g' /usr/bin/*gather* && /usr/bin/gather
 MUSTGATHER_EOF
-sync && echo 'Caches written to disk'`,
+else
+  sed -i 's#--rotated-pod-logs# #g' /usr/bin/*gather* && /usr/bin/gather
+fi; sync && echo 'Caches written to disk'`,
 		},
 	}