Bug 2223348

Summary: pcp logs useless messages
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Zbigniew JÄ™drzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek>
Component: pcpAssignee: Nathan Scott <nathans>
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Version: 39CC: agerstmayr, jkurik, mgoodwin, nathans, sfeifer
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Description Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2023-07-17 12:20:23 UTC
pcp now logs this on various machines:

Jul 17 14:04:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:04:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:05:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:06:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:07:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:08:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:09:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:10:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:11:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:12:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:37 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:47 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:13:57 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:14:07 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:14:17 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
Jul 17 14:14:27 fedora-new pcp-pmie[1359]: Test actions 2 CPUs
...

At LOG_NOTICE level :(
This is unclear, and not actionable, and generally not needed.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Nathan Scott 2023-07-18 01:58:58 UTC
Hi Zbigniew, this is a diagnostic rule that has become inadvertently enabled because its been added to the "primary" group.

I'll get it fixed ASAP - thanks for reporting the issue.

cheers.

Comment 2 Nathan Scott 2023-07-19 00:56:17 UTC
I've opened https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp/pull/1775

As a workaround until that's in a released PCP you can try

# rm /var/lib/pcp/config/pmieconf/primary/test_actions
# systemctl restart pmie

Comment 3 Fedora Release Engineering 2023-08-16 08:13:06 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle.
Changing version to 39.