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    • olivierlambertO Offline
      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
      last edited by

      Understood. We'll keep everyone posted here on our investigation.

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      • daveD Offline
        dave
        last edited by

        Today another customer called:

        He had a host (pool master) with 16GB Dom0 mem and uptime of 119 days.

        Currently all my affected Systems were using megaraid_sas and iscsi and 10g intel nics.

        megaraid_sas is found in @MrMike and @inaki-martinez mods too.

        This is the customers lsmod:

        Module                  Size  Used by
        tun                    49152  0
        ebtable_filter         16384  0
        ebtables               36864  1 ebtable_filter
        nls_utf8               16384  0
        cifs                  929792  0
        ccm                    20480  0
        fscache               380928  1 cifs
        iscsi_tcp              20480  16
        libiscsi_tcp           28672  1 iscsi_tcp
        libiscsi               61440  2 libiscsi_tcp,iscsi_tcp
        scsi_transport_iscsi   110592  3 iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
        bonding               176128  0
        bridge                196608  1 bonding
        8021q                  40960  0
        garp                   16384  1 8021q
        mrp                    20480  1 8021q
        stp                    16384  2 bridge,garp
        llc                    16384  3 bridge,stp,garp
        ipt_REJECT             16384  3
        nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 ipt_REJECT
        xt_tcpudp              16384  8
        xt_multiport           16384  1
        xt_conntrack           16384  5
        nf_conntrack          163840  1 xt_conntrack
        nf_defrag_ipv6         20480  1 nf_conntrack
        nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
        libcrc32c              16384  1 nf_conntrack
        iptable_filter         16384  1
        dm_multipath           32768  0
        sunrpc                413696  1
        sb_edac                24576  0
        intel_powerclamp       16384  0
        crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
        crc32_pclmul           16384  0
        ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
        pcbc                   16384  0
        aesni_intel           200704  0
        aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
        crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
        cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
        glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
        dm_mod                151552  285 dm_multipath
        ipmi_si                65536  0
        ipmi_devintf           20480  0
        intel_rapl_perf        16384  0
        ipmi_msghandler        61440  2 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si
        i2c_i801               28672  0
        sg                     40960  0
        lpc_ich                28672  0
        acpi_power_meter       20480  0
        ip_tables              28672  2 iptable_filter
        x_tables               45056  7 ebtables,xt_conntrack,iptable_filter,xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
        hid_generic            16384  0
        usbhid                 57344  0
        hid                   122880  2 usbhid,hid_generic
        sd_mod                 53248  9
        isci                  163840  0
        ahci                   40960  0
        libsas                 86016  1 isci
        libahci                40960  1 ahci
        scsi_transport_sas     45056  2 isci,libsas
        xhci_pci               16384  0
        ehci_pci               16384  0
        igb                   233472  0
        libata                274432  3 libahci,ahci,libsas
        ehci_hcd               90112  1 ehci_pci
        xhci_hcd              258048  1 xhci_pci
        e1000e                286720  0
        megaraid_sas          167936  12
        scsi_dh_rdac           16384  0
        scsi_dh_hp_sw          16384  0
        scsi_dh_emc            16384  0
        scsi_dh_alua           20480  1
        scsi_mod              253952  15 isci,scsi_dh_emc,scsi_transport_sas,sd_mod,dm_multipath,scsi_transport_iscsi,scsi_dh_alua,iscsi_tcp,libsas,libiscsi,megaraid_sas,libat                                                                                                    a,sg,scsi_dh_rdac,scsi_dh_hp_sw
        ipv6                  548864  545 bridge
        crc_ccitt              16384  1 ipv6
        
        
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        • olivierlambertO Offline
          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
          last edited by

          @dave can you open a ticket please? So we can also take a look remotely via a support tunnel.

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          • M Offline
            MrMike
            last edited by

            We also have 10GbE Intel interfaces on the affected servers, not using iscsi yet on these servers.

            So I think the comon factors right now would be the sas megaraid and 10GbE Intel nics?

