[ovs-discuss] Crash in openvswitch 2.0.2

Marco Kuendig marco at nuvula.ch
Tue Mar 31 21:13:15 UTC 2015


As I could not find too much on Google......Just for the benefit of others.....here a summary how I got that backtrace on Ubuntu 14.04 (with lots of help from Joe, Sab, Ben)

apt-get install gdb -y
apt-get install openvswitch-switch-dbgsym -y
apport-unpack /var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash /var/crash/ovs
gdb /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd /var/crash/ovs/CoreDump
bt

cheers
marco


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> On 31 Mar 2015, at 22:04, Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> Great, we're moving. Looks like the gdb version of this is working below. Do you get the gdb prompt from there? the command 'bt' should provide the backtrace we're after.
> 
> On 31 March 2015 at 12:52, Marco Kuendig <marco at nuvula.ch <mailto:marco at nuvula.ch>> wrote:
> that brought us a step forward. thank Sab.
> 
> Important to know is:
> 
> I got 4 kvm servers, meshed with openvswitch. I use vxlan for tunnelling.
> 
> Sometimes when I restart a domain in kvm, 3 or 4 hosts crash at the same time.
> 
> I have STP enabled to avoid loops.
> 
> 
> this is the output now:
> 
> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ # gdb /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd /var/crash/ovs/CoreDump
> GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2) 7.7.1
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> Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug//usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd...done.
> done.
> [New LWP 32725]
> [New LWP 32732]
> [New LWP 32726]
> [New LWP 32730]
> [New LWP 32727]
> [New LWP 32728]
> [New LWP 32729]
> [New LWP 32731]
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
> Core was generated by `ovs-vswitchd unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err -vfi'.
> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> #0  nl_attr_get_size (nla=nla at entry=0x0) at ../lib/netlink.c:506
> 506	../lib/netlink.c: No such file or directory.
> 
> 
> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ # crash /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd /var/crash/ovs/CoreDump
> 
> crash 7.0.3
> Copyright (C) 2002-2013  Red Hat, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010  IBM Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999-2006  Hewlett-Packard Co
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012  Fujitsu Limited
> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2011  NEC Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007  Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002  Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
> certain conditions.  Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
> This program has absolutely no warranty.  Enter "help warranty" for details.
> 
> 
> crash: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd: no debugging data available
> 
> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ # ll /var/crash/ovs/
> Architecture         Date                 ExecutableTimestamp  ProcCwd              ProcStatus           UserGroups
> CoreDump             DistroRelease        ProblemType          ProcEnviron          Signal
> CrashCounter         ExecutablePath       ProcCmdline          ProcMaps             Uname
> 
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>> On 31 Mar 2015, at 21:45, Sabyasachi Sengupta <Sabyasachi.Sengupta at alcatel-lucent.com <mailto:Sabyasachi.Sengupta at alcatel-lucent.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Typically Ubuntu does not unpack the crashes. Can you try apport-unpack?
>> # apport-unpack /var/crash/<name> <crash-dir>
>> 
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Marco Kuendig wrote:
>> 
>>> thanks Joe and Ben
>>> have done:
>>> 1. installed dgb symbols for kernel....doesn't help
>>> 2. installed debug symbols for openvswitch
>>> no change, gdb and crash still don't work for me. I'm not a dev, need
>>> more help to get that backtrace done.
>>> here some output:
>>> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ # crash
>>>  /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-3.13.0-48-generic
>>> /var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash
>>> crash 7.0.3
>>> Copyright (C) 2002-2013  Red Hat, Inc.
>>> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010  IBM Corporation
>>> Copyright (C) 1999-2006  Hewlett-Packard Co
>>> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012  Fujitsu Limited
>>> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
>>> Copyright (C) 2005, 2011  NEC Corporation
>>> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007  Silicon Graphics, Inc.
>>> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002  Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
>>> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
>>> and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
>>> certain conditions.  Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
>>> This program has absolutely no warranty.  Enter "help warranty" for
>>> details.
>>> crash: /var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash: not a supported file
>>> format
>>> Usage:
>>> 
>>>   crash [OPTION]... NAMELIST MEMORY-IMAGE  (dumpfile form)
>>>   crash [OPTION]... [NAMELIST]             (live system form)
>>> Enter "crash -h" for details.
>>> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ # gdb /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd
>>> /var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash
>>> GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2) 7.7.1
>>> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
>>> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
>>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
>>> copying"
>>> and "show warranty" for details.
>>> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
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>>> Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd...Reading symbols from
>>> /usr/lib/debug//usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd...done.
>>> done.
>>> "/var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash" is not a core dump: File
>>> format not recognized
>>> (gdb) q
>>> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-1 ~ #
>>> Nuvula AG
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>>> 
>>>      On 31 Mar 2015, at 19:00, Joe Stringer
>>>      <joestringer at nicira.com <mailto:joestringer at nicira.com>> wrote:
>>> For the 'File format not recognized' problem, you might have better
>>> luck with the 'crash' utility.
>>> $ crash <binary> <crashdump>
>>> On 31 March 2015 at 08:16, Marco Kuendig <marco at nuvula.ch <mailto:marco at nuvula.ch>> wrote:
>>>      Have tried this:
>>> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-February/016582.html <http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-February/016582.html>
>>> this is the output, so doesn't seem to be correct:
>>> root at nuv-vir-kvm-server-2 ~ # gdb /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd
>>> /var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash
>>> GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2) 7.7.1
>>> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
>>> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
>>> This is free software: you are free to change and
>>> redistribute it.
>>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type
>>> "show copying"
>>> and "show warranty" for details.
>>> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
>>> Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
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>>> Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd...(no debugging
>>> symbols found)...done.
>>> "/var/crash/_usr_sbin_ovs-vswitchd.0.crash" is not a core
>>> dump: File format not recognized
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> No stack.
>>> (gdb) quit
>>> any more hints please ?
>>> thanks
>>> marco
>>> Nuvula AG
>>> Marco Kuendig / CEO / Founder marco at nuvula.ch <mailto:marco at nuvula.ch> / +41 78 751 99 71 <tel:%2B41%2078%20751%2099%2071>
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>>> Nuvula AG - Hybrid Clouds Weierbachstrasse 7b 8193 Eglisau Switzerland http://www.nuvula.ch <http://www.nuvula.ch/>
>>> 
>>>      On 31 Mar 2015, at 17:00, Ben Pfaff
>>>      <blp at nicira.com <mailto:blp at nicira.com>> wrote:
>>> Can you get a backtrace for these?
>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Marco Kuendig
>>> <marco at nuvula.ch <mailto:marco at nuvula.ch>> wrote:
>>>      Folks,
>>> any chance of having somebody look at these crash
>>> files ?
>>> I have several servers that are loosing network
>>> connectivity because of this.
>>> Downloads:
>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx_w1Tf2B5VSRU9yUmRpTDJLVEU/view?usp=sharing <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx_w1Tf2B5VSRU9yUmRpTDJLVEU/view?usp=sharing>
>>> Thanks for any hint or fix
>>> marco
>>> Nuvula AG
>>> Marco Kuendig / CEO / Founder marco at nuvula.ch <mailto:marco at nuvula.ch> / +41 78 751 99 71 <tel:%2B41%2078%20751%2099%2071>
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