Hi Martin,

did as you instructed here is the output.
>From my untrained eye there is some serious miscalculation in the 4th
CPUDEBUG statement not a clue how it arrives at that figure.

CPUDEBUG: used_system_memory_sysdep: time=1323349102: cpu_user=293199
(-1.00%), cpu_nice=547, cpu_syst=194433 (-1.00%), cpu_idle=58991209,
cpu_wait=31605 (-1.00%), cpu_irq=153, cpu_softirq=1990, cpu_total=59512589
-- old_cpu_user=0, old_cpu_syst=0, old_cpu_wait=0, old_cpu_total=0
CPUDEBUG: check_system: time=1323349102:
systeminfo.total_cpu_user_percent=-1.00%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_syst_percent=-1.00%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_wait_percent=-1.00%
CPUDEBUG: used_system_memory_sysdep: time=1323349142: cpu_user=293227
(0.70%), cpu_nice=547, cpu_syst=194469 (0.90%), cpu_idle=58995131,
cpu_wait=31606 (0.00%), cpu_irq=153, cpu_softirq=1990, cpu_total=59516576
-- old_cpu_user=293199, old_cpu_syst=194433, old_cpu_wait=31605,
old_cpu_total=59512589
CPUDEBUG: used_system_memory_sysdep: time=1323349142: cpu_user=293227
(-214748364.80%), cpu_nice=547, cpu_syst=194469 (-214748364.80%),
cpu_idle=58995131, cpu_wait=31606 (-214748364.80%), cpu_irq=153,
cpu_softirq=1990, cpu_total=59516576 -- old_cpu_user=293227,
old_cpu_syst=194469, old_cpu_wait=31606, old_cpu_total=59516576
CPUDEBUG: used_system_memory_sysdep: time=1323349142: cpu_user=293229
(0.00%), cpu_nice=547, cpu_syst=194473 (100.00%), cpu_idle=58995132,
cpu_wait=31606 (0.00%), cpu_irq=153, cpu_softirq=1990, cpu_total=59516583
-- old_cpu_user=293229, old_cpu_syst=194472, old_cpu_wait=31606,
old_cpu_total=59516582
CPUDEBUG: check_system: time=1323349142:
systeminfo.total_cpu_user_percent=0.00%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_syst_percent=100.00%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_wait_percent=0.00%
CPUDEBUG: used_system_memory_sysdep: time=1323349202: cpu_user=293307
(0.90%), cpu_nice=547, cpu_syst=194542 (0.90%), cpu_idle=59001021,
cpu_wait=31610 (0.00%), cpu_irq=153, cpu_softirq=1990, cpu_total=59522623
-- old_cpu_user=293252, old_cpu_syst=194483, old_cpu_wait=31606,
old_cpu_total=59516616
CPUDEBUG: check_system: time=1323349202:
systeminfo.total_cpu_user_percent=0.90%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_syst_percent=0.90%,
systeminfo.total_cpu_wait_percent=0.00%

Regards

Wayne

On 8 December 2011 12:50, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> thanks for update. I have prepared the debug version, which logs the
> values computed based on /proc/stat right when they are ready and once
> again before the values are checked, so we can see whether the values were
> read+computed correctly and whether no memory corruption occurred before
> they were compared by the validation engine => there are two "CPUDEBUG" log
> entries per cycle.
>
> You can get it here: http://www.mmonit.com/tmp/monit-5.3.1p2.tar.gz
>
> To compile:
> tar -xzf monit-5.3.1p2.tar.gz
> cd monit-5.3.1p2
> ./configure
> make
>
> Then stop existing monit instance and run new monit binary:
> ./monit -vI  2>&1 | grep CPUDEBUG
>
> after you'll replicate the problem, terminate monit with ^C and send the
> whole CPUDEBUG output since monit start
>
> Regards,,
> Martin
>
>
>
>  On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Lawrence, Wayne wrote:
>
>  Hi Martin just as a side note here i disabled the cpu ssystem test and
> tried again and it seems that the issue is present with all the cpu
> monitoring/
>
> I used the restarting of httpd as i knew it would trigger and alert and
> these were the results.
