[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with high cpu load (oi_151a)
Rennie Allen
rennieallen at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 21:45:25 UTC 2011
Sorry, I was away from my desk for a while. Obviously this isn't an issue,
in fact, if anything, those numbers are surprisingly small.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Gernot Wolf <gw.inet at chello.at> wrote:
> Here are the results (let the script run for a few secs):
>
> CPU ID FUNCTION:NAME
> 1 2 :END DEVICE TIME (ns)
> i9151 22111
> heci0 23119
> pci-ide0 38700
> uhci1 47277
> hci13940 50554
> uhci3 63145
> uhci0 64232
> uhci4 103429
> ehci1 107272
> ehci0 108445
> uhci2 112589
> e1000g0 160024
>
> Regards,
> Gernot Wolf
>
>
> Am 20.10.11 20:22, schrieb Rennie Allen:
>
>> Try the following script, which will identify any drivers with high
>> interrupt load
>>
>> ---------------------
>> #!/usr/sbin/dtrace -s
>>
>> sdt:::interrupt-start { self->ts = vtimestamp; }
>> sdt:::interrupt-complete
>> /self->ts&& arg0 != 0/
>>
>> {
>> this->devi = (struct dev_info *)arg0;
>> self->name = this->devi != 0 ?
>> stringof(`devnamesp[this->**devi->devi_major].dn_name) : "?";
>> this->inst = this->devi != 0 ? this->devi->devi_instance : 0;
>> @num[self->name, this->inst] = sum(vtimestamp - self->ts);
>> self->name = 0;
>> }
>> sdt:::interrupt-complete { self->ts = 0; }
>> dtrace:::END
>> {
>> printf("%11s %16s\n", "DEVICE", "TIME (ns)");
>> printa("%10s%-3d %@16d\n", @num);
>> }
>> ---------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/20/11 11:07 AM, "Michael Stapleton"
>> <michael.stapleton@**techsologic.com <michael.stapleton at techsologic.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> That rules out userland.
>>>
>>> Sched tells me that it is not a user process. If kernel code is
>>> executing on a cpu, tools will report the sched process. The count was
>>> how many times the process was taken off the CPU while dtrace was
>>> running.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lets see what kernel code is running the most:
>>>
>>> #dtrace -n 'sched:::off-cpu { @[stack()]=count()}'
>>>
>>> #dtrace -n 'profile-1001 { @[stack()] = count() }'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 19:52 +0200, Gernot Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, I've been able to run this diagnostics on another OI box (at my
>>>> office, so much for OI not being used in production ;)), and noticed
>>>> that there were several values that were quite different. I just don't
>>>> have any idea on the meaning of this figures...
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, here are the results of the dtrace command (I executed the
>>>> command twice, hence two result sets):
>>>>
>>>> gernot at tintenfass:~# dtrace -n 'sched:::off-cpu { @[execname]=count()}'
>>>> dtrace: description 'sched:::off-cpu ' matched 3 probes
>>>> ^C
>>>>
>>>> ipmgmtd 1
>>>> gconfd-2 2
>>>> gnome-settings-d 2
>>>> idmapd 2
>>>> inetd 2
>>>> miniserv.pl 2
>>>> netcfgd 2
>>>> nscd 2
>>>> ospm-applet 2
>>>> ssh-agent 2
>>>> sshd 2
>>>> svc.startd 2
>>>> intrd 3
>>>> afpd 4
>>>> mdnsd 4
>>>> gnome-power-mana 5
>>>> clock-applet 7
>>>> sendmail 7
>>>> xscreensaver 7
>>>> fmd 9
>>>> fsflush 11
>>>> ntpd 11
>>>> updatemanagernot 13
>>>> isapython2.6 14
>>>> devfsadm 20
>>>> gnome-terminal 20
>>>> dtrace 23
>>>> mixer_applet2 25
>>>> smbd 39
>>>> nwam-manager 60
>>>> svc.configd 79
>>>> Xorg 100
>>>> sched 394078
>>>>
>>>> gernot at tintenfass:~# dtrace -n 'sched:::off-cpu { @[execname]=count()}'
>>>> dtrace: description 'sched:::off-cpu ' matched 3 probes
>>>> ^C
>>>>
>>>> automountd 1
>>>> ipmgmtd 1
>>>> idmapd 2
>>>> in.routed 2
>>>> init 2
>>>> miniserv.pl 2
>>>> netcfgd 2
>>>> ssh-agent 2
>>>> sshd 2
>>>> svc.startd 2
>>>> fmd 3
>>>> hald 3
>>>> inetd 3
>>>> intrd 3
>>>> hald-addon-acpi 4
>>>> nscd 4
>>>> gnome-power-mana 5
>>>> sendmail 5
>>>> mdnsd 6
>>>> devfsadm 8
