Fabiano Rosas <faro...@suse.de> writes:

> Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 07:52:48PM -0300, Fabiano Rosas wrote:
>>> Fabiano Rosas <faro...@suse.de> writes:
>>> 
>>> > Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> writes:
>>> >
>>> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 09:13:16AM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>> >>> On Wed, 11 Sept 2024 at 22:26, Fabiano Rosas <faro...@suse.de> wrote:
>>> >>> > I don't think we're discussing total CI time at this point, so the 
>>> >>> > math
>>> >>> > doesn't really add up. We're not looking into making the CI finish
>>> >>> > faster. We're looking into making migration-test finish faster. That
>>> >>> > would reduce timeouts in CI, speed-up make check and reduce the chance
>>> >>> > of random race conditions* affecting other people/staging runs.
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> Right. The reason migration-test appears on my radar is because
>>> >>> it is very frequently the thing that shows up as "this sometimes
>>> >>> just fails or just times out and if you hit retry it goes away
>>> >>> again". That might not be migration-test's fault specifically,
>>> >>> because those retries tend to be certain CI configs (s390,
>>> >>> the i686-tci one), and I have some theories about what might be
>>> >>> causing it (e.g. build system runs 4 migration-tests in parallel,
>>> >>> which means 8 QEMU processes which is too many for the number
>>> >>> of host CPUs). But right now I look at CI job failures and my reaction
>>> >>> is "oh, it's the migration-test failing yet again" :-(
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> For some examples from this week:
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7802183144
>>> >>> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7799842373  <--------[1]
>>> >>> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7786579152  <--------[2]
>>> >>> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7786579155
>>> >>
>>> >> Ah right, the TIMEOUT is unfortunate, especially if tests can be run in
>>> >> parallel.  It indeed sounds like no good way to finally solve.. I don't
>>> >> also see how speeding up / reducing tests in migration test would help, 
>>> >> as
>>> >> that's (from some degree..) is the same as tuning the timeout value 
>>> >> bigger.
>>> >> When the tests are less it'll fit into 480s window, but maybe it's too
>>> >> quick now we wonder whether we should shrink it to e.g. 90s, but then it
>>> >> can timeout again when on a busy host with less capability of 
>>> >> concurrency.
>>> >>
>>> >> But indeed there're two ERRORs ([1,2] above)..  I collected some more 
>>> >> info
>>> >> here before the log expires:
>>> >>
>>> >> =================================8<================================
>>> >>
>>> >> *** /i386/migration/multifd/tcp/plain/cancel, qtest-i386 on s390 host
>>> >>
>>> >> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7799842373
>>> >>
>>> >> 101/953 qemu:qtest+qtest-i386 / qtest-i386/migration-test                
>>> >>          ERROR          144.32s   killed by signal 6 SIGABRT
>>> >>>>> QTEST_QEMU_STORAGE_DAEMON_BINARY=./storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon 
>>> >>>>> G_TEST_DBUS_DAEMON=/home/gitlab-runner/builds/zEr9wY_L/0/qemu-project/qemu/tests/dbus-vmstate-daemon.sh
>>> >>>>>  
>>> >>>>> PYTHON=/home/gitlab-runner/builds/zEr9wY_L/0/qemu-project/qemu/build/pyvenv/bin/python3
>>> >>>>>  QTEST_QEMU_IMG=./qemu-img MALLOC_PERTURB_=144 
>>> >>>>> QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-i386 
>>> >>>>> /home/gitlab-runner/builds/zEr9wY_L/0/qemu-project/qemu/build/tests/qtest/migration-test
>>> >>>>>  --tap -k