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            • D Offline
              daKju
              last edited by

              We also have the same setup, running on affected hosts with iSCSI pool devices connected

              Module                  Size  Used by
              tun                    49152  0
              iscsi_tcp              20480  5
              libiscsi_tcp           28672  1 iscsi_tcp
              libiscsi               61440  2 libiscsi_tcp,iscsi_tcp
              scsi_transport_iscsi   110592  3 iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
              dm_service_time        16384  4
              arc4                   16384  0
              md4                    16384  0
              nls_utf8               16384  1
              cifs                  929792  2
              ccm                    20480  0
              fscache               380928  1 cifs
              bnx2fc                159744  0
              cnic                   81920  1 bnx2fc
              uio                    20480  1 cnic
              fcoe                   32768  0
              libfcoe                77824  2 fcoe,bnx2fc
              libfc                 147456  3 fcoe,bnx2fc,libfcoe
              openvswitch           147456  12
              nsh                    16384  1 openvswitch
              nf_nat_ipv6            16384  1 openvswitch
              nf_nat_ipv4            16384  1 openvswitch
              nf_conncount           16384  1 openvswitch
              nf_nat                 36864  3 nf_nat_ipv6,nf_nat_ipv4,openvswitch
              8021q                  40960  0
              garp                   16384  1 8021q
              mrp                    20480  1 8021q
              stp                    16384  1 garp
              llc                    16384  2 stp,garp
              ipt_REJECT             16384  3
              nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 ipt_REJECT
              xt_tcpudp              16384  9
              xt_multiport           16384  1
              xt_conntrack           16384  5
              nf_conntrack          163840  6 xt_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_nat_ipv6,nf_nat_ipv4,openvswitch,nf_conncount
              nf_defrag_ipv6         20480  2 nf_conntrack,openvswitch
              nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
              libcrc32c              16384  3 nf_conntrack,nf_nat,openvswitch
              iptable_filter         16384  1
              dm_multipath           32768  5 dm_service_time
              intel_powerclamp       16384  0
              crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
              crc32_pclmul           16384  0
              ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
              pcbc                   16384  0
              aesni_intel           200704  0
              aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
              crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
              cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
              glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
              dm_mod                151552  22 dm_multipath
              ipmi_si                65536  0
              i2c_i801               28672  0
              sg                     40960  0
              ipmi_devintf           20480  0
              i7core_edac            28672  0
              lpc_ich                28672  0
              ipmi_msghandler        61440  2 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si
              i5500_temp             16384  0
              acpi_power_meter       20480  0
              sunrpc                413696  1
              ip_tables              28672  2 iptable_filter
              x_tables               45056  6 xt_conntrack,iptable_filter,xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
              sr_mod                 28672  0
              cdrom                  69632  1 sr_mod
              sd_mod                 53248  7
              ata_generic            16384  0
              pata_acpi              16384  0
              uhci_hcd               49152  0
              lpfc                  958464  4
              ata_piix               36864  0
              nvmet_fc               32768  1 lpfc
              nvmet                  69632  1 nvmet_fc
              libata                274432  3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
              nvme_fc                45056  1 lpfc
              nvme_fabrics           24576  1 nvme_fc
              ehci_pci               16384  0
              igb                   233472  0
              ehci_hcd               90112  1 ehci_pci
              nvme_core              81920  2 nvme_fc,nvme_fabrics
              ixgbe                 380928  0
              megaraid_sas          167936  2
              scsi_transport_fc      69632  4 fcoe,lpfc,libfc,bnx2fc
              scsi_dh_rdac           16384  0
              scsi_dh_hp_sw          16384  0
              scsi_dh_emc            16384  0
              scsi_dh_alua           20480  5
              scsi_mod              253952  19 fcoe,lpfc,scsi_dh_emc,sd_mod,dm_multipath,scsi_transport_iscsi,scsi_dh_alua,scsi_transport_fc,libfc,iscsi_tcp,bnx2fc,libiscsi,megaraid_sas,libata,sg,scsi_dh_rdac,scsi_dh_hp_sw,sr_mod
              ipv6                  548864  173 nf_nat_ipv6
              crc_ccitt              16384  1 ipv6
              
              
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              • stormiS Offline
                stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                last edited by

                We have a pro-support user who also is affected. ixgbe is present but no megaraid_sas.

                If (and only if) the leak cause is common to everyone, then ixgbe would then be the main suspect.

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                • olivierlambertO Offline
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                  last edited by

                  @stormi we are using ixgbe in our lab with a huge uptime without having any leak.

                  We don't use iSCSI like @MrMike so I don't think it will be easy to track it. At least, it's not obvious.

