On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 07:57:24AM +0000, Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:38:35PM +0000, Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote:
>>> I am using htop, which is very recommended:
>>> # vcontext --migrate --xid 1 -- htop
>>> but with vserver on kernels starting from 3.x it lost
>>> the most important part: it does not show I/O values :-(
>> So to clarify, running something like
>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null &
>> shows up in 'htop' with high I/O values but doesn't
>> show any I/O in 'chcontext --xid 1 -- htop'?
> Hi Herbert!
> No, the process run in a guest does not show its I/O in htop
> runing on the host.
That is expected, as guest processes do by default,
not show up on the host at all.
> If I run htop in any of guests, it works ok. But I do not get
> aggregate values across all server, which is essential do
> diagnose the potential problems.
You modified /proc/vmstat according to point 2.6
in the FAQ?
>> If so, please run both htop invocations with
>> strace -fF on an unloaded host (minimal processes
>> and no guest running) and upload the dumps somewhere
>> where I can reach them.
>> If not, please clarify what issue you are observing
>> and provide some examples to test with.
> Should I run for example one guest instance and send you
> strace output over?
If the process is identifyable in the strace, then
this information might be helpful.
In any case, please provide a test case/setup to
recreate the issue.
Thanks in advance,
Herbert
> Thanks,
> Serge
Received on Wed Nov 20 14:32:12 2013