Re: [BUG] fatal hang untarring 90GB file, possibly writeback related.

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On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 16:33 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> James, Colin, can you capture output of 'vmstat 1' while you do the
> copying? Thanks.

Sure; this is with a PREEMPT kernel so the tar goes to completion
without locking the system.

I started using a memory balloon to clear out the page cache.

procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 0  0  98708 1676100   4112  39556    0   45  1566  1879  392  168 14 17 59 10  0
 0  0  98708 1676100   4112  39604    0    0     0     0   37   35  0  0 100  0  0
 0  0  98708 1676100   4112  39652    0    0     0     0   31   35  0  0 100  0  0
 0  0  98708 1676100   4112  39652    0    0     0     0   26   27  0  0 100  0  0
 0  0  98708 1676100   4112  39652   32    0    32     0   50   48  0  0 100  0  0
 1  1  98708 1673984   4616  40576  192    0  1812     0  286  117  0  0 92  8  0
 0  1  98708 1590540   4792 124236    0    0 41972     0  901  822  0  4 67 29  0
 0  1  98708 1499524   4808 214820    0    0 45328     0  917  890  0  4 77 20  0
 0  1  98708 1404532   4808 308316   64    0 46784     0  965 1033  0  3 77 20  0
 0  1  98708 1312020   5612 399008    0    0 44836     0 1274 1075  0  6 77 18  0
 0  1  98708 1304540   5628 406324    0    0  3600 47260  289  115  0  2 68 30  0
 0  1  98708 1230760   5672 479020    0    0 36260   712  914  854  0  3 79 18  0
 0  1  98708 1208696   5676 500016    0    0 10500 93888  421  251  0  3 67 31  0
 0  1  98708 1157632   5676 551264    0    0 25600     0  658  518  0  2 75 23  0
 0  1  98708 1052356   5680 655344    0    0 51972     0 1112 1112  0  4 78 19  0
 0  2  98708 1024960   5680 679080    0    0 11904 87304  477  277  0  3 54 43  0
 1  1  98708 1027288   5684 679432    0    0   128  2896  195   42  0  0 85 14  0
 0  1  98708 947124   5688 758528    0    0 39552     4  932  899  0  4 68 28  0
 0  1  98708 849792   5692 854272    0    0 47876  4468 1045  936  0  4 77 20  0
 0  1  98708 813000   5820 890492    0    0 18176 18300  512  386  0  3 66 32  0
 1  2  98708 794304   5820 908132    0    0  8832 95640  379  324  0  2 77 21  0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 1  1  98708 794272   5824 908128    0    0     0 39456  212   58  0  1 73 26  0
 0  1  98708 792344   5832 910452    0    0  1156 44440  193   62  0  1 74 25  0
 0  1  98708 764392   5836 938288    0    0 13956     0  441  374  0  1 79 19  0
 0  1  98708 660828   5840 1040232    0    0 50948     0 1141  992  0  6 65 29  0
 0  1  98708 555156   5840 1144216    0    0 51968     0 1072 1008  0  4 76 20  0
 0  1  98708 458692   5856 1239212    0    0 47496   120  995 1046  0  3 78 19  0
 0  1  98708 411336   5856 1285896    0    0 23296 17764  536  463  0  3 71 26  0
 1  1  98708 367716   5856 1328904    0    0 21504 22272  541  463  0  3 78 20  0
 0  1  98708 330048   5864 1366044    0    0 18568 17524  529  515  0  2 78 20  0
 0  1  98708 301620   5864 1393912    0    0 13952 28148  382  309  0  2 68 30  0
 1  1  98708 245140   5872 1449576    0    0 27776 13224  610  567  0  3 73 24  0
 0  2  98708 226868   5872 1467000    0    0  8704 114804  375  322  0  2 77 21  0
 0  2  98708 226268   5876 1467552    0    0   260 51720  204   40  0  1 75 24  0
 0  1  98708 226548   5880 1467536    0    0     4 13180  149   29  0  1 70 30  0
 2  0  98708 159792   5880 1533844    0    0 33152     0  721  747  0  2 81 17  0
 0  1  98708  55252   5888 1636692    0    0 51456   104 1021  977  0  5 70 25  0
 1  1  98708  22804   2680 1671344    0    0 53632     0 1806 1188  0 20 59 21  0
 2  1  98708  22832   2672 1671372    0    0 40704 11196 1967 1126  0 22 60 17  0
 1  1  98708  22908   2676 1671196    0    0 24580 23040 1621  705  0 35 36 30  0
 1  1  98708  22968   2676 1670796    0    0 21504 22212 1576  674  0 22 60 18  0
 1  1  98708  22672   2684 1670996    0    0 17920 16968 1450  687  0 27 51 23  0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 2  1  98708  22904   2452 1671344    0    0 24832 25780 1632  714  0 27 50 23  0
 1  2  98708  22764   2452 1670724    0    0 15488 96304 1459  531  0 37 33 30  0
 2  2  98708  22640   2452 1670724    0    0     0 60300 1219  356  0 20 45 35  0
 1  1  98708  22744   2452 1670688    0    0   768 29312 1200  253  0 29 36 34  0
 2  0  98708  22964   2460 1671040    0    0 10752    68 1345  445  0 23 56 21  0
 1  1  98708  22652   2536 1671560    0    0 51540     0 2113 1246  0 28 49 23  0
