[Ocfs2-users] Did anything substantial change between 1.2.4 and 1.3.9?

Sunil Mushran Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com
Mon Apr 21 14:41:14 PDT 2008


Setting up netconsole does not require a reboot. The idea is to
catch the oops trace when the oops happens. Without that trace,
we are flying blind.

mike wrote:
> Since these are production I can't do much.
>
> But I did get an error (it's not happening as much but it still blips
> here and there)
>
> Notice that /dev/sdb (my iscsi target using ocfs2) hits 0.00%
> utilization, 3 seconds before my proxy says "hey, timeout" - every
> other second there is -always- some utilization going on.
>
> What could be steps to figure out this issue? Using debugfs.ocfs2 or something?
>
> It's mounted as:
> /dev/sdb1 on /home type ocfs2
> (rw,_netdev,noatime,data=writeback,heartbeat=local)
>
> I know I'm not being much help, but I'm willing to try almost anything
> as long as it doesn't cause downtime or require cluster-wide changes
> (since those require downtime...) - I want to try to go back to
> 2.6.24-16 with data=writeback and see if that fixes the crashing
> issue, but if I'm having issues already like this perhaps I should
> resolve this before moving up.
>
>
>
> [root at web03 ~]# cat /root/web03-iostat.txt
>
> Time: 02:11:46 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            3.71    0.00   27.23    8.91    0.00   60.15
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00    54.46    0.00  309.90     0.00  2914.85
> 9.41    23.08   74.47   0.93  28.71
> sdb              12.87     0.00   17.82    0.00   245.54     0.00
> 13.78     0.33   17.78  18.33  32.67
>
> Time: 02:11:47 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.25    0.00   26.24    2.23    0.00   71.29
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00
> 0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               5.94     0.00   22.77    0.99   228.71     0.99
> 9.67     0.42   17.92  17.08  40.59
>
> Time: 02:11:48 PM   <- THIS HAS THE ISSUE
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.00    0.00   25.99    0.00    0.00   74.01
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00    10.89    0.00    2.97     0.00   110.89
> 37.33     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00
> 0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
>
>
> Time: 02:11:49 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.25    0.00   14.85    0.99    0.00   83.91
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00
> 0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               0.99     0.00    2.97    0.99    30.69     0.99
> 8.00     0.07   17.50  17.50   6.93
>
> Time: 02:11:50 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.74    0.00    1.24    1.73    0.00   96.29
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00
> 0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               0.99     0.00    5.94    0.00    55.45     0.00
> 9.33     0.07   11.67  11.67   6.93
>
> Time: 02:11:51 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.00    0.00    1.24   16.34    0.00   82.43
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00   153.47    0.00  494.06     0.00  5156.44
> 10.44    55.62  107.23   1.16  57.43
> sdb               2.97     0.00   11.88    0.99   117.82     0.99
> 9.23     0.26   13.08  20.00  25.74
>
> Time: 02:11:52 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.00    0.00    0.25    3.22    0.00   96.53
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00     0.00    0.00   16.83     0.00   158.42
> 9.41     0.13  164.71   1.18   1.98
> sdb               1.98     0.00    2.97    0.00    39.60     0.00
> 13.33     0.13   73.33  43.33  12.87
>
> Time: 02:11:53 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            0.50    0.00    0.25    4.70    0.00   94.55
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00
> 0.00     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               5.94     0.00   11.88    0.99   141.58     0.99
> 11.08     0.20   15.38  15.38  19.80
>
> Time: 02:11:54 PM
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
>            3.96    0.00   10.15    0.74    0.00   85.15
>
> Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s
> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util
> sda               0.00    20.79    0.00    4.95     0.00   205.94
> 41.60     0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
> sdb               4.95     0.00    5.94    0.00    87.13     0.00
> 14.67     0.07   11.67  11.67   6.93
>
>
>
> On 4/21/08, Sunil Mushran <Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com> wrote:
>   
>> Do you have the panic output... kernel stack trace. We'll need
>> that to figure this out. Without that, we can only speculate.
>>
>> mike wrote:
>>     
>>> On 4/21/08, Tao Ma <tao.ma at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> mike wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I have changed my kernel back to 2.6.22-14-server, and now I don't get
