[Gluster-devel] [Gluster-users] Memory leak in GlusterFS FUSE client

Oleksandr Natalenko oleksandr at natalenko.name
Tue Jan 5 22:23:01 UTC 2016


OK, I've repeated the same traversing test with patched GlusterFS API, and 
here is new Valgrind log:

https://gist.github.com/17ecb16a11c9aed957f5

Still leaks.

On вівторок, 5 січня 2016 р. 22:52:25 EET Soumya Koduri wrote:
> On 01/05/2016 05:56 PM, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> > Unfortunately, both patches didn't make any difference for me.
> > 
> > I've patched 3.7.6 with both patches, recompiled and installed patched
> > GlusterFS package on client side and mounted volume with ~2M of files.
> > The I performed usual tree traverse with simple "find".
> > 
> > Memory RES value went from ~130M at the moment of mounting to ~1.5G
> > after traversing the volume for ~40 mins. Valgrind log still shows lots
> > of leaks. Here it is:
> > 
> > https://gist.github.com/56906ca6e657c4ffa4a1
> 
> Looks like you had done fuse mount. The patches which I have pasted
> below apply to gfapi/nfs-ganesha applications.
> 
> Also, to resolve the nfs-ganesha issue which I had mentioned below  (in
> case if Entries_HWMARK option gets changed), I have posted below fix -
> 	https://review.gerrithub.io/#/c/258687
> 
> Thanks,
> Soumya
> 
> > Ideas?
> > 
> > 05.01.2016 12:31, Soumya Koduri написав:
> >> I tried to debug the inode* related leaks and seen some improvements
> >> after applying the below patches when ran the same test (but will
> >> smaller load). Could you please apply those patches & confirm the
> >> same?
> >> 
> >> a) http://review.gluster.org/13125
> >> 
> >> This will fix the inodes & their ctx related leaks during unexport and
> >> the program exit. Please check the valgrind output after applying the
> >> patch. It should not list any inodes related memory as lost.
> >> 
> >> b) http://review.gluster.org/13096
> >> 
> >> The reason the change in Entries_HWMARK (in your earlier mail) dint
> >> have much effect is that the inode_nlookup count doesn't become zero
> >> for those handles/inodes being closed by ganesha. Hence those inodes
> >> shall get added to inode lru list instead of purge list which shall
> >> get forcefully purged only when the number of gfapi inode table
> >> entries reaches its limit (which is 137012).
> >> 
> >> This patch fixes those 'nlookup' counts. Please apply this patch and
> >> reduce 'Entries_HWMARK' to much lower value and check if it decreases
> >> the in-memory being consumed by ganesha process while being active.
> >> 
> >> CACHEINODE {
> >> 
> >>         Entries_HWMark = 500;
> >> 
> >> }
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Note: I see an issue with nfs-ganesha during exit when the option
> >> 'Entries_HWMARK' gets changed. This is not related to any of the above
> >> patches (or rather Gluster) and I am currently debugging it.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Soumya
> >> 
> >> On 12/25/2015 11:34 PM, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> >>> 1. test with Cache_Size = 256 and Entries_HWMark = 4096
> >>> 
> >>> Before find . -type f:
> >>> 
> >>> root      3120  0.6 11.0 879120 208408 ?       Ssl  17:39   0:00
> >>> /usr/bin/
> >>> ganesha.nfsd -L /var/log/ganesha.log -f /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf -N
> >>> NIV_EVENT
> >>> 
> >>> After:
> >>> 
> >>> root      3120 11.4 24.3 1170076 458168 ?      Ssl  17:39  13:39
> >>> /usr/bin/
> >>> ganesha.nfsd -L /var/log/ganesha.log -f /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf -N
> >>> NIV_EVENT
> >>> 
> >>> ~250M leak.
> >>> 
> >>> 2. test with default values (after ganesha restart)
> >>> 
> >>> Before:
> >>> 
> >>> root     24937  1.3 10.4 875016 197808 ?       Ssl  19:39   0:00
> >>> /usr/bin/
> >>> ganesha.nfsd -L /var/log/ganesha.log -f /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf -N
> >>> NIV_EVENT
> >>> 
> >>> After:
> >>> 
> >>> root     24937  3.5 18.9 1022544 356340 ?      Ssl  19:39   0:40
> >>> /usr/bin/
> >>> ganesha.nfsd -L /var/log/ganesha.log -f /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf -N
> >>> NIV_EVENT
> >>> 
> >>> ~159M leak.
