Nginx stops sending file after ~1.5mb ?
Yo'av Moshe
bjesus at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 15:05:28 MSK 2009
Hey, attached is my tcpdump log.
I've never used tcpdump before, so I hope the log is fine.
I used grep to show only the connections from my computer while running
'wget http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/hozer.pdf'.
Hope this will lead us somewhere...
Yo'av.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 09:04:54PM +0200, Yo'av Moshe wrote:
>
> > Sendfile is now off, using select, and still the same...
> > http://pastebin.com/m2c3ea25b
>
> I have no idea, why it may be so.
>
> I see that select() returned event ("out [19]"):
>
> 28215 20:50:18 select(20, [10 19], [19], NULL, {0, 500000} <unfinished ...>
> 28215 20:50:18 <... select resumed> ) = 1 (out [19], left {0, 380000})
>
> However, at some stage select() did not return event, although the event
> is still active ("select(20, [10 19], [19], NULL ..."):
>
> 28215 20:50:18 gettimeofday({1232909418, 293895}, NULL) = 0
> 28215 20:50:18 writev(19,
> [{"\227\1\2\1\3\1\4\1\5\0\373\0\374\1\230\1\231\1\232\1\233\0\375\0\376\1\6\1\7\1\10\0"...,
> 9676}], 1) = 9676
> 28215 20:50:18 pread64(20,
> "\24\7\6#\"\'&\0214\22$63\1\6\25\24\26\27\02632654&#\"\6\3\226\204"...,
> 32768, 1605632) = 32768
> 28215 20:50:18 writev(19,
> [{"\24\7\6#\"\'&\0214\22$63\1\6\25\24\26\27\02632654&#\"\6\3\226\204"...,
> 32768}], 1) = 32768
> 28215 20:50:18 pread64(20, "\0 \0M\0o\0r\0i\0s\0o\0n\0\'\0s\0
> \0d\0i\0r\0e\0c"..., 32768, 1638400) = 32768
> 28215 20:50:18 writev(19, [{"\0 \0M\0o\0r\0i\0s\0o\0n\0\'\0s\0
> \0d\0i\0r\0e\0c"..., 32768}], 1) = 1716
> 28215 20:50:18 select(20, [10 19], [19], NULL, {0, 500000} <unfinished ...>
> 28215 20:50:18 <... select resumed> ) = 0 (Timeout)
>
> Could you run tcpdump of the session ?
>
> > Yo'av
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 06:26:58PM +0200, Yo'av Moshe wrote:
> > >
> > > > Igor, I tried using select instead of poll, but I get the exact same
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > Check my strace:
> > > > http://pastebin.com/m65056ec0
> > > >
> > > > I get the same thing with rtsig too.
> > > >
> > > > Hints?
> > > > Again, file is at http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/hozer.pdf.
> Server
> > > is
> > > > using select now.
> > >
> > > According strace select() does not return event for socket 19 after
> > > sendfile64() sent 1651005 bytes:
> > >
> > > 25951 18:14:26 select(20, [7 8 16 19], [19], NULL, {60, 0} <unfinished
> ...>
> > > 25951 18:14:27 <... select resumed> ) = 1 (out [19], left {58,
> 790000})
> > >
> > > 25951 18:14:27 gettimeofday({1232900067, 890376}, NULL) = 0
> > > 25951 18:14:27 sendfile64(19, 20, [1509465], 440765 <unfinished ...>
> > > 25951 18:14:27 <... sendfile64 resumed> ) = 141540
> > > 25951 18:14:27 sendfile64(19, 20, [1651005], 299225 <unfinished ...>
> > > 25951 18:14:27 <... sendfile64 resumed> ) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
> temporarily
> > > unavailable)
> > >
> > > 25951 18:14:27 select(20, [16 19], [19], NULL, {0, 500000} <unfinished
> ...>
> > > 25951 18:14:28 <... select resumed> ) = 0 (Timeout)
> > >
> > > As you have got the same issue with all methods (even with level
> triggered
> > > select()), I believe that the bug is in sendfile. You may try to turn
> > > it off even for the single file:
> > >
> > > location = /static/temp/hozer.pdf {
> > > sendfile off;
> > > }
> > >
> > > In Linux 2.6.23 sendfile() has been rewritten to use splice framework.
> > > The bug may be introduced while rewriting.
> > >
> > > BTW, it seems that thttpd does not use sendfile.
> > >
> > > > Thanks...
> > > > Yo'av.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 02:35:00PM +0200, Yo'av Moshe wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks Igor.
> > > > > > I don't want to be rude, but I find it hard to believe that it's
> a
> > > kernel
> > > > > > bug.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > First, I'm using the default CentOS 5.2 kernel, it's seems to me
> > > pretty
> > > > > odd
> > > > > > that there's such a bug in it. CentOS is being used on a lot of
> > > servers,
> > > > > > some of them must be running nginx.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Second, I tried serving the same file with thttpd, and it runs
> just
> > > fine.
