Where can I get a copy of "growfiles"??
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> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of > rwhron@earthlink.net > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:36 AM > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [LTP] growfiles and other processes in "ps aux" STAT D > > > > Linux Test Project "growfiles" makes a lot of I/O processes hang in with > "ps aux" STAT of D. (sometimes requires reboot) > > This phenomenon occurs on late 2.4.9-ac1[0-8] kernels. > > 2.4.10 kernel on another box (laptop with ext3 filesystem, 192M > ram) finished > with LTP Killed with "errno=12 Cannot allocate memory". > LTP has completed on laptop with 2.4.9-ac17. laptop has only been tested > 5 times in total with kernels >= 2.4.9-ac7. > > The rest of information below is from LTP on a thunderbird: > > Worst Case Symptoms (happened on at least 2 runs of 24 recent tests) > > growfiles "hangs" - top and "ps aux" show STAT of D > Many new processes hang in D STAT, vi, ed, logout, su, sync. > syslogd in D STAT. > Other running processes, BitchX, links, vmstat, iostat continue > working normally. > Some commands work fine: ls, ps > <ctrl \> and kill -9 won't kill processes in D STAT > vmstat shows cpu 100% idle > iostat shows 0 tps and 0 blks/s > load average is around 4 for 1, 5, 15 minutes. > sysreq <Sync reBoot Umount> doesn't work, but sysreq (showMem > showTasks) does > <ctrl alt del> doesn't reboot. > clear with reset button if necessary. > > Last command executed before test had to be terminated. > The mmap001 tests did not require reboot. > > 2.4.9-ac10 > mmap001 > > 2.4.9-ac15+aging patch > mmap001 > mmap001 -m 10000 > > These required reboot: > > 2.4.9-ac17 4 completed, 1 incomplete on: > growfiles -D 0 -b -i 0 -L 60 -u -B 1000b -e 1 -r 512-64000:1024 > -R 1-384000 -T 4 gf-inf-$$ > > 2.4.9-ac18 1 incomplete run. > growfiles -D 0 -b -i 0 -L 60 -u -B 1000b -e 1 -r 128-32768:128 -R > 512-64000 -T 4 gfsmallio-$$ > > I started tracking the kernel version/test results recently, > because until Sep 23, > the tests weren't producing alarming results. (24 total tests > since Aug 8 on this machine). > The earlier LTP tests were released in April and June of 2001, > and I didn't save those results, > as there were no surprises. > > > Distro: Linux From Scratch 3.0 > reiserfs on all filesystems. > > > Hardware: > AMD 1333mhz Thunderbird > IWill KK266 motherboard > 512 Mb RAM > 40 Gb 7200 rpm 2mb cache IDE disk > 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0305 (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8305 > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo > Super] (rev 40) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE > [Apollo] (rev 06) > 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super > ACPI] (rev 40) > 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8139 (rev 10) > 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc > CM8738 (rev 10) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 > AGP (rev 04) > > hdparm -I /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > > Model=CI530L04VARE700- , FwRev=REO44AA1, > SerialNo= S 0XXSCL0734 > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40 > BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80418240 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} > PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 > AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) > Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1 : ATA-2 ATA-3 > ATA-4 ATA-5 > > > I removed bogus CONFIG_TOSHIBA and CONFIG*PCMCIA* settings during > ac17 (when > I started preparing this report. Also removed framebuffer, drm, > and power > management support. > > > grep ^CONFIG /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-ac18/.config > CONFIG_X86=y > CONFIG_ISA=y > CONFIG_UID16=y > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_KMOD=y > CONFIG_M586=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_USE_STRING_486=y > CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=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_PNP=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_NETLINK=y > CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y > CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y > CONFIG_NETFILTER=y > CONFIG_UNIX=y > CONFIG_INET=y > CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y > CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m > CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y > CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m > 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_TUN=m > CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m > CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y > CONFIG_NET_PCI=y > CONFIG_8139TOO=y > CONFIG_PPP=y > CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m > CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m > CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m > CONFIG_VT=y > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL=y > CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y > CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=128 > CONFIG_MOUSE=y > CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y > CONFIG_RTC=m > CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y > CONFIG_FAT_FS=m > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m > CONFIG_PROC_FS=y > CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=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_SOUND=y > CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI=m > CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_CM8738=y > CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_SPEAKERS=2 > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y > > > There have been a few kernel Oops, but the most recent ones haven't > been saveable because vi, ed, and cat >oops.txt<<!! go into D STAT. > (The 2 oops in messages that I do have are for a kernel that isn't > on my system anymore (2.4.9-ac15+aging)). > > Here they are the stack traces from /var/log/messages: > > > journal-1577: handle trans id 371103 != current trans id 371104 > invalid operand: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[reiserfs_panic+36/48] > EFLAGS: 00010286 > eax: 00000043 ebx: c01fe940 ecx: da104000 edx: daea25a0 > esi: c18d4240 edi: 00000000 ebp: dfe57400 esp: da105b94 > ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > Process growfiles (pid: 445, stackpage=da105000) > Stack: c01fc17a c0277720 c01fe940 da105bb4 da105e20 c0168292 > dfe57400 c01fe940 > 0005a99f 0005a9a0 dd157120 da105c50 da105c50 da105e7c 00000286 00000003 > e08182f0 c0159741 da105e20 dfe57400 c18d4240 dfe57400 c18d4240 00000001 > Call Trace: [journal_mark_dirty+82/760] [fix_nodes+105/1064] > [do_journal_end+2838/2848] [reiserfs_paste_into_item+106/224] > [reiserfs_get_block+1539/2088] > [__block_prepare_write+167/644] [block_prepare_write+34/60] > [reiserfs_get_block+0/2088] [reiserfs_prepare_write+92/100] > [reiserfs_get_block+0/2088] [generic_file_write+922/1480] > [sys_write+143/196] [system_call+51/64] > > Code: 0f 0b 68 20 77 27 c0 e8 a0 63 fb ff 57 56 53 8b 7c 24 10 bb > <7>cmpci: dma timed out?? > journal-1409: journal_mark_dirty returning because j_wcount was 0 > > > > journal-1577: handle trans id 420964 != current trans id 420965 > invalid operand: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[reiserfs_panic+36/48] > EFLAGS: 00010286 > eax: 00000043 ebx: c01fe940 ecx: db77c000 edx: dc127640 > esi: c18d4240 edi: 00000000 ebp: dfe57400 esp: db77db94 > 0018 > Process growfiles (pid: 439, stackpage=db77d000) > Stack: c01fc17a c0277720 c01fe940 db77dbb4 db77de20 c0168292 > dfe57400 c01fe940 > 00066c64 00066c65 df3bff80 db77dc50 db77dc50 db77de7c 00000286 00000003 > e0818894 c0159741 db77de20 dfe57400 c18d4240 dfe57400 c18d4240 00000001 > Call Trace: [journal_mark_dirty+82/760] [fix_nodes+105/1064] > [do_journal_end+2838/2848] [reiserfs_paste_into_item+106/224] > [reiserfs_get_block+1539/2088] > [__block_prepare_write+167/644] [block_prepare_write+34/60] > [reiserfs_get_block+0/2088] [reiserfs_prepare_write+92/100] > [reiserfs_get_block+0/2088] [generic_file_write+922/1480] > [sys_write+143/196] [system_call+51/64] > > Code: 0f 0b 68 20 77 27 c0 e8 a0 63 fb ff 57 56 53 8b 7c 24 10 bb > > > -- > Randy Hron > = Linux - because it's all about freedom = > Linux News at http://lwn.net/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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