kubernetes · ComradeProgrammer · Aug 5, 2025 · Aug 5, 2025 · Aug 6, 2025 · Aug 6, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,130 @@ jobs:
           - driver: qemu
             os: macos-13
             network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 1
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 2
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 3
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 4
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 5
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 6
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 7
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 8
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 9
+          - driver: qemu
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network socket_vmnet
+            iteration: 10
           - driver: vfkit
             os: macos-13
             network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
           - driver: docker
             os: ubuntu-24.04
             network_flag: ""
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 1
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 2
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 3
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 4
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 5
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 6
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 7
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 8
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 9
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 10
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 11
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 12
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 13
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 14
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 15
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 16
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 17
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 18
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 19
+          - driver: vfkit
+            os: macos-13
+            network_flag: --network vmnet-shared
+            iteration: 20
+
     steps:
       - name: Info Block (macos)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')

diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ func (f *FakeRunner) systemctl(args []string, root bool) (string, error) { // no
 			f.t.Logf("fake systemctl: SvcRestarted %s", svc)
 		case "is-active":
 			f.t.Logf("fake systemctl: %s is-status: %v", svc, state)
-			if state == SvcRunning {
+			if state == SvcRunning || state == SvcRestarted {
 				return out, nil
 			}
 			return out, fmt.Errorf("%s in state: %v", svc, state)

diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ func (r *Docker) Enable(disOthers bool, cgroupDriver string, inUserNamespace boo
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_ = r.Init.ResetFailed("docker")
-	if err := r.Init.Restart("docker"); err != nil {
+	if err := r.restartServiceWithExpoRetry("docker"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -199,20 +198,9 @@ func (r *Docker) Enable(disOthers bool, cgroupDriver string, inUserNamespace boo
 			return err
 		}
 
-		_ = r.Init.ResetFailed(service)
-		_ = r.Init.Restart(service)
-		// try to restart service if stopped, restart until it works
-		retry.Expo(
-			func() error {
-				if !r.Init.Active(service) {
-					r.Init.ResetFailed(service)
-					r.Init.Restart(service)
-					return fmt.Errorf("cri-docker not running")
-				}
-				return nil
-			},
-			1*time.Second, time.Minute, 5,
-		)
+		if err := r.restartServiceWithExpoRetry(service); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -824,3 +812,20 @@ ExecStart={{.ExecPath}} --container-runtime-endpoint fd:// --pod-infra-container
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (r *Docker) restartServiceWithExpoRetry(service string) error {
+	_ = r.Init.ResetFailed(service)
+	_ = r.Init.Restart(service)
+	// try to restart service if stopped, restart until it works
+	return retry.Expo(
+		func() error {
+			if !r.Init.Active(service) {
+				r.Init.ResetFailed(service)
+				r.Init.Restart(service)
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s not running", service)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+		1*time.Second, time.Minute, 5,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ func configureRuntimes(runner cruntime.CommandRunner, cc config.ClusterConfig, k
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Warningf("cannot ensure containerd is configured properly and reloaded for docker - cluster might be unstable: %v", err)
 		}
+		// wait for containerd socket is ready
 	}
 
 	disableOthers := !driver.BareMetal(cc.Driver)

diff --git a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
@@ -70,18 +70,21 @@ func (p *BuildrootProvisioner) GenerateDockerOptions(dockerPort int) (*provision
 		klog.Infof("root file system type: %s", fstype)
 		noPivot = fstype == "rootfs"
 	}
-
+	/* Template is copied from https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/44bca1adf3c806c4ed6688d67c6f995653b09b26/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service#L2 with the following changes:
+	   After: minikube-automount.service is added
+	   ExecStart: additional flags are added
+	*/
 	engineConfigTmpl := `[Unit]
 Description=Docker Application Container Engine
 Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
-After=network.target  minikube-automount.service docker.socket
-Requires= minikube-automount.service docker.socket 
+After=network-online.target minikube-automount.service nss-lookup.target docker.socket firewalld.service containerd.service time-set.target
+Wants=network-online.target containerd.service
+Requires=docker.socket
 StartLimitBurst=3
 StartLimitIntervalSec=60
-
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-Restart=on-failure
+Restart=always
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")
@@ -94,18 +97,15 @@ Environment=DOCKER_RAMDISK=yes
 {{range .EngineOptions.Env}}Environment={{.}}
 {{end}}
 
