[Openmcl-devel] odd ccl hang during gc

Osei Poku osei.poku at gmail.com
Tue Jul 7 11:06:25 PDT 2009


Hi,

This issue cropped up again on the same 16-core opteron machine.  It  
is a similar situation with multiple threads running and then, all at  
once, all threads except one stop at sem_timedwait().  The other  
thread is stuck in the same spot as before trying to free something.   
A few backtraces attached.  I am still running 1.3-RC1-r11885M so this  
may have been fixed in newer releases.

I will wait until I get replies before killing this process.

Osei

(gdb) bt
#0  0x00002b9fab6e249b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1  0x000000000041cc3c in sem_wait_forever (s=0x6496b0) at ../ 
thread_manager.c:443
#2  0x000000000041da7f in suspend_resume_handler (signo=<value  
optimized out>, info=<value optimized out>, context=0x7fffffa75570)  
at ../thread_manager.c:594
#3  <signal handler called>
#4  0x00002b9fab6e37b1 in ?? () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#5  0x0000000000411402 in _SPffcall () at ../x86-spentry64.s:4041
#6  0x00007fffffa75c80 in ?? ()
#7  0x00002b9fabe90f88 in ?? ()
#8  0x000000000000031a in ?? ()
#9  0x00007fffffa75c70 in ?? ()
#10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) threads
Undefined command: "threads".  Try "help".
(gdb) info threads
   14 Thread 1076246864 (LWP 3695)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   13 Thread 1078753616 (LWP 3697)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   12 Thread 1081260368 (LWP 3701)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   11 Thread 1083767120 (LWP 3702)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   10 Thread 1086273872 (LWP 3703)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   9 Thread 1088780624 (LWP 3704)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in sem_timedwait  
() from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   8 Thread 1091287376 (LWP 19572)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   7 Thread 1116133712 (LWP 28035)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   6 Thread 1111120208 (LWP 28036)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   5 Thread 1099680080 (LWP 28037)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   4 Thread 1108072784 (LWP 28038)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   3 Thread 1113626960 (LWP 28625)  0x00002b9fab9d11d8 in ?? () from / 
lib/libc.so.6
   2 Thread 1121147216 (LWP 29139)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
   1 Thread 47964781596768 (LWP 3691)  0x00002b9fab6e249b in  
sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) thread 3
[Switching to thread 3 (Thread 1113626960 (LWP 28625))]#0   
0x00002b9fab9d11d8 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00002b9fab9d11d8 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x00002b9fab967662 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x00002b9fab9666f1 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0x000000000041ca69 in destroy_semaphore (s=0x3000436cc0c8) at ../ 
thread_manager.c:724
#4  0x0000000000414caa in reap_gcable_ptrs () at ../gc-common.c:746
#5  0x00000000004157bd in gc (tcr=0x426097b0, param=<value optimized  
out>) at ../gc-common.c:1331
#6  0x00000000004196db in gc_from_tcr (tcr=0x2aaab0000020, param=0)  
at ../x86-exceptions.c:2786
#7  0x000000000041abe1 in gc_like_from_xp (xp=<value optimized out>,  
fun=0x4196b0 <gc_from_tcr>, param=0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:2743
#8  0x000000000041ac3e in gc_from_xp (xp=0x2aaab0000020,  
param=46912586140688) at ../x86-exceptions.c:2798
#9  0x000000000041b14f in handle_gc_trap (xp=0x426086f0,  
tcr=0x426097b0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:239
#10 0x000000000041b5eb in handle_exception (signum=<value optimized  
out>, info=0x42608aa0, context=0x426086f0, tcr=0x8000000000000000,  
old_valence=-1) at ../x86-exceptions.c:1066
#11 0x000000000041b698 in signal_handler (signum=11, info=0x42608aa0,  
context=0x426086f0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:1330
#12 <signal handler called>
#13 0x00003000400135e7 in ?? ()
#14 0x00003000419096a4 in ?? ()
#15 0x000000000040ee7c in _SPnthrowvalues () at ../x86-spentry64.s:1405
#16 0x00002aaaae17eae0 in ?? ()
#17 0x0000000000000008 in ?? ()
#18 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()


