iptables-restore did not previously perform any locking, meaning that
when callers (like kube-proxy) asked iptables-restore to write large
numbers of rules, the iptables-restore process might run in parallel
with other 'iptables' invocations in kubelet (hostports), docker,
and other software. This causes errors like:
"CNI request failed with status 400: 'Failed to ensure that nat chain
POSTROUTING jumps to MASQUERADE: error checking rule: exit status 4:
iptables: Resource temporarily unavailable."
or from Docker
"Failed to allocate and map port 1095-1095: iptables failed:
iptables --wait -t nat -A DOCKER -p tcp -d 0/0 --dport 1095
-j DNAT --to-destination 10.1.0.2:1095 ! -i lbr0: iptables:
Resource temporarily unavailable.\n (exit status 4)"
iptables-restore "wait" functionality was added in iptables git
commit 999eaa241212d3952ddff39a99d0d55a74e3639e but is NOT YET
in a released version of iptables.
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417234
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