                  That's why I think having a remote access on the host is essential to move forward 🙂

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                  • M Offline
                    MrMike @olivierlambert
                    last edited by MrMike

                    @olivierlambert The servers (2) I am seeing the memory leaks are used exclusively for network intensive applications. they route and tunnel many (100+) tunnels.

                    Other systems I have with similar host configuration are not seeing any increased domain memory usage.

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                    • M Offline
                      MrMike @MrMike
                      last edited by

                      So, I checked the other hosts in my environment that run the same types of VMs and also have the same version of xcp-ng.

                      Hosts that are not seeing this memory leak have BCM5720 1GbE interfaces. They are not as heavily used so I'm not sure if the leak only occurs if usage is very high or using a specific feature/ function in that driver.

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                      • stormiS Offline
                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                        last edited by stormi

                        So, @r1 has prepared a kernel RPM for XCP-ng 8.1 that enables kmemleak. If anyone wants to give it a try (on XCP-ng 8.1 only), you can install it with:

                        yum install http://koji.xcp-ng.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/7624/17624/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.1.kmemleak.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm
                        reboot
                        

                        You can revert to the main kernel with:

                        # yum downgrade won't work for the kernel because it's a protected package, so let's use rpm
                        yumdownloader
                        rpm -Uv --oldpackage name-of-file.rpm
                        reboot
                        

                        There will be some performance impact that I'm not able to quantify and I'm not yet able to tell you how to use it to debug memory leaks, but there's plenty of documentation on the internet about kmemleak.

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                        • delafD Offline
                          delaf @stormi
                          last edited by

                          Hello,

                          We have the same problem here on multiple servers.

                          We also have 10G interfaces. We use ext local SR.

                          (::bbxl0271) (2 running) [08:43 bbxl0271 ~]# lsmod  | sort -k 2 -n  -r
                          ipv6                  548864  313 nf_nat_ipv6
                          sunrpc                413696  18 lockd,nfsv3,nfs_acl,nfs
                          ixgbe                 380928  0
                          fscache               380928  1 nfs
                          nfs                   307200  2 nfsv3
                          libata                274432  2 libahci,ahci
                          xhci_hcd              258048  1 xhci_pci
                          scsi_mod              253952  15 fcoe,scsi_dh_emc,sd_mod,dm_multipath,scsi_dh_alua,scsi_transport_fc,usb_storage,libfc,bnx2fc,uas,megaraid_sas,libata,sg,scsi_dh_rdac,scsi_dh_hp_sw
                          aesni_intel           200704  0
                          megaraid_sas          167936  4
                          nf_conntrack          163840  6 xt_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_nat_ipv6,nf_nat_ipv4,openvswitch,nf_conncount
                          bnx2fc                159744  0
                          dm_mod                151552  5 dm_multipath
                          openvswitch           147456  12
                          libfc                 147456  3 fcoe,bnx2fc,libfcoe
                          hid                   122880  2 usbhid,hid_generic
                          mei                   114688  1 mei_me
                          lockd                 110592  2 nfsv3,nfs
                          cnic                   81920  1 bnx2fc
                          libfcoe                77824  2 fcoe,bnx2fc
                          usb_storage            73728  1 uas
                          scsi_transport_fc      69632  3 fcoe,libfc,bnx2fc
                          ipmi_si                65536  0
                          ipmi_msghandler        61440  2 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si
                          usbhid                 57344  0
                          sd_mod                 53248  5
                          tun                    49152  0
                          nfsv3                  49152  1
                          x_tables               45056  6 xt_conntrack,iptable_filter,xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
                          mei_me                 45056  0
                          sg                     40960  0
                          libahci                40960  1 ahci
                          ahci                   40960  0
                          8021q                  40960  0
                          nf_nat                 36864  3 nf_nat_ipv6,nf_nat_ipv4,openvswitch
                          fcoe                   32768  0
                          dm_multipath           32768  0
                          uas                    28672  0
                          lpc_ich                28672  0
                          ip_tables              28672  2 iptable_filter
                          i2c_i801               28672  0
                          cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
                          uio                    20480  1 cnic
                          scsi_dh_alua           20480  0
                          nf_defrag_ipv6         20480  2 nf_conntrack,openvswitch
                          mrp                    20480  1 8021q
                          ipmi_devintf           20480  0
                          aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
                          acpi_power_meter       20480  0
                          xt_tcpudp              16384  9
                          xt_multiport           16384  1
                          xt_conntrack           16384  5
                          xhci_pci               16384  0
                          stp                    16384  1 garp
                          skx_edac               16384  0
                          scsi_dh_rdac           16384  0
                          scsi_dh_hp_sw          16384  0
                          scsi_dh_emc            16384  0
                          pcbc                   16384  0
                          nsh                    16384  1 openvswitch
                          nfs_acl                16384  1 nfsv3
                          nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 ipt_REJECT
                          nf_nat_ipv6            16384  1 openvswitch
                          nf_nat_ipv4            16384  1 openvswitch
                          nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
                          nf_conncount           16384  1 openvswitch
                          llc                    16384  2 stp,garp
                          libcrc32c              16384  3 nf_conntrack,nf_nat,openvswitch
                          ipt_REJECT             16384  3
                          iptable_filter         16384  1
                          intel_rapl_perf        16384  0
                          intel_powerclamp       16384  0
                          hid_generic            16384  0
                          grace                  16384  1 lockd
                          glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
                          ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
                          garp                   16384  1 8021q
                          crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
                          crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
                          crc_ccitt              16384  1 ipv6
                          crc32_pclmul           16384  0
                          

