RE: 2.6.3 userspace freeze

From: Anders K. Pedersen
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 19:57:48 EST


Hello,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Kara [mailto:jack@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:44 PM
> To: Anders K. Pedersen
> Cc: Andrew Morton; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: 2.6.3 userspace freeze

> > I will try this to night; just to make sure I understand
> you correctly:
> > You just want me to turn off quotas on all file systems
> (currently they
> > are in use on one of them), and it is not necessary to recompile the
> > kernel without quota support?
> Yes, just turning quotas off with quotaoff(8) should be
> enough to rule
> out possible deadlocks caused by quotas.

I just tried booting the 2.6.3 kernel without any qoutas enabled in
fstab, and it failed like previously after only 17 minutes.

Output from vmstat 1 before the freeze:

procs memory swap io system
cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id
0 1 0 0 1388352 67052 138104 0 0 440 364 1309 806
15 5 80
0 1 0 0 1386304 67496 138068 0 0 436 668 1410 1008
24 5 71
0 1 0 0 1384512 67980 138196 0 0 584 692 1583 1295
33 5 62
0 1 1 0 1385024 68436 138284 0 0 500 492 1404 995
17 2 80
1 1 0 0 1383888 68880 138316 0 0 448 568 1422 1099
24 22 53
0 1 0 0 1381968 69276 138328 0 0 396 316 1382 929
26 4 71
0 1 0 0 1381016 69712 138300 0 0 428 1488 1415 1095
12 3 85
0 1 0 0 1379864 70136 138352 0 0 424 500 1275 873
11 2 87
0 1 1 0 1378792 70600 138296 0 0 460 660 1320 967
11 1 88
0 1 0 0 1377704 71020 138352 0 0 416 884 1445 1245
25 24 51
0 1 0 0 1376616 71440 138340 0 0 420 556 1372 991
23 5 72
0 1 0 0 1374632 71884 138372 0 0 436 1308 1423 1065
17 4 79
0 1 0 0 1373672 72324 138340 0 0 444 448 1319 983
9 3 88
0 1 0 0 1372584 72752 138320 0 0 428 316 1309 840
16 2 82
0 1 0 0 1371496 73208 138340 0 0 448 688 1315 1085
9 13 78
0 3 0 0 1370216 73676 138552 0 0 672 604 1436 1172
13 3 84
0 1 0 0 1367976 74088 138616 0 0 448 524 1442 1035
22 4 74
0 1 0 0 1365280 74536 138644 0 0 448 564 1306 918
9 4 87
0 1 0 0 1363808 74960 138696 0 0 424 360 1291 804
11 2 87
0 1 1 0 1362848 75428 138704 0 0 460 772 1321 1117
18 27 55
0 1 0 0 1361504 75916 138692 0 0 488 464 1322 928
15 2 83
procs memory swap io system
cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id
0 1 0 0 1360224 76376 138708 0 0 452 432 1286 783
15 3 83
1 0 0 0 1358712 76812 138680 0 0 436 604 1366 1091
11 12 76
0 1 0 0 1357624 77256 138780 0 0 556 740 1363 1025
7 3 90
0 1 0 0 1356600 77708 138804 0 0 452 492 1303 943
10 17 74
0 1 0 0 1355064 78196 138860 0 0 480 244 1322 928
24 5 71
1 0 0 0 1353976 78668 138864 0 0 472 272 1323 837
11 2 87
0 1 0 0 1352824 79132 138876 0 0 464 560 1365 993
11 3 86
0 1 0 0 1350152 79592 138824 0 0 460 508 1434 1044
22 3 75
0 1 0 0 1350344 80060 138900 0 0 500 348 1279 894
10 17 73
0 1 0 0 1349200 80544 138892 0 0 480 668 1387 1124
20 5 75
0 1 0 0 1348240 80988 138924 0 0 436 1256 1427 1256
6 2 92
0 1 0 0 1345440 81488 138968 0 0 524 500 1368 940
14 4 82
0 1 0 0 1344272 81952 138912 0 0 464 440 1352 918
13 4 83
2 0 0 0 1344784 82428 138980 0 0 476 552 1310 914
6 8 86
0 1 0 0 1343632 82904 138912 0 0 468 664 1331 1163
6 15 79
0 1 0 0 1342352 83376 138916 0 0 464 816 1354 1085
5 2 93
0 1 0 0 1341264 83820 138948 0 0 444 316 1216 678
3 1 96
0 1 0 0 1340112 84248 138996 0 0 428 392 1233 752
3 2 95
0 1 0 0 1338824 84660 139060 0 0 464 524 1363 949
11 1 88
0 1 1 0 1337352 85132 139064 0 0 512 608 1374 1143
9 21 70
0 1 0 0 1335992 85616 139124 0 0 516 1012 1655 1483
16 4 79
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 1334904 86100 139116 0 0 488 352 1248 788
3 2 95
0 1 0 0 1334008 86552 139140 0 0 448 696 1359 1045
3 1 96
0 1 0 0 1333048 87036 139200 0 0 484 492 1423 1021
4 2 94
0 1 1 0 1331960 87528 139184 0 0 476 596 1295 990
4 22 74
1 0 0 0 1369848 87920 139268 0 0 392 664 1291 837
14 10 76
1 0 0 0 1361848 87920 139268 0 0 0 488 1216 648
54 6 41
1 0 0 0 1357048 87928 139260 0 0 16 300 1147 513
49 4 47
1 1 1 0 1351096 87936 139320 0 0 80 704 1276 840
50 6 44
1 1 1 0 1346168 87988 139336 0 0 44 1308 1337 996
49 16 35
1 1 1 0 1336312 88012 139312 0 0 72 840 1408 972
51 6 43
18 1 17 0 1567736 88012 139380 0 0 0 512 1401 718
26 50 23
1 0 1 0 1547448 88012 139380 0 0 0 1284 1375 1122
49 27 24
1 0 0 0 1545016 88012 139380 0 0 0 104 1077 298
48 4 49
1 0 0 0 1542328 88036 139424 0 0 0 904 1170 568
48 11 41
1 0 0 0 1539208 88036 139424 0 0 0 548 1165 623
49 6 45
1 0 0 0 1534792 88036 139424 0 0 0 356 1116 457
47 6 47
1 1 3 0 1521464 88036 139424 0 0 0 420 1119 414
32 32 36
2 1 2 0 1508904 88036 139424 0 0 0 808 1210 620
12 89 0
1 0 0 0 1497624 88056 139404 0 0 4 972 1151 515
13 84 3
0 0 0 0 1497616 88056 139404 0 0 0 0 1037 281
1 11 88
3 0 0 0 1427536 88056 139404 0 0 0 0 1157 392
39 24 36
procs memory swap io system
cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id
0 1 0 0 1385352 88116 139480 0 0 152 0 1190 507
20 28 52
1 0 0 0 1386952 88124 139472 0 0 16 0 1087 323
1 1 99
SOFTDOG: Initiating system reboot.

