[Crash-utility] wrong values shown by kmem -s

vinayak menon vinayakm.list at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 03:19:35 UTC 2016


On 24 Mar 2016 9:12 pm, "Dave Anderson" <anderson at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:08 PM, vinayak menon <vinayakm.list at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Although looking at it now, get_slabinfo() doesn't seem to take into
account
> > >> the objects in the per_cpu caches?
> > >>
> > >> Anyway, 200 of 200 is clearly wrong.
> > >>
> > >> Dave
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > Added accounting for free objects in cpu free/partial lists. Patch
> > attached. Tried to compare with the kmem -S output for various caches
> > and output looks fine.
>
> Vinayak,
>
> While this is an improvement over your last post, there are still issues
> with this patchset.  I've been testing it with a wide range of stashed
> vmcores, and I see problems with all of the old 2.6.24 vmcores.  Those
> kernels used an early version of CONFIG_SLUB which did not even have
> the kmem_cache_node.total_objects field.  However, given that the
> kmem_cache_node.total_objects field is encapsulated within
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG,
> presumably the same problem would occur with a more recent kernel
> if it was *not* configured with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG.
>
> Here's an example -- note the negative ALLOCATED counts:
>
> crash> kmem -s
> CACHE            NAME                 OBJSIZE  ALLOCATED     TOTAL
SLABS  SSIZE
> ffff81001e0df568 rpc_buffers             2048          7         9
3     8k
> ffff81001e0decd8 rpc_tasks                360          8         8
1     4k
> ffff81001e0df120 rpc_inode_cache         1392          2        10
2     8k
> ffff81001e0de448 ip_fib_alias              48        -14        34
1     4k
> ffff81001e0de000 ip_fib_hash               40        -16        36
1     4k
> ffff81001e1a2890 fib6_nodes                56         12        32
1     4k
> ffff81001e1a2448 ip6_dst_cache            320          5        24
3     4k
> ffff81001e1a2000 ndisc_cache              360         -6         8
1     4k
> ffff81001f1f19b0 RAWv6                   1384          3         5
1     8k
> ffff81001e4b0890 UDPLITEv6               1376          0         0
0     8k
> ffff81001f1019b0 UDPv6                   1376          3         5
1     8k
> ffff81001f101120 tw_sock_TCPv6            272          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f100cd8 request_sock_TCPv6       144          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f100890 TCPv6                   2400         -2         6
2     8k
> ffff81001f1f1568 xfs_icluster              80        -24        26
1     4k
> ffff81001f1f1120 xfs_ili                  192          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f1f0cd8 xfs_inode                824         -2         4
1     4k
> ffff81001f1f0890 xfs_efi_item             352          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f1f0448 xfs_efd_item             360          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f1f0000 xfs_buf_item             184          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e982890 fstrm_item                24          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f07acd8 xfs_mru_cache_elem        32          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f07a000 xfs_acl                  304          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f07a890 xfs_ifork                 64          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f07a448 xfs_dabuf                 24          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e58d568 xfs_da_state             488          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e58d9b0 xfs_trans                880          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e9c59b0 xfs_btree_cur            192          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e56f9b0 xfs_bmap_free_item        24          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e4b9568 xfs_buf                  512          8        12
2     4k
> ffff81001e4b8448 xfs_ioend                128         24        40
2     4k
> ffff81001e4b9120 xfs_vnode               1088         -4         6
1     8k
> ffff81001e4b0448 dm_mpath_io               40          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e56f120 dm_snap_pending_exception 112       124       132
6     4k
> ffff81001e56ecd8 dm_snap_exception         32          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e56e000 dm_uevent               2608          0         0
0     8k
> ffff81001e4b19b0 dm_target_io              24       1238      1344
 32     4k
> ffff81001e4b1568 dm_io                     40       1244      1332
 37     4k
> ffff81001e4b8000 scsi_cmd_cache           400         -4         8
1     4k
> ffff81001e4d5120 sgpool-128              5120          1         3
3     8k
> ffff81001e4d4cd8 sgpool-64               2560         -1         6
2     8k
