I think that the kernel logs only reveal what we already know: some process
is stuck because it's blocked on a disk read/write.  It doesn't explain why
it's blocked, or what's blocking it.  I suspect that the freezer itself is
the culprit.  When we want to kill a process, maybe we should just kill it
rather than freezing it and then killing it?


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Benjamin Mahler
<[email protected]>wrote:

> The kernel logs sound concerning to me and a cursory google search reveals
> some kernel bug tickets. Is there a time correlation there?
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Brenden Matthews <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > So after cat'ing around in /proc, I can see that the JVM is blocking on
> > disk I/O apparently:
> >
> > root@i-bde90adc:~# cat /proc/24689/status
> > > Name: java
> > > State: D (disk sleep)
> > > Tgid: 24689
> > > Pid: 24689
> > > PPid: 24629
> > > TracerPid: 0
> > > Uid: 997 997 997 997
> > > Gid: 997 997 997 997
> > > FDSize: 512
> > > Groups:
> > > VmPeak: 2198700 kB
> > > VmSize: 2196016 kB
> > > VmLck:       0 kB
> > > VmPin:       0 kB
> > > VmHWM:  305276 kB
> > > VmRSS:  296828 kB
> > > VmData: 2040128 kB
> > > VmStk:     156 kB
> > > VmExe:       4 kB
> > > VmLib:   32692 kB
> > > VmPTE:    1292 kB
> > > VmSwap:       0 kB
> > > Threads: 104
> > > SigQ: 0/180427
> > > SigPnd: 0000000000000000
> > > ShdPnd: 0000000000000000
> > > SigBlk: 0000000000000000
> > > SigIgn: 0000000000000000
> > > SigCgt: 2000000181005ccf
> > > CapInh: 0000000000000000
> > > CapPrm: 0000000000000000
> > > CapEff: 0000000000000000
> > > CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
> > > Cpus_allowed: ffff
> > > Cpus_allowed_list: 0-15
> > > Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000001
> > > Mems_allowed_list: 0
> > > voluntary_ctxt_switches: 25
> > > nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 0
> >
> >
> >
> > Mesos looks okay:
> >
> > root@i-bde90adc:~# cat /proc/3684/status
> > > Name: lt-mesos-slave
> > > State: S (sleeping)
> > > Tgid: 3684
> > > Pid: 3684
> > > PPid: 1131
> > > TracerPid: 0
> > > Uid: 0 0 0 0
> > > Gid: 0 0 0 0
> > > FDSize: 256
> > > Groups:
> > > VmPeak: 1531868 kB
> > > VmSize: 1531864 kB
> > > VmLck:       0 kB
> > > VmPin:       0 kB
> > > VmHWM:   15272 kB
> > > VmRSS:   15272 kB
> > > VmData: 1402012 kB
> > > VmStk:     136 kB
> > > VmExe:     152 kB
> > > VmLib:   31824 kB
> > > VmPTE:     416 kB
> > > VmSwap:       0 kB
> > > Threads: 20
> > > SigQ: 1/180427
> > > SigPnd: 0000000000000000
> > > ShdPnd: 0000000000000000
> > > SigBlk: 0000000000000000
> > > SigIgn: 0000000000000000
> > > SigCgt: 0000000180000000
> > > CapInh: 0000000000000000
> > > CapPrm: ffffffffffffffff
> > > CapEff: ffffffffffffffff
> > > CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
> > > Cpus_allowed: ffff
> > > Cpus_allowed_list: 0-15
> > > Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000001
> > > Mems_allowed_list: 0
> > > voluntary_ctxt_switches: 69
> > > nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 0
> >
> >
> > Is it possible that changing the state of the freezer from thawed ->
> frozen
> > causes all disk I/O to stop?  I'm not sure where to look to mitigate
> this.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Brenden Matthews <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > The kernel gives me a bunch of "soft lockup: CPU stuck!" and 'task java
> > > blocked for more than 120 seconds".  I think these are fairly generic
> > > errors and can be caused by any sort of race condition on the system.
