Merge pull request #1207 from crosbymichael/819-use-persistent-volume

* Runtime: Do not overwrite container volumes from config

container.go

@@ -520,8 +520,6 @@ func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) error {
 		log.Printf("WARNING: Your kernel does not support swap limit capabilities. Limitation discarded.\n")
 		container.Config.MemorySwap = -1
 	}
-	container.Volumes = make(map[string]string)
-	container.VolumesRW = make(map[string]bool)
 
 	// Create the requested bind mounts
 	binds := make(map[string]BindMap)
@@ -561,6 +559,10 @@ func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) error {
 
 	// FIXME: evaluate volumes-from before individual volumes, so that the latter can override the former.
 	// Create the requested volumes volumes
+	if container.Volumes == nil || len(container.Volumes) == 0 {
+		container.Volumes = make(map[string]string)
+		container.VolumesRW = make(map[string]bool)
+
 		for volPath := range container.Config.Volumes {
 			volPath = path.Clean(volPath)
 			// If an external bind is defined for this volume, use that as a source
@@ -587,6 +589,7 @@ func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) error {
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	if container.Config.VolumesFrom != "" {
 		c := container.runtime.Get(container.Config.VolumesFrom)

container_test.go

@@ -1299,3 +1299,46 @@ func TestVolumesFromReadonlyMount(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 }
+
+// Test that restarting a container with a volume does not create a new volume on restart. Regression test for #819.
+func TestRestartWithVolumes(t *testing.T) {
+	runtime := mkRuntime(t)
+	defer nuke(runtime)
+
+	container, err := NewBuilder(runtime).Create(&Config{
+		Image:   GetTestImage(runtime).ID,
+		Cmd:     []string{"echo", "-n", "foobar"},
+		Volumes: map[string]struct{}{"/test": {}},
+	},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer runtime.Destroy(container)
+
+	for key := range container.Config.Volumes {
+		if key != "/test" {
+			t.Fail()
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = container.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expected := container.Volumes["/test"]
+	if expected == "" {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	// Run the container again to verify the volume path persists
+	_, err = container.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	actual := container.Volumes["/test"]
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected volume path: %s Actual path: %s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}