Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply. I am confused by line: ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x83/0x1d0 [ext4] Is it in ext4 module or just an unfortunate stack trace? Thanks, Tigran. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Wysochanski" <dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Tigran Mkrtchyan" <tigran.mkrtchyan@xxxxxxx>, "linux-nfs" <linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:44:10 PM > Subject: Re: question on kernel stack trace > On Wed, 2018-02-21 at 11:46 +0100, Mkrtchyan, Tigran wrote: >> On one of our nodes we got the following stack trace: >> >> >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: updatedb D 000000000000000f 0 >> 32087 32081 0x00000080 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: ffff880852d13a88 0000000000000082 >> 0000000000000000 ffffffffa00bfe13 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: 0000000000000050 0000000300000001 >> 000d5a7576495a7a 0000000000000286 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: 0000000000000286 00000001dfd51213 >> ffff8810207c5068 ffff880852d13fd8 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: Call Trace: >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa00bfe13>] ? >> ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x83/0x1d0 [ext4] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029b1e4>] ? >> __rpc_sleep_on_priority+0xf4/0x330 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029a5b0>] ? >> rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x0/0xa0 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029a5f2>] >> rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x42/0xa0 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff8154ca7f>] >> __wait_on_bit+0x5f/0x90 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa0294217>] ? >> xprt_reserve_xprt+0x87/0x110 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029a5b0>] ? >> rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x0/0xa0 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff8154cb28>] >> out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x78/0x90 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff810a7220>] ? >> wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029ab35>] >> __rpc_execute+0xf5/0x350 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff810a7027>] ? >> bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa029adf1>] >> rpc_execute+0x61/0xa0 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa0291475>] >> rpc_run_task+0x75/0x90 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa0291592>] >> rpc_call_sync+0x42/0x70 [sunrpc] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa035cf2e>] >> _nfs4_call_sync+0x3e/0x40 [nfs] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa035574c>] >> _nfs4_proc_getattr+0xac/0xc0 [nfs] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa0358796>] >> nfs4_proc_getattr+0x56/0x80 [nfs] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa033e293>] >> __nfs_revalidate_inode+0xe3/0x220 [nfs] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffffa033f12e>] >> nfs_getattr+0xde/0x210 [nfs] >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff811a0391>] >> vfs_getattr+0x51/0x80 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff811a01d4>] ? >> cp_new_stat+0xe4/0x100 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff811a0424>] >> vfs_fstatat+0x64/0xa0 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff811a04ce>] >> vfs_lstat+0x1e/0x20 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff811a04f4>] >> sys_newlstat+0x24/0x50 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff81556627>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x187/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff81556620>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x180/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff810eeef7>] ? >> audit_syscall_entry+0x1d7/0x200 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff8155660b>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x16b/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff81556604>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x164/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff815565fd>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x15d/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff815565f6>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x156/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff815565ef>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0x14f/0x220 >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff815566d6>] >> system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b >> Feb 19 16:55:53 nafhh kernel: [<ffffffff8155656a>] ? >> system_call_after_swapgs+0xca/0x220 >> >> >> I am surprised, that top of the stack trace is in ext4 module. Can >> some one put a light on it? >> > > Ignore the symbols with '?' next to them as they are not reliable. > > If you want to map this to code use something like 'eu-addr2line' and > see if the symbols make sense in terms of source code lines. > > This looks like the process is just blocked for a long time waiting on > an NFS4 GETATTR to complete, and does not look unusual to me. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html