> >>> 
> >>> No reasonable correlation detected. Second test was finished much
> >>> faster than
> >>> first (I guess, server-side GlusterFS cache or server kernel page
> >>> cache is the
> >>> cause).
> >>> 
> >>> There are ~1.8M files on this test volume.
> >>> 
> >>> On пʼятниця, 25 грудня 2015 р. 20:28:13 EET Soumya Koduri wrote:
> >>>> On 12/24/2015 09:17 PM, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> >>>>> Another addition: it seems to be GlusterFS API library memory leak
> >>>>> because NFS-Ganesha also consumes huge amount of memory while doing
> >>>>> ordinary "find . -type f" via NFSv4.2 on remote client. Here is memory
> >>>>> usage:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> ===
> >>>>> root      5416 34.2 78.5 2047176 1480552 ?     Ssl  12:02 117:54
> >>>>> /usr/bin/ganesha.nfsd -L /var/log/ganesha.log -f
> >>>>> /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf -N NIV_EVENT
> >>>>> ===
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 1.4G is too much for simple stat() :(.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Ideas?
> >>>> 
> >>>> nfs-ganesha also has cache layer which can scale to millions of entries
> >>>> depending on the number of files/directories being looked upon. However
> >>>> there are parameters to tune it. So either try stat with few entries or
> >>>> add below block in nfs-ganesha.conf file, set low limits and check the
> >>>> difference. That may help us narrow down how much memory actually
> >>>> consumed by core nfs-ganesha and gfAPI.
> >>>> 
> >>>> CACHEINODE {
> >>>> 
> >>>>     Cache_Size(uint32, range 1 to UINT32_MAX, default 32633); #
> >>>> 
> >>>> cache size
> >>>> 
> >>>>     Entries_HWMark(uint32, range 1 to UINT32_MAX, default 100000);
> >>>> 
> >>>> #Max no.
> >>>> of entries in the cache.
> >>>> }
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Soumya
> >>>> 
> >>>>> 24.12.2015 16:32, Oleksandr Natalenko написав:
> >>>>>> Still actual issue for 3.7.6. Any suggestions?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 24.09.2015 10:14, Oleksandr Natalenko написав:
> >>>>>>> In our GlusterFS deployment we've encountered something like memory
> >>>>>>> leak in GlusterFS FUSE client.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> We use replicated (×2) GlusterFS volume to store mail (exim+dovecot,
> >>>>>>> maildir format). Here is inode stats for both bricks and mountpoint:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> Brick 1 (Server 1):
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Filesystem                                             Inodes IUsed
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>       IFree IUse% Mounted on
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/vg_vd1_misc-lv08_mail                   578768144
> >>>>>>> 10954918
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>   567813226    2% /bricks/r6sdLV08_vd1_mail
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Brick 2 (Server 2):
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Filesystem                                             Inodes IUsed
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>       IFree IUse% Mounted on
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/vg_vd0_misc-lv07_mail                   578767984
> >>>>>>> 10954913
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>   567813071    2% /bricks/r6sdLV07_vd0_mail
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Mountpoint (Server 3):
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Filesystem                              Inodes    IUsed      IFree
> >>>>>>> IUse% Mounted on
> >>>>>>> glusterfs.xxx:mail                   578767760 10954915  567812845
> >>>>>>> 2% /var/spool/mail/virtual
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs.xxx domain has two A records for both Server 1 and
> >>>>>>> Server 2.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Here is volume info:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> Volume Name: mail
> >>>>>>> Type: Replicate
> >>>>>>> Volume ID: f564e85c-7aa6-4170-9417-1f501aa98cd2
> >>>>>>> Status: Started
> >>>>>>> Number of Bricks: 1 x 2 = 2
> >>>>>>> Transport-type: tcp
> >>>>>>> Bricks:
> >>>>>>> Brick1: server1.xxx:/bricks/r6sdLV08_vd1_mail/mail
> >>>>>>> Brick2: server2.xxx:/bricks/r6sdLV07_vd0_mail/mail
> >>>>>>> Options Reconfigured:
> >>>>>>> nfs.rpc-auth-allow: 1.2.4.0/24,4.5.6.0/24
> >>>>>>> features.cache-invalidation-timeout: 10
> >>>>>>> performance.stat-prefetch: off
> >>>>>>> performance.quick-read: on
> >>>>>>> performance.read-ahead: off
> >>>>>>> performance.flush-behind: on
> >>>>>>> performance.write-behind: on
> >>>>>>> performance.io-thread-count: 4
> >>>>>>> performance.cache-max-file-size: 1048576
> >>>>>>> performance.cache-size: 67108864
> >>>>>>> performance.readdir-ahead: off
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Soon enough after mounting and exim/dovecot start, glusterfs client
> >>>>>>> process begins to consume huge amount of RAM:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> user at server3 ~$ ps aux | grep glusterfs | grep mail
> >>>>>>> root     28895 14.4 15.0 15510324 14908868 ?   Ssl  Sep03 4310:05
> >>>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs --fopen-keep-cache --direct-io-mode=disable
> >>>>>>> --volfile-server=glusterfs.xxx --volfile-id=mail
> >>>>>>> /var/spool/mail/virtual
