Pod fails to start with 'standard_init_linux.go:210: exec user process caused "exec format error"' in OpenShift 4
Issue
A pod fails to start with the following error:
# oc get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
<pod-name> 0/1 CrashLoopBackOff 1 22s
# oc logs <pod-name>
standard_init_linux.go:210: exec user process caused "exec format error"
Environment
- OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x
- IBM Power9
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