From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Alex Villacís Lasso" <avillaci@fiec.espol.edu.ec>
Cc: avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec,
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org,
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 31142] New: Large write to USB stick freezes unrelated tasks for a long time
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:02:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110316150208.7407c375.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D80D65C.5040504@fiec.espol.edu.ec>
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:25:16 -0500
Alex Villac____s Lasso <avillaci@fiec.espol.edu.ec> wrote:
> El 15/03/11 18:19, Andrew Morton escribi__:
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:53:16 -0500
> > Alex Villac____s Lasso<avillaci@fiec.espol.edu.ec> wrote:
> >
> >> El 15/03/11 15:53, Andrew Morton escribi__:
> >>> rofl, will we ever fix this.
> >> Does this mean there is already a duplicate of this issue? If so, which one?
> > Nothing specific. Nonsense like this has been happening for at least a
> > decade and it never seems to get a lot better.
> >
> >>> Please enable sysrq and do a sysrq-w when the tasks are blocked so we
> >>> can find where things are getting stuck. Please avoid email client
> >>> wordwrapping when sending us the sysrq output.
> >>>
> Posted sysrq-w report into original bug report to avoid email word-wrap.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=50952
Interesting bits:
[70874.969550] thunderbird-bin D 000000010434e04e 0 32283 32279 0x00000080
[70874.969553] ffff88011ba91838 0000000000000086 ffff880100000000 0000000000013880
[70874.969557] 0000000000013880 ffff88010a231780 ffff88011ba91fd8 0000000000013880
[70874.969560] 0000000000013880 0000000000013880 0000000000013880 ffff88011ba91fd8
[70874.969564] Call Trace:
[70874.969567] [<ffffffff810d7ed3>] ? sync_page+0x0/0x4d
[70874.969569] [<ffffffff810d7ed3>] ? sync_page+0x0/0x4d
[70874.969572] [<ffffffff8147cedb>] io_schedule+0x47/0x62
[70874.969575] [<ffffffff810d7f1c>] sync_page+0x49/0x4d
[70874.969577] [<ffffffff8147d36a>] __wait_on_bit+0x48/0x7b
[70874.969580] [<ffffffff810d8100>] wait_on_page_bit+0x72/0x79
[70874.969583] [<ffffffff8106cdb4>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x31
[70874.969586] [<ffffffff8111833c>] migrate_pages+0x1ac/0x38d
[70874.969589] [<ffffffff8110d6d7>] ? compaction_alloc+0x0/0x2a4
[70874.969592] [<ffffffff8110ddfd>] compact_zone+0x3f4/0x60e
[70874.969595] [<ffffffff8110e1dc>] compact_zone_order+0xc2/0xd1
[70874.969599] [<ffffffff8110e27f>] try_to_compact_pages+0x94/0xea
[70874.969602] [<ffffffff810de916>] __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0xa9/0x1a5
[70874.969605] [<ffffffff810ddbb8>] ? drain_local_pages+0x0/0x17
[70874.969607] [<ffffffff810df0b0>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x69e/0x766
[70874.969610] [<ffffffff81113701>] ? __slab_free+0x6d/0xf6
[70874.969614] [<ffffffff8110c0de>] alloc_pages_vma+0xec/0xf1
[70874.969617] [<ffffffff8111be1c>] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0xbf/0x267
[70874.969620] [<ffffffff810f2497>] ? pmd_offset+0x19/0x40
[70874.969623] [<ffffffff810f5c70>] handle_mm_fault+0x15d/0x20f
[70874.969626] [<ffffffff8100f26a>] ? arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown+0x195/0x28f
[70874.969629] [<ffffffff8148178c>] do_page_fault+0x33b/0x35d
[70874.969632] [<ffffffff810fb07d>] ? do_mmap_pgoff+0x29a/0x2f4
[70874.969635] [<ffffffff8112dcee>] ? path_put+0x22/0x27
[70874.969638] [<ffffffff8147f145>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
[70874.969731] gedit D 000000010434dfb0 0 32356 1 0x00000080
[70874.969734] ffff8800982ab558 0000000000000082 ffff880102400001 0000000000013880
[70874.969737] 0000000000013880 ffff880117408000 ffff8800982abfd8 0000000000013880
[70874.969741] 0000000000013880 0000000000013880 0000000000013880 ffff8800982abfd8
[70874.969744] Call Trace:
[70874.969747] [<ffffffff8147cedb>] io_schedule+0x47/0x62
[70874.969750] [<ffffffff8121c403>] get_request_wait+0x10a/0x197
[70874.969753] [<ffffffff8106cd77>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x3d
[70874.969756] [<ffffffff8121ccc4>] __make_request+0x2c8/0x3e0
[70874.969759] [<ffffffff8111487d>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x73/0xeb
[70874.969762] [<ffffffff8121bb67>] generic_make_request+0x2bc/0x336
[70874.969765] [<ffffffff811213a5>] ? lookup_page_cgroup+0x36/0x4c
[70874.969768] [<ffffffff8121bcc1>] submit_bio+0xe0/0xff
[70874.969770] [<ffffffff8114d72d>] ? bio_alloc_bioset+0x4d/0xc4
[70874.969773] [<ffffffff810edf1f>] ? inc_zone_page_state+0x2d/0x2f
[70874.969776] [<ffffffff81149274>] submit_bh+0xe8/0x10e
[70874.969779] [<ffffffff8114b9fa>] __block_write_full_page+0x1ea/0x2da
