Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On 08 February 2020 at 07:59 am, Christian Zigotzky wrote: On 7. Feb 2020, at 18:08, Arnd Bergmann wrote: On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky wrote: Hello Arnd, We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates high CPU usage. Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon: Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw what went wrong in my original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this correctly addresses the problem. Arnd Hi Arnd, Thanks a lot for your patch! I will test it as soon as possible. Cheers, Christian Hi Arnd, I successfully compiled the latest Git kernel with your patch today. The avahi daemon works fine now. That means your patch has solved the avahi issue. Thanks for your patch and have a nice weekend! Cheers, Christian
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Christian Zigotzky writes:
> On 06 February 2020 at 05:35 am, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Christian Zigotzky writes:
>>> Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected.
>> I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about?
>>
>> I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine.
>>
>># grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
>>use-ipv4=yes
>>use-ipv6=yes
>>
>># systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon
>>● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
>> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled;
>> vendor preset: enabled)
>> Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago
>> Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon)
>> Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up."
>> CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
>> ├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local]
>> └─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
>>
>>Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
>> record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>>Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
>> record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4.
>>Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
>> record for ::1 on lo.*.
>>Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
>> record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
>>Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
>>Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup
>> complete. Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is
>> 3972418141.
>>Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast
>> group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>>Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast
>> group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address
>> fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>>Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
>> record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>>Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address
>> record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.
>>
>># uname -r
>>5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0
>>
>>
>> The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be
>> able to find that via strace.
>>
>> cheers
>>
> Hello Michael,
>
> Sorry it isn't true that the kernel 5.5 is also affected. A Power Mac G5
> user told me that but this isn't correct. I compiled and tested the
> stable kernel 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 today and both kernels don't have the
> issue with the avahi daemon.
OK good to know.
> Could you please also test the latest Git kernel?
That's literally all I ever do.
The problem here is you didn't tell me you were running a big endian
distro, which uses compat mode.
In hindsight I should have thought of that.
Now that I know that, I can reproduce the bug:
Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate
ioctl for device
Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate
ioctl for device
Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate
ioctl for device
Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate
ioctl for device
But it seems you've already identified the problem commit, thanks for
bisecting.
I'm sure Arnd will be able to fix it now that you've identified the
problematic commit.
cheers
> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon
>
> ...
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=15,
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12,
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9,
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 11, 65) =
> 2 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=9, revents=POLLIN}])
> ioctl(12, FIONREAD, 0xffba6f24) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl
> for device)
> write(2, "ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for"..., 39ioctl(): Inappropriate
> ioctl for device) = 39
> write(2, "\n", 1
> ) = 1
> ...
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> On 7. Feb 2020, at 18:08, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky > wrote: >> >> Hello Arnd, >> >> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge >> window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of >> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The >> avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates >> high CPU usage. >> >> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device >> >> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon: >> > > Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw > what went wrong in my > original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this > correctly addresses > the problem. > >Arnd Hi Arnd, Thanks a lot for your patch! I will test it as soon as possible. Cheers, Christian
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky wrote: > > Hello Arnd, > > We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge > window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of > the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The > avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates > high CPU usage. > > Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device > > strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon: > Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw what went wrong in my original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this correctly addresses the problem. Arnd
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On 06 February 2020 at 05:35 am, Michael Ellerman wrote:
Christian Zigotzky writes:
Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected.
I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about?
I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine.
# grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
use-ipv4=yes
use-ipv6=yes
# systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon
● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago
Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon)
Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up."
CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local]
└─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4.
Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
record for ::1 on lo.*.
Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup complete.
Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is 3972418141.
Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast
group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast
group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address
record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address record
for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.
# uname -r
5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0
The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be
able to find that via strace.
cheers
Hello Michael,
Sorry it isn't true that the kernel 5.5 is also affected. A Power Mac G5
user told me that but this isn't correct. I compiled and tested the
stable kernel 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 today and both kernels don't have the
issue with the avahi daemon.