On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:50 AM, Gary Byers wrote:

> and the sem_wait_forever() is coming from suspend_resume_handler(),  
> which
> means that those threads (and likely all others) are waiting on  
> semaphores
> that should have been signaled a while ago.
>
> Just as a stab in the dark: what kind of hardware is this ?  (e.g.,  
> what
> does
>
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> say ?)
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Osei Poku wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, I killed the process.  Fortunately, I did run the  
>> following backtraces on other a few other threads than #3.   
>> According to the line numbers shown in the output below, it appears  
>> that they (at least the 3 threads I looked at) are all stopped at  
>> SEM_WAIT_FOREVER().
>>
>> I guess the mystery continues...
>>
>> Osei
>>
>> (gdb) info threads
>> 15 Thread 1076246864 (LWP 14275)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 14 Thread 1078753616 (LWP 14278)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 13 Thread 1081260368 (LWP 14280)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 12 Thread 1083767120 (LWP 14281)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 11 Thread 1086273872 (LWP 14282)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 10 Thread 1088780624 (LWP 14283)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 9 Thread 1091287376 (LWP 24522)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 8 Thread 1093794128 (LWP 24523)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 7 Thread 1096841552 (LWP 24524)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 6 Thread 1099348304 (LWP 24525)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 5 Thread 1101855056 (LWP 28424)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 4 Thread 1104361808 (LWP 28425)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> * 3 Thread 1106868560 (LWP 28426)  0x00002b9bfca601d8 in ?? ()  
>> from /lib/libc.so.6
>> 2 Thread 1109375312 (LWP 28427)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> 1 Thread 47948961267808 (LWP 14271)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in  
>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> (gdb) thread 4
>> [Switching to thread 4 (Thread 1104361808 (LWP 28425))]#0   
>> 0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #1  0x000000000041cc3c in sem_wait_forever (s=0x1ce0cb0) at ../ 
>> thread_manager.c:443
>> #2  0x000000000041da7f in suspend_resume_handler (signo=<value  
>> optimized out>, info=<value optimized out>, context=0x41d32670)  
>> at ../thread_manager.c:594
>> #3  <signal handler called>
>> #4  0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #5  0x000000000041cbdb in wait_on_semaphore (s=0x18078b0,  
>> seconds=1, millis=0) at ../thread_manager.c:468
>> #6  0x0000000000411402 in _SPffcall () at ../x86-spentry64.s:4041
>> #7  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) thread 5
>> [Switching to thread 5 (Thread 1101855056 (LWP 28424))]#0   
>> 0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #1  0x000000000041cc3c in sem_wait_forever (s=0xd3e4b0) at ../ 
>> thread_manager.c:443
>> #2  0x000000000041da7f in suspend_resume_handler (signo=<value  
>> optimized out>, info=<value optimized out>, context=0x41ace650)  
>> at ../thread_manager.c:594
>> #3  <signal handler called>
>> #4  0x00002b9bfc7727b1 in ?? () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #5  0x0000000000411402 in _SPffcall () at ../x86-spentry64.s:4041
>> #6  0x0000000041aced60 in ?? ()
>> #7  0x00002aaaaf859e88 in ?? ()
>> #8  0x000000000000031a in ?? ()
>> #9  0x0000000041aced50 in ?? ()
>> #10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) thread 6
>> [Switching to thread 6 (Thread 1099348304 (LWP 24525))]#0   
>> 0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #1  0x000000000041cc3c in sem_wait_forever (s=0x23af950) at ../ 
>> thread_manager.c:443
>> #2  0x000000000041da7f in suspend_resume_handler (signo=<value  