> > >  Strace also isn't helpful, as it doesn't tell me which resource the
> > > processes are stuck on.
> > >
> > > I'll try and check /proc/pid/status next time it happens.  Other tools
> > > like lsof are unable to run.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Vinod Kone <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > >> From: Vinod Kone <[email protected]>
> > >> Date: Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:25 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: OOM killer stuck when freezing cgroup
> > >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Anything in the kernel logs during this time?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> @vinodkone
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Benjamin Mahler <
> > >> [email protected]
> > >> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Sorry about that miscommunication, I meant to say "from the kernel
> OOM
> > >> > killer", and you're right that the OOM shouldn't be the source of
> the
> > >> > problem here (just trying to make a mental note that our accounting
> is
> > >> > wrong), OOMs are indeed expected as part of normal operation on the
> > >> slave.
> > >> >
> > >> > It's tough to say what the issue is as I don't have any experience
> > >> running
> > >> > on newer kernels like 3.2, I would recommend augmenting the logging
> in
> > >> the
> > >> > cgroups::Freezer to try to nail down at which point the slave is
> > >> blocking.
> > >> > In particular, in Freezer::freeze() and Freezer::watchFrozen().
> > >> >
> > >> > Also, do you have /proc/<slave_pid>/status output for the slave when
> > >> it's
> > >> > frozen?
> > >> >
> > >> > It will be really useful to know if that is consistently the last
> log
> > >> line
> > >> > you see before things lock up as well, as that helps narrow this
> down.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Brenden Matthews <
> > >> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > This isn't a kernel OOM.  I started the debugger and let it go
> > >> overnight
> > >> > > with no luck.  It just doesn't want to budge.  I'm aware of the
> > memory
> > >> > > limit issue, but I don't think that's the real problem here.
> > >>  Regardless
> > >> > of
> > >> > > whether we run out of memory, the whole system shouldn't freeze
> when
> > >> > trying
> > >> > > to kill the process.  I'm not sure if this is a kernel problem or
> a
> > >> Mesos
> > >> > > problem, but I suspect that the issue isn't with the kernel.
> >  Walking
> > >> > > through the Mesos code, I can't see anything that is obviously
> wrong
> > >> > > either.  I'm using my own branch from here:
> > >> > > https://github.com/airbnb/mesos/tree/testing.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > My next step will be to run a bunch of slaves in GDB and then
> launch
> > >> some
> > >> > > tasks.  Hopefully I can stop them and get a backtrace.  I thought
> it
> > >> > might
> > >> > > be worth asking about it here to see if anyone else has dealt with
> > >> this
> > >> > and
> > >> > > knows what's going on.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > These are EC2 instances running the latest Ubuntu Precise AMIs.
> > >>  Here's
> > >> > the
> > >> > > `uname -a' from one:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Linux i-b5dbc1d5 3.2.0-41-virtual #66-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 25
> 03:47:17
> > >> UTC
> > >> > > 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Benjamin Mahler <
> > >> > > [email protected]
> > >> > > > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > Hey Brenden, what kernel version are you running? What version
> of
> > >> the
> > >> > > code
> > >> > > > are you running? Are you seeing this on different machines? Can
> > you
> > >> > > confirm
> > >> > > > you're unable to attach to the slave with gdb (that would be the
> > >> > easiest
> > >> > > > way to figure out what's blocking in the slave)? Is that always
> > the
> > >> > last
> > >> > > > line in the log before the processes get stuck?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > As an aside, it looks like we aren't properly setting the JVM
