[erlang-bugs] Errors when using file:sendfile/2

[Ali Sabil]

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lukas Larsson <lukas@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This specific issue was fixed in R15B01. So if you are experiencing any
> other issues it is might be something different.
>
> What OS are you running? And do you have any code which consistently
> reproduces the issue?
>
The node was running on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64, the problem
occurred when the node was under high io load. Unfortunately I don't
have any simple test case, as this occurred 2 months ago on some
production servers, but I will try to reproduce it and send you a test
suite.

Thanks,
Ali


> Lukas
>
>
> On 04/09/12 10:28, Ali Sabil wrote:
>>
>> Any news on this? I have experienced problems with sendfile in R15B1,
>> where all IO on the node got blocked.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ali
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lukas Larsson <lukas@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Thanks for reporting this. The bug does, as Tuncer said, not appear if
>>> you
>>> run with async-threads. I've identified the issue and I'm working on a
>>> solution. While waiting for the fix I recommend all to use async-threads
>>> in
>>> a VM running sendfile as it is less prone to race-conditions and should
>>> be
>>> faster.
>>>
>>> Lukas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29/12/11 17:26, Magnus Klaar wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I'm encountered the following errors while testing a module using
>>> file:sendfile/2. It appears to be quite rare. 17 errors were logged for
>>> 11000 requests sent to the server. This is using "Erlang R15B (erts-5.9)
>>> [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]"
>>> running on "Linux $(hostname) 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Aug 27 16:21:11
>>> UTC
>>> 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux".
>>>
>>> =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Dec-2011::16:55:15 ===
>>> driver_select(0x000000000000032a, 107, ERL_DRV_READ ERL_DRV_USE, 1) by
>>> tcp_inet driver #Port<0.4906> failed: fd=107 (re)selected before
>>> stop_select
>>> was called for driver efile
>>>
>>>
>>> =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Dec-2011::16:55:20 ===
>>> driver_select(0x0000000000000069, 106, ERL_DRV_READ ERL_DRV_USE, 1) by
>>> tcp_inet driver #Port<0.5225> failed: fd=106 (re)selected before
>>> stop_select
>>> was called for driver efile
>>>
>>>
>>> The code is not merged into the main project yet and test is rather
>>> ad-hoc,
>>> I'm defaulting to not providing it unless you specifically ask for it.
>>> Let
>>> me know if you need and I'll write a summary for downloading and running
>>> it
>>> if the error messages are not informative enough.
>>>
>>> MVH Magnus
>>>
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