Failed to remove container in Openshift

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • I'm unable to remove dead docker containers with docker rm:

    $ docker rm 004b32271132
Error response from daemon: Driver devicemapper failed to remove root filesystem 004b32271132e4218af8fd319991ba3a927c13e5bdc4462fcc81598f32d4d51c: error while removing /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/f36fec6f819dc57923e5808d3f621658a039552bcd04e6dc50f6b22fa7869c65: invalid argument

  • I can see the following errors 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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 (>= 7.4)

  • Openshift Container Platform (OCP) 3.X

    NOTE: If you are using RHEL 7.3 or below, please, check KCS 3150891.

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