>
>  Date:        Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:27:59
>       Action:      alert
>       Host:        <hostname removed>
>       Description: cpu user usage of 100.0% matches resource limit [cpu
> user usage>70.0%]
>
>
> I ran vmstat 1 10 at the same time as you can see its the 4th line.
>
>
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
> -----cpu-----
>  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id
> wa st
>  0  0      0 739220 142536 973532    0    0     4     7   10    6  0  0
> 99  0  0
>  0  0      0 739088 142536 973532    0    0     0     0  114  160  0  1
> 99  0  0
>  3  0      0 739088 142536 973536    0    0     0     0  126  169  1  2
> 97  0  0
>  0  0      0 737336 142536 973544    0    0     0   168  721  796 35 14
> 50  1  0
>  1  0      0 736964 142536 973544    0    0     0     0  109  160  1  1
> 98  0  0
>
> and just to make it a little simpler i ran sar 1 10 as well as it is more
> human readable.
>
> 10:27:55        CPU     %user     %nice   %system   %iowait    %steal
> %idle
> 10:27:56        all      1.01      0.00      1.01      0.00      0.00
> 97.98
> 10:27:57        all      0.00      0.00      1.00      0.00      0.00
> 99.00
> 10:27:58        all      3.96      0.00      3.96      0.00      0.00
> 92.08
> 10:27:59        all     32.00      0.00     12.00      1.00      0.00
> 55.00
>
> Something struck me as odd while testing this yesterdays results reporting
> 50% system usage from 15.84% actual means the reported usage is 3.2 times
> the actual. todays reported user usage of 100% is 3.2 times the actual 32%.
> so it seems just need to work out why it is multiplying the results.
>
> Regards
>
> Wayne
>
> On 7 December 2011 11:43, Lawrence, Wayne <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> I downloaded the source from the Monit website and compiled it on the
>> server.
>> I have started monit in verbose mode and this is the relevant information
>> it outputs when the event occurs.
>>
>>   cpu system usage of 50.0% matches resource limit [cpu system
>> usage>30.0%]
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    ../tools/bin/monit() [0x41a533]
>>  ../tools/bin/monit(LogError+0x9f) [0x41ad2f]
>>    ../tools/bin/monit(Event_post+0x328) [0x417ba8]
>>     ..t/tools/bin/monit() [0x428071]
>>     ../tools/bin/monit(check_system+0x2b) [0x4285bb]
>>     ../tools/bin/monit(validate+0x226) [0x42ad16]
>>    ../tools/bin/monit() [0x41422d]
>>     ../tools/bin/monit(main+0x511) [0x4149e1]
>>     /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x3592c1ecdd]
>>     ../tools/bin/monit() [0x40b179]
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Unfortunately remote access is not an option but I will happily run a
>> debug version to try and track down this problem as I really would like to
>> use Monit for my current build.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Wayne
>>  On 7 December 2011 11:17, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>   Thanks for data.
>>>
>>> The /proc/stat format is this:
>>>
>>>     cpu <user> <nice> <system> <idle> <wait> <irq> <softirq>
>>>
>>> The values count the cpu cycles, so if we subtract the corresponding
>>> values from your output, we get this:
>>>
>>>                    user   nice   system   idle   wait   irq   softirq
>>> |   total
>>> 09:57:35    1         0        1              99     0       0      0
>>>        |    101
>>> 09:57:36    1         0        0              98     0       0      0
>>>        |    99
>>> 09:57:37    25       0        16           59     1       0      0
>>>    |    101
>>>  09:57:38    1         0        2              98     0       0
>>> 0          |    101
>>>
>>> => at  09:57:37 the cpu usage was:
>>>
>>> user      = 24.75%
>>> system =  15.84%
>>> wait      =   0.99%
>>>
>>> This corresponds to the previous vmstat output. Monit counts the cpu
>>> usage the same way as above and doesn't modify these values => your monit
>>> really reports strange cpu usage (reported 50% vs. real ~ 16%).
