Hmm so it looks like the reason why grpc_combiner_continue_exec_ctx doesn't 
get called is because exec_ctx->active_combiner is actually NULL and so the 
function just returns false. Not yet sure why / how that became NULL

On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 9:55:10 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Err... Actually I just realized that my source files had changed so that 
> stack isn't entirely accurate. Here is a proper stack trace:
>
> #0  0x00007f6ddb4a1a82 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from 
>> /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>> #1  0x00007f6dcbf4471c in gpr_cv_wait (cv=0x7f6db13f8a90, 
>> mu=0x7f6a65b9cd90, abs_deadline=...) at src/core/lib/support/sync_posix.c:80
>> #2  0x00007f6dcbe9bea8 in begin_worker (pollset=0x7f6a65b9cd90, 
>> worker=0x7f6db13f8a70, worker_hdl=0x0, now=0x7f6db13f8a30, deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c:747
>> #3  0x00007f6dcbe9c7c9 in pollset_work (exec_ctx=0x7f6db13f8b80, 
>> ps=0x7f6a65b9cd90, worker_hdl=0x0, now=..., deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c:941
>> #4  0x00007f6dcbea9691 in grpc_pollset_work (exec_ctx=0x7f6db13f8b80, 
>> pollset=0x7f6a65b9cd90, worker=0x0, now=..., deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c:210
>> #5  0x00007f6dcbecc1a8 in cq_next (cq=0x7f6a65b9cc80, deadline=..., 
>> reserved=0x0) at src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c:914
>> #6  0x00007f6dcbecc5d2 in grpc_completion_queue_next (cq=0x7f6a65b9cc80, 
>> deadline=..., reserved=0x0) at src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c:992
>> #7  0x00007f6dcc394ecc in HPHP::c_Call_ni_startBatch 
>> (this_=0x7f6a9288a670, actions=...) at 
>> /opt/build/hhvm/grpc/src/php/ext/grpc/hhvm/call.cpp:583
>
>
> and
>
> #0  0x00007f6dd56b6d43 in epoll_wait () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>> #1  0x00007f6dcbe9b9e5 in do_epoll_wait (exec_ctx=0x7f6d99ff8b80, 
>> ps=0x7f6a65867710, now=..., deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c:640
>> #2  0x00007f6dcbe9c972 in pollset_work (exec_ctx=0x7f6d99ff8b80, 
>> ps=0x7f6a65867710, worker_hdl=0x0, now=..., deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c:964
>> #3  0x00007f6dcbea9691 in grpc_pollset_work (exec_ctx=0x7f6d99ff8b80, 
>> pollset=0x7f6a65867710, worker=0x0, now=..., deadline=...) at 
>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c:210
>> #4  0x00007f6dcbecc1a8 in cq_next (cq=0x7f6a65867600, deadline=..., 
>> reserved=0x0) at src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c:914
>> #5  0x00007f6dcbecc5d2 in grpc_completion_queue_next (cq=0x7f6a65867600, 
>> deadline=..., reserved=0x0) at src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c:992
>> #6  0x00007f6dcc394ecc in HPHP::c_Call_ni_startBatch 
>> (this_=0x7f6a624e0670, actions=...) at 
>> /opt/build/hhvm/grpc/src/php/ext/grpc/hhvm/call.cpp:583 
>
>
> These are both proper examples of it just timing out on 
> epoll_wait/pthread_cond_timedwait.
>
> The other thing I've noticed is on the bad request:
>
>>
>> D0919 14:54:36.312349629 51030 combiner.c:163] C:0x7f54faf35c00 
>> grpc_combiner_execute c=0x7f4c22edbfb0 *last=61995*
>
>
> last is 61995 which seems to indicate the number of scheduled items in the 
> queue. In a normal request this number is kept low.
>
> On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 9:19:11 AM UTC-7, Michael Lumish wrote:
>>
>> It looks like your stack trace includes a call to 
>> grpc_server_request_registered_call 
>> with a NULL server. That is suspicious.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:41 AM ryan via grpc.io <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello all -
>>>
>>> I've been developing a gRPC-HHVM extension 
>>> <https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/11553>. In the process of stress 
>>> testing this extension we've consistently seen a condition where gRPC gets 
>>> into a state where any request that is made gets indefinitely stuck on the 
>>> epoll_wait syscall (or times out if a timeout is set on 
>>> grpc_completion_queue_next). Everything works fine and is chugging along 
>>> and then this problem happens and all of the requests get stuck/timeout. 
