This is strange:

bash-3.00# pstop `pgrep pkginstall`
bash-3.00# pstack `pgrep pkginstall`
24319:  pkginstall -S -C -N pkgadd -R /zones/daf98/root -a
/etc/lu/zones_pkgad
 feec6104 door     (4, ffbfcef0, 6400, fe9e0000, 0, 3)
bash-3.00#

Based on the number of args, this appears to be a call to doorfs() with
a subcode of 3 (DOOR_CALL), leading to a tail call of door_call(4,
ffbfcef0). However, it occurred to me to try mdb (with which I'm
admittedly not an expert):

bash-3.00# mdb -p `pgrep pkginstall`
Loading modules: [ ld.so.1 libc.so.1 libnvpair.so.1 libavl.so.1
libuutil.so.1 libsysevent.so.1 libproc.so.1 ]
> ::stack
libc.so.1`_door_call+0xc(feef1668, ffbfd064, ffbfd060, ffbfd05c,
ffbfcf74, fe9e0000)
libc.so.1`_nsc_trydoorcall_ext+0x1b8(ffbfd064, ffbfd060, ffbfd05c, 0, 0,
deadbeed)
libc.so.1`_nsc_search+0xc0(ff2a6848, ff223c14, 4, ffbfd138, fe9e0000,
7b1c8)
libc.so.1`nss_search+0x34(ff2a6848, ff223c14, 4, ffbfd138, 1, 0)
libnsl.so.1`_switch_getipnodebyname_r+0x60(ffbfd350, 78388, 7839c, 2120,
2, 5)
libnsl.so.1`_get_hostserv_inetnetdir_byname+0x89c(6, ffbfd270, ffbfd268,
0, ffbfd204, ffbfd274)
libnsl.so.1`getipnodebyname+0xf4(ffbfd350, 2, 5, ffbfd2ec, 1a, 2120)
is_local_host+0x10(ffbfd350, 7014c, 5, 0, 63766673, 64617067)
0x293e4(763e8, 73, ffbfd354, 12, 1, 9)
0x2a0c4(ffbfe02c, ffbfe02c, 4f400, 4f400, 0, 77570)
get_mntinfo+0x80(1, 0, 4f400, 0, ffbfe02c, 729e0)
main+0x97c(19, ffbff76c, 73c00, ffbffa3f, 0, 0)
_start+0x108(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
> _door_call::dis
libc.so.1`_door_call:           mov       3, %o5
libc.so.1`_door_call+4:         mov       0xc9, %g1
libc.so.1`_door_call+8:         ta        8
libc.so.1`_door_call+0xc:       blu       -0xa2ca8
<libc.so.1`_cerror>
libc.so.1`_door_call+0x10:      nop
libc.so.1`_door_call+0x14:      retl
libc.so.1`_door_call+0x18:      nop
>

The call in pkginstall to is_local_host() seems to be what is sparking
the lookup. The beginning of my /etc/hosts has the following

::1             localhost
127.0.0.1       localhost loghost

Is something wrong with that?

Justin


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Utterback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:45 AM
To: Justin Lloyd
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [dtrace-discuss] Slow pkginstalls due to long door_calls to
nscd

Well, the simple way to find out is to stop it and look. Or even to 
not stop it.

Since it is spending enough time in the door call for you to catch it 
with a truss, instead of running truss, try running pstack on the same 
  processes. I bet it will be immediately obvious what is being looked 
up by the stack.

Justin Lloyd wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am installing a zone onto two different V445s running S10U4 and the 
> zones are taking hours to install (about 1000 packages), that is, the 
> problem is identical on both systems. A bit of trussing and dtracing
has 
> shown that the pkginstalls being run by the zoneadm install are making

> door_call calls to nscd that are taking very long, so far observed to
be 
> 5 to 40 seconds, but always in times divisible by 5 seconds (5, 10,
15, 
> etc.), leading to the thought that it is one or more name service 
> timeouts. Eventually, once the door_calls finish, the actual package 
> install is very quick.
> 
> There may be a simple misconfiguration on both systems, but I can't 
> figure out what that might be. Additionally, I don't know why the 
> pkginstalls are making door_calls to begin with, and I'm not sure how
to 
> figure that out. So that's one my main question:
> 
>    *** How can I find out exactly what the pkginstalls are asking nscd

> to resolve? ***
> 
> Hopefully that will lead me (and the Sun engineer with whom I have a 
> case open) to an understanding of what is leading to the presumed
timeouts.
> 
> FWIW, here's a partial truss with timestamps of an existing pkginstall

> process. Once it hit the ioctl(3,...) it flew through the package 
> installation. Note the times around the door_calls: 13, 10 and 15 
> seconds (the first isn't a multiple of 5 since I started the truss 
> during the call).
> 
> Base time stamp: ***** 1210181159*.9172  [ Wed May  7 17:25:59 GMT
2008 ]
> 
> door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)        (sleeping...)
> 
> *****1210472*.1302    door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)
= 0
> 
> 1210472.1306    open("/dev/udp6", O_RDONLY)                     = 5
> 
> 1210472.1310    ioctl(5, SIOCGLIFNUM, 0xFFBFD2DC)               = 0
> 
> 1210472.1312    close(5)                                        = 0
> 
> 1210472.1312    getuid()                                        = 0
[0]
> 
> 1210472.1313    getuid()                                        = 0
[0]
> 
> *****1210472*.1314    door_info(4, 0xFFBFCF88)
= 0
> 
> door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)        (sleeping...)
> 
> *****1210482*.1503    door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)
= 0
> 
> 1210482.1505    getuid()                                        = 0
[0]
> 
> 1210482.1505    getuid()                                        = 0
[0]
> 
> *****1210482*.1506    door_info(4, 0xFFBFCF88)
= 0
> 
> door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)        (sleeping...)
> 
> *****1210497*.1802    door_call(4, 0xFFBFD030)
= 0
> 
> 1210497.1804    ioctl(3, (('m'<<8)|7), 0xFFBFD8EC)              = 0
> 
> Thanks,
> Justin
> 
> 
>
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