[70874.969782] [<ffffffffa0689202>] ? udf_get_block+0x0/0x115 [udf]
[70874.969785] [<ffffffff8114a640>] ? end_buffer_async_write+0x0/0x12d
[70874.969788] [<ffffffff8114a640>] ? end_buffer_async_write+0x0/0x12d
[70874.969791] [<ffffffffa0689202>] ? udf_get_block+0x0/0x115 [udf]
[70874.969794] [<ffffffff8114bb76>] block_write_full_page_endio+0x8c/0x98
[70874.969796] [<ffffffff8114bb97>] block_write_full_page+0x15/0x17
[70874.969800] [<ffffffffa0686027>] udf_writepage+0x18/0x1a [udf]
[70874.969803] [<ffffffff81117fed>] move_to_new_page+0x106/0x195
[70874.969806] [<ffffffff811183de>] migrate_pages+0x24e/0x38d
[70874.969809] [<ffffffff8110d6d7>] ? compaction_alloc+0x0/0x2a4
[70874.969812] [<ffffffff8110ddfd>] compact_zone+0x3f4/0x60e
[70874.969815] [<ffffffff81049c78>] ? load_balance+0xcb/0x6b0
[70874.969818] [<ffffffff8110e1dc>] compact_zone_order+0xc2/0xd1
[70874.969821] [<ffffffff8110e27f>] try_to_compact_pages+0x94/0xea
[70874.969824] [<ffffffff810de916>] __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0xa9/0x1a5
[70874.969827] [<ffffffff810dee79>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x467/0x766
[70874.969830] [<ffffffff810fcfd3>] ? anon_vma_alloc+0x1a/0x1c
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff81048a30>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8110c0de>] alloc_pages_vma+0xec/0xf1
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8123430e>] ? rb_insert_color+0x66/0xe1
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8111be1c>] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0xbf/0x267
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff810f2497>] ? pmd_offset+0x19/0x40
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff810f5c70>] handle_mm_fault+0x15d/0x20f
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8100f298>] ? arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown+0x1c3/0x28f
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8148178c>] do_page_fault+0x33b/0x35d
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff810fb07d>] ? do_mmap_pgoff+0x29a/0x2f4
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8112dcee>] ? path_put+0x22/0x27
[70874.969833] [<ffffffff8147f145>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
So it appears that the system is full of dirty pages against a slow
device and your foreground processes have got stuck in direct reclaim
-> compaction -> migration. That's Mel ;)
What happened to the plans to eliminate direct reclaim?
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[not found] <bug-31142-10286@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
2011-03-15 20:53 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 31142] New: Large write to USB stick freezes unrelated tasks for a long time Andrew Morton
2011-03-15 22:53 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-15 23:19 ` Andrew Morton
2011-03-16 15:25 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-16 22:02 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2011-03-17 21:27 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-17 21:47 ` Andrew Morton
2011-03-17 22:11 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-17 22:25 ` Andrew Morton
2011-03-18 11:13 ` Mel Gorman
2011-03-18 12:26 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-18 18:05 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-19 13:46 ` Mel Gorman
2011-03-19 16:04 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-19 23:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-21 9:41 ` Mel Gorman
2011-03-21 13:48 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-21 15:22 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-21 15:36 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-21 15:40 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-21 16:37 ` Mel Gorman
2011-03-21 17:05 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-21 20:16 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-21 23:35 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-22 11:20 ` Mel Gorman
2011-03-22 15:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-22 20:34 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-03-22 21:40 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-23 0:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-03-23 16:51 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-04-04 15:37 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-04-08 19:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-04-08 20:06 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-04-12 16:27 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-04-14 17:25 ` Alex Villacís Lasso
2011-04-14 17:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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