I disabled reiser4-config and compile kernel again, then I got firefox hang again, following are kernel messages, Dec 30 07:03:03 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bcb1cb00 has max_nr_pointers (12) Dec 30 07:03:03 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bcb1c940 has max_nr_pointers (21) Dec 30 07:03:03 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bd217780 has max_nr_pointers (85) Dec 30 07:03:04 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bd2175c0 has max_nr_pointers (257) Dec 30 07:04:02 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bcb1ccc0 has max_nr_pointers (258) Dec 30 07:04:05 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100bd2175c0 has max_nr_pointers (479) Dec 30 07:07:03 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100acf294c0 has max_nr_pointers (517) Dec 30 07:07:36 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810096f3b100 has max_nr_pointers (1338) Dec 30 07:07:41 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095d50d00 has max_nr_pointers (2874) Dec 30 07:07:46 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095ed9800 has max_nr_pointers (4434) Dec 30 07:07:51 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095ff2600 has max_nr_pointers (5810) Dec 30 07:07:57 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff81009592d380 has max_nr_pointers (6640) Dec 30 07:08:01 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095afaa80 has max_nr_pointers (7931) Dec 30 07:08:06 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095bf0640 has max_nr_pointers (9156) Dec 30 07:08:11 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810095d5f300 has max_nr_pointers (9474) Dec 30 07:08:16 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff8100961919c0 has max_nr_pointers (11512) Dec 30 07:08:18 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810096192a00 has max_nr_pointers (11530) Dec 30 07:08:21 localhost kernel: edward-1555: atom ffff810096192a00 has max_nr_pointers (13947) butdiene wrote: > > Hi Edward, > > the small patch make it impossible for me to get firefox hang for session > 1. or I should say it may hang for seconds, but wake up when the hard > drive still busy, while previously, firefox never wakes up unless the hdd > is idle again, and firefox usually hangs for minutes instead of seconds. > nevertheless, I get kernel messages from /var/log/messages for whatever I > tried but failed to hang firefox, > > I removed custom mount options, so /proc/mounts is the same for both > sessions, > /dev/root / reiser4 > rw,atom_max_size=0x2f20c,atom_max_age=0x927c0,atom_min_size=0x100,atom_max_flushers=0x1,cbk_cache_slots=0x10 > 0 0 > > session1, kernel messages (I post only the debug messages from the patch), > if you would like to read the whole thing, let me know: > > http://www.nabble.com/file/p14546580/kernel-messages1 kernel-messages1 > > session 2: > > I did dd for 12GB, for my 3GB ram: dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/tmp-dump.txt > bs=65536 count=196608 && sync > > mount options are the same as in session 1, and system rebooted between > these two sessions. > > kernel messages: http://www.nabble.com/file/p14546580/kernel-messages2 > kernel-messages2 > > also, the patch doesn't apply cleanly, since I'm not user -mm source, the > following is the patch from my manual editing: > > http://www.nabble.com/file/p14546580/reiser4-shishkin.patch > reiser4-shishkin.patch > > thanks! > > > Edward Shishkin-2 wrote: >> >> On 12/29/07, butdiene <butdiene@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not sure about what I'm doing. with a patch for >>> optimal_io_size=4096*1024 >>> and atom_max_size=0x800, it improves a lot. >> >> Not sure about it: reiser4 just keeps the optimal_io_size in a superblock >> to return this for stat, fstat (2), etc., and doesn't use if for anything >> else. >> Maybe firefox uses it somehow - I didn't investigate. >> >> The following is a stacktrace where your firefox hangs. It seems there is >> an atom size "leak". To confirm it, please apply the attached patch and >> perform 2 working sessions (better with REISER4_DEBUG is on): >> session 1: >> just reproduce the firefox hang; >> session 2: >> dd if=/dev/zero of=xxx bs=65536 count=yyy && sync >> where xxx - a file on your root partition, yyy is a count to write ~4 >> amount >> of RAM (if possible). >> Reboot before each session. Send me kernel messages for both sessions >> with cat /proc/mounts output. >> >> Thanks, >> Edward. >> >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost firefox-bin D ffff810073495c78 0 8030 >> 8011 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost ffff810073495be8 0000000000000086 >> ffff81005ce39728 ffff81005ce39728 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost ffff8100bf0b4dd0 ffff810073495b98 >> 0000000000000008 ffffffff806b4c00 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost ffffffff806b4c00 ffffffff806b1c00 >> ffffffff806b4c00 ffff8100b3a80140 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost Call Trace: >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802580f1>] sync_page+0x0/0x42 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff804d36f0>] io_schedule+0x28/0x34 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff8025812f>] sync_page+0x3e/0x42 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff804d3c27>] __wait_on_bit+0x40/0x6e >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802582ab>] wait_on_page_bit+0x6c/0x72 