Thanks Matthew, we'll try this kernel tomorrow. I tested it on an openstack instance, the only downside is that it uninstalls the official 4.15.0-118-generic one.
Regards, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898786 Title: Issue with bcache bch_mca_scan causing huge IO wait Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Bionic: New Bug description: Hello, In short, we faced an issue with a huge IO wait on a bionic Ubuntu 4.15.0-118.119-generic kernel. This is the full list of process and the kernel function they were stuck in [0]. The main issue can probably be summarized by this perf reports * first identify that the cpu are stuck in idle because of something[1] * second, see what kernel function seems to stuck the process kswapd0 and kswapd1 [2]. We could see that this seems to be the mutex_lock in the bch_mca_scan function [3]. After running the command: | sudo bash -c "echo 1 > /sys/fs/bcache/f1a1e8cb-3e6b-40ea-852e- 583c48d0c2b8/internal/btree_shrinker_disabled" The server started to respond normally and the IO wait dropped significantly Here is a trace of the bcache event related lock in the kernel obtained with some bpfcc-tools [4]. klockstat-bpfcc -c bch_ -i 5 -s 3 The trace has been run in parallel with the following command line echo "Shrinker disabled: $(date)"; sleep 60; echo "Enabling shrinker: $(date)"; echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/block/bcache0/bcache/cache/internal/btree_shrinker_disabled ; sleep 60; echo "Disabling shrinker: $(date)"; echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/block/bcache0/bcache/cache/internal/btree_shrinker_disabled; sleep 60; echo "End of test: $(date)" Trying to dig more, we reduced by 20 GB the memory allocated to a VM on the server. * The bcache btree size fluctuation seems "normal" [5] * I noticed that, when the shrinker was enabled,a lot of time was spent in the locks during "bch_btree_insert_node". [6] I decided to check if one of the function called during bch_btree_insert_node was taking longer than usual when the shrinker was enabled. I finally found the "funclatency" tool and tried do have the same approach I had with the klockstat [7]. However, that was inconclusive. I could see there that the bch_btree_insert_node was barely called during the whole duration of the test. Which made me think it's amount of time spent in lock is more due to another process acquiring the lock. I'm going to try to have another go with some perf/klockstat/funclatency focused on bch_mca_scan and the function called there. Also, here are some memory related metrics [8]. Now another perf stacktrace with the command used [9]. Strangely this one doesn't show any bch_mca_scan at all. I enabled the shrinker again, hoping to get more traces, but apparently the timeframe was not right. Not enough load to trigger the cliff resulting in a 1sec IOwait plateau. Which is interesting because that means that without the maximal workload, the kernel can cope with the shrinker. [0]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/QYXPdsMCWC/ [1]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/BFsvF7H54r/ [2]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/35qdsHYHf5/ [3]: https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/bionic/tree/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c?h=Ubuntu-4.15.0-118.119#n674 [4]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/qhyqP35fCw/ [5]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/McjxxqTVjn/ [6]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/KmrnW4Ng8F/ [7]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/fSX4c7tTFV/ [8]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/CZgXkgKhmJ/ [9]: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/DzKCP8NGdf/ ==================== $ cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 4.15.0-118.119-generic 4.15.18 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-image-4.15.0-118-generic 4.15.0-118.119 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-118.119-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-118-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 29 10:04 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 29 10:04 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay': 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord': 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Date: Tue Oct 6 20:36:18 2020 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig': 'iwconfig' MachineType: HP ProLiant DL380 G7 PciMultimedia: ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-118-generic root=UUID=c6ad1629-a506-4043-a339-6d57f0708d12 ro console=ttyS1,115200 nosplash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-118-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-118-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.18 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill': 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2019-09-27 (375 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/05/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: HP dmi.bios.version: P67 dmi.chassis.type: 23 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrP67:bd05/05/2011:svnHP:pnProLiantDL380G7:pvr:cvnHP:ct23:cvr: dmi.product.family: ProLiant dmi.product.name: ProLiant DL380 G7 dmi.sys.vendor: HP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1898786/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
