Hi Wilko, On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:22:00PM -0800, Wilko Kroeger wrote: > Ok, thanks. I will try out the head. > If possible we should also fix the problem that the kXR_force > is used. It seems to me quite dangerous that two clients > can write to the same file or one could over write piece > of an existing file. I agree completely. I am hoping Fabrizio will address this problem as soon as possible, but am actually surprised that the server allows this... Pete > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Peter Elmer wrote: > > > Hi Wilko, > > > > Just for the record, Fabrizio just wrote (as part of a CVS commit): > > > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 07:33:42PM +0000, Fabrizio Furano wrote: > > > Hi again, > > <...> > > > With this one I am no longer able to make xrdcp crash under heavy load > > > in the client/server machine. I am still investigating on the occasional > > > cpu eating, but it seems that that's more difficult, since in my tests, > > > the problem disappears when enabling the client side log, and for some > > > strange reason I am not able to spot it by attaching gdb to the process. > > > > > > Fabrizio > > > > Pete > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 12:26:48AM -0800, Wilko Kroeger wrote: > > > Hello Fabrizio > > > > > > I run the xrdcp test again and I can reproduce crashes in xrdcp > > > (some times it take 30-60 mins). > > > I used the xrootd version 20050226-0825 and xrdcp is running on a RHEL3 > > > machine. I read the same file over and over: > > > xrdcp -DIDebugLevel 2 root://${xrdhost}:2094///prod/test/small.test - > /dev/null > > > > > > The size of the small.test file is: > > > > ls -l small.test > > > rw-r--r-- 1 wilko ec 31457280 Feb 27 18:09 /u1/wilko/kanga/prod/test/small.test > > > which is 30 MB (30*1024*1024) > > > > > > I used debugLevel 1 and 2. > > > > > > You can find the core file and the debug output files in: > > > ~wilko/bbdev/work/xrootd/core/20050227_2233_d1/ > > > ~wilko/bbdev/work/xrootd/core/20050227_2302_d1/ > > > ~wilko/bbdev/work/xrootd/core/20050227_2314_d2/ > > > ~wilko/bbdev/work/xrootd/core/20050227_2350_d2/ > > > > > > each directory contains a core file and the debug output file > > > (wk_log...). The ending d1 or d2 means debuglevel 1 or 2. > > > > > > With debug option = 1, gdb shows: > > > #0 0x0018b17c in memcpy () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 > > > #1 0x0806edbc in XrdClientReadCacheItem::GetPartialInterval(void const*, > > > long long, long long) (this=0x9f107d0, buffer=0xb5750d08, > > > begin_offs=31457280, end_offs=31714559) at XrdClientReadCache.hh:93 > > > > > > whereas with debugLevel=2, gdb shows: > > > > > > #0 0x00a4e027 in _int_free () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 > > > #1 0x00a4d018 in free () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 > > > #2 0x0806d984 in ~XrdClientReadCacheItem (this=0x96b3db8) at > > > XrdClientReadCache.cc:40 > > > > > > > > > On the xrootd site I see the error: > > > 050227 23:54:39 064 XrdLink: Unable to receive from wilko.30110:17@tori0001; > > > connection reset by peer > > > 050227 23:54:39 064 XrootdXeq: wilko.30110:17@tori0001 disc 1:02:03 (link > > > read error) > > > > > > (the corresponding client crash was around 23:50) > > > > > > > > > Thanks for looking into this, > > > > > > Wilko > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland -------------------------------------------------------------------------