>>> >> ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ✀  
>>> >> ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
>>> >> stderr:
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> ../tests/qtest/libqtest.c:205: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death from 
>>> >> signal 11 (Segmentation fault) (core dumped)
>>> >> (test program exited with status code -6)
>>> >> TAP parsing error: Too few tests run (expected 53, got 39)
>>> >> ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
>>> >>
>>> >> # Start of plain tests
>>> >> # Running /i386/migration/multifd/tcp/plain/cancel
>>> >> # Using machine type: pc-i440fx-9.2
>>> >> # starting QEMU: exec ./qemu-system-i386 -qtest 
>>> >> unix:/tmp/qtest-3273509.sock -qtest-log /dev/null -chardev 
>>> >> socket,path=/tmp/qtest-3273509.qmp,id=char0 -mon 
>>> >> chardev=char0,mode=control -display none -audio none -accel kvm -accel 
>>> >> tcg -machine pc-i440fx-9.2, -name source,debug-threads=on -m 150M 
>>> >> -serial file:/tmp/migration-test-4112T2/src_serial -drive 
>>> >> if=none,id=d0,file=/tmp/migration-test-4112T2/bootsect,format=raw 
>>> >> -device ide-hd,drive=d0,secs=1,cyls=1,heads=1    2>/dev/null -accel qtest
>>> >> # starting QEMU: exec ./qemu-system-i386 -qtest 
>>> >> unix:/tmp/qtest-3273509.sock -qtest-log /dev/null -chardev 
>>> >> socket,path=/tmp/qtest-3273509.qmp,id=char0 -mon 
>>> >> chardev=char0,mode=control -display none -audio none -accel kvm -accel 
>>> >> tcg -machine pc-i440fx-9.2, -name target,debug-threads=on -m 150M 
>>> >> -serial file:/tmp/migration-test-4112T2/dest_serial -incoming defer 
>>> >> -drive if=none,id=d0,file=/tmp/migration-test-4112T2/bootsect,format=raw 
>>> >> -device ide-hd,drive=d0,secs=1,cyls=1,heads=1    2>/dev/null -accel qtest
>>> >> ----------------------------------- stderr 
>>> >> -----------------------------------
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> ../tests/qtest/libqtest.c:205: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death from 
>>> >> signal 11 (Segmentation fault) (core dumped)
>>> >>
>>> >> *** /ppc64/migration/multifd/tcp/plain/cancel, qtest-ppc64 on i686 host
>>> >>
>>> >> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/7786579152
>>> >>
>>> >> 174/315 qemu:qtest+qtest-ppc64 / qtest-ppc64/migration-test              
>>> >>          ERROR          381.00s   killed by signal 6 SIGABRT
>>> >>>>> PYTHON=/builds/qemu-project/qemu/build/pyvenv/bin/python3 
>>> >>>>> QTEST_QEMU_IMG=./qemu-img 
>>> >>>>> G_TEST_DBUS_DAEMON=/builds/qemu-project/qemu/tests/dbus-vmstate-daemon.sh
>>> >>>>>  QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-ppc64 MALLOC_PERTURB_=178 
>>> >>>>> QTEST_QEMU_STORAGE_DAEMON_BINARY=./storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon 
>>> >>>>> /builds/qemu-project/qemu/build/tests/qtest/migration-test --tap -k
>>> >> ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ✀  
>>> >> ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
>>> >> stderr:
>>> >> qemu-system-ppc64: Cannot read from TLS channel: The TLS connection was 
>>> >> non-properly terminated.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> ../tests/qtest/libqtest.c:205: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death from 
>>> >> signal 11 (Segmentation fault) (core dumped)
>>> >> (test program exited with status code -6)
>>> >> TAP parsing error: Too few tests run (expected 61, got 47)
>>> >> ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
>>> >>
>>> >> # Start of plain tests
>>> >> # Running /ppc64/migration/multifd/tcp/plain/cancel
>>> >> # Using machine type: pseries-9.2
>>> >> # starting QEMU: exec ./qemu-system-ppc64 -qtest 
>>> >> unix:/tmp/qtest-40766.sock -qtest-log /dev/null -chardev 
