Bug 124827 - Running oprofile for too long freezes system
Summary: Running oprofile for too long freezes system
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: oprofile
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: William Cohen
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-05-30 21:07 UTC by bugzilla macrotex
Modified: 2010-11-05 14:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-11-05 14:51:58 UTC
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The output of 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' (898 bytes, text/plain)
2004-06-01 14:21 UTC, bugzilla macrotex
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Description bugzilla macrotex 2004-05-30 21:07:21 UTC
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Description of problem:
If the oprofile daemon runs for too long it "freezes" the system. This
has happened on two different machines. I configure oprofile by typing 

opcontrol --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux-`uname -r`

I then start the profiling by typing

opcontrol --start

It runs for quite a while, but inevitably it freezes the system after
several hours. 



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
oprofile-0.5.4-22

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. opcontrol --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux-`uname -r`
2. opcontrol --start
3. Wait several hours
    

Additional info:

Comment 1 William Cohen 2004-06-01 13:04:23 UTC
OProfile is very closely tied to the hardware and the kernel. Please
include information about which kernel is being used (uname -a), what
processor (cat /proc/cpuinfo), and what motherboard are being used. 
Are the machines the same or are there difference between them.

Are the machines idles when this is going on? Or are you actively
working on something on the machines when they freeze.

-Will

Comment 2 bugzilla macrotex 2004-06-01 14:21:15 UTC
Created attachment 100738 [details]
The output of  'cat /proc/cpuinfo'

Comment 3 bugzilla macrotex 2004-06-01 14:22:32 UTC
Here is the output of uname -a: 

Linux carla.library.uiuc.edu 2.4.21-15.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Apr 22
00:18:24 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

The system is a stock Dell PowerEdge 2500. I will try to find the
motherboard information. 

Comment 4 William Cohen 2004-08-06 12:58:27 UTC
There were some changes made in the Kernel OProfile support in the
RHEL3 U3. I suspect that these changes fix the problem that you were
having. I have been able to run OProfile on a PIII Dell precision 420
for several days at a time without a problem.

Could you verify that the new kernel resolves the issue?



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