                          I'll install the kmemleak kernel on one server today.

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                          • delafD Offline
                            delaf @delaf
                            last edited by

                            @stormi @r1

                            I tried to install the kernel as described, but I got an error :

                            # yum install http://koji.xcp-ng.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/7620/17620/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm
                            Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
                            kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm                                                     |  30 MB  00:00:03
                            Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-Uyd1Lb/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm: kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                            /var/tmp/yum-root-Uyd1Lb/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm: does not update installed package.
                            Error: Nothing to do
                            

                            The host is a 8.1 up to date (latest patchs are installed but I did not reboot yep after).

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                            • delafD Offline
                              delaf @delaf
                              last edited by

                              FYI : On one host that has the problem I only have 1 Debian VM that does only one thing : netdata. It is a netdata that get flows from other netdata and that is polled by a prometheus server (which is on another host).

                              Screen Shot 2020-11-13 at 09.26.10.png

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                              • delafD Offline
                                delaf @delaf
                                last edited by

                                As soon as I stopped the last VM on the host, there is no more memleak.

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                                • delafD Offline
                                  delaf @delaf
                                  last edited by

                                  More informations:

                                  # rpm -ivh http://koji.xcp-ng.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/7620/17620/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm
                                  Retrieving http://koji.xcp-ng.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/7620/17620/kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64.rpm
                                  Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
                                      package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 (which is newer than kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64) is already installed
                                      file /boot/System.map-4.19.0+1 from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                                      file /boot/config-4.19.0+1 from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                                      file /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0+1 from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                                      file /lib/modules/4.19.0+1/kernel/fs/nfs/nfs.ko from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                                      file /lib/modules/4.19.0+1/kernel/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.ko from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
                                      file /lib/modules/4.19.0+1/modules.order from install of kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.kmemleak.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kernel-4.19.19-6.0.12.1.xcpng8.1.x86_64
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                                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                    last edited by stormi

                                    I built a new kernel with memleak, which should install correctly. I've updated my post with the instructions above.

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                                    • delafD Offline
                                      delaf @stormi
                                      last edited by

                                      @stormi Ok thank you. The installation works.

                                      I made another test: use the kernel-alt 4.19.108 on one box. It seems I did not have the issue anymore!

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                                      • delafD Offline
                                        delaf @stormi
                                        last edited by

                                        On server with kmemleak kernel, I get this error:

                                        # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak 
                                        -bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
                                        

                                        Digging a litlle bit, and I found :

                                        # dmesg | grep memleak
                                        [    0.677307] kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector disabled
                                        [    2.701225] kmemleak: Early log buffer exceeded (5128), please increase DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE
                                        

                                        So kmemleak is still disabled as DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE seems to be too small 😞
                                        @stormi Could you rebuild a kernel with an increased DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE?

                                        Thank you!

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                                        • stormiS Offline
                                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                          last edited by

                                          Pinging @r1 about this.

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                                          • R Offline
                                            r1 XCP-ng Team @stormi
                                            last edited by

                                            @stormi @delaf will check this and do required changes.

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