> A kernel profile will tell us were the kernel is burning CPU. Something
> like this (run as root):
>
> #!/bin/sh
> while true
> do
> opcontrol --stop
> opcontrol --shutdown
> rm -rf /var/lib/oprofile
> opcontrol --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
> opcontrol --start-daemon
> opcontrol --start
> date
> sleep 5
> opcontrol --stop
> opcontrol --shutdown
> opreport -l /boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) | head -50
> done | tee /tmp/oprofile-output
>
> Then locate the output record which correlates with one of these episodes.
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Hello Andrew,
First, thank you for the pointers. I did what you suggested ( installed
oprofile and run the script ). In the same time, I added a timestamp column
to vmstat recording.
I can see dramatic changes in the output of opreport during the freeze
period, but I do not know what it means.
Here are my recordings:
vmstat -a 3 | awk {print $0"-"system("date")} > vmstat.txt &
0 0 0 211888 980736 755460 0 0 0 600 1599 2679 30 8 62
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:30:07 GMT 2006
4 0 0 209356 982216 756600 0 0 0 604 2201 6401 44 8 48
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:30:10 GMT 2006
88 0 0 208616 982648 756912 0 0 0 0 2340 3690 45 10 44
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:30:13 GMT 2006
5 0 0 206892 984024 757228 0 0 0 752 2780 5246 53 9 38
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
179 0 0 206428 984244 758152 0 0 0 287 834 787 17 81 2
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
245 0 0 206344 984244 758256 0 0 0 0 527 244 14 86 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
297 0 0 206476 984248 758048 0 0 0 32 535 238 15 85 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
-----cpu------ Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
r b swpd free inact active si so bi bo in cs us sy id
wa st Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
303 0 0 206476 984256 758060 0 0 0 161 375 210 15 85 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
309 0 0 206468 984260 758064 0 0 0 0 352 209 15 85 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
316 0 0 206468 984264 758068 0 0 0 21 345 220 14 86 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
315 0 0 206592 984268 758072 0 0 0 15 315 229 15 85 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
323 0 0 206592 984272 758072 0 0 0 21 330 230 14 86 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
332 0 0 206608 984272 758072 0 0 0 0 439 235 13 87 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
333 0 0 206608 984272 758072 0 0 0 12 374 199 14 86 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
337 0 0 206608 984292 758096 0 0 0 28 333 233 15 85 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
341 0 0 206484 984292 758096 0 0 0 0 328 201 14 86 0
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:00 GMT 2006
6 0 0 205344 984368 758164 0 0 0 21 597 887 21 78 1
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:03 GMT 2006
0 0 0 204420 984768 757704 0 0 0 0 3911 4646 76 14 10
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:06 GMT 2006
5 0 0 293960 917620 736532 0 0 0 707 3191 5204 62 9 28
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:09 GMT 2006
28 0 0 294556 917764 735684 0 0 0 831 3128 5132 62 14 23
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:12 GMT 2006
9 0 0 291836 919304 736960 0 0 0 0 2935 5228 57 9 34
0 0 Mon Dec 11 18:31:15 GMT 2006
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The script output corresponding to the freeze period is below. Notice that
the third sample has completely different look compared to sample 1, 2, 4, 5
witch correspond to normal operation situation.
Mon Dec 11 18:29:56 GMT 2006
Stopping profiling.
Stopping profiling.
Killing daemon.
CPU: P4 / Xeon, speed 3000.18 MHz (estimated)
Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not
stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000
samples % symbol name
700 3.9093 ia32_sysenter_target
608 3.3955 find_vma
603 3.3676 copy_user_generic
570 3.1833 sysenter_do_call
486 2.7142 schedule
485 2.7086 tcp_sendmsg
445 2.4852 __find_get_block
429 2.3958 do_futex
365 2.0384 page_fault
355 1.9826 main_timer_handler
293 1.6363 do_gettimeofday
284 1.5861 try_to_wake_up
277 1.5470 __switch_to
258 1.4409 fget
255 1.4241 clear_page
220 1.2286 ia32_syscall
213 1.1895 ll_rw_block
197 1.1002 find_lock_page
194 1.0834 gs_change
187 1.0443 __up_read
177 0.9885 lock_sock
177 0.9885 tcp_ack
171 0.9550 __down_read
164 0.9159 IRQ0xa9_interrupt
156 0.8712 fget_light
152 0.8489 fput
146 0.8154 kfree
144 0.8042 math_state_restore
144 0.8042 tcp_v4_rcv
128 0.7148 __brelse
128 0.7148 recalc_task_prio
123 0.6869 __handle_mm_fault
123 0.6869 __kmalloc
122 0.6813 copy_page
122 0.6813 kmem_cache_alloc
120 0.6702 __tcp_push_pending_frames
117 0.6534 unlock_buffer
116 0.6478 rw_verify_area
115 0.6422 thread_return
114 0.6367 unmap_vmas
112 0.6255 kmem_cache_free
112 0.6255 radix_tree_lookup
110 0.6143 device_not_available
105 0.5864 ip_output
104 0.5808 pfn_to_page
104 0.5808 release_sock
90 0.5026 release_pages
Using default event: GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS:100000:1:1:1
Daemon started.