>>> >> socket,path=/tmp/qtest-40766.qmp,id=char0 -mon 
>>> >> chardev=char0,mode=control -display none -audio none -accel kvm -accel 
>>> >> tcg -machine pseries-9.2,vsmt=8 -name source,debug-threads=on -m 256M 
>>> >> -serial file:/tmp/migration-test-H0Z1T2/src_serial -nodefaults -machine 
>>> >> cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-ccf-assist=off, -bios 
>>> >> /tmp/migration-test-H0Z1T2/bootsect    2>/dev/null -accel qtest
>>> >> # starting QEMU: exec ./qemu-system-ppc64 -qtest 
>>> >> unix:/tmp/qtest-40766.sock -qtest-log /dev/null -chardev 
>>> >> socket,path=/tmp/qtest-40766.qmp,id=char0 -mon 
>>> >> chardev=char0,mode=control -display none -audio none -accel kvm -accel 
>>> >> tcg -machine pseries-9.2,vsmt=8 -name target,debug-threads=on -m 256M 
>>> >> -serial file:/tmp/migration-test-H0Z1T2/dest_serial -incoming defer 
>>> >> -nodefaults -machine 
>>> >> cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-ccf-assist=off, -bios 
>>> >> /tmp/migration-test-H0Z1T2/bootsect    2>/dev/null -accel qtest
>>> >> ----------------------------------- stderr 
>>> >> -----------------------------------
>>> >> qemu-system-ppc64: Cannot read from TLS channel: The TLS connection was 
>>> >> non-properly terminated.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> warning: fd: migration to a file is deprecated. Use file: instead.
>>> >> ../tests/qtest/libqtest.c:205: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death from 
>>> >> signal 11 (Segmentation fault) (core dumped)
>>> >>
>>> >> (test program exited with status code -6)
>>> >> =================================8<================================
>>> >>
>>> >> So.. it's the same test (multifd/tcp/plain/cancel) that is failing on
>>> >> different host / arch being tested.  What is more weird is the two 
>>> >> failures
>>> >> are different, the 2nd failure throw out a TLS error even though the test
>>> >> doesn't yet have tls involved.
>>> >
>>> > I think that's just a parallel test being cancelled prematurely, either
>>> > due to the crash or due to the timeout.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Fabiano, is this the issue you're looking at?
>>> >
>>> > Yes. I can reproduce locally by running 2 processes in parallel: 1 loop
>>> > with make -j$(nproc) check and another loop with tcp/plain/cancel. It
>>> > takes ~1h to hit. I've seen crashes with ppc64, s390 and
>>> > aarch64.
>>> >
>>> 
>>> Ok, the issue is that after commit 5ef7e26bdb ("migration/multifd: solve
>>> zero page causing multiple page faults"), the multifd code started using
>>> the rb->receivedmap bitmap, which belongs to the ram code and is
>>> initialized and *freed* from the ram SaveVMHandlers.
>>> 
>>> process_incoming_migration_co()        ...
>>>   qemu_loadvm_state()                  multifd_nocomp_recv()
>>>     qemu_loadvm_state_cleanup()          ramblock_recv_bitmap_set_offset()
>>>       rb->receivedmap = NULL               set_bit_atomic(..., 
>>> rb->receivedmap)
>>>   ...
>>>   migration_incoming_state_destroy()
>>>     multifd_recv_cleanup()
>>>       multifd_recv_terminate_threads(NULL)
>>> 
>>> Multifd threads are live until migration_incoming_state_destroy(), which
>>> is called some time later.
>>
>> Thanks for the debugging.  Hmm I would expect loadvm should wait until all
>> ram is received somehow..
>
> Looks like a similar issue as when we didn't have the multifd_send sync
> working correctly and ram code would run and do cleanup.

Btw, this is hard to debug, but I bet what's happening is that the
ram_load code itself is exiting due to qemufile error. So there wouldn't
be a way to make it wait for multifd.

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