-# This file is a systemd drop-in unit that inherits from the base dockerd configuration.
-# The base configuration already specifies an 'ExecStart=...' command. The first directive
-# here is to clear out that command inherited from the base configuration. Without this,
-# the command from the base configuration and the command specified here are treated as
-# a sequence of commands, which is not the desired behavior, nor is it valid -- systemd
-# will catch this invalid input and refuse to start the service with an error like:
-#  Service has more than one ExecStart= setting, which is only allowed for Type=oneshot services.
-
-# NOTE: default-ulimit=nofile is set to an arbitrary number for consistency with other
-# container runtimes. If left unlimited, it may result in OOM issues with MySQL.
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock --default-ulimit=nofile=1048576:1048576 --tlsverify --tlscacert {{.AuthOptions.CaCertRemotePath}} --tlscert {{.AuthOptions.ServerCertRemotePath}} --tlskey {{.AuthOptions.ServerKeyRemotePath}} {{ range .EngineOptions.Labels }}--label {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.InsecureRegistry }}--insecure-registry {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.RegistryMirror }}--registry-mirror {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.ArbitraryFlags }}--{{.}} {{ end }}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376 \
+	-H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock \
+	-H unix:///var/run/docker.sock \
+	--default-ulimit=nofile=1048576:1048576 \
+	--tlsverify \
+	--tlscacert {{.AuthOptions.CaCertRemotePath}} \
+	--tlscert {{.AuthOptions.ServerCertRemotePath}} \
+	--tlskey {{.AuthOptions.ServerKeyRemotePath}} {{ range .EngineOptions.Labels }}--label {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.InsecureRegistry }}--insecure-registry {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.RegistryMirror }}--registry-mirror {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.ArbitraryFlags }}--{{.}} {{ end }}
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP \$MAINPID
 
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ LimitCORE=infinity
 # Uncomment TasksMax if your systemd version supports it.
 # Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
 TasksMax=infinity
-TimeoutStartSec=0
 
 # set delegate yes so that systemd does not reset the cgroups of docker containers
 Delegate=yes
 
 # kill only the docker process, not all processes in the cgroup
 KillMode=process
+OOMScoreAdjust=-500
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target

diff --git a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
@@ -71,20 +71,25 @@ func (p *UbuntuProvisioner) GenerateDockerOptions(dockerPort int) (*provision.Do
 		klog.Infof("root file system type: %s", fstype)
 		noPivot = fstype == "rootfs"
 	}
+	/* Template is copied from https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/44bca1adf3c806c4ed6688d67c6f995653b09b26/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service#L2 with the following changes:
+	   ExecStart: additional flags are added
 
+	   StartLimitBurst=3 : The service can be restarted up to 3 times within the time window defined by StartLimitIntervalSec.
+
+	   StartLimitIntervalSec=60 : The time window is 60 seconds. If the service fails and restarts more than 3 times in 60 seconds, systemd will stop trying to restart it automatically.
+	*/
 	engineConfigTmpl := `[Unit]
 Description=Docker Application Container Engine
 Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
-BindsTo=containerd.service
-After=network-online.target firewalld.service containerd.service
-Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target docker.socket firewalld.service containerd.service time-set.target
+Wants=network-online.target containerd.service
 Requires=docker.socket
 StartLimitBurst=3
 StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-Restart=on-failure
+Restart=always
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")
@@ -108,7 +113,14 @@ Environment=DOCKER_RAMDISK=yes
 # NOTE: default-ulimit=nofile is set to an arbitrary number for consistency with other
 # container runtimes. If left unlimited, it may result in OOM issues with MySQL.
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock --default-ulimit=nofile=1048576:1048576 --tlsverify --tlscacert {{.AuthOptions.CaCertRemotePath}} --tlscert {{.AuthOptions.ServerCertRemotePath}} --tlskey {{.AuthOptions.ServerKeyRemotePath}} {{ range .EngineOptions.Labels }}--label {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.InsecureRegistry }}--insecure-registry {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.RegistryMirror }}--registry-mirror {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.ArbitraryFlags }}--{{.}} {{ end }}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376 \
+	-H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock \
+	-H unix:///var/run/docker.sock \
+	--default-ulimit=nofile=1048576:1048576 \
+	--tlsverify \
+	--tlscacert {{.AuthOptions.CaCertRemotePath}} \
+	--tlscert {{.AuthOptions.ServerCertRemotePath}} \
+	--tlskey {{.AuthOptions.ServerKeyRemotePath}} {{ range .EngineOptions.Labels }}--label {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.InsecureRegistry }}--insecure-registry {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.RegistryMirror }}--registry-mirror {{.}} {{ end }}{{ range .EngineOptions.ArbitraryFlags }}--{{.}} {{ end }}
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP \$MAINPID
 
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ Delegate=yes
 
 # kill only the docker process, not all processes in the cgroup
 KillMode=process
+OOMScoreAdjust=-500
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target