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

Ray Lee
2007-11-15T16:49:41Z

On Nov 15, 2007 8:32 AM, Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca> wrote:
> 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?

Well, and why the 1-second pauses eventually stop, too. Seems
interesting that they don't continue. Also, they're pretty much
dead-on one- and two-second pauses, with HZ accuracy. Is this with a
NO_HZ kernel?