From 0e7e89c0f1d3335511e2deadc2f3564651647c9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krasi Georgiev <krasi.root@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 16:58:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #744 no-shim will crash containerd with ctr list and
 ctr info

Signed-off-by: Krasi Georgiev <krasi.root@gmail.com>
---
 linux/shim.go        |  4 ++--
 linux/shim/client.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/linux/shim.go b/linux/shim.go
index 0c2809826..f054b58e9 100644
--- a/linux/shim.go
+++ b/linux/shim.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 func newShim(path string, remote bool) (shim.ShimClient, error) {
 	if !remote {
-		return localShim.Client(path), nil
+		return localShim.Client(path)
 	}
 	socket := filepath.Join(path, "shim.sock")
 	l, err := sys.CreateUnixSocket(socket)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func newShim(path string, remote bool) (shim.ShimClient, error) {
 
 func loadShim(path string, remote bool) (shim.ShimClient, error) {
 	if !remote {
-		return localShim.Client(path), nil
+		return localShim.Client(path)
 	}
 	socket := filepath.Join(path, "shim.sock")
 	return connectShim(socket)
diff --git a/linux/shim/client.go b/linux/shim/client.go
index 1c782ed34..b44456e88 100644
--- a/linux/shim/client.go
+++ b/linux/shim/client.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	shimapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/shim"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/container"
+	runc "github.com/crosbymichael/go-runc"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -12,10 +13,26 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 )
 
-func Client(path string) shimapi.ShimClient {
-	return &client{
+func Client(path string) (shimapi.ShimClient, error) {
+	pid, err := runc.ReadPidFile(filepath.Join(path, "init.pid"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cl := &client{
 		s: New(path),
 	}
+
+	// used when quering  container status and info
+	cl.s.initProcess = &initProcess{
+		id:  filepath.Base(path),
+		pid: pid,
+		runc: &runc.Runc{
+			Log:       filepath.Join(path, "log.json"),
+			LogFormat: runc.JSON,
+		},
+	}
+	return cl, nil
 }
 
 type client struct {