Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752147AbaJSO7n (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:59:43 -0400 Received: from www17.your-server.de ([213.133.104.17]:52464 "EHLO www17.your-server.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751942AbaJSO7j (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:59:39 -0400 Message-ID: <1413730776.2991.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] kernel stalls in balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited() From: Thomas Meyer To: Anton Ivanov Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:59:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <543CD148.7010904@kot-begemot.co.uk> References: <1413236904.13916.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <543CB6BA.9030907@kot-begemot.co.uk> <543CC5FE.4000601@kot-begemot.co.uk> <1413271301.13744.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <543CD148.7010904@kot-begemot.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4 (3.10.4-4.fc20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: thomas@m3y3r.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Dienstag, den 14.10.2014, 08:31 +0100 schrieb Anton Ivanov: > I see a very similar stall on writeout to ubd with my patches (easy) and > without (difficult - takes running an IO soak for a few days). > > It stalls (usually) when trying to flush the journal file of ext4. Hi, here an extract of the trace of all writeback:* tracepoints: # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 19322/2052430 #P:1 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_wake_background: bdi 98:0 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.000000: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 98:0: limit=24732 setpoint=16229 dirty=18446744073709551284 bdi_setpoint=16227 bdi_dirty=1 dirty_ratelimit=4 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=10 period=10 think=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340953 written=358955 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340953 written=358955 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775807 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061896 age=0 enqueue=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_single_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_PAGES|I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061896 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_write_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_write_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_single_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061896 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=1 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551283 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340953 written=358956 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061896 age=0 enqueue=0 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.000000: writeback_pages_written: 1 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_wake_background: bdi 98:0 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_dirty_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 flags=I_DIRTY_SYNC yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_dirty_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 flags=I_DIRTY_SYNC yum-1553 [000] d... 1246.010000: writeback_dirty_page: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 index=8 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340954 written=358956 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_wake_background: bdi 98:0 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.010000: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 98:0: limit=24732 setpoint=16229 dirty=18446744073709551284 bdi_setpoint=16227 bdi_dirty=1 dirty_ratelimit=4 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=10 period=10 think=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340954 written=358956 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340954 written=358956 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775807 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061897 age=0 enqueue=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_single_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_PAGES|I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061897 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_write_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_write_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_single_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061897 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=1 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551283 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340954 written=358957 