[Ocfs2-users] ocfs2 is still eating memory

John Lange john.lange at open-it.ca
Mon Mar 5 13:25:10 PST 2007


With a large (12 tbyte) ocfs2 file system mounted, all I need to do is a
"find ." and ocfs2 will slowly consume all ram until oom-killer is
invoked.

Previously this was thought to be related to the file system being
exported via nfs but this has now been ruled out.

The following are some stats; first section is after the "find ." had
been running for about 10 minutes. It is far from out of memory at this
point but I didn't have time this afternoon to run it until it died.

Second section is right after issuing a

sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

so you can see the memory get freed up.

This is running a recent SUSE SP1 BRANCH kernel

2.6.16.37-SLES10_SP1_BRANCH_20070213192756-smp

I have already been told on the bug tracker that this is not an ocfs2
issue. I'm not trying to be a pain, I just wanted to repeat my findings
so that ocfs2 list is aware that while it may not be an ocfs2 code
problem it certainly does prevent you from using ocfs2 in production.

If someone has a better place where these finding could be reported
please let me know.




======= section 1 =========

Mon Mar  5 15:15:01 CST 2007
# vmstat
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    240 1563768 241264  47076    0    0     1     4   11    6  0  1 94  4  0
# vmstat -s
      2075084  total memory
       511456  used memory
       182952  active memory
       223820  inactive memory
      1563628  free memory
       241264  buffer memory
        47076  swap cache
      2056304  total swap
          240  used swap
      2056064  free swap
       612937 non-nice user cpu ticks
         7186 nice user cpu ticks
      2272575 system cpu ticks
    293987671 idle cpu ticks
     13392542 IO-wait cpu ticks
        50629 IRQ cpu ticks
      1667207 softirq cpu ticks
            0 steal cpu ticks
     88657366 pages paged in
   1816763473 pages paged out
            0 pages swapped in
           61 pages swapped out
   2268215696 interrupts
   2382140383 CPU context switches
   1171569943 boot time
       109385 forks
# vmstat -m
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
rpc_buffers                   8      8   2048      2
rpc_tasks                     8     15    256     15
rpc_inode_cache               0      0    512      7
ocfs2_lock                  152    203     16    203
ocfs2_inode_cache         29868  29868    896      4
ocfs2_uptodate             6655   6780     32    113
ocfs2_em_ent              29854  29854     64     59
dlmfs_inode_cache             1      6    640      6
dlm_mle_cache                10     10    384     10
configfs_dir_cache           33     78     48     78
fib6_nodes                    7    113     32    113
ip6_dst_cache                 7     15    256     15
ndisc_cache                   1     15    256     15
RAWv6                         5      6    640      6
UDPv6                         3      6    640      6
tw_sock_TCPv6                 0      0    128     30
request_sock_TCPv6            0      0    128     30
TCPv6                        10     12   1280      3
ip_fib_alias                 16    113     32    113
ip_fib_hash                  16    113     32    113
dm_events                    16    169     20    169
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
dm_tio                     3676   3857     16    203
dm_io                      3695   3887     20    169
uhci_urb_priv                 0      0     40     92
ext3_inode_cache            950   1912    512      8
ext3_xattr                    0      0     48     78
journal_handle                2    169     20    169
journal_head                462    648     52     72
revoke_table                  6    254     12    254
revoke_record                 0      0     16    203
qla2xxx_srbs                242    270    128     30
scsi_cmd_cache               59     90    384     10
sgpool-256                   32     32   4096      1
sgpool-128                   32     32   2048      2
sgpool-64                    32     32   1024      4
sgpool-32                    32     32    512      8
sgpool-16                    32     45    256     15
sgpool-8                    156    210    128     30
scsi_io_context               0      0    104     37
UNIX                        410    427    512      7
ip_mrt_cache                  0      0    128     30
tcp_bind_bucket              12    203     16    203
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
inet_peer_cache              89    118     64     59
secpath_cache                 0      0    128     30
xfrm_dst_cache                0      0    384     10
ip_dst_cache                178    285    256     15
arp_cache                     5     15    256     15
RAW                           3      7    512      7
UDP                          32     56    512      7
tw_sock_TCP                   0      0    128     30
request_sock_TCP              0      0     64     59
TCP                          16     35   1152      7
