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

                                            @delaf and others, you can download and install and update from link which should work fine.

                                            After the system is running for some time, user can # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak and then # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak to see if there are any unreferenced objects floating in memory.

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