>> optimized out>, info=<value optimized out>, context=0x4186a6c0)  
>> at ../thread_manager.c:594
>> #3  <signal handler called>
>> #4  0x00002b9bfc771efb in ?? () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>> #5  0x0000000000411402 in _SPffcall () at ../x86-spentry64.s:4041
>> #6  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Gary Byers wrote:
>>
>>> A bunch of threads (all but the one that GDB identifies as #3) were
>>> suspended by thread 3 when it ran the GC; each such suspended thread
>>> is waiting on a semaphore that'd be signaled/raised when the GC  
>>> exits.
>>> It looks like the GC exited and is in the process of trying to free
>>> some foreign objects that were referenced by "gcable pointers"; it
>>> has to signal the other threads' semaphores (to wake them up) before
>>> it actually frees anything, since one of those threads may own a  
>>> lock
>>> on the malloc heap.
>>> It looks like the GC thread (#3) called free(), and is waiting for
>>> a lock that's likely held by one of the other threads that's likely
>>> to still be waiting (in sem_timedwait()) to be told that it's OK
>>> to run.  The GC thread's already signaled the semaphores that the
>>> other threads are waiting on, but they don't seem to have gotten
>>> the message.
>>> It's not that unusual to see that some of the other threads are  
>>> apparently
>>> still waiting for their "resume" semaphores; it's a little unusual  
>>> to
>>> see that they're all waiting, and I'd guess that they have been  
>>> waiting
>>> since you noticed the load average dropping to 0.
>>> If you still have the GDB attached, you might try something: make  
>>> each
>>> other thread (other than #3) active in GDB and use 'up' to see how  
>>> it
>>> got to sem_timedwait().  My guess is that you'd see the call to
>>> SEM_WAIT_FOREVER in the function 'suspend_resume_handler()' (in
>>> ccl/lisp-kernel/thread-manager.c) a few frames up the stack in each
>>> cases.  If you see that any of these threads is waiting for anything
>>> other than its tcr->resume semaphore, that'd be interesting.
>>> Otherwise, this is a bit of a mystery, since the whole 'suspend  
>>> other
>>> threads on GC entry, signal their resume semaphores on GC exit'  
>>> routine
>>> happens on every GC, and has likely happened hundreds or thousands  
>>> of
>>> times already in this session, and it's not clear what's different  
>>> this
>>> time.
>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Osei Poku wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I was running three slime repls (9 threads total) and in each  
>>>> repl I
>>>> was running the same long running function on different inputs.   
>>>> After
>>>> a few hours of my load being about 2.8, it dropped down to 0.0.
>>>> Basically nothing was running, nothing responding etc.  All threads
>>>> are frozen.  As is confirmed by the backtrace in the main thread  
>>>> (see
>>>> below), this happened during gc which makes sense since all  
>>>> activity
>>>> stops during gc.  Not sure what else I can do to revive the process
>>>> but I thought it might be useful to report the issue.
>>>> This is from CCL version 1.3-RC1-r11885M.
>>>> Osei
>>>> --- gdb output -----
>>>> (gdb) info threads
>>>> 15 Thread 1076246864 (LWP 14275)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 14 Thread 1078753616 (LWP 14278)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 13 Thread 1081260368 (LWP 14280)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 12 Thread 1083767120 (LWP 14281)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 11 Thread 1086273872 (LWP 14282)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 10 Thread 1088780624 (LWP 14283)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 9 Thread 1091287376 (LWP 24522)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 8 Thread 1093794128 (LWP 24523)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 7 Thread 1096841552 (LWP 24524)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 6 Thread 1099348304 (LWP 24525)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 5 Thread 1101855056 (LWP 28424)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 4 Thread 1104361808 (LWP 28425)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 3 Thread 1106868560 (LWP 28426)  0x00002b9bfca601d8 in ?? () from /