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> That is, ~15 GiB of RAM.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Also we've tried to use mountpoint withing separate KVM VM with 2
> >>>>>>> or 3
> >>>>>>> GiB of RAM, and soon after starting mail daemons got OOM killer for
> >>>>>>> glusterfs client process.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Mounting same share via NFS works just fine. Also, we have much less
> >>>>>>> iowait and loadavg on client side with NFS.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Also, we've tried to change IO threads count and cache size in order
> >>>>>>> to limit memory usage with no luck. As you can see, total cache size
> >>>>>>> is 4×64==256 MiB (compare to 15 GiB).
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Enabling-disabling stat-prefetch, read-ahead and readdir-ahead
> >>>>>>> didn't
> >>>>>>> help as well.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Here are volume memory stats:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> Memory status for volume : mail
> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> Brick : server1.xxx:/bricks/r6sdLV08_vd1_mail/mail
> >>>>>>> Mallinfo
> >>>>>>> --------
> >>>>>>> Arena    : 36859904
> >>>>>>> Ordblks  : 10357
> >>>>>>> Smblks   : 519
> >>>>>>> Hblks    : 21
> >>>>>>> Hblkhd   : 30515200
> >>>>>>> Usmblks  : 0
> >>>>>>> Fsmblks  : 53440
> >>>>>>> Uordblks : 18604144
> >>>>>>> Fordblks : 18255760
> >>>>>>> Keepcost : 114112
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Mempool Stats
> >>>>>>> -------------
> >>>>>>> Name                            HotCount ColdCount PaddedSizeof
> >>>>>>> AllocCount MaxAlloc   Misses Max-StdAlloc
> >>>>>>> ----                            -------- --------- ------------
> >>>>>>> ---------- -------- -------- ------------
> >>>>>>> mail-server:fd_t                       0      1024          108
> >>>>>>> 30773120      137        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-server:dentry_t               16110       274           84
> >>>>>>> 235676148    16384  1106499         1152
> >>>>>>> mail-server:inode_t                16363        21          156
> >>>>>>> 237216876    16384  1876651         1169
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:fd_t                        0      1024          108
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:dentry_t                    0     32768           84
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:inode_t                     4     32764          156
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    4        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:trash_local_t               0        64         8628
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-changetimerecorder:gf_ctr_local_t         0        64
> >>>>>>> 16540          0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-changelog:rpcsvc_request_t         0         8         2828
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>     0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-changelog:changelog_local_t         0        64          116
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>      0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-bitrot-stub:br_stub_local_t         0       512           84
> >>>>>>> 79204        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-locks:pl_local_t                  0        32          148
> >>>>>>> 6812757        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-upcall:upcall_local_t             0       512          108
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-marker:marker_local_t             0       128          332
> >>>>>>> 64980        3        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-quota:quota_local_t               0        64          476
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-server:rpcsvc_request_t           0       512         2828
> >>>>>>> 45462533       34        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:struct saved_frame           0         8          124
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        2        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:struct rpc_req               0         8          588
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        2        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:rpcsvc_request_t             1         7         2828
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        1        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:log_buf_t                    5       251          140
> >>>>>>> 3452        6        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:data_t                     242     16141           52
> >>>>>>> 480115498      664        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:data_pair_t                230     16153           68
> >>>>>>> 179483528      275        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:dict_t                      23      4073          140
> >>>>>>> 303751675      627        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_stub_t                  0      1024         3764
> >>>>>>> 45290655       34        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_stack_t                 1      1023         1708