> ffff81001e4d4890 sgpool-32               1280         -1         5
1     8k
> ffff81001e4d4448 sgpool-16                640         -1         5
1     4k
> ffff81001e4d4000 sgpool-8                 320         -4         8
1     4k
> ffff81001e4539b0 scsi_io_context          112          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e453568 ext3_inode_cache        1488      24752     25410
 5082     8k
> ffff81001e453120 ext3_xattr                88         38        50
2     4k
> ffff81001e452448 journal_handle            56        -32        32
1     4k
> ffff81001e452000 journal_head              96        -23        48
2     4k
> ffff81001e983120 revoke_table              16        -34        46
1     4k
> ffff81001e983568 revoke_record             32        -39        39
1     4k
> ffff81001e9839b0 uhci_urb_priv             56          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e982448 UNIX                    1368         43        55
 11     8k
> ffff81001e982000 flow_cache               104          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e8dccd8 cfq_io_context           152          8        54
3     4k
> ffff81001e8dc890 cfq_queue                136         17        38
2     4k
> ffff81001e8dc000 bsg_cmd                  312          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e9279b0 mqueue_inode_cache      1472         -2         4
1     8k
> ffff81001e927568 isofs_inode_cache       1136          0         0
0     8k
> ffff81001e927120 hugetlbfs_inode_cache   1152         -4         6
1     8k
> ffff81001e926cd8 dnotify_cache             40        -32        36
1     4k
> ffff81001e926890 dquot                    368          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001e926448 inotify_event_cache       40        -36        36
1     4k
> ffff81001e926000 inotify_watch_cache       72         60       112
4     4k
> ffff81001f02f9b0 kioctx                   512          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f02f568 kiocb                    248          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f02f120 fasync_cache              24          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f02ecd8 shmem_inode_cache       1408        653       665
133     8k
> ffff81001f02e448 nsproxy                   56          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f02e000 posix_timers_cache       248          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001fbd19b0 uid_cache                344          6         8
1     4k
> ffff81001f989568 ip_mrt_cache             112          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f989120 UDP-Lite                1224          0         0
0     8k
> ffff81001f988cd8 tcp_bind_bucket           32        -31        39
1     4k
> ffff81001f988890 inet_peer_cache           64          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f988448 secpath_cache             56          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f988000 xfrm_dst_cache           376          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001fa3d568 ip_dst_cache             328         10        24
3     4k
> ffff81001fa3d120 arp_cache                348         -6         8
1     4k
> ffff81001fa3ccd8 RAW                     1200         -2         6
1     8k
> ffff81001fa3c890 UDP                     1224          5        15
3     8k
> ffff81001fa3c448 tw_sock_TCP              240        -10        10
1     4k
> ffff81001fa3c000 request_sock_TCP          96        -16        16
1     4k
> ffff81001fa179b0 TCP                     2248          1         6
2     8k
> ffff81001f9fc890 eventpoll_pwq             72        -26        28
1     4k
> ffff81001f9fc448 eventpoll_epi            128        -14        16
1     4k
> ffff81001f96c890 blkdev_ioc                64         -4        60
2     4k
> ffff81001f96c448 blkdev_queue            2176         22        24
8     8k
> ffff81001f96c000 blkdev_requests          288          1        22
2     4k
> ffff81001f9779b0 biovec-256              4096         82        82
 82     8k
> ffff81001f977568 biovec-128              2048         79        87
 29     8k
> ffff81001f977120 biovec-64               1024         75        91
 13     8k
> ffff81001f976cd8 biovec-16                256         72       100
 10     4k
> ffff81001f976890 biovec-4                  64         52       120
4     4k
> ffff81001f976448 biovec-1                  16         36       138
3     4k
> ffff81001f976000 bio                      104         68        96
6     4k
> ffff81001f9659b0 utrace_engine_cache       64          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f965568 utrace_cache              96          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f909120 sock_inode_cache        1216         80       100
 20     8k
> ffff81001f908cd8 skbuff_fclone_cache      452         -6         6
1     4k
> ffff81001f908890 skbuff_head_cache        224         63        70
7     4k
> ffff81001f908448 file_lock_cache          224         -3        13
1     4k
> ffff81001f9079b0 Acpi-Operand              64        740       750
