@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ func parseSecurityOpt(container *Container, config *runconfig.HostConfig) error

 	return err

 }

+func CheckKernelVersion(k, major, minor int) bool {

+	if v, err := kernel.GetKernelVersion(); err != nil {

+		logrus.Warnf("%s", err)

+	} else {

+		if kernel.CompareKernelVersion(*v, kernel.VersionInfo{Kernel: k, Major: major, Minor: minor}) < 0 {

+			return false

+		}

+	}

+	return true

+}

+

 func checkKernel() error {

 	// Check for unsupported kernel versions

 	// FIXME: it would be cleaner to not test for specific versions, but rather

@@ -71,13 +82,10 @@ func checkKernel() error {

 	// without actually causing a kernel panic, so we need this workaround until

 	// the circumstances of pre-3.10 crashes are clearer.

 	// For details see https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/407

-	if k, err := kernel.GetKernelVersion(); err != nil {

-		logrus.Warnf("%s", err)

-	} else {

-		if kernel.CompareKernelVersion(*k, kernel.VersionInfo{Kernel: 3, Major: 10, Minor: 0}) < 0 {

-			if os.Getenv("DOCKER_NOWARN_KERNEL_VERSION") == "" {

-				logrus.Warnf("You are running linux kernel version %s, which might be unstable running docker. Please upgrade your kernel to 3.10.0.", k.String())

-			}

+	if !CheckKernelVersion(3, 10, 0) {

+		v, _ := kernel.GetKernelVersion()

+		if os.Getenv("DOCKER_NOWARN_KERNEL_VERSION") == "" {

+			logrus.Warnf("Your Linux kernel version %s can be unstable running docker. Please upgrade your kernel to 3.10.0.", v.String())

 		}

 	}

 	return nil