Last output from top before it froze:

01:26:32 up 17 min, 2 users, load average: 1.23, 0.52, 0.31
253 processes: 188 sleeping, 4 running, 61 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU0 states: 45.0% user 36.0% system 0.0% nice 3.1% iowait 15.2%
idle
CPU1 states: 21.3% user 34.4% system 0.0% nice 0.2% iowait 43.0%
idle
Mem: 2072988k av, 569868k used, 1503120k free, 0k shrd, 88036k
buff
403116k active, 101256k inactive
Swap: 8384880k av, 0k used, 8384880k free 139424k
cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU
COMMAND
1109 root 25 0 113M 105M 11316 R 88.6 5.2 0:16 1 httpd
2018 root 16 0 2360 1348 1936 R 1.5 0.0 0:22 0 top
1879 root 16 0 1412 468 1356 S 0.7 0.0 0:05 1 vmstat
19 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.3 0.0 0:01 1
kjournald
781 named 15 0 52932 50M 2056 S 0.3 2.4 0:02 1 named
3144 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3145 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3147 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3149 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3153 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3154 root 25 0 3660 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3155 root 25 0 3660 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3163 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3167 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3178 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3179 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3181 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3185 root 25 0 3664 756 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3186 root 25 0 3664 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3191 root 25 0 3664 756 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3202 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3206 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3207 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3210 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3222 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3224 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.3 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3229 root 25 0 448 136 276 R 0.3 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
591 root 15 0 1428 540 1368 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
syslogd
1312 ftpd 15 0 2312 1188 1864 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
proftpd
3135 root 25 0 3664 752 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3136 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3137 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3138 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3139 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3140 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3141 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3142 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3143 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 0
rotatelogs
3146 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3148 root 25 0 3656 748 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs
3150 root 25 0 3660 752 3388 S 0.1 0.0 0:00 1
rotatelogs

Regards,
Anders K. Pedersen
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