>>>> xscreensaver 9
>>>> fsflush 10
>>>> ntpd 14
>>>> updatemanagernot 16
>>>> mixer_applet2 21
>>>> isapython2.6 22
>>>> dtrace 24
>>>> gnome-terminal 24
>>>> smbd 39
>>>> nwam-manager 58
>>>> zpool-rpool 65
>>>> svc.configd 79
>>>> Xorg 82
>>>> sched 369939
>>>>
>>>> So, quite obviously there is one executable standing out here, "sched",
>>>> now what's the meaning of this figures?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Gernot Wolf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 20.10.11 19:22, schrieb Michael Stapleton:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gernot,
>>>>>
>>>>> You have a high context switch rate.
>>>>>
>>>>> try
>>>>> #dtrace -n 'sched:::off-cpu { @[execname]=count()}'
>>>>>
>>>>> For a few seconds to see if you can get the name of and executable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 18:44 +0200, Gernot Wolf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a machine here at my home running OpenIndiana oi_151a, which
>>>>>> serves as a NAS on my home network. The original install was
>>>>>>
>>>>> OpenSolaris
>>>>
>>>>> 2009.6 which was later upgraded to snv_134b, and recently to oi_151a.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far this OSOL (now OI) box has performed excellently, with one
>>>>>>
>>>>> major
>>>>
>>>>> exception: Sometimes, after a reboot, the cpu load was about 50-60%,
>>>>>> although the system was doing nothing. Until recently, another reboot
>>>>>> solved the issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This does not work any longer. The system has always a cpu load of
>>>>>> 50-60% when idle (and higher of course when there is actually some
>>>>>>
>>>>> work
>>>>
>>>>> to do).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've already googled the symptoms. This didn't turn up very much
>>>>>>
>>>>> useful
>>>>
>>>>> info, and the few things I found didn't apply to my problem. Most
>>>>>> noticably was this problem which could be solved by disabling cpupm
>>>>>>
>>>>> in
>>>>
>>>>> /etc/power.conf, but trying that didn't show any effect on my system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I'm finally out of my depth. I have to admit that my knowledge of
>>>>>> Unix is superficial at best, so I decided to try looking for help
>>>>>>
>>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've run several diagnostic commands like top, powertop, lockstat
>>>>>>
>>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>>> and attached the results to this email (I've zipped the results of
>>>>>>
>>>>> kstat
>>>>
>>>>> because they were>1MB).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One important thing is that when I boot into the oi_151a live dvd
>>>>>> instead of booting into the installed system, I also get the high cpu
>>>>>> load. I mention this because I have installed several things on my OI
>>>>>> box like vsftpd, svn, netstat etc. I first thought that this problem
>>>>>> might be caused by some of this extra stuff, but getting the same
>>>>>>
>>>>> system
>>>>
>>>>> when booting the live dvd ruled that out (I think).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The machine is a custom build medium tower:
>>>>>> S-775 Intel DG965WHMKR ATX mainbord
>>>>>> Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 CPU 1.8GHz
>>>>>> 1x IDE DVD recorder
>>>>>> 1x IDE HD 200GB (serves as system drive)
>>>>>> 6x SATA II 1.5TB HD (configured as zfs raidz2 array)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have to solve this problem. Although the system runs fine and
>>>>>> absolutely serves it's purpose, having the cpu at 50-60% load
>>>>>>
>>>>> constantly
>>>>
>>>>> is a waste of energy and surely a rather unhealthy stress on the
>>>>>>
>>>>> hardware.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone any ideas...?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Gernot Wolf
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