2008-08-11 18:27:44

by Randy Dunlap

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Subject: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds

On 2.6.27-rc2-git4 and several previous kernels, I see several
of these messages. E.g.:

INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
INFO: task stress:17805 blocked for more than 120 seconds.


Has anyone tracked this down? Should I attempt to bisect it?
(on x86_64, SMP, 8 GB RAM)



INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
kjournald D ffff88027e04be30 4592 665 2
ffff88027e04bdd0 0000000000000046 ffff88027e04bd90 ffffffff8022b5f8
ffff88027e703090 ffff880178c91bc0 ffff88027e7033d0 0000000178c91c08
ffff88027e04bdb0 ffff88027e04be30 ffff88017eaf80f0 0000000000000246
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8022b5f8>] ? __wake_up_common+0x41/0x74
[<ffffffff802f6eef>] journal_commit_transaction+0xe9/0xd7e
[<ffffffff8023db06>] ? lock_timer_base+0x26/0x4a
[<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
[<ffffffff8023db80>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x56/0x62
[<ffffffff802fa388>] kjournald+0xc3/0x1fb
[<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
[<ffffffff802fa2c5>] ? kjournald+0x0/0x1fb
[<ffffffff80247107>] kthread+0x49/0x76
[<ffffffff8020ce39>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
[<ffffffff802470be>] ? kthread+0x0/0x76
[<ffffffff8020ce2f>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11

INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
stress D ffff88017eaf8024 5088 17797 17795
ffff8801f4055cd8 0000000000000082 0000000000000086 ffff88027e04bec0
ffff880178c93090 ffff88017faf75f0 ffff880178c933d0 0000000300000001
0000000000000292 ffff8801f4055ce8 ffff88017eaf80a8 0000000000000246
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff802f9c04>] log_wait_commit+0xa4/0xf4
[<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
[<ffffffff802f5798>] journal_stop+0x17c/0x1a9
[<ffffffff802f5fe6>] journal_force_commit+0x23/0x25
[<ffffffff802eee53>] ext3_force_commit+0x26/0x28
[<ffffffff802e91d2>] ext3_write_inode+0x39/0x3f
[<ffffffff802b58cf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x284
[<ffffffff80247278>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x2a
[<ffffffff802b5db1>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x1c3/0x29e
[<ffffffff802b5e95>] sync_sb_inodes+0x9/0xb
[<ffffffff802b5f2c>] sync_inodes_sb+0x95/0x9c
[<ffffffff802b5f95>] __sync_inodes+0x62/0xaf
[<ffffffff802b6010>] sync_inodes+0x2e/0x33
[<ffffffff802b8908>] do_sync+0x34/0x59
[<ffffffff802b893b>] sys_sync+0xe/0x13
[<ffffffff8020beeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

---
~Randy
Linux Plumbers Conference, 17-19 September 2008, Portland, Oregon USA
http://linuxplumbersconf.org/


