On Sun Apr 15 12, Alexander Best wrote:
> On Sun Apr 15 12, Alexander Best wrote:
> > On Sun Apr 15 12, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:03:06 +0000 Alexander Best <arun...@freebsd.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun Apr 15 12, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:51:12 +0000 Alexander Best
> > > > > <arun...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > ahh ok. i've managed to get some stats via stats_timing.d. this
> > > > > > is a snapshot during which a newly loaded tab in chromium was
> > > > > > unresponsive for about 5 seconds. without the linux flash plugin
> > > > > > running i never experienced such lock ups.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > i've attached the d-script stats.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What about the trace_futexes script and the two check_* scripts? The
> > > > > stats show that there is a lot of work spend in the futexes.
> > > > 
> > > > i'm having problems with those scripts. they have a negative impact
> > > > on the linux processes. when i have the player at www.mixcloud.com
> > > > running and run those scripts the music stops and the flash graphics
> > > > get all distorted. here's some output from the trace_futexes.d script:
> > > > 
> > > > otaku% sudo ./trace_futexes.d
> > > > dtrace: 808 dynamic variable drops with non-empty dirty list
> > > > dtrace: 833 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > > 
> > > You should increase the buffers in the scripts, they are overflowing.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > > ERROR: missing_access_check in linuxulator32:futex:futex_atomic_op
> > > 
> > > This is missing code in the kernel... or a superfluous comment.
> > > 
> > > >               kernel`ia32_syscall+0x299
> > > >               kernel`0xffffffff805b05e5
> > > > 
> > > >               dtrace: ERROR: open  failed: No such file or directory
> > > > `0x287b6533
> > > > Fatal error 'mutex is on list' at line 424 in
> > > > file /usr/github-freebsd-head/lib/libthr/thread/thr_mutex.c (errno =
> > > > 0)
> > > 
> > > No idea.
> > > 
> > > > this is from the check_error.d script:
> > > > 
> > > > otaku% sudo ./check_error.d
> > > > ERROR: sleep_error in linuxulator32:futex:futex_sleep
> > > 
> > > Well... the sx_sleep returned with a non-null value. I assume this
> > > means a timeout fired. No idea if it is good or bad.
> > > 
> > > >               kernel`ia32_syscall+0x299
> > > >               kernel`0xffffffff805b05e5
> > > > 
> > > >               0x287b6278
> > > >               0x2a12800029d5fa5c
> > > > ERROR: sleep_error in linuxulator32:futex:futex_wait
> > > 
> > > As above.
> > > 
> > > >               kernel`ia32_syscall+0x299
> > > >               kernel`0xffffffff805b05e5
> > > > 
> > > >               0x287b6278
> > > >               0x2a12800029d5fa5c
> > > 
> > > > the  check_internal_locks.d scripts seems to work fine. i think we
> > > > talked about the failed-speculation-warnings beforehand and that they
> > > > aren't critical:
> > > 
> > > Yes and no... you do not have enough buffers to store all the info the
> > > script want to store. As such it does not work as intended.
> > 
> > i've set
> > 
> > #pragma D option dynvarsize=512m
> > #pragma D option specsize=512m
> > 
> > in check_internal_locks.d
> > 
> > however i get a warning that the size got downgraded and still the buffers
> > don't seem to be large enough:
> > 
> > dtrace: dynamic variable size lowered to 256m
> > dtrace: 220 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 206 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 205 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 206 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 182 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 219 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 194 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 210 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 218 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 206 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 222 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 214 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 213 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 205 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 216 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 220 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > dtrace: 210 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> > 
> > maybe the problem with the above errors was that my kernel got built with
> > dtrace support, but my world didn't. i'm now rebuilding and installing 
> > world.
> > maybe that fixes some of the issues.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Number of locks per type:
> > > >   emul_shared_rlock                                                 3
> > > >   emul_shared_wlock                                                37
> > > >   emul_lock                                                        55
> > > >   futex_mtx                                                     31179
> 
> here are the results for a single flash instance:
> 
> otaku% sudo time ./check_internal_locks.d
> dtrace: 217 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 223 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 218 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 216 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 206 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 200 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 218 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 246 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 218 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 258 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 223 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 246 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 240 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 258 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 252 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 230 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 257 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> ^C
> dtrace: 227 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> Number of locks per type:
>   futex_mtx                                                      4585
> 
>        18,48 real         0,10 user         0,36 sys
> 
> and here for two flash tabs:
> 
> otaku% sudo time ./check_internal_locks.d
> dtrace: 1148 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1524 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1604 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1029 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1471 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1466 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1720 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1049 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1549 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1421 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1595 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1097 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1853 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1900 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1729 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1389 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1314 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1712 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> ^C
> dtrace: 1615 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> Number of locks per type:
>   futex_mtx                                                     29364
> 
>        19,41 real         0,09 user         0,32 sys
> 
> ...and for three flash tabs:
> 
> otaku% sudo time ./check_internal_locks.d
> dtrace: 535 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 213 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 282 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 571 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 666 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 857 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1310 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1277 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 118 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1503 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 2069 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 3562 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 6561 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 3750 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 2569 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 1362 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 2722 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 3461 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 2579 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 3451 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> dtrace: 2325 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> ^C
> dtrace: 2632 failed speculations (available buffer(s) still busy)
> Number of locks per type:
>   emul_shared_wlock                                                14
>   emul_lock                                                        20
>   futex_mtx                                                     45571
> 
>        22,46 real         0,11 user         0,35 sys