>>>>> the kernel panics. It seems like an issue with 2.6.24-16 and some i/o
>>>>> made it crash...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> OK, so it seems that it is a bug for ocfs2 kernel, not the ocfs2-tools.
>>>>         
>> :)
>>     
>>>> Then could you please describe it in more detail about how the kernel
>>>>         
>> panic
>>     
>>>> happens?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Yeah, this specific issue seems like a kernel issue.
>>>
>>> I don't know, these are production systems and I am already getting
>>> angry customers. I can't really test anymore. Both are standard Ubuntu
>>> kernels.
>>>
>>> Okay: 2.6.22-14-server (I think still minor file access issues)
>>> Breaks under load: 2.6.24-16-server
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> However I am still getting file access timeouts once in a while. I am
>>>>> nervous about putting more load on the setup.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Also please provide more details about it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I am using nginx for a frontend load balancer, and nginx for a
>>> webserver as well. This doesn't seem to be related to the webserver at
>>> all though, it was happening before this.
>>>
>>> lvs01 proxies traffic in to web01, web02, and web03 (currently using
>>> nginx, before I was using LVS/ipvsadm)
>>>
>>> Every so often, one of the webservers sends me back
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> [root at raid01 .batch]# cat /etc/default/o2cb
>>>>>
>>>>> # O2CB_ENABLED: 'true' means to load the driver on boot.
>>>>> O2CB_ENABLED=true
>>>>>
>>>>> # O2CB_BOOTCLUSTER: If not empty, the name of a cluster to start.
>>>>> O2CB_BOOTCLUSTER=mycluster
>>>>>
>>>>> # O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD: Iterations before a node is considered
>>>>>           
>> dead.
>>     
>>>>> O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD=7
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> This value is a little smaller, so how did you build up your shared
>>>> disk(iSCSI or ...)? The most common value I heard of is 61. It is about
>>>>         
>> 120
>>     
>>>> secs. I don't know the reason and maybe Sunil can tell you. ;)
>>>> You can also refer to
>>>>
>>>>         
>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html#TIMEOUT.
>>     
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> # O2CB_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS: Time in ms before a network connection is
>>>>> considered dead.
>>>>> O2CB_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS=10000
>>>>>
>>>>> # O2CB_KEEPALIVE_DELAY_MS: Max time in ms before a keepalive packet is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> sent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> O2CB_KEEPALIVE_DELAY_MS=5000
>>>>>
>>>>> # O2CB_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS: Min time in ms between connection attempts
>>>>> O2CB_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS=2000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/21/08, Tao Ma <tao.ma at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>>>      Are you sure it is caused by the update of ocfs2-tools?
>>>>>> AFAIK, the ocfs2-tools only include tools like mkfs, fsck and tunefs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> etc. So
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> if you don't make any change to the disk(by using this new tools),
>>>>>>             
>> it
>>     
>>>>>> shouldn't cause the problem of kernel panic since they are all user
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> space
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> tools.
>>>>>> Then there is only one thing maybe. Have you modify
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> /etc/sysconfig/o2cb(This
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> is the place for RHEL, not sure the place in ubuntu)? I have checked
>>>>>>             
>> the
>>     
>>>>>>             
>>>> rpm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> package for RHEL, it will update /etc/sysconfig/o2cb and this file
>>>>>>             
>> has
>>     
>>>>>>             
>>>> some
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> timeouts defined in it.
>>>>>> So do you have some backups for this file? If yes, please restore it
>>>>>>             
>> to
>>     
>>>>>>             
>>>> see
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> whether it helps(I can't say it for sure).
>>>>>> If not, do you remember the old value of some timeouts you set for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> ocfs2? If
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> yes, you can use o2cb configure to set them by yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>         
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