2008-08-12 18:17:55

by Aneesh Kumar K.V

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Subject: Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 2.6.27-rc2-git4 and several previous kernels, I see several
> of these messages. E.g.:
>
> INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> INFO: task stress:17805 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>
>
> Has anyone tracked this down? Should I attempt to bisect it?
> (on x86_64, SMP, 8 GB RAM)
>
>
>
> INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> kjournald D ffff88027e04be30 4592 665 2
> ffff88027e04bdd0 0000000000000046 ffff88027e04bd90 ffffffff8022b5f8
> ffff88027e703090 ffff880178c91bc0 ffff88027e7033d0 0000000178c91c08
> ffff88027e04bdb0 ffff88027e04be30 ffff88017eaf80f0 0000000000000246
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff8022b5f8>] ? __wake_up_common+0x41/0x74
> [<ffffffff802f6eef>] journal_commit_transaction+0xe9/0xd7e
> [<ffffffff8023db06>] ? lock_timer_base+0x26/0x4a
> [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> [<ffffffff8023db80>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x56/0x62
> [<ffffffff802fa388>] kjournald+0xc3/0x1fb
> [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> [<ffffffff802fa2c5>] ? kjournald+0x0/0x1fb
> [<ffffffff80247107>] kthread+0x49/0x76
> [<ffffffff8020ce39>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
> [<ffffffff802470be>] ? kthread+0x0/0x76
> [<ffffffff8020ce2f>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11
>
> INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> stress D ffff88017eaf8024 5088 17797 17795
> ffff8801f4055cd8 0000000000000082 0000000000000086 ffff88027e04bec0
> ffff880178c93090 ffff88017faf75f0 ffff880178c933d0 0000000300000001
> 0000000000000292 ffff8801f4055ce8 ffff88017eaf80a8 0000000000000246
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff802f9c04>] log_wait_commit+0xa4/0xf4
> [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> [<ffffffff802f5798>] journal_stop+0x17c/0x1a9
> [<ffffffff802f5fe6>] journal_force_commit+0x23/0x25
> [<ffffffff802eee53>] ext3_force_commit+0x26/0x28
> [<ffffffff802e91d2>] ext3_write_inode+0x39/0x3f
> [<ffffffff802b58cf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x284
> [<ffffffff80247278>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x2a
> [<ffffffff802b5db1>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x1c3/0x29e
> [<ffffffff802b5e95>] sync_sb_inodes+0x9/0xb
> [<ffffffff802b5f2c>] sync_inodes_sb+0x95/0x9c
> [<ffffffff802b5f95>] __sync_inodes+0x62/0xaf
> [<ffffffff802b6010>] sync_inodes+0x2e/0x33
> [<ffffffff802b8908>] do_sync+0x34/0x59
> [<ffffffff802b893b>] sys_sync+0xe/0x13
> [<ffffffff8020beeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>

Committing a transaction would means writing rest of the meta-data in
the transaction. And that would imply forcing most of the buffer_heads
to disk in ordered mode. This can result a lot of seeks and make take
more thatn 120 seconds.


-aneesh

2008-08-17 19:29:17

by Adrian Bunk

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Subject: Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:47:35PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 2.6.27-rc2-git4 and several previous kernels, I see several
> > of these messages. E.g.:
> >
> > INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > INFO: task stress:17805 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> >
> >
> > Has anyone tracked this down? Should I attempt to bisect it?
> > (on x86_64, SMP, 8 GB RAM)
> >
> >
> >
> > INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> > kjournald D ffff88027e04be30 4592 665 2
> > ffff88027e04bdd0 0000000000000046 ffff88027e04bd90 ffffffff8022b5f8
> > ffff88027e703090 ffff880178c91bc0 ffff88027e7033d0 0000000178c91c08
> > ffff88027e04bdb0 ffff88027e04be30 ffff88017eaf80f0 0000000000000246
> > Call Trace:
> > [<ffffffff8022b5f8>] ? __wake_up_common+0x41/0x74
> > [<ffffffff802f6eef>] journal_commit_transaction+0xe9/0xd7e
> > [<ffffffff8023db06>] ? lock_timer_base+0x26/0x4a
> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> > [<ffffffff8023db80>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x56/0x62
> > [<ffffffff802fa388>] kjournald+0xc3/0x1fb
> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> > [<ffffffff802fa2c5>] ? kjournald+0x0/0x1fb
> > [<ffffffff80247107>] kthread+0x49/0x76
> > [<ffffffff8020ce39>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
> > [<ffffffff802470be>] ? kthread+0x0/0x76
> > [<ffffffff8020ce2f>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11
> >
> > INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> > stress D ffff88017eaf8024 5088 17797 17795
> > ffff8801f4055cd8 0000000000000082 0000000000000086 ffff88027e04bec0
> > ffff880178c93090 ffff88017faf75f0 ffff880178c933d0 0000000300000001
> > 0000000000000292 ffff8801f4055ce8 ffff88017eaf80a8 0000000000000246
> > Call Trace:
> > [<ffffffff802f9c04>] log_wait_commit+0xa4/0xf4
> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
> > [<ffffffff802f5798>] journal_stop+0x17c/0x1a9
> > [<ffffffff802f5fe6>] journal_force_commit+0x23/0x25
> > [<ffffffff802eee53>] ext3_force_commit+0x26/0x28
> > [<ffffffff802e91d2>] ext3_write_inode+0x39/0x3f
> > [<ffffffff802b58cf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x284
> > [<ffffffff80247278>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x2a
> > [<ffffffff802b5db1>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x1c3/0x29e
> > [<ffffffff802b5e95>] sync_sb_inodes+0x9/0xb
> > [<ffffffff802b5f2c>] sync_inodes_sb+0x95/0x9c
> > [<ffffffff802b5f95>] __sync_inodes+0x62/0xaf
> > [<ffffffff802b6010>] sync_inodes+0x2e/0x33
> > [<ffffffff802b8908>] do_sync+0x34/0x59
> > [<ffffffff802b893b>] sys_sync+0xe/0x13
> > [<ffffffff8020beeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> >
>
> Committing a transaction would means writing rest of the meta-data in
> the transaction. And that would imply forcing most of the buffer_heads
> to disk in ordered mode. This can result a lot of seeks and make take
> more thatn 120 seconds.