> heap
> > >> size
> > >> > > for
> > >> > > > TaskTrackers in the MesosScheduler for Hadoop. We try to
> estimate
> > >> the
> > >> > JVM
> > >> > > > memory overhead, but it was perhaps not enough to avoid kernel
> > OOMs.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Brenden Matthews <
> > >> > > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > > Hey folks,
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I'm bumping in to a problem frequently.  When an executor
> > exceeds
> > >> its
> > >> > > > > memory limit and the executor is deemed in need of execution,
> > the
> > >> > > entire
> > >> > > > > system becomes stuck (though I'm unsure as to whether it's
> stuck
> > >> > before
> > >> > > > or
> > >> > > > > after attempting to freeze).  Here's what the mesos slave log
> > >> looks
> > >> > > like:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I0510 04:22:37.935608 13622 cgroups_isolator.cpp:1023] OOM
> > >> notifier
> > >> > is
> > >> > > > > > triggered for executor executor_Task_Tracker_446 of
> framework
> > >> > > > > > 201305100055-1471680778-5050-18199-0000 with uuid
> > >> > > > > > 14a21d5a-a670-40fd-91b1-54c42b9a30e0
> > >> > > > > > I0510 04:22:37.935925 13622 cgroups_isolator.cpp:1068] OOM
> > >> detected
> > >> > > for
> > >> > > > > > executor executor_Task_Tracker_446 of framework
> > >> > > > > > 201305100055-1471680778-5050-18199-0000 with uuid
> > >> > > > > > 14a21d5a-a670-40fd-91b1-54c42b9a30e0
> > >> > > > > > I0510 04:22:37.936982 13622 cgroups_isolator.cpp:1109]
> Memory
> > >> limit
> > >> > > > > > exceeded: Requested: 2570MB Used: 2570MB
> > >> > > > > > MEMORY STATISTICS:
> > >> > > > > > cache 1682083840
> > >> > > > > > rss 1012756480
> > >> > > > > > mapped_file 1085440
> > >> > > > > > pgpgin 22863635
> > >> > > > > > pgpgout 22205715
> > >> > > > > > swap 0
> > >> > > > > > pgfault 11881912
> > >> > > > > > pgmajfault 304
> > >> > > > > > inactive_anon 0
> > >> > > > > > active_anon 1012756480
> > >> > > > > > inactive_file 1065136128
> > >> > > > > > active_file 616947712
> > >> > > > > > unevictable 0
> > >> > > > > > hierarchical_memory_limit 2694840320
> > >> > > > > > hierarchical_memsw_limit 9223372036854775807
> > >> > > > > > total_cache 1682083840
> > >> > > > > > total_rss 1012756480
> > >> > > > > > total_mapped_file 1085440
> > >> > > > > > total_pgpgin 22863635
> > >> > > > > > total_pgpgout 22205715
> > >> > > > > > total_swap 0
> > >> > > > > > total_pgfault 11881912
> > >> > > > > > total_pgmajfault 304
> > >> > > > > > total_inactive_anon 0
> > >> > > > > > total_active_anon 1012756480
> > >> > > > > > total_inactive_file 1065136128
> > >> > > > > > total_active_file 616947712
> > >> > > > > > total_unevictable 0
> > >> > > > > > I0510 04:22:37.965666 13622 cgroups_isolator.cpp:620]
> Killing
> > >> > > executor
> > >> > > > > > executor_Task_Tracker_446 of framework
> > >> > > > > > 201305100055-1471680778-5050-18199-0000
> > >> > > > > > I0510 04:22:37.967418 13621 cgroups.cpp:1175] Trying to
> freeze
> > >> > cgroup
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> /cgroup/mesos/framework_201305100055-1471680778-5050-18199-0000_executor_executor_Task_Tracker_446_tag_14a21d5a-a670-40fd-91b1-54c42b9a30e0
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > After the last line in the log, both the executing task and
> the
> > >> mesos
> > >> > > > > process are stuck indefinitely.  Usually the way to resolve
> this
> > >> is
> > >> > > > > `killall -9 java lt-mesos-slave' or a reboot.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > If I cat /cgroup/mesos/framework.../freezer.state, it shows
> that
> > >> it's
> > >> > > > > freezing.  Since the entire system is stuck, I cannot attach a
> > >> > debugger
> > >> > > > to
> > >> > > > > either the JVM or mesos.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Any ideas?  This problem is very frustrating and I'm stuck at
> > this
> > >> > > point.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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