mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: swiotlb buffer is full and OOM observed during stress test on reset_controller

[Yi Zhang]

On 03/09/2017 07:42 PM, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
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> On 3/9/2017 6:20 AM, Yi Zhang wrote:
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>>> I'm using CX5-LX device and have not seen any issues with it.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to retest with kmemleak?
>>>
>> Here is the device I used.
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>> Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3]
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>> The issue always can be reproduced with about 1000 time.
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>> Another thing is I found one strange phenomenon from the log:
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>> before the OOM occurred, most of the log are  about "adding queue", and
>> after the OOM occurred, most of the log are about "nvmet_rdma: freeing
>> queue".
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>> seems the release work: "schedule_work(&queue->release_work);" not
>> executed timely, not sure whether the OOM is caused by this reason.
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>> Here is the log before/after OOM
>> http://pastebin.com/Zb6w4nEv
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> we are loading many jobs to the system_wq at the target side.
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yes, the reset_controller stress test will loading many jobs
> Can you try creating local workqueue (as the rdma host does for 
> example) or using some high priority workqueue ?
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> let me know if you need some patch to do this.
It's better give me some patch or detailed test steps to do that.

Thanks
Yi
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> I'll try to put it on my currently full plate.
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> Max.
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