> >>>>>>> 43598469       34        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_frame_t                 1      4095          172
> >>>>>>> 336219655      184        0            0
> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> Brick : server2.xxx:/bricks/r6sdLV07_vd0_mail/mail
> >>>>>>> Mallinfo
> >>>>>>> --------
> >>>>>>> Arena    : 38174720
> >>>>>>> Ordblks  : 9041
> >>>>>>> Smblks   : 507
> >>>>>>> Hblks    : 21
> >>>>>>> Hblkhd   : 30515200
> >>>>>>> Usmblks  : 0
> >>>>>>> Fsmblks  : 51712
> >>>>>>> Uordblks : 19415008
> >>>>>>> Fordblks : 18759712
> >>>>>>> Keepcost : 114848
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Mempool Stats
> >>>>>>> -------------
> >>>>>>> Name                            HotCount ColdCount PaddedSizeof
> >>>>>>> AllocCount MaxAlloc   Misses Max-StdAlloc
> >>>>>>> ----                            -------- --------- ------------
> >>>>>>> ---------- -------- -------- ------------
> >>>>>>> mail-server:fd_t                       0      1024          108
> >>>>>>> 2373075      133        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-server:dentry_t               14114      2270           84
> >>>>>>> 3513654    16384     2300          267
> >>>>>>> mail-server:inode_t                16374        10          156
> >>>>>>> 6766642    16384   194635         1279
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:fd_t                        0      1024          108
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:dentry_t                    0     32768           84
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:inode_t                     4     32764          156
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    4        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-trash:trash_local_t               0        64         8628
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-changetimerecorder:gf_ctr_local_t         0        64
> >>>>>>> 16540          0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-changelog:rpcsvc_request_t         0         8         2828
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>     0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-changelog:changelog_local_t         0        64          116
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>      0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-bitrot-stub:br_stub_local_t         0       512           84
> >>>>>>> 71354        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-locks:pl_local_t                  0        32          148
> >>>>>>> 8135032        4        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-upcall:upcall_local_t             0       512          108
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-marker:marker_local_t             0       128          332
> >>>>>>> 65005        3        0            0
> >>>>>>> mail-quota:quota_local_t               0        64          476
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    0        0        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> mail-server:rpcsvc_request_t           0       512         2828
> >>>>>>> 12882393       30        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:struct saved_frame           0         8          124
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        2        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:struct rpc_req               0         8          588
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        2        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:rpcsvc_request_t             1         7         2828
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>    2        1        0            0
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:log_buf_t                    5       251          140
> >>>>>>> 3443        6        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:data_t                     242     16141           52
> >>>>>>> 138743429      290        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:data_pair_t                230     16153           68
> >>>>>>> 126649864      270        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:dict_t                      23      4073          140
> >>>>>>> 20356289       63        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_stub_t                  0      1024         3764
> >>>>>>> 13678560       31        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_stack_t                 1      1023         1708
> >>>>>>> 11011561       30        0            0
> >>>>>>> glusterfs:call_frame_t                 1      4095          172
> >>>>>>> 125764190      193        0            0
> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> ===
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> So, my questions are:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> 1) what one should do to limit GlusterFS FUSE client memory usage?
> >>>>>>> 2) what one should do to prevent client high loadavg because of high
> >>>>>>> iowait because of multiple concurrent volume users?
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Server/client OS is CentOS 7.1, GlusterFS server version is 3.7.3,
> >>>>>>> GlusterFS client version is 3.7.4.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Any additional info needed?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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