Profiler running.
Mon Dec 11 18:30:02 GMT 2006
Stopping profiling.
Stopping profiling.
Killing daemon.
CPU: P4 / Xeon, speed 3000.18 MHz (estimated)
Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not
stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000
samples % symbol name
741 4.3771 ia32_sysenter_target
682 4.0286 sysenter_do_call
622 3.6742 find_vma
523 3.0894 copy_user_generic
515 3.0421 schedule
495 2.9240 do_futex
419 2.4750 __find_get_block
373 2.2033 do_gettimeofday
372 2.1974 tcp_sendmsg
325 1.9198 main_timer_handler
312 1.8430 try_to_wake_up
298 1.7603 __switch_to
260 1.5358 fget
239 1.4118 gs_change
227 1.3409 ia32_syscall
222 1.3114 __down_read
219 1.2936 page_fault
193 1.1401 find_lock_page
189 1.1164 __up_read
180 1.0633 fget_light
178 1.0515 clear_page
178 1.0515 tcp_ack
175 1.0337 ll_rw_block
167 0.9865 math_state_restore
156 0.9215 thread_return
154 0.9097 lock_sock
151 0.8920 fput
138 0.8152 recalc_task_prio
135 0.7974 tcp_v4_rcv
129 0.7620 kfree
128 0.7561 IRQ0xa9_interrupt
124 0.7325 release_sock
123 0.7266 device_not_available
120 0.7088 __tcp_push_pending_frames
114 0.6734 __kmalloc
111 0.6557 unlock_buffer
110 0.6498 inet_sendmsg
108 0.6380 __brelse
105 0.6202 do_gettimeoffset_tsc
100 0.5907 rw_verify_area
95 0.5612 tcp_init_tso_segs
94 0.5553 kmem_cache_free
94 0.5553 radix_tree_lookup
92 0.5434 ip_output
89 0.5257 file_update_time
86 0.5080 dnotify_parent
86 0.5080 kmem_cache_alloc
Using default event: GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS:100000:1:1:1
Daemon started.
Profiler running.
Mon Dec 11 18:30:09 GMT 2006
Stopping profiling.
Stopping profiling.
Killing daemon.
CPU: P4 / Xeon, speed 3000.18 MHz (estimated)
Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not
stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000
samples % symbol name
196048 9.3307 page_fault
184945 8.8023 force_sig_info
153475 7.3045 do_signal
120071 5.7146 get_signal_to_deliver
116196 5.5302 ia32_setup_sigcontext
89368 4.2534 ia32_syscall
82987 3.9497 __down_read_trylock
82396 3.9215 save_i387_ia32
79436 3.7807 copy_user_generic
77587 3.6927 __sigqueue_alloc
74439 3.5428 sys32_rt_sigreturn
69484 3.3070 recalc_sigpending_tsk
65733 3.1285 do_page_fault
49694 2.3651 retint_restore_args
45756 2.1777 ia32_setup_rt_frame
45717 2.1759 try_to_wake_up
45658 2.1730 restore_i387_ia32
31626 1.5052 __up_read
30286 1.4414 __dequeue_signal
29849 1.4206 memcpy
27139 1.2917 sys32_sigaltstack
25838 1.2297 ia32_restore_sigcontext
25126 1.1958 kmem_cache_free
24757 1.1783 do_sigaltstack
22884 1.0891 __sigqueue_free
22818 1.0860 error_sti
22007 1.0474 signal_wake_up
19816 0.9431 kmem_cache_alloc
17810 0.8476 retint_signal
17208 0.8190 is_prefetch
16315 0.7765 _atomic_dec_and_lock
14320 0.6815 specific_send_sig_info
13881 0.6607 send_signal
13704 0.6522 find_vma
12392 0.5898 free_uid
9283 0.4418 get_sigframe
9184 0.4371 copy_siginfo_to_user32
8525 0.4057 pfn_to_page
7980 0.3798 unhandled_signal
7465 0.3553 error_entry
7309 0.3479 convert_rip_to_linear
6926 0.3296 notifier_call_chain
6367 0.3030 kprobe_exceptions_notify
5948 0.2831 copy_to_user
5408 0.2574 error_exit
4407 0.2097 int_ret_from_sys_call
4128 0.1965 dequeue_signal
Using default event: GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS:100000:1:1:1
Daemon started.
Profiler running.
