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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e_node
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("SimpleMount", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("simple-mount-test")
+
+	// This is a very simple test that exercises the Kubelet's mounter code path.
+	// If the mount fails, the pod will not be able to run, and CreateSync will timeout.
+	It("should be able to mount an emptydir on a container", func() {
+		pod := &api.Pod{
+			TypeMeta: unversioned.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "Pod",
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+			},
+			ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "simple-mount-pod",
+			},
+			Spec: api.PodSpec{
+				Containers: []api.Container{
+					{
+						Name:  "simple-mount-container",
+						Image: framework.GetPauseImageNameForHostArch(),
+						VolumeMounts: []api.VolumeMount{
+							{
+								Name:      "simply-mounted-volume",
+								MountPath: "/opt/",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Volumes: []api.Volume{
+					{
+						Name: "simply-mounted-volume",
+						VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{
+							EmptyDir: &api.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+								Medium: "Memory",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		podClient := f.PodClient()
+		pod = podClient.CreateSync(pod)
+
+	})
+})