Both Randy and Greg reported getting this for 2.6.27-rc but not
for 2.6.26.

Why are people getting such messages for 2.6.27-rc but not for 2.6.26?


> -aneesh

cu
Adrian

--

"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

2008-08-19 18:00:35

by Michael Madore

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Subject: Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:47:35PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > On 2.6.27-rc2-git4 and several previous kernels, I see several
>> > of these messages. E.g.:
>> >
>> > INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > INFO: task stress:17805 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> >
>> >
>> > Has anyone tracked this down? Should I attempt to bisect it?
>> > (on x86_64, SMP, 8 GB RAM)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > INFO: task kjournald:665 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> > kjournald D ffff88027e04be30 4592 665 2
>> > ffff88027e04bdd0 0000000000000046 ffff88027e04bd90 ffffffff8022b5f8
>> > ffff88027e703090 ffff880178c91bc0 ffff88027e7033d0 0000000178c91c08
>> > ffff88027e04bdb0 ffff88027e04be30 ffff88017eaf80f0 0000000000000246
>> > Call Trace:
>> > [<ffffffff8022b5f8>] ? __wake_up_common+0x41/0x74
>> > [<ffffffff802f6eef>] journal_commit_transaction+0xe9/0xd7e
>> > [<ffffffff8023db06>] ? lock_timer_base+0x26/0x4a
>> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
>> > [<ffffffff8023db80>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x56/0x62
>> > [<ffffffff802fa388>] kjournald+0xc3/0x1fb
>> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
>> > [<ffffffff802fa2c5>] ? kjournald+0x0/0x1fb
>> > [<ffffffff80247107>] kthread+0x49/0x76
>> > [<ffffffff8020ce39>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
>> > [<ffffffff802470be>] ? kthread+0x0/0x76
>> > [<ffffffff8020ce2f>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11
>> >
>> > INFO: task stress:17797 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> > stress D ffff88017eaf8024 5088 17797 17795
>> > ffff8801f4055cd8 0000000000000082 0000000000000086 ffff88027e04bec0
>> > ffff880178c93090 ffff88017faf75f0 ffff880178c933d0 0000000300000001
>> > 0000000000000292 ffff8801f4055ce8 ffff88017eaf80a8 0000000000000246
>> > Call Trace:
>> > [<ffffffff802f9c04>] log_wait_commit+0xa4/0xf4
>> > [<ffffffff80247240>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
>> > [<ffffffff802f5798>] journal_stop+0x17c/0x1a9
>> > [<ffffffff802f5fe6>] journal_force_commit+0x23/0x25
>> > [<ffffffff802eee53>] ext3_force_commit+0x26/0x28
>> > [<ffffffff802e91d2>] ext3_write_inode+0x39/0x3f
>> > [<ffffffff802b58cf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x284
>> > [<ffffffff80247278>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x2a
>> > [<ffffffff802b5db1>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x1c3/0x29e
>> > [<ffffffff802b5e95>] sync_sb_inodes+0x9/0xb
>> > [<ffffffff802b5f2c>] sync_inodes_sb+0x95/0x9c
>> > [<ffffffff802b5f95>] __sync_inodes+0x62/0xaf
>> > [<ffffffff802b6010>] sync_inodes+0x2e/0x33
>> > [<ffffffff802b8908>] do_sync+0x34/0x59
>> > [<ffffffff802b893b>] sys_sync+0xe/0x13
>> > [<ffffffff8020beeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> >
>>
>> Committing a transaction would means writing rest of the meta-data in
>> the transaction. And that would imply forcing most of the buffer_heads
>> to disk in ordered mode. This can result a lot of seeks and make take
>> more thatn 120 seconds.
>
>
> Both Randy and Greg reported getting this for 2.6.27-rc but not
> for 2.6.26.
>
> Why are people getting such messages for 2.6.27-rc but not for 2.6.26?