> > > > > > http://195.28.180.147:40/temp/hozer.pdf
> > > > > > Note it's the exact same file which I cannot get from nginx:
> > > > > > http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/hozer.pdf
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How come thttpd can serve the file just fine? If it's a kernel
> bug, I
> > > > > > thought it would happen with all of my servers.
> > > > > > If it's using some different way of sending the files which does
> not
> > > > > depend
> > > > > > on that epoll call - is there any way to configure nginx to use
> that
> > > as
> > > > > > well?
> > > > >
> > > > > I do not look modern thttpd, but according its change log, it has
> no
> > > > > epoll support. You may try different ways in nginx: you need to
> build
> > > it
> > > > >
> > > > > --with-rtsig_module
> > > > > --with-select_module
> > > > > --with-poll_module
> > > > >
> > > > > and then choose method:
> > > > >
> > > > > events {
> > > > > use select;
> > > > > #use poll;
> > > > > #use rtsig;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, epoll has two modes: level triggered (default) and edge
> > > > > triggered (EPOLLET). nginx uses more effective edge triggered mode,
> > > > > lighttpd uses level triggered one. The bug may be in ET mode only.
> > > > >
> > > > > As to probabilty of kernel bugs: I saw them in FreeBSD (kqueue,
> > > sendfile),
> > > > > Linux (epoll), Solaris (event ports), and MacOSX (kqueue,
> sendfile).
> > > > >
> > > > > > Can I do anything to confirm that it's a kernel bug? If it is, I
> > > should
> > > > > > probably contact CentOS's maintainers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Your straces confirms this: nginx added socket to epoll and did not
> > > > > deleted it, nevertheless epoll does not send event.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you, again.
> > > > > > Yo'av.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:52:53AM +0200, Yo'av Moshe wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Igor, here's the new strace.
> > > > > > > > http://pastebin.com/m5129c54b
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Does the fact it works in low download rates still makes you
> > > think
> > > > > it's a
> > > > > > > > kernel issue?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yes, this is seems like a kernel issue. Kernel excatly said
> (with
> > > > > EAGAIN)
> > > > > > > that there is no place to output data, but never returned a new
> > > > > > > notification
> > > > > > > via epoll_wait() about free space:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 21420 01:39:43 <... epoll_wait resumed> {{EPOLLOUT,
> {u32=153137960,
> > > > > > > u64=13811628390360331048}}}, 512, 60000) = 1
> > > > > > > 21420 01:39:43 gettimeofday({1232494783, 413764}, NULL) = 0
> > > > > > > 21420 01:39:43 sendfile64(20, 21, [1645625], 304605) = 40320
> > > > > > > 21420 01:39:43 sendfile64(20, 21, [1685945], 264285) = -1
> EAGAIN
> > > > > (Resource
> > > > > > > temporarily unavailable)
> > > > > > > 21420 01:39:43 epoll_wait(11, <unfinished ...>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is probably some race condition inside kernel, that does
> not
> > > > > appear on
> > > > > > > low speed download.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thank you, really!
> > > > > > > > And thanks, Kiril and Jeff, for confirming that!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Yo'av.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Kiril Angov <
> > > kupokomapa at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > wget http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > --2009-01-20 21:36:00--
> > > > > > > http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > Resolving www.noal.org.il... 195.28.180.147
> > > > > > > > > Connecting to www.noal.org.il|195.28.180.147|:80...
> connected.
> > > > > > > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> > > > > > > > > Length: 1950230 (1.9M) [application/pdf]
> > > > > > > > > Saving to: `barvazi2.pdf'
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 81% [=====================================> ]
> 1,596,665
> > > > > > > > > --.-K/s eta 5s
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > wget -c http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > --2009-01-20 21:38:28--
> > > > > > > > > http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > Resolving www.noal.org.il... 195.28.180.147
> > > > > > > > > Connecting to www.noal.org.il|195.28.180.147|:80...
> connected.
> > > > > > > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 206 Partial Content
> > > > > > > > > Length: 1950230 (1.9M), 305960 (299K) remaining
> > > [application/pdf]
> > > > > > > > > Saving to: `barvazi2.pdf'
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 100%[+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=======>]
> 1,950,230
> > > > > > > > > 295K/s in 1.0s
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2009-01-20 21:38:30 (295 KB/s) - `barvazi2.pdf' saved
> > > > > [1950230/1950230]
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:31 PM, jeff emminger <
> > > > > jemminger at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >> Could anyone confirm that this works:
> > > > > > > > > >> wget --limit-rate=3500
> > > > > > > http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > >> while this doesn't:
> > > > > > > > > >> wget http://www.noal.org.il/static/temp/barvazi2.pdf
> > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Confirmed
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Yo'av Moshe
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Igor Sysoev
> > > > > > > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Yo'av Moshe
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Igor Sysoev
> > > > > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Yo'av Moshe
> > >
> > > --
> > > Igor Sysoev
> > > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Yo'av Moshe
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>
>
--
Yo'av Moshe
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