>>>
>>> What's the origin of your monit binary? Did you compile it from original
>>> source code or some 3rd party source code distibution? (such as RHEL or
>>> Fedora repository). Or do you use the pre-compiled binaries from
>>> www.mmonit.com? Or some 3rd party binary, patches or source code from
>>> other site?
>>>
>>> Please can you try to run monit in verbose mode and provide full output?:
>>>
>>>    1.) stop monit
>>>    2.) run monit in foreground with verbose mode enabled:
>>>        ./monit -vI
>>>    3.) after the problem happens, stop monit with "^C" and send output
>>>
>>> I can also prepare debug version which will dump the cpu usage related
>>> informations or if you can provide remote access to the system, i can
>>> troubleshoot the problem remotely.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Lawrence, Wayne wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> this is the output of the commands you requested.
>>>
>>> 1.) uname -m
>>>
>>> x86_64
>>>
>>>  2.) file `which monit`
>>>
>>>  ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically
>>> linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, not stripped
>>> I ran the command you supplied to get the cup usage directly as well
>>> while restarting the httpd service as i know this will generate an alert.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       Date:        Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:57:37
>>>       Action:      exec
>>>       Host:        <hostname removed>
>>>       Description: cpu system usage of 50.0% matches resource limit
>>> [cpu system usage>30.0%]
>>>
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:34 GMT 2011
>>> cpu  207060 501 103542 49452254 25303 83 1569 0 0
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:35 GMT 2011
>>> cpu  207061 501 103543 49452353 25303 83 1569 0 0
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:36 GMT 2011
>>> cpu  207062 501 103543 49452451 25303 83 1569 0 0
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:37 GMT 2011
>>> cpu  207087 501 103559 49452510 25304 83 1569 0 0
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:38 GMT 2011
>>> cpu  207088 501 103561 49452608 25304 83 1569 0 0
>>> Wed Dec  7 09:57:40 GMT 2011
>>> If my understanding of /proc/stat is coreect this still doesnt make any
>>> sense but i may be wrong.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 December 2011 09:37, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Please can you check that your monit binary matches the system
>>>> architecture? (i.e. for example 64-bit monit binary on 64-bit system - not
>>>> 32-bit monit on 64-bit system)
>>>>
>>>> To verify provide please the output of following commands:
>>>> 1.) uname -m
>>>> 2.) file `which monit`
>>>>
>>>> Monit takes the statistics from the /proc/stat kernel interface. You
>>>> can collect the statistics manually like this - for example to fetch the
>>>> state in 1 second intervals (30 samples):
>>>>
>>>>  $ for ((i=0; i<30; i++)); do date; grep "cpu " /proc/stat; sleep 1;
>>>> done
>>>>
>>>> Note: monit takes the first /proc/stat line ("cpu") which contains the
>>>> overall cpu usage in the system (summary of all cpus). The /proc/stat also
>>>> contains per-cpu statistics if you want to collect all the statistics,
>>>> replace the "grep 'cpu '" simply with "cat".
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Lawrence, Wayne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi Martin,
>>>>
>>>> I have tried various methods to dientify the cause of this and took
>>>> your advice and used vmstat. I simply restarted the httpd process from the
>>>> monit web interface while the comand was running and got the following
>>>> warning.
>>>>
>>>>        Description: cpu system usage of 50.0% matches resource limit
>>>> [cpu system usage>30.0%]
>>>>
>>>> But vmstat doesnt show that level of usage at the point of alert. As
>>>> you can see there is some usage in the 3rd line of the output when i
>>>> restarted the httpd service but it doesnt seem enough to trigger an alert.
