Re: [BUG] Strange 1-second pauses during Resume-from-RAM

Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-11-15T20:10:30Z

On Thursday, 15 of November 2007, Mark Lord wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> >> > I have been reporting this off and on since 2.6.23 was released.
> >> > This problem was not apparent up to perhaps 2.6.23-rc8,
> >> > but definitely became common in 2.6.23 and 2.6.23.1.
> >> >
> >> > Most of the time, a resume-from-RAM on my notebook takes about 2.1 seconds
> >> > of kernel time to complete.
> >> >
> >> > Once in a while, it takes *much* longer, in the 14-20 second range.
> >> > These long events *seem* to be mostly after the notebook has been
> >> > in suspend for a longish time, but there's really nothing consistent here.
> >> >
> >> > So git-bisect isn't going to work for this one. I recently rebuilt the
> >> > kernel
> >> > to include printk timestamps, and then it went 2 days without the issue
> >> > happening,
> >> > until this morning (after an overnight suspend) finally.
> >> >
> >> > The machine is a Dell Inspiron 9400, Intel chipset + Core2Duo 2.1GHZ w/3GB
> >> > DDR2.
> >> > PCIe express chipset, ATI graphics, SATA hard drive.
> >> >
> >> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT
> >> > Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
> >> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT
> >> > Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
> >> > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
> >> > Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
> >> > 1 (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
> >> > 2 (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
> >> > 4 (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1
> >> > (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2
> >> > (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3
> >> > (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4
> >> > (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI
> >> > Controller (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> >> > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface
> >> > Bridge (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial
> >> > ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
> >> > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
> >> > 01)
> >> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility
> >> > X1400
> >> > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
> >> > (rev 02)
> >> > 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832
> >> > 03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822
> >> > SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
> >> > 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
> >> > 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
> >> > Adapter (rev 0a)
> >> > 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
> >> > 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
> >> > Connection (rev 02)
> >> >
> >> > There's also a USB2 hub connected, with the Logitech mouse being the
> >> > only thing plugged into it at present.
> >> >
> >> > The best clue I have of what is happening, other than that it was first
> >> > seen during the late 2.6.23-rc* series, are the following two sets of
> >> > kernel logs. The first set is from a "normal" fast wake-up,
> >> > and the second set is from the "slow" wake-up seen this morning.
> >> >
> >> > Both logs show the same information, in pretty much the same order.
> >> > The BIG difference is a bunch of unexplained pauses of exactly 1-second
> >> > each that occur during the slow wakeup.
> >> >
> >> > The only other difference is that the SATA disk messages are placed
> >> > differently within the two logs. I'm thinking on that one but it
> >> > doesn't look significant to me.
> >> >
> >> > The real question is, why the 1-sec pauses?
> >
> > Can you try nohz=off highres=off? Strange stuff is happening with
> > nohz.
> ..
>
> (added Ingo to CC: list: maybe this is some weird interaction with CFS
> and jiffies being reset to 0 on resume ??)
>
> I can try it, but it won't help debug the problem much.

Well, if you could verify that it doesn't happen at all with NO_HZ unset, that
would be a valuable data point, IMO.

> Remember, this happens very inconsistently, maybe 3-4 times a day,
> or not at all for 3-4 days.
>
> But if somebody has a specific bug-fix patch that could explain this,
> then I'll happily apply it here.

I'm not aware of any fix related to the symptoms that you observe.

Greetings,
Rafael