From: rwhron@earthlink.net
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.2-pre1 dbench 32 hangs in vmstat "b" state
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:07:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011227140723.A4713@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011221091104.A120@earthlink.net> <20011221154654.E811@suse.de> <20011221185538.A131@earthlink.net> <20011224150337.A593@suse.de> <20011224115953.A118@earthlink.net> <20011224180244.C1241@suse.de>
In-Reply-To: <20011224180244.C1241@suse.de>; from axboe@suse.de on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 06:02:44PM +0100
On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 06:02:44PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > I tried unpatched 2.5.2-pre1 on a k6-2. dbench 32 hung similarly with
> > 32 in "b", bo and bi = 0, and id = 100. That machine is ill now and can't
> > find "init" when booting, boot single, or boot init=/bin/bash.
>
> Please send ps -eo cmd,wchan info for a hung machine.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe
>
I rebuilt the reiserfs that dbench writes to.
Here is ps -eo cmd,wchan on the k6-2 running 2.5.2-pre2:
CMD WCHAN
init do_select
[keventd] context_thread
[ksoftirqd_CPU0] ksoftirqd
[kswapd] kswapd
[bdflush] bdflush
[kupdated] get_request_wait
[kreiserfsd] get_request_wait
/usr/sbin/syslog get_request_wait
/usr/sbin/klogd do_syslog
[eth0] rtl8139_thread
/usr/sbin/iplog do_select
/usr/sbin/iplog do_poll
/usr/sbin/iplog get_request_wait
/usr/sbin/iplog do_select
/usr/sbin/iplog wait_for_packet
/usr/sbin/sshd do_select
/sbin/agetty tty read_chan
/bin/login -- down
/usr/sbin/sshd do_select
-bash wait4
-su wait4
/usr/sbin/sshd do_select
-bash wait4
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/dbench 32 get_request_wait
/usr/sbin/sshd do_select
/usr/sbin/sshd get_request_wait
ed /tmp/ls get_request_wait
ps -eo cmd,wchan -
vmstat 3
procs memory swap io system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
1 37 2 0 25464 3224 333252 0 0 13 371 107 33 0 4 96
0 37 2 0 25460 3224 333252 0 0 0 0 102 6 0 0 100
0 37 2 0 25460 3224 333252 0 0 0 0 101 7 0 0 100
I rebooted and ran dbench 32 on a new ext2 filesystem. dbench runs okay for about
30 seconds. Towards the end of the vmstat output below, I try to ssh in, the "b"
column goes up, but I don't the a bash prompt.
mountain:~$ vmstat 10
procs memory swap io system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
1 0 0 0 346236 20012 6316 0 0 793 67 174 164 3 8 90
0 32 0 0 182364 21396 162428 0 0 79 3492 136 109 2 26 72
21 11 0 0 163904 21532 180264 0 0 0 11683 209 97 0 11 89
0 32 0 0 32416 23224 306540 0 0 5 6375 226 108 1 27 72
0 32 1 0 22552 23392 315972 0 0 3 9807 206 98 0 8 92
0 32 2 132 4584 7128 349660 0 0 13 2905 192 204 2 29 69
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 101 44 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 100 45 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 100 44 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 100 44 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 100 44 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 100 44 0 0 100
0 32 2 132 4580 7128 349660 0 0 0 0 101 45 0 0 100
0 35 2 132 4156 7128 349672 0 0 1 1 104 52 1 0 99
0 35 2 132 4156 7128 349672 0 0 0 0 100 44 0 0 100
Below is software, hardware, and kernel configs:
Linux (none) 2.5.2-pre2 #1 Thu Dec 27 12:32:39 EST 2001 i586 unknown
Gnu C 2.95.3
Gnu make 3.79.1
binutils 2.11.2
util-linux 2.11n
mount 2.11n
modutils 2.4.11
e2fsprogs 1.25
reiserfsprogs 3.x.0k-pre14
PPP 2.4.1
Linux C Library 2.2.4
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.4
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Kbd 1.06
Sh-utils 2.0
Modules Loaded
This machine has a VIA chipset. No proprietary drivers.
384 MB RAM.
Root filesystem on /dev/hdc2 # not the usual /dev/hda
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 47)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10)
00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 15)
2.4.18-pre1 (and other 2.4.17* kernels run dbench 32, 128 okay on this system)
This is the config difference:
diff 2.5.2-pre2 2.4.18-pre1
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
< CONFIG_RAMFS=y
# 2.5.2-pre2 config
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_MK6=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_APM=m
CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_8139TOO=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=64
CONFIG_MOUSE=m
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_CODA_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
--
Randy Hron
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-27 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-21 14:11 2.5.2-pre1 dbench 32 hangs in vmstat "b" state rwhron
2001-12-21 14:46 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-21 16:43 ` rwhron
2001-12-21 17:01 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-21 18:47 ` rwhron
2001-12-21 22:19 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-21 23:55 ` rwhron
2001-12-24 14:03 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-24 16:59 ` rwhron
2001-12-24 17:02 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-24 22:14 ` rwhron
2001-12-27 19:07 ` rwhron [this message]
2001-12-28 11:40 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-28 14:14 ` rwhron
2001-12-28 14:30 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-28 17:49 ` rwhron
2001-12-28 19:29 ` rwhron
2001-12-29 6:42 ` rwhron
2001-12-29 17:33 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-29 17:48 ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-29 19:43 ` rwhron
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