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Regression #13316

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``vmstat -m`` value for ``temp`` is accounted for incorrectly, resulting in underflows

Added by Marcos M over 1 year ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Operating System
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
23.01
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.7.0
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

It works on 22.01, running it on 22.05 produces the following output:

/usr/local/sbin/kmemusage.sh: arithmetic expression: variable conversion error: "DATA + TEXT" 


Files

vmstat_m_temp.txt (38.4 KB) vmstat_m_temp.txt Jim Pingle, 06/29/2022 08:43 AM
Actions #1

Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

  • Assignee set to Jim Pingle
  • Target version set to 2.7.0
  • Plus Target Version set to 22.11

There is a line in vmstat -m for temp that is throwing off the output, it's gigantic

         temp 18446744073709543701 18014398509480065K       - 20798147  16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16384,32768,65536

Changing the DATA line in kmemusage.sh to this seems to make it work but I'm not sure if it's the best fix.

DATA=`/usr/bin/vmstat -m  | grep -v ' temp ' | /usr/bin/sed -Ee '1s/.*/0/;s/.* ([0-9]+)K.*/\1+/;$s/$/1024*p/' | /usr/bin/dc`

Actions #2

Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

Just after a reboot the value is sane and the script works, so there is something else going on there.

I'd say the script is fine but whatever is causing the high value of temp in vmstat -m is the problem.

Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

  • File vmstat_m_temp.txt vmstat_m_temp.txt added
  • Subject changed from ``kmemusage.sh`` fails to run to ``vmstat -m`` value for ``temp`` underflows when reduced below zero
  • Assignee deleted (Jim Pingle)

Looks like the value of that entry is unsigned and trying to go negative, which results in an underflow (hits 0 then goes very high). It took about an hour and a half to happen on a running system here. See the attached output which is a loop where it checks the value and sleeps for 30s between checks.

#!/bin/sh

while true; do
  date >> /root/tmp/tempout.txt
  uptime >> /root/tmp/tempout.txt
  vmstat -m | egrep 'nvlist|temp' >> /root/tmp/tempout.txt
  echo "---" >> /root/tmp/tempout.txt
  sleep 30
done

Happens on both CE and Plus so it's not due to plus-specific changes.

Actions #4

Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

  • Subject changed from ``vmstat -m`` value for ``temp`` underflows when reduced below zero to ``vmstat -m`` value for ``temp`` is accounted for incorrectly, resulting in underflows
  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • Assignee set to Mateusz Guzik
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Looks like this happens as the value for nvlist increases. Apparently already fixed in FreeBSD: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit?id=a37e0e6de6527a7eaddea8e28f5e4b3427fba1a4

Running a kernel with that commit applied the values are holding steady and not constantly changing as they are on an unpatched kernel. I'm still monitoring it, but it looks good with the patch so far.

Mateusz pushed that patch to devel-12 and plus-devel-12.

Actions #5

Updated by Christopher Cope over 1 year ago

Working as expected on

22.11-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Wed Oct 05 06:04:21 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT

Actions #6

Updated by Christopher Cope over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
Actions #7

Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

  • Plus Target Version changed from 22.11 to 23.01
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