>>>> lib/libc.so.6
>>>> 2 Thread 1109375312 (LWP 28427)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> 1 Thread 47948961267808 (LWP 14271)  0x00002b9bfc77149b in
>>>> sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> (gdb) thread
>>>> [Current thread is 0 (LWP 14271)]
>>>> (gdb) thread 2
>>>> [Switching to thread 2 (Thread 1109375312 (LWP 28427))]#0
>>>> 0x00002b9bfc77149b in sem_timedwait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
>>>> (gdb) thread 3
>>>> [Switching to thread 3 (Thread 1106868560 (LWP 28426))]#0
>>>> 0x00002b9bfca601d8 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>> #0  0x00002b9bfca601d8 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> #1  0x00002b9bfc9f6662 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> #2  0x00002b9bfc9f56f1 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> #3  0x000000000041ca69 in destroy_semaphore (s=0x300055b0bc08)  
>>>> at ../
>>>> thread_manager.c:724
>>>> #4  0x0000000000414caa in reap_gcable_ptrs () at ../gc-common.c:746
>>>> #5  0x00000000004157bd in gc (tcr=0x41f977b0, param=<value  
>>>> optimized
>>>> out>) at ../gc-common.c:1331
>>>> #6  0x00000000004196db in gc_from_tcr (tcr=0x2b9bfccd6980, param=0)
>>>> at ../x86-exceptions.c:2786
>>>> #7  0x000000000041abe1 in gc_like_from_xp (xp=<value optimized  
>>>> out>,
>>>> fun=0x4196b0 <gc_from_tcr>, param=0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:2743
>>>> #8  0x000000000041ac3e in gc_from_xp (xp=0x2b9bfccd6980,
>>>> param=25576416) at ../x86-exceptions.c:2798
>>>> #9  0x000000000041ad67 in allocate_object (xp=0x41f966f0,
>>>> bytes_needed=6352096, disp_from_allocptr=6352083, tcr=0x41f977b0)
>>>> at ../x86-exceptions.c:145
>>>> #10 0x000000000041adce in handle_alloc_trap (xp=0x41f966f0,
>>>> tcr=0x41f977b0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:572
>>>> #11 0x000000000041b5ce in handle_exception (signum=<value optimized
>>>> out>, info=0x41f96aa0, context=0x41f966f0, tcr=0x8000000000000000,
>>>> old_valence=-1) at ../x86-exceptions.c:1060
>>>> #12 0x000000000041b698 in signal_handler (signum=11,  
>>>> info=0x41f96aa0,
>>>> context=0x41f966f0) at ../x86-exceptions.c:1330
>>>> #13 <signal handler called>
>>>> #14 0x000000000041054a in _SPmisc_alloc () at ../x86-spentry64.s: 
>>>> 2840
>>>> #15 0x000030004036943c in ?? ()
>>>> #16 0x000000000060ecd0 in ?? ()
>>>> #17 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>>>> (gdb) up
>>>> #1  0x00002b9bfc9f6662 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> (gdb) up
>>>> #2  0x00002b9bfc9f56f1 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>>> (gdb) up
>>>> #3  0x000000000041ca69 in destroy_semaphore (s=0x300055b0bc08)  
>>>> at ../
>>>> thread_manager.c:724
>>>> 724         free(*s);
>>>> (gdb) list
>>>> 719     destroy_semaphore(void **s)
>>>> 720     {
>>>> 721       if (*s) {
>>>> 722     #ifdef USE_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
>>>> 723         sem_destroy((sem_t *)*s);
>>>> 724         free(*s);
>>>> 725     #endif
>>>> 726     #ifdef USE_MACH_SEMAPHORES
>>>> 727         semaphore_destroy(mach_task_self(),((semaphore_t) 
>>>> (natural)
>>>> *s));
>>>> 728     #endif
>>>> (gdb) up
>>>> #4  0x0000000000414caa in reap_gcable_ptrs () at ../gc-common.c:746
>>>> 746               destroy_semaphore((void**)&(x->address));
>>>> (gdb) list
>>>> 741             case xmacptr_flag_rwlock:
>>>> 742               rwlock_destroy((rwlock *)ptr_from_lispobj(ptr));
>>>> 743               break;
>>>> 744
>>>> 745             case xmacptr_flag_semaphore:
>>>> 746               destroy_semaphore((void**)&(x->address));
>>>> 747               break;
>>>> 748
>>>> 749             default:
>>>> 750               if ((flag >= xmacptr_flag_user_first) &&
>>>> (gdb)
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