flow_cache                    0      0    128     30
cfq_ioc_pool                184    720     96     40
cfq_pool                    166    600     96     40
crq_pool                    181    312     48     78
deadline_drq                  0      0     52     72
as_arq                        0      0     64     59
mqueue_inode_cache            1      6    640      6
isofs_inode_cache             0      0    384     10
minix_inode_cache             0      0    420      9
hugetlbfs_inode_cache         1     11    356     11
ext2_inode_cache              0      0    492      8
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
ext2_xattr                    0      0     48     78
dnotify_cache                 1    169     20    169
dquot                         0      0    128     30
eventpoll_pwq                17    101     36    101
eventpoll_epi                17     30    128     30
inotify_event_cache           0      0     28    127
inotify_watch_cache          40    184     40     92
kioctx                        0      0    256     15
kiocb                         0      0    128     30
fasync_cache                  1    203     16    203
shmem_inode_cache           618    624    460      8
posix_timers_cache            0      0    100     39
uid_cache                     7     59     64     59
blkdev_ioc                   88    254     28    127
blkdev_queue                 58     60    960      4
blkdev_requests             204    264    176     22
biovec-(256)                312    312   3072      2
biovec-128                  368    370   1536      5
biovec-64                   480    485    768      5
biovec-16                   480    495    256     15
biovec-4                    480    531     64     59
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
biovec-1                    609   5684     16    203
bio                         592    720    128     30
sock_inode_cache            505    553    512      7
skbuff_fclone_cache          73     80    384     10
skbuff_head_cache           673    870    256     15
file_lock_cache               8    126     92     42
acpi_operand                634    828     40     92
acpi_parse_ext                0      0     44     84
acpi_parse                    0      0     28    127
acpi_state                    0      0     48     78
delayacct_cache             191    312     48     78
taskstats_cache              32     32    236     16
proc_inode_cache             59    140    372     10
sigqueue                     97    135    144     27
radix_tree_node           87360  87360    276     14
bdev_cache                   56     56    512      7
sysfs_dir_cache            4887   4968     40     92
mnt_cache                    29     60    128     30
inode_cache                1071   1309    356     11
dentry_cache              34133  34133    132     29
filp                       3048   4180    192     20
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
names_cache                  26     26   4096      1
idr_layer_cache             203    232    136     29
buffer_head               60840  60840     52     72
mm_struct                   120    171    448      9
vm_area_struct             5831   8888     88     44
fs_cache                    120    236     64     59
files_cache                 121    198    448      9
signal_cache                166    200    384     10
sighand_cache               157    177   1344      3
task_struct                 182    230   1376      5
anon_vma                   2781   3048     12    254
pgd                          97     97   4096      1
size-131072(DMA)              0      0 131072      1
size-131072                   0      0 131072      1
size-65536(DMA)               0      0  65536      1
size-65536                    0      0  65536      1
size-32768(DMA)               0      0  32768      1
size-32768                    3      3  32768      1
size-16384(DMA)               0      0  16384      1
size-16384                   21     21  16384      1
size-8192(DMA)                0      0   8192      1
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
size-8192                   175    175   8192      1
size-4096(DMA)                0      0   4096      1
size-4096                   111    111   4096      1
size-2048(DMA)                0      0   2048      2
size-2048                   682    708   2048      2
size-1024(DMA)                0      0   1024      4
size-1024                   373    404   1024      4
size-512(DMA)                 1      8    512      8
size-512                    529    568    512      8
size-256(DMA)                 0      0    256     15
size-256                  30690  30690    256     15
size-128(DMA)                 0      0    128     30
size-128                  33360  33360    128     30
size-64(DMA)                  0      0     64     59
size-32(DMA)                  0      0     32    113
size-64                    4166   7080     64     59
size-32                   35030  35030     32    113
kmem_cache                  150    150    256     15