Could you please also test the latest Git kernel?
strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon
...
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=15,
events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12,
events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9,
events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 11, 65) =
2 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=9, revents=POLLIN}])
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, 0xffba6f24) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl
for device)
write(2, "ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for"..., 39ioctl(): Inappropriate
ioctl for device) = 39
write(2, "\n", 1
) = 1
...
Thanks,
Christian
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Christian Zigotzky writes: > Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected. I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about? I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine. # grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf use-ipv4=yes use-ipv6=yes # systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon ● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon) Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up." CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service ├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local] └─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*. Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4. Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*. Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4. Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack. Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup complete. Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is 3972418141. Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19. Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19. Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*. Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0. # uname -r 5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0 The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be able to find that via strace. cheers > Christian Zigotzky wrote: > > Hi All, > > The issue with the avahi-daemon still exist in the latest Git kernel. It's a > PowerPC issue. I compiled the latest Git kernel on a PC today and there > aren't any issues with the avahi daemon. Another Power Mac user reported the > same issue on his G5. I tested with the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 in the last > days. > > I bisected today but I think the result isn't correct because it found the > other problem with ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum. I don't > know how to bisect if there is another issue at the same time. Maybe "git > bisect skip"? > > 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 is the first bad commit > commit 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 > Author: Kars de Jong > Date: Tue Nov 19 21:20:20 2019 +0100 > > scsi: esp_scsi: Correct ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum > > The order of the definitions in the esp_rev enum is important. The values > are used in comparisons for chip features. > > Add a comment to the enum explaining this. > > Also, the actual values for the enum fields are irrelevant, so remove the > explicit values (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven). This makes adding a new > field in the middle of the enum easier. > > Finally, move the PCSCSI definition to the right place in the enum. In its > previous location, at the end of the enum, the wrong values are written to > the CONFIG3 register when used with FAST-SCSI targets. > > Link: > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119202021.28720-2-jo...@linux-m68k.org > Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong > Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen > > :04 04 cdc128596e33fb60406b5de9b17b79623c187c1a > 48ceab06439f95285e8b30181e75f9a68c25fcb5 Mdrivers
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected. — Christian Christian Zigotzky wrote: Hi All, The issue with the avahi-daemon still exist in the latest Git kernel. It's a PowerPC issue. I compiled the latest Git kernel on a PC today and there aren't any issues with the avahi daemon. Another Power Mac user reported the same issue on his G5. I tested with the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 in the last days. I bisected today but I think the result isn't correct because it found the other problem with ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum. I don't know how to bisect if there is another issue at the same time. Maybe "git bisect skip"? 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 is the first bad commit commit 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 Author: Kars de Jong Date: Tue Nov 19 21:20:20 2019 +0100 scsi: esp_scsi: Correct ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum The order of the definitions in the esp_rev enum is important. The values are used in comparisons for chip features. Add a comment to the enum explaining this. Also, the actual values for the enum fields are irrelevant, so remove the explicit values (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven). This makes adding a new field in the middle of the enum easier. Finally, move the PCSCSI definition to the right place in the enum. In its previous location, at the end of the enum, the wrong values are written to the CONFIG3 register when used with FAST-SCSI targets. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119202021.28720-2-jo...@linux-m68k.org Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen :04 04 cdc128596e33fb60406b5de9b17b79623c187c1a 48ceab06439f95285e8b30181e75f9a68c25fcb5 Mdrivers
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On 03 February 2020 at 6:53 pm, Jakub Kicinski wrote: On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 16:02:18 +0100, Christian Zigotzky wrote: On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote: Hello, Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit : Hello, We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thursday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device Do you know which ioctl, on which device ? Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ? Can you bisect ? Christophe Hi Christophe, Hi All, I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached) This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log messages. We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET). FWIW Thursday is when the latest networking pull came in, so could well be networking related.. Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi daemon so they aren't affected. It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf": use-ipv6=no After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary solution. Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and then you have a better possibility to fix the issue. Hi All, The issue still exist in the latest Git kernel. It's a PowerPC issue. I compiled the latest Git kernel on a PC today and there aren't any issues with the avahi daemon. Another Power Mac user reported the same issue on his G5. I tested with the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 in the last days. I bisected today but I think the result isn't correct because it founds the other problem with ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum. I don't know how to bisect if there is another issue at the same time. Maybe "git bisect skip"? 