@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@ func savePersistentState(root string, config nodeStartConfig) error {

 func clearPersistentState(root string) error {

 	// todo: backup this data instead of removing?

-	if err := os.RemoveAll(root); err != nil {

+	// rather than delete the entire swarm directory, delete the contents in order to preserve the inode

+	// (for example, allowing it to be bind-mounted)

+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(root)

+	if err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

-	if err := os.MkdirAll(root, 0700); err != nil {

-		return err

+

+	for _, f := range files {

+		if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(root, f.Name())); err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

 	}

+

 	return nil

 }