Re: [Vserver] LOCKS constantly decreasing

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Thu 16 Nov 2006 - 18:32:18 GMT
Message-ID: <20061116183218.GC25583@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 01:07:09PM +0100, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
> Stefan Konrad Riedel wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >
> >I'm using 2.6.17-11.33vs2.0.2.1 from
> >dists/dapper/uniklu-vserver/binary-i386/linux-image-2.6.17-11-server_
> >2.6.17-11.33vs2.0.2.1_i386.deb
> >
> >and in one of the 2 vservers I see the value locks decreasing constantly
> >(about 1 per second in steps of 4-6 every 5 seconds):
> >
> >
> >Every 2,0s: cat /proc/virtual/49153/limit
> > ...
> >LOCKS: -103993 -1 -1 0
> >
> >The other vserver has LOCKS: -126, but has some fewer packages.
> >
> >So I like to know if this leads to problems in stability?
> >
> >Is there a way to tell which process is eating all this locks?
> >
> >Thanks for an answer.
> >
> >Konrad
>
> Looks like whoever rebased the patch on that kernel didn't get the lock
> accounting quite right. This in and of itself shouldn't lead to
> stability problems, it's just an accounting bug (and thus you wouldn't
> be able to limit it), but there could be more problems with the rebase
> (downside of not using vanilla ;-)).

please inform the maintainers so they can fix that
(and/or file a bug report)

TIA,
Herbert

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