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 is the first bad commit commit 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 Author: Kars de Jong Date: Tue Nov 19 21:20:20 2019 +0100 scsi: esp_scsi: Correct ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum The order of the definitions in the esp_rev enum is important. The values are used in comparisons for chip features. Add a comment to the enum explaining this. Also, the actual values for the enum fields are irrelevant, so remove the explicit values (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven). This makes adding a new field in the middle of the enum easier. Finally, move the PCSCSI definition to the right place in the enum. In its previous location, at the end of the enum, the wrong values are written to the CONFIG3 register when used with FAST-SCSI targets. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119202021.28720-2-jo...@linux-m68k.org Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen :04 04 cdc128596e33fb60406b5de9b17b79623c187c1a 48ceab06439f95285e8b30181e75f9a68c25fcb5 M drivers Cheers, Christian
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 16:02:18 +0100, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit : > >> Hello, > >> > >> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the > >> merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of > >> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). > >> > >> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for > >> device > > > > Do you know which ioctl, on which device ? > > Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ? > > > > Can you bisect ? > > > > Christophe > Hi Christophe, > Hi All, > > I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address > of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached) > This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access > the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log > messages. > > We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this > issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is > somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET). FWIW Thursday is when the latest networking pull came in, so could well be networking related.. > Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux > distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many > desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi > daemon so they aren't affected. > > It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the > following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf": > > use-ipv6=no > > After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary > solution. > > Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a > lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that > you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and > then you have a better possibility to fix the issue.
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote: Hello, Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit : Hello, We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device Do you know which ioctl, on which device ? Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ? Can you bisect ? Christophe Hi Christophe, Hi All, I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached) This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log messages. We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET). Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi daemon so they aren't affected. It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf": use-ipv6=no After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary solution. Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and then you have a better possibility to fix the issue. Thanks, Christian Kernel 5.5.0: journalctl | grep -i avahi Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket. Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack... Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 112) and group 'avahi' (GID 122). Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi DNS Configuration Daemon. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully called chroot(). Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Network interface enumeration completed. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Server startup complete. Host name is DC1.local. Local service cookie is 3202921551. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Failed to parse address 'localhost', ignoring. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-dnsconfd[4487]: Successfully connected to Avahi daemon. Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack. Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 root[4749]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/avahi-autoipd returned non-zero exit status 1 Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 with address 192.168.178.47. Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 for mDNS. Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for 192.168.178.47 on enP4096p4s4.IPv4. Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181. Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 for mDNS. Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*. Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181. Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181. Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*. Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4. -- Latest Git kernel (5.6): journalctl | grep -i avahi Feb 02 14:04:04 DC1 systemd[1]: Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket. Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi DNS Configuration Daemon. Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack... Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 112) and group 'avahi' (GID 122). Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up. Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Successfully called chroot(). Feb
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Hello, Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit : Hello, We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device Do you know which ioctl, on which device ? Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ? Can you bisect ? Christophe
Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
[might be network related, so adding netdev mailing list] On 2/1/20 4:08 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > Hello, > > We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge > window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi > daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). > > Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Could you please test the latest Git kernel? > > It is possible to deactivate the avahi daemon with the following lines in the > file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf": > > use-ipv4=no > use-ipv6=no > > But this is only a temporary solution. > > Thanks, > Christian -- ~Randy