======== section 2 ========

Mon Mar  5 15:15:28 CST 2007
# vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 0  1    240 1873872   5460  42120    0    0     1     4   11    6  0  1 94  4  0
# vmstat -s
      2075084  total memory
       201212  used memory
       161028  active memory
         4184  inactive memory
      1873872  free memory
         5460  buffer memory
        42120  swap cache
      2056304  total swap
          240  used swap
      2056064  free swap
       612951 non-nice user cpu ticks
         7186 nice user cpu ticks
      2272690 system cpu ticks
    293990233 idle cpu ticks
     13395382 IO-wait cpu ticks
        50630 IRQ cpu ticks
      1667219 softirq cpu ticks
            0 steal cpu ticks
     88673230 pages paged in
   1816764408 pages paged out
            0 pages swapped in
           61 pages swapped out
   2268233528 interrupts
   2382233674 CPU context switches
   1171569943 boot time
       109411 forks
# vmstat -m
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
rpc_buffers                   8      8   2048      2
rpc_tasks                     8     15    256     15
rpc_inode_cache               0      0    512      7
ocfs2_lock                  152    203     16    203
ocfs2_inode_cache           452    452    896      4
ocfs2_uptodate             6496   6780     32    113
ocfs2_em_ent                523   1357     64     59
dlmfs_inode_cache             1      6    640      6
dlm_mle_cache                10     20    384     10
configfs_dir_cache           33     78     48     78
fib6_nodes                    7    113     32    113
ip6_dst_cache                 7     15    256     15
ndisc_cache                   1     15    256     15
RAWv6                         5      6    640      6
UDPv6                         3      6    640      6
tw_sock_TCPv6                 0      0    128     30
request_sock_TCPv6            0      0    128     30
TCPv6                        10     12   1280      3
ip_fib_alias                 16    113     32    113
ip_fib_hash                  16    113     32    113
dm_events                    16    169     20    169
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
dm_tio                     3718   3857     16    203
dm_io                      3663   3887     20    169
uhci_urb_priv                 0      0     40     92
ext3_inode_cache            859   1904    512      8
ext3_xattr                    0      0     48     78
journal_handle               18    169     20    169
journal_head                127    648     52     72
revoke_table                  6    254     12    254
revoke_record                 0      0     16    203
qla2xxx_srbs                211    270    128     30
scsi_cmd_cache               86     90    384     10
sgpool-256                   32     32   4096      1
sgpool-128                   32     32   2048      2
sgpool-64                    32     32   1024      4
sgpool-32                    40     40    512      8
sgpool-16                    49     60    256     15
sgpool-8                    159    210    128     30
scsi_io_context               0      0    104     37
UNIX                        394    427    512      7
ip_mrt_cache                  0      0    128     30
tcp_bind_bucket              12    203     16    203
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
inet_peer_cache              89    118     64     59
secpath_cache                 0      0    128     30
xfrm_dst_cache                0      0    384     10
ip_dst_cache                169    285    256     15
arp_cache                     6     15    256     15
RAW                           3      7    512      7
UDP                          32     56    512      7
tw_sock_TCP                   0      0    128     30
request_sock_TCP              0      0     64     59
TCP                          16     35   1152      7
flow_cache                    0      0    128     30
cfq_ioc_pool                261    720     96     40
cfq_pool                    243    600     96     40
crq_pool                    241    312     48     78
deadline_drq                  0      0     52     72
as_arq                        0      0     64     59
mqueue_inode_cache            1      6    640      6
isofs_inode_cache             0      0    384     10
minix_inode_cache             0      0    420      9
hugetlbfs_inode_cache         1     11    356     11
ext2_inode_cache              0      0    492      8
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
ext2_xattr                    0      0     48     78
dnotify_cache                 1    169     20    169
dquot                         0      0    128     30
eventpoll_pwq                 1    101     36    101
eventpoll_epi                 1     30    128     30
inotify_event_cache           0    127     28    127
inotify_watch_cache          40    184     40     92
kioctx                        0      0    256     15
kiocb                         0      0    128     30
fasync_cache                  1    203     16    203
shmem_inode_cache           618    624    460      8
posix_timers_cache            0      0    100     39
uid_cache                     7     59     64     59
blkdev_ioc                  150    254     28    127
blkdev_queue                 58     60    960      4
blkdev_requests             211    264    176     22
biovec-(256)                312    312   3072      2
biovec-128                  368    370   1536      5
biovec-64                   485    485    768      5
biovec-16                   495    495    256     15
biovec-4                    531    531     64     59
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
biovec-1                    723   5684     16    203
bio                         654    750    128     30
sock_inode_cache            473    553    512      7
skbuff_fclone_cache          78     80    384     10
skbuff_head_cache           673    870    256     15
file_lock_cache              12    126     92     42
acpi_operand                634    828     40     92
acpi_parse_ext                0      0     44     84
acpi_parse                    0      0     28    127
acpi_state                    0      0     48     78
delayacct_cache             236    312     48     78
taskstats_cache              12     32    236     16
proc_inode_cache             21    140    372     10
sigqueue                     93    135    144     27
radix_tree_node            3225   9464    276     14
bdev_cache                   56     56    512      7
sysfs_dir_cache            4887   4968     40     92
mnt_cache                    29     60    128     30
inode_cache                1055   1309    356     11
dentry_cache               3351   9541    132     29
filp                       3096   4180    192     20
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
names_cache                  26     26   4096      1
idr_layer_cache             203    232    136     29
buffer_head                1577  11592     52     72
mm_struct                   120    171    448      9
vm_area_struct             5748   8888     88     44
fs_cache                    210    236     64     59
files_cache                 121    198    448      9
signal_cache                150    200    384     10
sighand_cache               157    177   1344      3
task_struct                 182    230   1376      5
anon_vma                   2751   3048     12    254
pgd                          96     96   4096      1
size-131072(DMA)              0      0 131072      1
size-131072                   0      0 131072      1
size-65536(DMA)               0      0  65536      1
size-65536                    0      0  65536      1
size-32768(DMA)               0      0  32768      1
size-32768                    3      3  32768      1
size-16384(DMA)               0      0  16384      1
size-16384                   21     21  16384      1
size-8192(DMA)                0      0   8192      1
Cache                       Num  Total   Size  Pages
size-8192                   169    169   8192      1
size-4096(DMA)                0      0   4096      1
size-4096                   109    109   4096      1
size-2048(DMA)                0      0   2048      2
size-2048                   682    708   2048      2
size-1024(DMA)                0      0   1024      4
size-1024                   373    404   1024      4
size-512(DMA)                 1      8    512      8
size-512                    491    560    512      8
size-256(DMA)                 0      0    256     15
size-256                   1560   2295    256     15
size-128(DMA)                 0      0    128     30
size-128                   3870  17580    128     30
size-64(DMA)                  0      0     64     59
size-32(DMA)                  0      0     32    113
size-64                    4118   7080     64     59
size-32                    5920  19097     32    113
kmem_cache                  150    150    256     15


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