Merge pull request #4234 from cyphar/go122

[hotfix] nsenter: refuse to build with Go 1.22

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: install go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.x # Latest stable
+        go-version: 1.21.x # TODO: switch to 1.x (latest stable) once Go 1.22 vs glibc issue is fixed.
 
     - name: unit test
       env:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+> **NOTE**: runc currently will not work properly when compiled with Go 1.22 or
+> newer. This is due to some unfortunate glibc behaviour that Go 1.22
+> exacerbates in a way that results in containers not being able to start on
+> some systems. [See this issue for more information.][runc-4233].
+
 ### Deprecated
 
  * `runc` option `--criu` is now ignored (with a warning), and the option will
@@ -47,6 +52,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  * Remove tun/tap from the default device rules. (#3468)
  * specconv: avoid mapping "acl" to MS_POSIXACL. (#3739)
 
+[runc-4233]: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/4233
+
 ## [1.1.8] - 2023-07-20
 
 > 海纳百川 有容乃大

libcontainer/nsenter/nsenter_go122.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build go1.22
+
+package nsenter
+
+/*
+// We know for sure that glibc has issues with pthread_self() when called from
+// Go after nsenter has run. This is likely a more general problem with how we
+// ignore the rules in signal-safety(7), and so it's possible musl will also
+// have issues, but as this is just a hotfix let's only block glibc builds.
+#include <features.h>
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+#  error "runc does not currently work properly with Go >=1.22. See <https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/4233>."
+#endif
+*/
+import "C"