>>>>
>>>> vmstat 1 10
>>>> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
>>>> -----cpu-----
>>>>  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy
>>>> id wa st
>>>>  0  0      0 859596 114684 856908    0    0     4     6   81   77  0
>>>> 0 99  0  0
>>>>  0  0      0 859448 114684 856916    0    0     0     0  100   94  1  0
>>>> 99  0  0
>>>>  0  0      0 898352 114692 815600    0    0     0   168  555  605 23 15
>>>> 61  1  0
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if there are any other tests i can run to narrow this down a
>>>> bit further as it still isn't making sense.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7 December 2011 08:27, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi Lawrence,
>>>>>
>>>>> the test which triggers the alert is "system" cpu => it's the time the
>>>>> system spend in kernel mode. The cpu usage could be triggered by some
>>>>> background kernel task, to verify the monit report matches the system cpu
>>>>> usage, you should use either "vmstat" or "top" instead of "ps".
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Lawrence, Wayne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi Igor,
>>>>>
>>>>> the operating system is RHEL6 and monit version is 5.3.1
>>>>>
>>>>> this is what i have in my config
>>>>>
>>>>>     if cpu usage (user) > 70% then alert
>>>>>     if cpu usage (system) > 30% then alert
>>>>>     if cpu usage (wait) > 20% then alert
>>>>>
>>>>> this is one of the errors
>>>>> Description: cpu system usage of 50.0% matches resource limit [cpu
>>>>> system usage>30.0%]
>>>>>
>>>>> this is what i get in /var/log/messages
>>>>> Dec  6 12:01:29 <hostname-removed> monit[864]: <hostname-removed> cpu
>>>>> system usage of 50.0% matches resource limit [cpu system usage>30.0%]
>>>>> Dec  6 12:02:29 <hostname-removed> monit[864]:
>>>>> <hostname-removed><hostname-removed>' cpu system usage check succeeded
>>>>> [current cpu system usage=0.9%]
>>>>>
>>>>> this is the output of ps --no-headers -A -o "%*cpu* sz ucomm" | sort
>>>>> -k1nr | head -20
>>>>>
>>>>>  12:01:29 up 4 days, 20:24,  2 users,  load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
>>>>>              total       used       free     shared    buffers
>>>>> cached
>>>>> Mem:       2055108    1092176     962932          0      53156
>>>>> 811864
>>>>> -/+ buffers/cache:     227156    1827952
>>>>> Swap:      4128760          0    4128760
>>>>>  1.2 44308 perl
>>>>>  0.0     0 aio/0
>>>>>  0.0     0 async/mgr
>>>>>  0.0     0 ata/0
>>>>>  0.0     0 ata_aux
>>>>>  0.0     0 bdi-default
>>>>>  0.0     0 cpuset
>>>>>  0.0     0 crypto/0
>>>>>  0.0     0 events/0
>>>>>  0.0     0 ext4-dio-unwrit
>>>>>  0.0     0 flush-253:0
>>>>>  0.0     0 jbd2/dm-0-8
>>>>>  0.0     0 kacpi_hotplug
>>>>>  0.0     0 kacpi_notify
>>>>>  0.0     0 kacpid
>>>>>  0.0     0 kauditd
>>>>>  0.0     0 kblockd/0
>>>>>  0.0     0 kdmflush
>>>>>  0.0     0 khelper
>>>>>  0.0     0 khubd
>>>>>
>>>>> Have to say i am at a total loss as there is no way the usage figures
>>>>> are accurate.
>>>>> If there is any other info i can supply that will be useful please let
>>>>> me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6 December 2011 12:03, Igor Homyakov <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Lawrence,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you be a little bit more specific ?  Please provide information
>>>>>> about you operation system, monit version on which the problem
>>>>>> occurred and so on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Igor Homyakov
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 15:35, Lawrence, Wayne
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I have a few CPU usage checks in my monitrc but it seems monit is
>>>>>> > misreporting the usage.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I have run several tests and it seems that monit is multiplying the
>>>>>> actual
>>>>>> > usage by 10.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I ran a process with top running in another shell and CPU usage for
>>>>>> the user
>>>>>> > was never above 10% yet monit informed me that there was 100% cpu
>>>>>> usage.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I have tried various configurations including the one that came
>>>>>> with the
>>>>>> > default config for system cpu monitoring and all seem to
>>>>>> demonstrate the
>>>>>> > same issue.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Any advice welcomed on this
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Regards
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Wayne Lawrence
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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