From b630e44dee41bc0e07d3d3248fdf51022ad14a9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deads2k <deads@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 10:05:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] prevent pods/status from touching ownerreferences

---
 pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
index 58d868f2c8a..6d73e1c7835 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ func (podStatusStrategy) PrepareForUpdate(ctx genericapirequest.Context, obj, ol
 	oldPod := old.(*api.Pod)
 	newPod.Spec = oldPod.Spec
 	newPod.DeletionTimestamp = nil
+
+	// don't allow the pods/status endpoint to touch owner references since old kubelets corrupt them in a way
+	// that breaks garbage collection
+	newPod.OwnerReferences = oldPod.OwnerReferences
 }
 
 func (podStatusStrategy) ValidateUpdate(ctx genericapirequest.Context, obj, old runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {