trace_mount

The trace_mount gadget emits events when mount and unmount system calls are made.

Getting started

Running the gadget:

kubectl gadget

$ kubectl gadget run ghcr.io/inspektor-gadget/gadget/trace_mount:latest [flags]

ig

$ sudo ig run ghcr.io/inspektor-gadget/gadget/trace_mount:latest [flags]

Flags

--pid

Show only events generated by process with this PID

Default value: ""

Guide

First, we need to run an application that generates some events.

kubectl gadget

$ kubectl run mypod --restart=Never --image=busybox -- sh -c 'while /bin/true ; do mount /mnt /mnt ; sleep 3 ; done'
pod/mypod created

ig

$ docker run --privileged --name test-trace-mount -d busybox /bin/sh -c 'while /bin/true ; do mount /bar /foo ; sleep 3 ; done'

Then, let's run the gadget:

kubectl gadget

Using the trace_mount gadget, we can see which processes mount and unmount filesystems. We can simply filter for the pod mypod and omit specifying the node, thus tracing on all nodes for a pod called mypod:

$ kubectl gadget run trace_mount:latest --podname mypod
K8S.NODE          K8S.NAMESPACE              K8S.PODNAME                K8S.CONTAINERNAME          COMM                      PID           TID  DELTA FLAGS         CALL                        ERROR
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   3318 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "ext… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   1321 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "ext… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   1187 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "ext… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   1655 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "squ… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   1257 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "vfa… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36469         36469   1211 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "fus… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36474         36474   3496 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "ext… ENOENT
minikube-docker   default                    mypod                      mypod                      mount                   36474         36474   1638 MS_SILENT     mount("/mnt", "/mnt", "ext… ENOENT
^C

We can stop the gadget by hitting Ctrl-C.

ig

$ sudo ig run trace_mount:latest --containername test-trace-mount
RUNTIME.CONTAINERNAME                    COMM                               PID                   TID       DELTA FLAGS                CALL                                      ERROR
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158        3460 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "ext3", MS_SILENT,… ENOENT
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158        1250 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "ext2", MS_SILENT,… ENOENT
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158      130208 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "ext4", MS_SILENT,… ENOENT
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158        1762 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "squashf", MS_SILE… ENOENT
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158        1200 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "vfat", MS_SILENT,… ENOENT
test-trace-mount                         mount                            51158                 51158        1199 MS_SILENT            mount("/bar", "/foo", "fuseblk", MS_SILE… ENOENT
^C

Finally, clean the system:

kubectl gadget

$ kubectl delete pod mypod

ig

$ docker rm -f test-trace-mount