[ cc'd linux-ext4 ] James is hitting softlockups in kswapd while doing writes to a large ext4 file. Excerpts from James Bottomley's message of 2011-04-27 13:21:42 -0400: > On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 12:54 -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > > Ok, I'd try turning it on so we catch the sleeping with a spinlock held > > case better. > > Will do, that's CONFIG_PREEMPT (rather than CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY)? > > This is the trace with sysrq-l and sysrq-w > > The repro this time doesn't have a soft lockup, just the tar is hung and > one of my CPUs is in 99% system. > [ 454.742935] flush-253:2 D 0000000000000000 0 793 2 0x00000000 > [ 454.745425] ffff88006355b710 0000000000000046 ffff88006355b6b0 ffffffff00000000 > [ 454.747955] ffff880037ee9700 ffff88006355bfd8 ffff88006355bfd8 0000000000013b40 > [ 454.750506] ffffffff81a0b020 ffff880037ee9700 ffff88006355b710 000000018106e7c3 > [ 454.753048] Call Trace: > [ 454.755537] [<ffffffff811c82b8>] do_get_write_access+0x1c6/0x38d > [ 454.758071] [<ffffffff8106e88b>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x3d/0x3d > [ 454.760644] [<ffffffff811c8588>] jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x2b/0x42 > [ 454.763206] [<ffffffff8118ea4f>] ? ext4_read_block_bitmap+0x54/0x2d0 > [ 454.765770] [<ffffffff811b5888>] __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x58/0x66 > [ 454.768353] [<ffffffff811b8dbe>] ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used+0x70/0x2ae > [ 454.770942] [<ffffffff811bb10e>] ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x1c8/0x3c2 > [ 454.773501] [<ffffffff811b4628>] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1961/0x1c04 > [ 454.776082] [<ffffffff8122ed78>] ? radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot+0x81/0xa2 > [ 454.778711] [<ffffffff810d55f9>] ? find_get_pages_tag+0x3b/0xd6 > [ 454.781323] [<ffffffff811967fa>] ext4_map_blocks+0x112/0x1e7 > [ 454.783894] [<ffffffff811984e8>] mpage_da_map_and_submit+0x93/0x2cd > [ 454.786491] [<ffffffff81198de5>] ext4_da_writepages+0x2c1/0x44d > [ 454.789090] [<ffffffff810ddeb4>] do_writepages+0x21/0x2a So our flusher threads are stuck waiting in jbd2_journal_get_write_access, which means they aren't cleaning dirty pages. In order to get write access, they probably need the transaction to commit: > [ 454.828711] jbd2/dm-2-8 D 0000000000000000 0 799 2 0x00000000 > [ 454.831390] ffff88006d59db10 0000000000000046 ffff88006d59daa0 ffffffff00000000 > [ 454.834094] ffff88006deb4500 ffff88006d59dfd8 ffff88006d59dfd8 0000000000013b40 > [ 454.836788] ffffffff81a0b020 ffff88006deb4500 ffff88006d59dad0 000000016d59dad0 > [ 454.839453] Call Trace: > [ 454.842098] [<ffffffff810d5904>] ? lock_page+0x3e/0x3e > [ 454.844738] [<ffffffff810d5904>] ? lock_page+0x3e/0x3e > [ 454.847303] [<ffffffff8147a7c9>] io_schedule+0x63/0x7e > [ 454.849877] [<ffffffff810d5912>] sleep_on_page+0xe/0x12 > [ 454.852469] [<ffffffff8147aea9>] __wait_on_bit+0x48/0x7b > [ 454.855021] [<ffffffff810d5a8c>] wait_on_page_bit+0x72/0x74 > [ 454.857583] [<ffffffff8106e88b>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x3d/0x3d > [ 454.860171] [<ffffffff810d5b6b>] filemap_fdatawait_range+0x84/0x163 > [ 454.862744] [<ffffffff810d5c6e>] filemap_fdatawait+0x24/0x26 > [ 454.865299] [<ffffffff811c94a2>] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x922/0x1194 But that seems to be waiting for a page lock. Probably the same page lock held by the flusher thread? Looks like tar is stuck in the same boat down below. > [ 454.867892] [<ffffffff81008714>] ? __switch_to+0xc6/0x220 > [ 454.870496] [<ffffffff811cd3b6>] kjournald2+0xc9/0x20a > [ 454.873103] [<ffffffff8106e84e>] ? remove_wait_queue+0x3a/0x3a > [ 454.875690] [<ffffffff811cd2ed>] ? commit_timeout+0x10/0x10 > [ 454.878327] [<ffffffff8106e157>] kthread+0x84/0x8c > [ 454.880961] [<ffffffff81483764>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 > [ 454.883604] [<ffffffff8106e0d3>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x148/0x148 > [ 454.886262] [<ffffffff81483760>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 > [ 454.888875] tar D ffff88006e573af8 0 991 838 0x00000000 > [ 454.891546] ffff880037f5b8a8 0000000000000086 ffff8801002a1d40 0000000000000282 > [ 454.894213] ffff88006d644500 ffff880037f5bfd8 ffff880037f5bfd8 0000000000013b40 > [ 454.896889] ffff8801002b4500 ffff88006d644500 ffff880037f5b8a8 ffffffff8106e7c3 > [ 454.899530] Call Trace: > [ 454.902118] [<ffffffff8106e7c3>] ? prepare_to_wait+0x6c/0x78 > [ 454.904724] [<ffffffff811c82b8>] do_get_write_access+0x1c6/0x38d > [ 454.907344] [<ffffffff8106e88b>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x3d/0x3d > [ 454.909967] [<ffffffff811991cc>] ? ext4_dirty_inode+0x33/0x4c > [ 454.912574] [<ffffffff811c8588>] jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x2b/0x42 > [ 454.915192] [<ffffffff811b5888>] __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x58/0x66 > [ 454.917819] [<ffffffff81195526>] ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x41/0x83 > [ 454.920459] [<ffffffff811955e4>] ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x7c/0x1f0 > [ 454.923070] [<ffffffff811991cc>] ext4_dirty_inode+0x33/0x4c > [ 454.925660] [<ffffffff8113c3d6>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x2f/0x175 > [ 454.928247] [<ffffffff81143a0d>] generic_write_end+0x6c/0x7e > [ 454.930865] [<ffffffff811983f6>] ext4_da_write_end+0x1a5/0x204 > [ 454.933454] [<ffffffff810d5e9d>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x17e/0x23a > [ 454.936062] [<ffffffff810d6c9d>] __generic_file_aio_write+0x242/0x272 > [ 454.938648] [<ffffffff810d6d2e>] generic_file_aio_write+0x61/0xba > [ 454.941288] [<ffffffff8118fe00>] ext4_file_write+0x1dc/0x234 > [ 454.943909] [<ffffffff8111edab>] do_sync_write+0xbf/0xff > [ 454.946501] [<ffffffff8114b9fc>] ? fsnotify+0x1eb/0x217 > [ 454.949114] [<ffffffff811f1866>] ? selinux_file_permission+0x58/0xb4 > [ 454.951736] [<ffffffff811e9cfe>] ? security_file_permission+0x2e/0x33 > [ 454.954349] [<ffffffff8111f196>] ? rw_verify_area+0xb0/0xcd > [ 454.956943] [<ffffffff8111f421>] vfs_write+0xac/0xf3 > [ 454.959530] [<ffffffff8111f610>] sys_write+0x4a/0x6e > [ 454.962129] [<ffffffff81482642>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b -chris -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . 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