On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 13:19 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Wed, May 20 2009, Jens Axboe wrote: > > On Wed, May 20 2009, Zhang, Yanmin wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 10:54 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 20 2009, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 20 2009, Zhang, Yanmin wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 08:20 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, May 19 2009, Zhang, Yanmin wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 14:19 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the fourth version of this patchset. Chances since v3: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Dropped a prep patch, it has been included in mainline since. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Add a work-to-do list to the bdi. This is struct bdi_work. Each > > > > > > > > > wb thread will notice and execute work on bdi->work_list. The arguments > > > > > > > > > are which sb (or NULL for all) to flush and how many pages to flush. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Fix a bug where not all bdi's would end up on the bdi_list, so potentially > > > > > > > > > some data would not be flushed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Make wb_kupdated() pass on wbc->older_than_this so we maintain the same > > > > > > > > > behaviour for kupdated flushes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Have the wb thread flush first before sleeping, to avoid losing the > > > > > > > > > first flush on lazy register. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Rebase to newer kernels. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm attaching two patches - apply #1 to -rc6, and then #2 is a roll-up > > > > > > > of the patch series that you can apply next. > > > > > > Jens, > > > > > > > > > > > > I run into 2 issues with kernel 2.6.30-rc6+BDI_Flusher_V4. Below is one. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tue May 19 00:00:00 CST 2009 > > > > > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000001d8 > > > > > > IP: [<ffffffff803f3c4c>] generic_make_request+0x10a/0x384 > > > > > > PGD 0 > > > > > > Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP > > > > > > last sysfs file: /sys/block/sdb/stat > > > > > > CPU 0 > > > > > > Modules linked in: igb > > > > > > Pid: 1445, comm: bdi-8:16 Not tainted 2.6.30-rc6-bdiflusherv4 #1 X8DTN > > > > > > RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff803f3c4c>] [<ffffffff803f3c4c>] generic_make_request+0x10a/0x384 > > > > > > RSP: 0018:ffff8800bd04da60 EFLAGS: 00010206 > > > > > > RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8801be45d500 RCX: 00000000038a0df8 > > > > > > RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000576 RDI: ffff8801bf408680 > > > > > > RBP: ffff8801be45d500 R08: ffffe20001ee8140 R09: ffff8800bd04da98 > > > > > > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8800bd72eb40 R12: ffff8801be45d500 > > > > > > R13: ffff88005f51f310 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: ffff8800b15a5458 > > > > > > FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffc20000000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > > > > > > CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > > > > > > CR2: 00000000000001d8 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > > > > > > DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > > > > > > DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > > > > > > Process bdi-8:16 (pid: 1445, threadinfo ffff8800bd04c000, task ffff8800bd1b75f0) > > > > > > Stack: > > > > > > 0000000000000008 ffffffff8027a613 00000000848dc000 ffffffffffffffff > > > > > > ffff8800a8190f50 ffffffff00000012 ffff8800a81938e0 ffffc2000000001b > > > > > > 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffe200026f9c30 0000000000000000 > > > > > > Call Trace: > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027a613>] ? mempool_alloc+0x59/0x10f > > > > > > [<ffffffff803f3f70>] ? submit_bio+0xaa/0xb1 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c6a3f>] ? submit_bh+0xe3/0x103 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c92ea>] ? __block_write_full_page+0x1fb/0x2f2 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c7d6a>] ? end_buffer_async_write+0x0/0xfb > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027e8d2>] ? __writepage+0xa/0x25 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027f036>] ? write_cache_pages+0x21c/0x338 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027e8c8>] ? __writepage+0x0/0x25 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027f195>] ? do_writepages+0x27/0x2d > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c22c1>] ? __writeback_single_inode+0x159/0x2b3 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8071e52a>] ? thread_return+0x3e/0xaa > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027f267>] ? determine_dirtyable_memory+0xd/0x1d > > > > > > [<ffffffff8027f2dd>] ? get_dirty_limits+0x1d/0x255 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c27bc>] ? generic_sync_wb_inodes+0x1b4/0x220 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c3130>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x16c/0x215 > > > > > > [<ffffffff802c323e>] ? bdi_writeback_task+0x65/0x10d > > > > > > [<ffffffff8024cc06>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e > > > > > > [<ffffffff8024cb27>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x10/0xa0 > > > > > > [<ffffffff80289257>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xba > > > > > > [<ffffffff802892c6>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x6f/0xba > > > > > > [<ffffffff8024c860>] ? kthread+0x54/0x80 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8020c97a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8024c80c>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80 > > > > > > [<ffffffff8020c970>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I found one issue yesterday and one today that could cause issues, not > > > > sure it would explain this one. But at least it's worth a try, if it's > > > > reproducible. > > > I just reproduced it a moment ago manually. > > > > > > [global] > > > direct=0 > > > ioengine=mmap > > > iodepth=256 > > > iodepth_batch=32 > > > size=4G > > > bs=4k > > > pre_read=1 > > > overwrite=1 > > > numjobs=1 > > > loops=5 > > > runtime=600 > > > group_reporting > > > directory=/mnt/stp/fiodata > > > [job_group0_sub0] > > > startdelay=0 > > > rw=randwrite > > > filename=data0/f1:data0/f2 > > > > > > > > > The fio includes my preread patch to flush files to memory. > > > > > > Before starting the second testing, I did a cache dropping by: > > > #echo "3">/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. > > > > > > I suspect the drop_caches trigger it. > > > > Thanks, will try this. What filesystem and mount options did you use? > > No luck reproducing so far. All my testing are started with automation scripts. I found below step could trigger it. 1) Use an exclusive partition to test it; for example I use /dev/sdb1 on this machine; 2) After running the fio test case, immediately umount and mount the disk back: #sudo umount /dev/sdb1 #sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/stp > In other news, I have finally merged your > fio pre_read patch :-) Thanks. > > I've run it here many times, works fine with the current writeback > branch. Since I did the runs anyway, I did comparisons between mainline > and writeback for this test. Each test was run 10 times, averages below. > The throughput deviated less than 1MB/sec, so results are very stable. > CPU usage percentages were always within 0.5%. > > Kernel Throughput usr sys disk util > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > writeback 175MB/sec 17.55% 43.04% 97.80% > vanilla 147MB/sec 13.44% 47.33% 85.98% > > The results for this test is particularly interesting, since it's very > heavy on the writeback side. pdflush/bdi threads were pretty busy. User > time is up (even if corrected for higher throughput), but system time is > down a lot. Vanilla isn't close to keeping the disk busy, with the > writeback patches we are basically there (100% would be pretty much > impossible to reach). > > Please try with the patches I sent. If you still see problems, we need > to look more closely into that. I tried the new patches. It seems it improves fio mmap randwrite 4k for about 50% on the machine (single disk). The old panic disappears, but there is a new panic. [ROOT@LKP-NE01 ~]# BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000190 IP: [<ffffffff803270b6>] ext3_invalidatepage+0x18/0x38 PGD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/block/sdb/stat CPU 0 Modules linked in: igb Pid: 7681, comm: umount Not tainted 2.6.30-rc6-bdiflusherv4fix #1 X8DTN RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff803270b6>] [<ffffffff803270b6>] ext3_invalidatepage+0x18/0x38 RSP: 0018:ffff8801bdc47d20 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffe200058514a0 RCX: 0000000000000002 RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffe200058514a0 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 000000000000000e R10: 000000000000000d R11: ffffffff8032709e R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8801bdc47d78 R15: ffff8800bc0dd888 FS: 00007f48d77237d0(0000) GS:ffffc20000000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000190 CR3: 00000000bc867000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process umount (pid: 7681, threadinfo ffff8801bdc46000, task ffff8801bde194d0) Stack: ffffffff80280ef7 ffffe200058514a0 ffffffff80280ffd ffff8801bdc47d78 0000000e0290c538 000000000049d801 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff 000000000000000e 0000000000000000 ffffe200058514a0 Call Trace: [<ffffffff80280ef7>] ? truncate_complete_page+0x1d/0x59 [<ffffffff80280ffd>] ? truncate_inode_pages_range+0xca/0x32e [<ffffffff802ba8bc>] ? dispose_list+0x39/0xe4 [<ffffffff802bac68>] ? invalidate_inodes+0xf1/0x10f [<ffffffff802ab77b>] ? generic_shutdown_super+0x78/0xde [<ffffffff802ab803>] ? kill_block_super+0x22/0x3a [<ffffffff802abe49>] ? deactivate_super+0x5f/0x76 [<ffffffff802bdf2f>] ? sys_umount+0x2cd/0x2fc [<ffffffff8020ba2b>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ext3_invalidatepage => EXT3_JOURNAL(page->mapping->host) while EXT3_SB((inode)->i_sb) is equal to NULL. It seems umount triggers the new panic. Yanmin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
