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Date:      Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:37:25 -0700
From:      LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@headweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS deadlock
Message-ID:  <47FB20B5.8050205@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <0B67CBBD-11CB-44C2-807D-5F00654CDD35@headweb.com>
References:  <0B67CBBD-11CB-44C2-807D-5F00654CDD35@headweb.com>

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Johan Str=F6m wrote:
> Hello
>=20
> A box of mine running RELENG_7_0 and ZFS over a couple of disks (6=20
> disks, 3 mirrors) seems to have gotten stuck. From Ctrl-T:
>=20
> load: 0.50  cmd: zsh 40188 [zfs:&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock]=20
> 0.02u 0.04s 0% 3404k
> load: 0.43  cmd: zsh 40188 [zfs:&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock]=20
> 0.02u 0.04s 0% 3404k
> load: 0.10  cmd: zsh 40188 [zfs:&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock]=20
> 0.02u 0.04s 0% 3404k
> load: 0.10  cmd: zsh 40188 [zfs:&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock]=20
> 0.02u 0.04s 0% 3404k
> load: 0.11  cmd: zsh 40188 [zfs:&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock]=20
> 0.02u 0.04s 0% 3404k
>=20
> Worked for a while then that stopped working too (was over ssh). When=20
> trying a local login i only got
>=20
> load: 0.09  cmd: login 1611 [zfs] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 208k
>=20
> I found one post like this earlier (by Xin LI), but nobody seemed to=20
> have replied...
> in my current conf, I think my kmem/kmem_max is at 512Mb (not sure=20
> though, since I've edited my file yesterday for next reboot), with 2G o=
f=20
> system RAM.. Normally I'd run kmem(max) 1G (with arcsize of 512M.=20
> currently it is at default), but since I just got back to 2G total mem =

> after some hardware problems I've been runnig at those lows (1G total i=
s=20
> kindof tight with zfs..)
>=20
> Well, just wanted to report... The box is not totally dead yet, ie I ca=
n=20
> still do Ctrl-T on console, but thats it.. I don't really know what mor=
e=20
> I can do so.. I don't have KDB/DDB.
> I'll wait another hour or so before I hard reboot it, unless it=20
> "unlocks" or if anyone have any suggestions.

The key is to increase your kmem and prevent it from being exhausted.  I =

think more recent OpenSolaris's ZFS code has some improvements but I do=20
not have spare devices at hand to test and debug :(

Maybe pjd@ would get a new import at some point?  I have cc'ed him.

Cheers,
--=20
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!


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