Mon Dec 11 18:31:02 GMT 2006
Stopping profiling.
Stopping profiling.
Killing daemon.
CPU: P4 / Xeon, speed 3000.18 MHz (estimated)
Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not
stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000
samples % symbol name
1113 4.4269 ia32_sysenter_target
911 3.6234 find_vma
887 3.5280 copy_user_generic
850 3.3808 sysenter_do_call
715 2.8438 do_futex
712 2.8319 tcp_sendmsg
679 2.7007 __find_get_block
657 2.6132 schedule
508 2.0205 do_gettimeofday
399 1.5870 try_to_wake_up
375 1.4915 fget
366 1.4557 main_timer_handler
341 1.3563 __switch_to
314 1.2489 IRQ0xa9_interrupt
307 1.2211 ia32_syscall
297 1.1813 clear_page
292 1.1614 ll_rw_block
285 1.1336 unlock_buffer
278 1.1057 gs_change
277 1.1017 fget_light
276 1.0978 find_lock_page
274 1.0898 page_fault
268 1.0659 tcp_ack
247 0.9824 lock_sock
242 0.9625 __down_read
233 0.9267 kfree
223 0.8870 __tcp_push_pending_frames
213 0.8472 tcp_v4_rcv
210 0.8353 math_state_restore
203 0.8074 __up_read
202 0.8034 fput
196 0.7796 recalc_task_prio
194 0.7716 release_sock
187 0.7438 kmem_cache_free
182 0.7239 __brelse
180 0.7159 thread_return
173 0.6881 test_clear_page_dirty
170 0.6762 inet_sendmsg
161 0.6404 ip_output
159 0.6324 device_not_available
156 0.6205 pfn_to_page
151 0.6006 __kmalloc
149 0.5926 tcp_transmit_skb
145 0.5767 file_update_time
143 0.5688 dnotify_parent
142 0.5648 kmem_cache_alloc
141 0.5608 do_gettimeoffset_tsc
Using default event: GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS:100000:1:1:1
Daemon started.
Profiler running.
Mon Dec 11 18:31:08 GMT 2006
Stopping profiling.
Stopping profiling.
Killing daemon.
CPU: P4 / Xeon, speed 3000.18 MHz (estimated)
Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not
stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000
samples % symbol name
1054 4.3503 ia32_sysenter_target
880 3.6322 copy_user_generic
859 3.5455 sysenter_do_call
842 3.4753 find_vma
694 2.8645 tcp_sendmsg
675 2.7860 __find_get_block
656 2.7076 do_futex
645 2.6622 schedule
487 2.0101 do_gettimeofday
409 1.6881 try_to_wake_up
384 1.5849 fget
382 1.5767 main_timer_handler
360 1.4859 __switch_to
323 1.3332 tcp_ack
304 1.2547 clear_page
304 1.2547 ll_rw_block
302 1.2465 IRQ0xa9_interrupt
293 1.2093 fget_light
289 1.1928 page_fault
279 1.1516 find_lock_page
273 1.1268 ia32_syscall
271 1.1185 gs_change
256 1.0566 lock_sock
233 0.9617 kfree
229 0.9452 __up_read
227 0.9369 __down_read
223 0.9204 tcp_v4_rcv
207 0.8544 fput
194 0.8007 unlock_buffer
190 0.7842 thread_return
189 0.7801 math_state_restore
186 0.7677 release_sock
178 0.7347 __tcp_push_pending_frames
175 0.7223 __kmalloc
168 0.6934 inet_sendmsg
164 0.6769 dnotify_parent
164 0.6769 recalc_task_prio
158 0.6521 kmem_cache_free
154 0.6356 tcp_transmit_skb
153 0.6315 device_not_available
144 0.5944 tcp_init_tso_segs
140 0.5778 __brelse
139 0.5737 pfn_to_page
132 0.5448 kmem_cache_alloc
131 0.5407 file_update_time
131 0.5407 ip_output
128 0.5283 tcp_current_mss
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I did notice something that can be related to those freeze periods: I
started to monitor the temperatures of the CPUs and noticed that the freeze
(I could reproduce only one freeze today) happened in the same interval as a
temperature spike ( around 50 degrees C ). My system is a 1U, 2-way Intel
Xeon 3.0 GHz blade ( IBM x336 ) and I think it has some kind of temperature
control that kicks in when the CPU temp reaches certain levels. AFAIK the
temperature control system will change the CPU speed in order to cool it
down.
Anyway, I will try to heat up the other system tomorrow (the stable one) to
see if I can bring it to the same temp. level and see how it responds.
In the same time I will try to heat up again the unstable system to see if
there is really relation between the CPU temp. and system freezes (only one
match could be just a coincidence).
Is is possible that this kernel behavior could be related to temp. control
events?
Regards and thank you again,
Horia
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