running stats_timing.d revealed something strange...according to this section:

Number of calls per provider/application/kernel function:
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_schedtail                                       
            2
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_set_robust_list                                 
            2
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          proc_exit                                             
            2
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          proc_init                                             
            2
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          release_futexes                                       
            2
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          fetch_robust_entry                                    
            4
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_get_osname                                      
            8
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_get_osrelease                                   
            8
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          em_find                                               
           12
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_get_prison                                      
           16
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_atomic_op                                       
          734
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_wake                                            
         1082
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_sleep                                           
         1133
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_wait                                            
         1133
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_emul_convpath                                   
         2949
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_put                                             
         2970
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_sys_futex                                       
         3211
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_get                                             
         3945
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          futex_get0                                            
         3945
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_clock_gettime                                   
        75342
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          linux_to_native_clockid                               
        75342
  linuxulator32                                       npviewer.bin              
                          native_to_linux_timespec                              
        75342

proc_exit only got callded twice. however according to this section:

Longest running (CPU-time!) functions per provider (in ns):
  linuxulator32                                       proc_exit                 
                                   -16995
  linuxulator32                                       linux_emul_convpath       
                                   -11330
  linuxulator32                                       futex_wait                
                                    -3950
  linuxulator32                                       futex_sleep               
                                    -3535
  linuxulator32                                       proc_init                 
                                    -3310
  linuxulator32                                       release_futexes           
                                    -2075
  linuxulator32                                       linux_schedtail           
                                    -1350
  linuxulator32                                       linux_get_osname          
                                    -1280
  linuxulator32                                       linux_sys_futex           
                                    -1090
  linuxulator32                                       linux_set_robust_list     
                                     -860
  linuxulator32                                       futex_get                 
                                     -770
  linuxulator32                                       linux_get_osrelease       
                                     -760
  linuxulator32                                       linux_clock_gettime       
                                     -570
  linuxulator32                                       futex_put                 
                                     -560
  linuxulator32                                       futex_get0                
                                     -555
  linuxulator32                                       futex_atomic_op           
                                     -325
  linuxulator32                                       em_find                   
                                     -190
  linuxulator32                                       fetch_robust_entry        
                                     -180
  linuxulator32                                       linux_get_prison          
                                     -155
  linuxulator32                                       futex_wake                
                                     -120
  linuxulator32                                       linux_to_native_clockid   
                                      -90
  linuxulator32                                       native_to_linux_timespec  
                                      -90

the CPU spent a lot of time for those two calls.

cheers.
alex

> 
> 
> i've tuned the script to have the maximum buffer size of 256 megabyte via
> 
> #pragma D option dynvarsize=256m
> #pragma D option specsize=256m
> 
> ...still the buffers seem to be too small.
> 
> also...even after installing a fresh kernel and world with dtrace enabled,
> the "check_error.d" and "trace_futexes.d" fail and sometimes even render
> the flash instance unusable.
> 
> cheers.
> alex
> 
> > > 
> > > Depending on how long you traced: that's a lot of futex operations.
> > 
> > i traced for ~ 5 seconds. i'll make sure to prepend the time command to any
> > dtrace script next time to give you more exact numbers.
> > 
> > cheers.
> > alex
> > 
> > > 
> > > Bye,
> > > Alexander.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > http://www.Leidinger.net    Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7
> > > http://www.FreeBSD.org       netchild @ FreeBSD.org  : PGP ID = 72077137
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