[Gluster-users] Copy operation freezes. Lots of locks in state BLOCKED (3-node setup with 1 arbiter)

Adrian Gruntkowski adrian.gruntkowski at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 12:25:25 UTC 2015


Hello,

I'm trying to track down a problem with my setup (version 3.7.3 on Debian
stable).

I have a couple of volumes setup in 3-node configuration with 1 brick as an
arbiter for each.

There are 4 volumes set up in cross-over across 3 physical servers, like
this:



             ------------------------------------->[ GigabitEthernet switch
]<--------------------------
             |                                                ^
                           |
             |                                                |
                           |
             V                                                V
                           V
/-------------------------- \                   /--------------------------
\             /-------------------------- \
| web-rep                   |                   | cluster-rep
|             | mail-rep                  |
|                           |                   |
|             |                           |
| vols:                     |                   | vols:
|             | vols:                     |
| system_www1               |                   | system_www1
|             | system_www1(arbiter)      |
| data_www1                 |                   | data_www1
|             | data_www1(arbiter)        |
| system_mail1(arbiter)     |                   | system_mail1
 |             | system_mail1              |
| data_mail1(arbiter)       |                   | data_mail1
 |             | data_mail1                |
\---------------------------/
\---------------------------/             \---------------------------/


Now, after a fresh boot-up, everything seems to be running fine.
Then I start copying big files (KVM disk images) from local disk to gluster
mounts.
In the beginning it seems to be running fine (although iowait seems go so
high that it clogs up io operations
at some moments, but that's an issue for later). After some time the
transfer freezes, then
after some (long) time, it advances in a short burst to freeze again.
Another interesting thing is that
I see constant flow of the network traffic on interfaces dedicated to
gluster, even when there's a "freeze".

I have done "gluster volume statedump" at that time of transfer (file is
copied from local disk on cluster-rep
onto local mount of "system_www1" volume). I've observer a following
section in the dump for cluster-rep node:

[xlator.features.locks.system_www1-locks.inode]
path=/images/101/vm-101-disk-1.qcow2
mandatory=0
inodelk-count=12
lock-dump.domain.domain=system_www1-replicate-0:self-heal
inodelk.inodelk[0](ACTIVE)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid =
18446744073709551610, owner=c811600cd67f0000, client=0x7fbe100df280,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3603-2015/10/21-10:35:54:596929-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
granted at 2015-10-21 11:36:22
lock-dump.domain.domain=system_www1-replicate-0
inodelk.inodelk[0](ACTIVE)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=2195849216,
len=131072, pid = 18446744073709551610, owner=c811600cd67f0000,
client=0x7fbe100df280,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3603-2015/10/21-10:35:54:596929-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
granted at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[1](ACTIVE)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=9223372036854775805,
len=1, pid = 18446744073709551610, owner=c811600cd67f0000,
client=0x7fbe100df280,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3603-2015/10/21-10:35:54:596929-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
granted at 2015-10-21 11:36:22
inodelk.inodelk[2](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=c4fd2d78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[3](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=dc752e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[4](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=34832e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[5](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=d44d2e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[6](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=306f2e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[7](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=8c902e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[8](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=782c2e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[9](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=1c0b2e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45
inodelk.inodelk[10](BLOCKED)=type=WRITE, whence=0, start=0, len=0, pid = 0,
owner=24332e78487f0000, client=0x7fbe100e1380,
connection-id=cluster-vm-3846-2015/10/21-10:36:03:123909-system_www1-client-0-0-0,
blocked at 2015-10-21 11:37:45

There seem to be multiple locks in BLOCKED state - which doesn't look
normal to me. The other 2 nodes have
only 2 ACTIVE locks at the same time.

Below is "gluster volume info" output.

# gluster volume info

Volume Name: data_mail1
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: fc3259a1-ddcf-46e9-ae77-299aaad93b7c
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: cluster-rep:/GFS/data/mail1
Brick2: mail-rep:/GFS/data/mail1
Brick3: web-rep:/GFS/data/mail1
Options Reconfigured:
performance.readdir-ahead: on
cluster.quorum-count: 2
cluster.quorum-type: fixed
cluster.server-quorum-ratio: 51%

Volume Name: data_www1
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: 0c37a337-dbe5-4e75-8010-94e068c02026
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: cluster-rep:/GFS/data/www1
Brick2: web-rep:/GFS/data/www1
Brick3: mail-rep:/GFS/data/www1
Options Reconfigured:
performance.readdir-ahead: on
cluster.quorum-type: fixed
cluster.quorum-count: 2
cluster.server-quorum-ratio: 51%

Volume Name: system_mail1
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: 0568d985-9fa7-40a7-bead-298310622cb5
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: cluster-rep:/GFS/system/mail1
Brick2: mail-rep:/GFS/system/mail1
Brick3: web-rep:/GFS/system/mail1
Options Reconfigured:
performance.readdir-ahead: on
cluster.quorum-type: none
cluster.quorum-count: 2
cluster.server-quorum-ratio: 51%

Volume Name: system_www1
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: 147636a2-5c15-4d9a-93c8-44d51252b124
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: cluster-rep:/GFS/system/www1
Brick2: web-rep:/GFS/system/www1
Brick3: mail-rep:/GFS/system/www1
Options Reconfigured:
performance.readdir-ahead: on
cluster.quorum-type: none
cluster.quorum-count: 2
cluster.server-quorum-ratio: 51%

The issue does not occur when I get rid of 3rd arbiter brick.

If there's any additional information that is missing and I could provide,
please let me know.

Greetings,
Adrian
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