Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:22:16 +0000 From: Santiago Martinez <sm@codenetworks.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Waiting for bufdaemon Message-ID: <9d2858a4-8036-0b0d-90fe-115bfe267409@codenetworks.net> In-Reply-To: <d55fc185-186b-742d-eaf6-1f2a13232817@codenetworks.net> References: <YAO9/cxnbGv5u3Bg@kib.kiev.ua> <adb9d42c-d855-1edf-a57c-9b16aad481b7@gwdg.de> <YAQINMoEi7ysBSD5@kib.kiev.ua> <1d675d77-8bdb-c285-ffa2-28330b839734@alvermark.net> <YAgDhJ9/YX29kH2a@kib.kiev.ua> <60599f75-7206-9269-ac0c-934f8f31ae26@gwdg.de> <YAgjOYdVG%2BN4lU0n@kib.kiev.ua> <d25a7608-9e61-0ece-9500-d4a80e79068e@gwdg.de> <YAgsO3AoB5PFhzDq@kib.kiev.ua> <3885bc2a-3924-cc3f-6cad-99dc6f803b0d@gwdg.de> <YAg1jCpPQd2K/zfE@kib.kiev.ua> <d55fc185-186b-742d-eaf6-1f2a13232817@codenetworks.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --w2sUocPzL4UmedI0KuzAv56idb7eoBsMZ Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="SfxMYtCuFiSQjBhv0UEkcmut1kSOAUkmb"; protected-headers="v1" From: Santiago Martinez <sm@codenetworks.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9d2858a4-8036-0b0d-90fe-115bfe267409@codenetworks.net> Subject: Re: Waiting for bufdaemon References: <YAO9/cxnbGv5u3Bg@kib.kiev.ua> <adb9d42c-d855-1edf-a57c-9b16aad481b7@gwdg.de> <YAQINMoEi7ysBSD5@kib.kiev.ua> <1d675d77-8bdb-c285-ffa2-28330b839734@alvermark.net> <YAgDhJ9/YX29kH2a@kib.kiev.ua> <60599f75-7206-9269-ac0c-934f8f31ae26@gwdg.de> <YAgjOYdVG+N4lU0n@kib.kiev.ua> <d25a7608-9e61-0ece-9500-d4a80e79068e@gwdg.de> <YAgsO3AoB5PFhzDq@kib.kiev.ua> <3885bc2a-3924-cc3f-6cad-99dc6f803b0d@gwdg.de> <YAg1jCpPQd2K/zfE@kib.kiev.ua> <d55fc185-186b-742d-eaf6-1f2a13232817@codenetworks.net> In-Reply-To: <d55fc185-186b-742d-eaf6-1f2a13232817@codenetworks.net> --SfxMYtCuFiSQjBhv0UEkcmut1kSOAUkmb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US Hi, excellent the patch clear the problem for me when rebooting after a kern compile, etc, etc. Also seems that Firefox and pycharm or any other java related tools are not freezing any more, but its maybe to early to confirm this 100%. Will keep you posted. Santiago On 1/20/21 1:58 PM, Santiago Martinez wrote: > Hi Everyone, i have exactly the same behavior as Rainer described. > > "After a high system load, several programs only react very slowly (e.g= =2E > Firefox)......" > > I will try with the patch and see if it also clear this on my machine > (AMD R7). > > Santiago > > > On 1/20/21 1:52 PM, Konstantin Belousov wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 02:35:59PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote: >>> Am 20.01.21 um 14:12 schrieb Konstantin Belousov: >>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 01:56:57PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote: >>>>> Am 20.01.21 um 13:34 schrieb Konstantin Belousov: >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 01:17:51PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote: >>>>>>> Am 20.01.21 um 11:18 schrieb Konstantin Belousov: >>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:02:21AM +0100, Jakob Alvermark wrote:= >>>>>>>>> This patch hides the problem for me. The system seems to work b= etter now. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No waiting on reboot, and the webcam works better. >>>>>>>> I am curious what do you mean by the above reference to webcam. >>>>>>>> Can you explain it with more details, even if only the impressio= ns? >>>>>>> I should mention, that beside the already discussed timing proble= m with >>>>>>> bufdaemon, I also have problems with several apps: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After a high system load, several programs only react very slowly= (e.g. >>>>>>> Firefox). Several dockable apps from WindowMaker, but also e.g. c= onky do >>>>>>> not update their windows anymore, they freeze. After some time, F= irefox >>>>>>> updates its screen content only after switching back from another= window ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When such frozen programs are killed and restarted, they run norm= ally >>>>>>> again for an indefinite time before they freeze again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> These symptoms completely disappeared, after I patched the Ryzen = box as >>>>>>> suggested on 01/17: >>>>>> Do you load latest microcode update from devcpu-data? >>>>> Yes, sysutils/devcpu-data is installed and the following to lines a= re in >>>>> /boot/loader.conf >>>>> >>>>> cpu_microcode_load=3D"YES" >>>>> cpu_microcode_name=3D"/boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin" >>>>> >>>>> But isn't this just for Intel (i387 and amd64), not AMD cpus? >>>> You need microcode_update_enable=3D"YES" in /etc/rc.conf for late mi= crocode >>>> update. >>>> >>>> I think that early boot update should work on AMD, bit for this you = need to >>>> select and put right blob. It is enough to load late to answer my q= uestion. >>> Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification. I also put cpu_microcode_load=3D"YE= S" in >>> /etc/rc.conf for a late update. >>> >>> Should I try again without your patch of sys/x86/tsc.c, whether the >>> problem still occurs? >> Yes. >> >>> And for the early boot update, how do I know about the right blob? >> I am not aware of the mechanism. My best suggestion is that you match= >> the blob against your CPU family/model id manually. >> >>>>>> It might be not enough, which means that additionally latest BIOS = needs >>>>>> to be flushed. >>>>>> >>>>> I am running latest Firmware F31 on a "Gigabyte\ Aorus\ X570\ Elite= " >>>>> mainboard. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" --SfxMYtCuFiSQjBhv0UEkcmut1kSOAUkmb-- --w2sUocPzL4UmedI0KuzAv56idb7eoBsMZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wsF5BAABCAAjFiEEk06QWJzNAs9NTrFjWBFqYkyC55EFAmAIPJgFAwAAAAAACgkQWBFqYkyC55ES tg/+NMU8gixr5RFE959o87TtIYxmBSCCO+IWDz73JQIOaQwKCMFtpdWZKbokEu16X2DFUEmjSqLS m3wJNbTcnSeIopF6drRDlxwN7wzTiGE0vUOXwZ+c5AdTK655xmIxQu80Mv4esD2mrWssXyczG42j 6gHKia+b1iFWZ67AxLVLi4ASIr4XPovt0stDx3L0TEV9sQG0/8yG32mI5g7/Z7UBIrKyQGysiBGn zHrGZbWiWL2G4GQrgTHAsg/erGnFMROIO8fNrFjZGALQEUt/pKKKVdyieAk1GlKNs1qM5pfYzHOd E4DtCohPKcgYVpmnq0VYhamYKDtClwwRuxjPa3os267RRTzoZZscYRn7iJaV4G5PmBJSlm9xdxkD ba2oQMO/KH73vERbiJEZfU8SH8AzpNKn4yBFwuKMISNGD8hddj+DaKA40mocsQNqrXbbWwfIIFeL DciUHARz/0bzi3qnbNF+NJSiR/gsh5L0SvoZNbPATl5g1cX29YTGgSQ9PKliXdCDowxsTUNp+CWP w8DWaTnjxpNoAvWBUo0PqvWSuF5f+K2BeVwb7WGmKEIlv9A7Vd0XcO/Oo13x6co7QymaPz6ICIsb 3ZY4EKCK2DfenzIufKE165nyJZCtgjRe9WEzpPn2+ef8AX4nLSeSrw9R/c7Ulvcv45jIQQOR8UYF /yU= =vjQg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --w2sUocPzL4UmedI0KuzAv56idb7eoBsMZ--
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