Failed to remove container in Openshift

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to remove dead docker containers and the presence of the following logs in /var/log/messages

    Failed to remove container (99ab1e313745): Error response from daemon: Unable to remove filesystem for 99ab1e313745f7392f3128b15bec6f5503ea5e567865747d54d65e3298b18c6a: remove /var/lib/docker/containers/99ab1e313745f7392f3128b15bec6f5503ea5e567865747d54d65e3298b18c6a/shm: device or resource busy
    Failed to remove container (b6a95c3cda24): Error response from daemon: Unable to remove filesystem for b6a95c3cda248c25e1df8a12b5ad3f47b79d8c7bf5cb9b024f9f3a31ae5ac534: remove /var/lib/docker/containers/b6a95c3cda248c25e1df8a12b5ad3f47b79d8c7bf5cb9b024f9f3a31ae5ac534/shm: device or resource busy
    

Environment

  • Openshift Container Platform
    • 3.2
    • 3.3

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