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff80246b70>] wake_bit_function+0x0/0x23 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802b8b78>] jwait_io+0x25/0x37 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c97a7>] >> reiser4_write_logs+0x988/0xbee >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c35c9>] >> get_current_atom_locked_nocheck+0x37/0x3e >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c3a10>] >> reiser4_txn_end+0x355/0x4e5 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c28ea>] >> reiser4_atom_wait_event+0x9a/0xa1 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c3ba9>] >> reiser4_txn_restart+0x9/0x17 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c3c13>] >> force_commit_atom+0x47/0x4b >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802c3e75>] >> txnmgr_force_commit_all+0xbb/0x130 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802d5780>] >> reiser4_sync_common+0x37/0x57 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff802965b6>] do_fsync+0x52/0x88 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff8029660f>] __do_fsync+0x23/0x36 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost [<ffffffff8020b76e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 >> Dec 26 17:40:49 localhost >> >>> >>> /dev/root / reiser4 >>> rw,atom_max_size=0x800,atom_max_age=0x927c0,atom_min_size=0x100,atom_max_flushers=0x1,cbk_cache_slots=0x10 >>> 0 0 >>> >>> >>> --- linux.0/fs/reiser4/reiser4.h 2007-12-28 16:30:59.000000000 >>> -0600 >>> +++ linux.1/fs/reiser4/reiser4.h 2007-12-28 16:31:40.000000000 >>> -0600 >>> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ >>> >>> Can be overwritten by optimal_io_size mount option. >>> */ >>> -#define REISER4_OPTIMAL_IO_SIZE (64 * 1024) >>> +#define REISER4_OPTIMAL_IO_SIZE (4096 * 1024) >>> >>> /* see comments in inode.c:oid_to_uino() */ >>> #define REISER4_UINO_SHIFT (1 << 30) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> butdiene wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > the file contains several sysrq-t dumps when firefox hangs, >>> > >>> > http://www.nabble.com/file/p14514445/reiser4-sysrq-t.txt.bz2 >>> > reiser4-sysrq-t.txt.bz2 >>> > >>> > thanks! >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/reiser4-firefox-hangs-due-to-fsync%2C-sysrq-t-dump-tp14514445p14533387.html >>> Sent from the ReiserFS - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> - >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >>> reiserfs-devel" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> >> >> diff -urN linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/super.h >> linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/super.h >> --- linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/super.h 2007-12-29 >> 19:53:04.837605194 +0300 >> +++ linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/super.h 2007-12-29 20:04:11.136691674 >> +0300 >> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ >> >> /* operations for objects on this file system */ >> struct object_ops ops; >> - >> + __u32 atom_max_nrpointers; >> /* >> * structure to maintain d_cursors. See plugin/file_ops_readdir.c for >> * more details >> diff -urN linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c >> linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c >> --- linux-2.6.23-mm1-orig/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c 2007-12-29 >> 19:53:04.869613413 +0300 >> +++ linux-2.6.23-mm1/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c 2007-12-29 22:02:40.671070164 >> +0300 >> @@ -1235,6 +1235,30 @@ >> atom->txnh_count == atom->nr_waiters && atom_should_commit(atom); >> } >> >> +static void check_print_atom_nrpointers (txn_atom * atom) >> +{ >> + reiser4_super_info_data *sbinfo = get_current_super_private(); >> + >> + spin_lock_reiser4_super(sbinfo); >> + if ((unsigned)atom_pointer_count(atom) > sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers) { >> + sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers = atom_pointer_count(atom); >> +#if REISER4_DEBUG >> + printk("edward-1555: atom %p has max_nr_pointers (%d), clean (%d), >> dirty (%d)\n", >> + atom, atom_pointer_count(atom), atom->clean, atom->dirty); >> +#else >> + printk("edward-1555: atom %p has max_nr_pointers (%d)\n", >> + atom, atom_pointer_count(atom)); >> +#endif >> + } >> + if (atom_is_committable(atom) && >> + (unsigned)atom_pointer_count(atom) == sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers) >> { >> + printk("edward-1556: commit atom %p with max nrpointers %d\n", >> + atom, sbinfo->atom_max_nrpointers); >> + dump_stack(); >> + } >> + spin_unlock_reiser4_super(sbinfo); >> +} >> + >> /* called periodically from ktxnmgrd to commit old atoms. Releases >> ktxnmgrd spin >> * lock at exit */ >> int commit_some_atoms(txn_mgr * mgr) >> @@ -1264,6 +1288,7 @@ >> * first test without taking atom spin lock, whether it is >> * eligible for committing at all >> */ >> + check_print_atom_nrpointers(atom); >> if (atom_is_committable(atom)) { >> /* now, take spin lock and re-check */ >> spin_lock_atom(atom); >> @@ -1683,7 +1708,7 @@ >> flusher */ >> reiser4_atom_set_stage(cd->atom, ASTAGE_CAPTURE_WAIT); >> cd->atom->flags |= ATOM_FORCE_COMMIT; >> - >> + check_print_atom_nrpointers(cd->atom); >> result = >> commit_current_atom(&cd->nr_written, &cd->atom); >> if (result != 0 && result != -E_REPEAT) >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/reiser4-firefox-hangs-due-to-fsync%2C-sysrq-t-dump-tp14514445p14547147.html Sent from the ReiserFS - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html