[CentOS] NFS Hanging Under Heavy Load

Aaron Blew

aaronblew at gmail.com
Fri Mar 16 20:33:54 UTC 2012


Hello all,
I'm currently experiencing an issue with an NFS server I've built (a Dell
R710 with a Dell PERC H800/LSI 2108 and four external disk trays).  It's a
backup target for Solaris 10, CentOS 5.5 and CentOS 6.2 servers that mount
it's data volume via NFS.  It has two 10gig NICs set up in a layer2+3 bond
for one network, and two more 10gig NICs set up in the same way in another
network.  The host has a 99T XFS filesystem for the backups.  RPCNFSDCOUNT
is set to 256.

During backups from clients the system exhibits odd hangs that interfere
with some of our sensitive system's backup windows.  On the NFS server side
we see the following in dmesg.  Originally I thought it was related to
dirty writeback cache, but I adjusted dirty_writeback_centisecs and am
still seeing the issue.

dmesg during the problem window:
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: __ratelimit: 11 callbacks suppressed
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: nfsd: page allocation failure.
order:2, mode:0x20
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: Pid: 6041, comm: nfsd Not tainted
2.6.32-220.4.2.el6.x86_64 #1
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: Call Trace:
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: <IRQ>  [<ffffffff81123daf>] ?
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x77f/0x940
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115dc62>] ?
kmem_getpages+0x62/0x170
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115e87a>] ?
fallback_alloc+0x1ba/0x270
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115e2cf>] ?
cache_grow+0x2cf/0x320
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115e5f9>] ?
____cache_alloc_node+0x99/0x160
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8142186a>] ?
__alloc_skb+0x7a/0x180
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115f4bf>] ?
kmem_cache_alloc_node_notrace+0x6f/0x130
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8115f6fb>] ?
__kmalloc_node+0x7b/0x100
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81461e65>] ?
ip_rcv+0x275/0x350
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8142186a>] ?
__alloc_skb+0x7a/0x180
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff814219e6>] ?
__netdev_alloc_skb+0x36/0x60
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa0188104>] ?
ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers+0x2c4/0x380 [ixgbe]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8127f980>] ?
swiotlb_map_page+0x0/0x100
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa0189158>] ?
ixgbe_clean_rx_irq+0x818/0x8b0 [ixgbe]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa01895ff>] ?
ixgbe_clean_rxtx_many+0x10f/0x220 [ixgbe]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff814307c3>] ?
net_rx_action+0x103/0x2f0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81072001>] ?
__do_softirq+0xc1/0x1d0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff810d9390>] ?
handle_IRQ_event+0x60/0x170
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8107205a>] ?
__do_softirq+0x11a/0x1d0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8100c24c>] ?
call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8100de85>] ?
do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81071de5>] ?
irq_exit+0x85/0x90
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff814f4c85>] ? do_IRQ+0x75/0xf0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8100ba53>] ?
ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: <EOI>  [<ffffffff8105673f>] ?
finish_task_switch+0x4f/0xe0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff814ec9ce>] ?
thread_return+0x4e/0x760
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81123741>] ?
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x111/0x940
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff814ed7b2>] ?
schedule_timeout+0x192/0x2e0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8107c0a0>] ?
process_timeout+0x0/0x10
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa0319415>] ?
svc_recv+0x5a5/0x850 [sunrpc]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8105e7f0>] ?
default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa03fcb45>] ? nfsd+0xa5/0x160
[nfsd]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffffa03fcaa0>] ? nfsd+0x0/0x160
[nfsd]
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81090726>] ?
kthread+0x96/0xa0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8100c14a>] ?
child_rip+0xa/0x20
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff81090690>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
Mar 16 07:01:21 *****store01 kernel: [<ffffffff8100c140>] ?
child_rip+0x0/0x20



xfs_info:
# xfs_info /data
meta-data=/dev/sdb1              isize=256    agcount=99, agsize=268435200
blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=26367491584, imaxpct=1
         =                       sunit=256    swidth=9216 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0
log      =internal               bsize=4096   blocks=521728, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=8 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0




cat /etc/centos-release:
CentOS release 6.2 (Final)



uname -a:
Linux *****store01 2.6.32-220.4.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 14 04:00:16 GMT
2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux



lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev 13)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express
Root Port 1 (rev 13)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express
Root Port 3 (rev 13)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root
Port 4 (rev 13)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root
Port 5 (rev 13)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root
Port 6 (rev 13)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express
Root Port 7 (rev 13)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express
Root Port 9 (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management
Registers (rev 13)
00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad
Registers (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS
Registers (rev 13)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 2 port SATA
Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
03:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E
PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+
Network Connection (rev 01)
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+
Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+
Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+
Network Connection (rev 01)
06:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108
[Liberator] (rev 05)
08:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW WPCM450
(rev 0a)



/etc/sysctl.conf changes:
net.core.rmem_max = 16777216
net.core.wmem_max = 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 2621440 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 2621440 16777216
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 250000
net.ipv4.route.flush = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 50



Has anyone else seem similar issues?  I can provide additional details
about the server/configuration if anybody needs anything else.  The issue
only seems to occur under high write load as we've restored some of these
backups and didn't seem to have an issue reading the data.

Thanks all,
-Aaron



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