12.08.2011 17:07, Jan Kara wrote: [] >>>> [ 76.982985] EXT4-fs (dm-1): Unaligned AIO/DIO on inode 3407879 by oracle; performance will be poor. >>>> [ 1469.734114] SysRq : Show Blocked State >>>> [ 1469.734157] task PC stack pid father >>>> [ 1469.734473] oracle D 0000000000000000 0 6146 1 0x00000000 >>>> [ 1469.734525] ffff88103f604810 0000000000000082 ffff881000000000 ffff881079791040 >>>> [ 1469.734603] ffff880432c19fd8 ffff880432c19fd8 ffff880432c19fd8 ffff88103f604810 >>>> [ 1469.734681] ffffea000ec13590 ffffffff00000000 ffff881438c8dad8 ffffffff810eeda2 >>>> [ 1469.734760] Call Trace: >>>> [ 1469.734800] [<ffffffff810eeda2>] ? __do_fault+0x422/0x520 >>>> [ 1469.734863] [<ffffffffa0123e6d>] ? ext4_file_write+0x20d/0x260 [ext4] >>>> [ 1469.734909] [<ffffffff8106aee0>] ? abort_exclusive_wait+0xb0/0xb0 >>>> [ 1469.734956] [<ffffffffa0123c60>] ? ext4_llseek+0x120/0x120 [ext4] >>>> [ 1469.734999] [<ffffffff81162173>] ? aio_rw_vect_retry+0x73/0x1d0 >>>> [ 1469.735039] [<ffffffff8116302f>] ? aio_run_iocb+0x5f/0x160 >>>> [ 1469.735078] [<ffffffff81164258>] ? do_io_submit+0x4f8/0x600 >>>> [ 1469.735122] [<ffffffff81359b52>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [] > Probably not, just garbage on stack confuses the stack unwinder. Note > that e.g. ext4_llseek() is at the end of function as well as > abort_exclusive_wait() which probably means these functions have already > finished and just left their addresses on stack. Could you disasseble > your ext4_file_write() function and check where offset 0x20d is? Sadly you > won't see where calls are going when ext4 is compiled as a module (module > is linked when loaded into kernel) so it might be easier to compile ext4 > into the kernel and disassemble the function in vmlinux file. > >> Btw, does ext4_llseek() look sane here? Note it's called from >> aio_submit() -- does it _ever_ implement SEEKs? >> >> Maybe some debugging is neecessary here? > Yes. The trouble is I'm not completely sure where we are hanging yet. > We should know more from your disassembly. But you can try running with > attached debug patch - maybe it shows something interesting. With ext4 built-in and your patch applied: [ 429.061524] EXT4-fs (sda11): Unaligned AIO/DIO on inode 5767181 by oracle; performance will be poor. [ 429.061669] Going to wait for 18446744073709551199 aios [ 437.717942] SysRq : Show Blocked State [ 437.718109] task PC stack pid father [ 437.718528] oracle D 0000000000000000 0 3844 1 0x00000000 [ 437.718767] ffff88203e330080 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 ffff881078e3f7d0 [ 437.719156] ffff88203dc15fd8 ffff88203dc15fd8 ffff88203dc15fd8 ffff88203e330080 [ 437.719546] 0000001e0000000f 0000000000000246 205b88103f806680 3136302e39323420 [ 437.719935] Call Trace: [ 437.720043] [<ffffffff8139b976>] ? printk+0x43/0x48 [ 437.720155] [<ffffffff8118e16d>] ? ext4_file_write+0x21d/0x290 [ 437.720267] [<ffffffff8106aee0>] ? abort_exclusive_wait+0xb0/0xb0 [ 437.720376] [<ffffffff8118df50>] ? ext4_llseek+0x120/0x120 [ 437.720485] [<ffffffff81162173>] ? aio_rw_vect_retry+0x73/0x1d0 [ 437.720593] [<ffffffff8116302f>] ? aio_run_iocb+0x5f/0x160 [ 437.720699] [<ffffffff81164258>] ? do_io_submit+0x4f8/0x600 [ 437.720811] [<ffffffff813a3152>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Trying to find how to disassemble things now... And yes, 18446744073709551199 aios sounds quite alot ;) Thanks, /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