 1  1  98708  22676   2528 1671768    0    0 118276 14604 4875 2681  0 27 51 22  0
 1  1  98708  22644   2528 1671804    0    0 23680 18172 1539  774  0 29 44 27  0
 1  1  98708  22720   2536 1671464    0    0 21888 24664 1494  651  0 24 55 22  0
 2  1  98708  22672   2496 1671592    0    0 22528 18144 1493  643  0 30 42 28  0
 1  1  98708  22732   2488 1671508    0    0 22528 25192 1537  726  0 23 55 21  0
 1  2  98708  22884   2488 1670504    0    0 18816 89440 1464  581  0 31 37 32  0
 1  2  98708  22740   2488 1670764    0    0   768 75012 1196  254  0 22 55 23  0
 1  2  98708  22848   2492 1670600    0    0   256 15512 1225  358  0 29 27 44  0
 1  1  98708  22620   2500 1671628    0    0 19076 11408 1490  575  0 23 54 23  0
 1  1  98708  22988   2500 1671108    0    0 55040     0 2118 1203  0 27 51 22  0
 1  1  98708  22876   2488 1671044    0    0 53760     0 2138 1323  0 28 49 23  0
 1  1  98708  22904   2500 1671012    0    0 48012  5528 2049 1097  0 32 43 25  0
 1  1  98708  22856   2508 1670876    0    0 21504 18536 1500  646  0 23 55 22  0
 2  0  98708  22684   2504 1670972    0    0 23680 23552 1537  784  0 29 44 26  0
 1  1  98708  22960   2500 1670520    0    0 23808 25552 1529  677  0 24 55 21  0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 2  1  98708  22820   2504 1670804    0    0 21764 25104 1507  647  0 30 43 26  0
 1  1  98708  22880   2504 1670812    0    0 24192 18900 1541  768  0 23 55 22  0
 2  3  98708  22716   2512 1670068    0    0  2816 132592 1257  303  0 30 30 40  0
 1  1  98708  22944   2512 1669940    0    0   512 40400 1165  247  0 23 57 20  0
 1  1  98708  22672   2512 1670624    0    0   512     0 1186  349  0 28 44 29  0
 1  1  98708  22788   2504 1670416    0    0 51200     0 2130 1158  0 25 53 22  0
 1  1  98708  22660   2508 1670688    0    0 50564     0 1972 1161  0 31 43 26  0
 1  1  98708  22780   2516 1670088    0    0 50176    64 2028 1204  0 24 56 20  0
 1  1  98708  22856   2508 1669884    0    0 32640 19040 1723  819  0 31 43 26  0
 3  0  98708  22808   2512 1669812    0    0 23812 19176 1535  670  0 23 55 22  0
 1  1  98708  22744   2504 1669728    0    0 21888 24872 1535  653  0 30 43 27  0
 1  1  98708  22696   2504 1669636    0    0 22784 25032 1529  647  0 23 55 21  0
 1  1  98708  22632   2512 1669596    0    0 21896 19228 1515  647  0 30 43 27  0
 1  2  98708  22676   2512 1668992    0    0  9600 74484 1366  418  0 24 43 33  0
 1  2  98708  22780   2512 1668772    0    0   256 107120 1211  245  0 29 42 30  0
 1  1  98708  23196   2512 1668920    0    0   256    40 1158  228  0 23 57 20  0
 2  1  98708  22968   2512 1669092    0    0 47360     0 2023 1097  0 26 49 25  0
 1  1  98708  22864   2704 1668784    0    0 39992   116 1878  994  0 27 49 24  0
 1  1  98708  22704   2708 1668872    0    0 53388     0 2166 1206  0 28 49 23  0
 1  1  98708  22796   2712 1668472    0    0 39940 12784 1873  966  0 27 52 21  0
 2  1  98708  22624   2712 1668508    0    0 21888 21904 1498  645  0 30 43 27  0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 2  1  98708  22700   2704 1668688    0    0 24320 26240 1548  685  0 23 55 22  0
 1  1  98708  22776   2712 1668284    0    0 18048 17532 1438  586  0 30 43 27  0
 1  1  98708  22868   2712 1668336    0    0 24192 21764 1552  661  0 23 55 23  0
 2  2  98708  22772   2716 1667696    0    0 12420 88772 1433  494  0 30 41 28  0
 1  2  98708  23424   2720 1667584    0    0     4  9092 1181  246  0 23 40 37  0
 1  1  98708  23120   2724 1667584    0    0     4 86380 1262  269  0 29 42 29  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2984 1667708    0    0   364     0 1187  249  0 22 60 18  0
 2  0  98708  23416   2992 1667772    0    0     0   120 1045  246  0 25 74  1  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1025  221  0 26 74  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1030  225  0 28 72  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1024  224  0 23 77  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1034  226  0 28 72  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1022  221  0 23 77  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1032  227  0 28 72  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1024  221  0 23 77  0  0
 1  0  98708  23408   2992 1667720    0    0     0     0 1034  228  0 28 72  0  0

kswapd goes up to 99% at nearly the end of the second page.  I ^C on the
tar but kswapd stays at 99% for the end.

James


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