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061897 age=0 enqueue=0 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.010000: writeback_pages_written: 1 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_wake_background: bdi 98:0 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_dirty_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 flags=I_DIRTY_SYNC yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_dirty_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 flags=I_DIRTY_SYNC yum-1553 [000] d... 1246.020000: writeback_dirty_page: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 index=8 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340955 written=358957 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_wake_background: bdi 98:0 yum-1553 [000] .... 1246.020000: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 98:0: limit=24732 setpoint=16229 dirty=18446744073709551284 bdi_setpoint=16227 bdi_dirty=1 dirty_ratelimit=4 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=10 period=10 think=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340955 written=358957 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340955 written=358957 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775807 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061898 age=0 enqueue=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_single_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_PAGES|I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061898 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_write_inode_start: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_write_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 sync_mode=0 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_single_inode: bdi 98:0: ino=29951 state=I_SYNC dirtied_when=4295061898 age=8 index=9 to_write=1024 wrote=1 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551283 writeback=0 unstable=0 bg_thresh=5151 thresh=10303 limit=24732 dirtied=340955 written=358958 kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_start: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_queue_io: bdi 98:0: older=4295061898 age=0 enqueue=0 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_written: bdi 98:0: sb_dev 0:0 nr_pages=9223372036854775806 sync_mode=0 kupdate=0 range_cyclic=1 background=1 reason=background kworker/u2:0-2603 [000] .... 1246.020000: writeback_pages_written: 1 I wonder why "global_dirty_state: dirty=18446744073709551284" can get so high! I think this is maybe an signed long, but "nr_dirty" should be a unsigned long. Two's complement of above value is 332... I'm not sure what's going on here... any ideas? > > A. > > > On 14/10/14 08:21, Thomas Meyer wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 14.10.2014, 07:43 +0100 schrieb Anton Ivanov: > >> On 14/10/14 06:38, Anton Ivanov wrote: > >>> How does the stall manifest itself? > >>> > >>> Do you have the journal thread (and sometimes a couple of other threads) > >>> sitting in D state? > >> Sorry, should not be asking questions at 6 am before the 3rd double > >> espresso. > >> > >> I think it is the same bug I am chasing - a stall in ubd, you hit it on > >> swap while I hit it in normal operation on a swapless system. I see a > >> stall in the journal instead of a backing dev stall. > >> > >> If you apply the ubd patches out of my patchsets, you can trigger this > >> one with ease. In theory, all they do is to make UBD faster so they > >> should not by themselves introduce new races. They may however make the > >> older ones more pronounced. > >> > >> My working hypothesis is a race somewhere in the vm subsystem. I have > >> been unable to nail it though. > > Hi Anton, > > > > I see this bug on a 3.17 uml kernel with the sync fix patch from > > Thorsten Knabe applied. > > > > The stall has to do with the writepage ratelimit mechanism, as the > > mechanism seems to reach a state where it tries to write out page, per > > page: > > > > Breakpoint 1, balance_dirty_pages (pages_dirtied=1, mapping=) at mm/page-writeback.c:1338 > > (gdb) bt > > #0 balance_dirty_pages (pages_dirtied=1, mapping=) at mm/page-writeback.c:1338 > > > > pages_dirtied = 1 !! > > > > #0 try_to_grab_pending (work=0x7fa2a348, is_dwork=true, flags=0x72ff5ab8) at kernel/workqueue.c:1159 > > #1 0x0000000060051feb in mod_delayed_work_on (cpu=2141365064, wq=0x1, dwork=0x72ff5ab8, delay=) at kernel/workqueue.c:1510 > > #2 0x00000000600f382c in mod_delayed_work (delay=, dwork=, wq=) at include/linux/workqueue.h:504 > > #3 bdi_wakeup_thread (bdi=) at fs/fs-writeback.c:98 > > #4 0x00000000600f4aca in bdi_start_background_writeback (bdi=) at fs/fs-writeback.c:179 > > #5 0x000000006042d4c0 in balance_dirty_pages (pages_dirtied=, mapping=) at mm/page-writeback.c:1408 > > #6 0x00000000600a6e1a in balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited (mapping=) at mm/page-writeback.c:1627 > > #7 0x00000000600ba54f in do_wp_page (mm=, vma=, address=, page_table=, pmd=, orig_pte=..., ptl=) at mm/memory.c:2178 > > #8 0x00000000600bc986 in handle_pte_fault (flags=, pmd=, pte=, address=, vma=, mm=) at mm/memory.c:3230 > > #9 __handle_mm_fault (flags=, address=, vma=, mm=) at mm/memory.c:3335 > > #10 handle_mm_fault (mm=, vma=0x7f653228, address=1472490776, flags=) at mm/memory.c:3364 > > #11 0x0000000060028cec in handle_page_fault (address=1472490776, ip=, is_write=, is_user=0, code_out=) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c:75 > > #12 0x00000000600290d7 in segv (fi=..., ip=1228924391, is_user=, regs=0x73eb8de8) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c:222 > > #13 0x0000000060029395 in segv_handler (sig=, unused_si=, regs=) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c:191 > > #14 0x0000000060039c0f in userspace (regs=0x73eb8de8) at arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:429 > > #15 0x0000000060026a8c in fork_handler () at arch/um/kernel/process.c:149 > > #16 0x000000000070b620 in ?? () > > #17 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () > > > > I'm not sure if this is the same error you encounter. > > > > This is on an ubd device with a cow image attached to it. > > > > The original ubd file and the cow file are spares ones, and do also > > contain a swap partition. > > > > I hope to get tracepoints/perf working, now as there is stacktrace > > support in uml. An interessting tracepoint would be > > TRACE_EVENT(bdi_dirty_ratelimit) or TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages) > > > > > >> A. > >> > >>> A. > >>> > >>> On 13/10/14 22:48, Thomas Meyer wrote: > >>>> #0 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited (mapping=0x792cc618) at mm/page-writeback.c:1587 > >>>> #1 0x00000000600ba54f in do_wp_page (mm=, vma=, address=, page_table=, pmd > >>>> =, orig_pte=..., ptl=) at mm/memory.c:2178 > >>>> #2 0x00000000600bc986 in handle_pte_fault (flags=, pmd=, pte=, address=, v > >>>> ma=, mm=) at mm/memory.c:3230 > >>>> #3 __handle_mm_fault (flags=, address=, vma=, mm=) at mm/memory.c:3335 > >>>> #4 handle_mm_fault (mm=, vma=0x78008e88, address=1462695424, flags=) at mm/memory.c:3364 > >>>> #5 0x0000000060028cec in handle_page_fault (address=1462695424, ip=, is_write=, is_user=0, code_out= >>>> imized out>) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c:75 > >>>> #6 0x00000000600290d7 in segv (fi=..., ip=1228924391, is_user=, regs=0x624f5728) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c:222 > >>>> #7 0x0000000060029395 in segv_handler (sig=, unused_si=, regs=) at arch/um/kernel/trap.c: > >>>> 191 > >>>> #8 0x0000000060039c0f in userspace (regs=0x624f5728) at arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:429 > >>>> #9 0x0000000060026a8c in fork_handler () at arch/um/kernel/process.c:149 > >>>> #10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () > >>>> > >>>> backing_dev_info: > >>>> p *mapping->backing_dev_info > >>>> $2 = {bdi_list = {next = 0x605901a0 , prev = 0x80a42890}, ra_pages = 32, state = 8, capabilities = 4, congested_fn = 0x0, con > >>>> gested_data = 0x0, name = 0x604fb827 "block", bdi_stat = {{count = 4}, {count = 0}, {count = 318691}, {count = 314567}}, bw_time_stamp > >>>> = 4339445229, dirtied_stamp = 318686, written_stamp = 314564, write_bandwidth = 166, avg_write_bandwidth = 164, dirty_ratelimit = 1, ba > >>>> lanced_dirty_ratelimit = 1, completions = {events = {count = 3}, period = 4481, lock = {raw_lock = {}}}, dirty_exceeded > >>>> = 0, min_ratio = 0, max_ratio = 100, max_prop_frac = 1024, wb = {bdi = 0x80a42278, nr = 0, last_old_flush = 4339445229, dwork = {work > >>>> = {data = {counter = 65}, entry = {next = 0x80a42350, prev = 0x80a42350}, func = 0x600f4b25 }, timer = {entry = { > >>>> next = 0x606801a0 , prev = 0x803db650}, expires = 4339445730, base = 0x6067ee82 , function = 0 > >>>> x60051dbb , data = 2158240584, slack = -1}, wq = 0x808d9c00, cpu = 1}, b_dirty = {next = 0x7a4ce1f8, prev = 0x80 > >>>> 6ad9a8}, b_io = {next = 0x80a423c0, prev = 0x80a423c0}, b_more_io = {next = 0x80a423d0, prev = 0x80a423d0}, list_lock = {{rlock = {raw_ > >>>> lock = {}}}}}, wb_lock = {{rlock = {raw_lock = {}}}}, work_list = {next = 0x80a423e0, prev = 0x80a423e0 > >>>> }, dev = 0x80b68e00, laptop_mode_wb_timer = {entry = {next = 0x0, prev = 0x0}, expires = 0, base = 0x6067ee80 , functi > >>>> on = 0x600a6efd , data = 2158240008, slack = -1}, debug_dir = 0x80419e58, debug_stats = 0x80419d98} > >>>> > >>>> when i set the cap_dirty from the backing-dev ( capabilities = 5 ) the system comes back to normal. > >>>> > >>>> any ideas what's going on here? > >>>> > >>>> with kind regards > >>>> thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/