 25     4k
> ffff81001f907568 Acpi-ParseExt             64        -30        30
1     4k
> ffff81001f907120 Acpi-Parse                40        -36        36
1     4k
> ffff81001f906cd8 Acpi-State                80        -26        26
1     4k
> ffff81001f906890 Acpi-Namespace            32         78       156
4     4k
> ffff81001f906448 task_delay_info          120         53       105
5     4k
> ffff81001f906000 taskstats                312         -6        10
1     4k
> ffff81001f8a59b0 proc_inode_cache        1120        228       252
 42     8k
> ffff81001f8a5568 sigqueue                 160        -15        17
1     4k
> ffff81001f8a5120 radix_tree_node          552       2639      3576
596     4k
> ffff81001f8a4cd8 bdev_cache              1448         22        30
6     8k
> ffff81001f8a4890 sysfs_dir_cache           80       6928      6994
269     4k
> ffff81001f8a4448 mnt_cache                208         22        36
3     4k
> ffff81001f8a4000 inode_cache             1088        100       161
 23     8k
> ffff81001f827568 dentry                   256      27195     29004
 2417     4k
> ffff81001f827120 filp                     288        552       620
 62     4k
> ffff81001f826cd8 names_cache             4096         -1         1
1     8k
> ffff81001f826890 avc_node                  72          2        28
1     4k
> ffff81001f826448 selinux_inode_security   184        209       320
 20     4k
> ffff81001f826000 key_jar                  232          4        24
2     4k
> ffff81001f8259b0 idr_layer_cache          528        154       162
 27     4k
> ffff81001f825568 buffer_head              104       9543     22747
989     4k
> ffff81001f825120 mm_struct               1152         28        42
7     8k
> ffff81001f824cd8 vm_area_struct           176       1694      1920
120     4k
> ffff81001f824890 fs_cache                 120         12        63
3     4k
> ffff81001f824448 files_cache              768         30        40
 10     4k
> ffff81001f824000 signal_cache             888         64        76
 19     4k
> ffff81001f8039b0 sighand_cache           2184         65        72
 24     8k
> ffff81001f803568 task_struct             4688         72        74
 74     8k
> ffff81001f803120 anon_vma                  72        587       644
 23     4k
> ffff81001f802cd8 pid_namespace           2104          0         0
0     8k
> ffff81001f802890 pid_1                     88         56       105
5     4k
> ffff81001f802448 shared_policy_node        48          0         0
0     4k
> ffff81001f802000 numa_policy               24        -42        42
1     4k
> ffffffff81481ca8 kmalloc-2048            2048        199       201
 67     8k
> ffffffff814817b0 kmalloc-1024            1024        311       329
 47     8k
> ffffffff814812b8 kmalloc-512              512        357       392
 56     4k
> ffffffff81480dc0 kmalloc-256              256        308       348
 29     4k
> ffffffff814808c8 kmalloc-128              128        208       220
 11     4k
> ffffffff814803d0 kmalloc-64                64       1505      1740
 58     4k
> ffffffff8147fed8 kmalloc-32                32        264       312
8     4k
> ffffffff8147f9e0 kmalloc-16                16        916      1012
 22     4k
> ffffffff8147f4e8 kmalloc-8                  8       1670      1734
 34     4k
> ffffffff8147eff0 kmalloc-192              192        101       120
8     4k
> ffffffff8147eaf8 kmalloc-96                96        164       216
9     4k
> ffffffff8147e600 kmem_cache_node          104          0         0
0     4k
> crash>
>
> So more attention needs to be placed in dealing with kernels that do not
> have kmem_cache_node.total_objects.  You've done a pretty good job
segregating
> the code based upon its existence, and so I'm guessing that this should be
> a simple fix.
>
> Other nits:
>
> Please fix these:
>
> $ make warn
> ... [ cut ] ...
> cc -c -g -DX86_64 -DLZO -DSNAPPY -DGDB_7_6  memory.c -Wall -O2
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -fstack-protector -Wformat-security
> memory.c:17916:7: warning: no previous prototype for 'count_cpu_partial'
[-Wmissing-prototypes]
>  short count_cpu_partial(struct meminfo *si, int cpu)
>        ^
> memory.c: In function 'get_kmem_cache_slub_data':
> memory.c:17982:15: warning: unused variable 'free' [-Wunused-variable]
>   short inuse, free;
> ...
>
>
> In defs.h, please put the kmem_cache_node_total_objects offset_table
entry at the end
> of the structure so that it won't break extension modules that haven't
been recompiled.
>
> And lastly, add the display of the kmem_cache_node_total_objects offset
to the
> dump_offset_table() function in symbols.c, which is used by "help -o".
That would
> be especially helpful in this case so a user can verify whether the field
even
> exists in the kernel being analyzed.  You can put its output line next to
the other
> kmem_cache_node offsets.
>
> Thanks,
>   Dave
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Thanks for the comments Dave. I am on vacation. Will be back in a week, and
will submit a fix for these.

Vinayak
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