Hi,

I have reported getting these messages on 2.6.26:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121796211813099&w=2

In addition to the system mentioned in that posting, I have just
reproduced it by stress testing a system with 2 Opteron processors,
2GB of RAM and 2 SATA disks.

Backing out this patch seems to help:

commit cc19747977824ece6aa1c56a29e974fef5ec2b32
Author: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Apr 20 20:45:39 2007 +0200

cfq-iosched: tighten queue request overlap condition

For tagged devices, allow overlap of requests if the idle window
isn't enabled on the current active queue.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index a8237be..e859b49 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -989,7 +989,8 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_select_queue(struct
cfq_data *cfqd)
* flight or is idling for a new request, allow either of these
* conditions to happen (or time out) before selecting a new queue.
*/
- if (cfqq->dispatched || timer_pending(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer)) {
+ if (timer_pending(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer) ||
+ (cfqq->dispatched && cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq))) {
cfqq = NULL;
goto keep_queue;
}

Mike Madore

2008-08-20 13:15:25

by Michael Madore

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Subject: Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds

>>> Committing a transaction would means writing rest of the meta-data in
>>> the transaction. And that would imply forcing most of the buffer_heads
>>> to disk in ordered mode. This can result a lot of seeks and make take
>>> more thatn 120 seconds.
>>
>>
>> Both Randy and Greg reported getting this for 2.6.27-rc but not
>> for 2.6.26.
>>
>> Why are people getting such messages for 2.6.27-rc but not for 2.6.26?
>
> Hi,
>
> I have reported getting these messages on 2.6.26:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121796211813099&w=2
>
> In addition to the system mentioned in that posting, I have just
> reproduced it by stress testing a system with 2 Opteron processors,
> 2GB of RAM and 2 SATA disks.
>
> Backing out this patch seems to help:
>
> commit cc19747977824ece6aa1c56a29e974fef5ec2b32
> Author: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri Apr 20 20:45:39 2007 +0200
>
> cfq-iosched: tighten queue request overlap condition
>
> For tagged devices, allow overlap of requests if the idle window
> isn't enabled on the current active queue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
>
> diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> index a8237be..e859b49 100644
> --- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> @@ -989,7 +989,8 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_select_queue(struct
> cfq_data *cfqd)
> * flight or is idling for a new request, allow either of these
> * conditions to happen (or time out) before selecting a new queue.
> */
> - if (cfqq->dispatched || timer_pending(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer)) {
> + if (timer_pending(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer) ||
> + (cfqq->dispatched && cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq))) {
> cfqq = NULL;
> goto keep_queue;
> }

Actually, I tested again with this commit reversed, and I'm still
seeing the problem. Sorry for any confusion.

Mike