>>> This is what it looks like in gdb:
>>>
>>> Thread 21 (Thread 0x7f54f6bff700 (LWP 51033)):
>>>
>>> #0  0x00007f554ad90d43 in epoll_wait () from /lib64/libc.so.6 *<-- 
>>> indefinitely stuck or times out if one is set*
>>>
>>> #1  0x00007f55416969e5 in add_poll_object (exec_ctx=0x2482ad88, 
>>> bag=0x188924, bag_type=(POLL_OBJ_POLLSET | unknown: 32596), item=0x0, 
>>> item_type=(POLL_OBJ_POLLSET | unknown: 1097427428)) at 
>>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollsig_linux.c:1484
>>>
>>> #2  0x00007f5541697972 in fd_ref (fd=0x4, reason=0x33b8b87c0 <Address 
>>> 0x33b8b87c0 out of bounds>, file=0x0, line=0) at 
>>> src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c:447
>>>
>>> #3  0x00007f55416a4691 in tcp_drop_uncovered_then_handle_write 
>>> (exec_ctx=0x7f54f6bf8680, arg=0x7f4c4e2c9010, error=0x0) at 
>>> src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.c:239
>>>
>>> #4  0x00007f55416c71a8 in grpc_server_request_registered_call 
>>> (server=0x0, rmp=0x0, call=0x2482ad88, deadline=0x188924, 
>>> initial_metadata=0x7f4c4e2c8f00, optional_payload=0x0, 
>>> cq_bound_to_call=0x4, cq_for_notification=0x33b8b87c0, 
>>>
>>>     tag=0x0) at src/core/lib/surface/server.c:1486
>>>
>>>
>>> #5  0x00007f55416c75d2 in conforms_to (slice=..., 
>>> legal_bits=0x7f4c22ce2e50 "\270\064\245\214L\177", err_desc=0x7f54f6bf8701 
>>> "\211\030") at src/core/lib/surface/validate_metadata.c:40
>>>
>>> #6  0x00007f5541b97105 in HPHP::c_Call_ni_startBatch 
>>> (this_=0x7f4c22ce2e60, actions=...) at 
>>> /home/ryangordon/hhvm/grpc/src/php/ext/grpc/hhvm/call.cpp:529
>>>
>>>
>>> The stack trace doesn't always look like that but it always is stuck on 
>>> epoll_wait/epoll_pwait often from gpr_cv_wait.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've managed to get GPRC_TRACE=all GRPC_VERBOSITY=DEBUG of a good 
>>> request and a request when it is in the bad state to compare side by side.
>>>
>>>
>>> Good Request: 
>>> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/RyanGordon/831a8213e735bb1a4e5b93a854aab3c8/raw/7e37d595dbe56a77274bff83b64ab661a80e0c27/Not-Frozen%2520Log%2520Snippet
>>>
>>> Bad Request: 
>>> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/RyanGordon/831a8213e735bb1a4e5b93a854aab3c8/raw/7e37d595dbe56a77274bff83b64ab661a80e0c27/Frozen%2520log%2520snippet
>>>
>>>
>>> The bad request looks like this when it's execution deviates:
>>>
>>>
>>> D0919 14:54:36.312349629   51030 combiner.c:163]             
>>> C:0x7f54faf35c00 grpc_combiner_execute c=0x7f4c22edbfb0 last=61995
>>> D0919 14:54:36.312353011   51030 exec_ctx.c:73]              closure 
>>> 0x7f4c22edbec0 finished
>>> I0919 14:54:36.312358626   51030 completion_queue.c:834]     
>>> grpc_completion_queue_next(cq=0x7f4c22e9e200, deadline=gpr_timespec { 
>>> tv_sec: 4, tv_nsec: 999000000, clock_type: 3 }, reserved=(nil))
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Whereas, the good request does this:
>>>
>>> D0915 15:19:50.178995777   13689 combiner.c:163]             
>>> C:0x7f932172f700 grpc_combiner_execute c=0x7f9313d67fb0 last=1
>>> D0915 15:19:50.179005880   13689 exec_ctx.c:73]              closure 
>>> 0x7f9313d67ec0 finished
>>> D0915 15:19:50.179074826   13689 combiner.c:225]             
>>> C:0x7f932172f700 grpc_combiner_continue_exec_ctx contended=0 
>>> exec_ctx_ready_to_finish=1 time_to_execute_final_list=0
>>> D0915 15:19:50.179077765   13689 combiner.c:243]             
>>> C:0x7f932172f700 maybe_finish_one n=0x7f9313d67fb0
>>>
>>> ... (and a whole lot more)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Effectively it seems like the something is not getting scheduled when it 
>>> should be (grpc_combiner_continue_exec_ctx never gets run). I've been 
>>> working on this for a few weeks now and haven't been able to track down why 
>>> or a fix. I have the full logs if they might be helpful. I've been testing 
>>> on my branch that is kept pretty close to grpc/grpc master.
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea what is going on? I have the bad process open on 
>>> a test server in gdb and have timeouts implemented so I can run repeated 
>>> requests at it to continue debugging if necessary.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ryan
>>>
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