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  1. WiredTiger
  2. WT-2582

cache eviction server error: WT_RESTART

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
    • WT2.9.0
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: None
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      There's an in-memory stress test failure I've seen lately:

      t, eviction-server: cache eviction server error: WT_RESTART: restart the operation (internal)
      

      I thought for awhile it was the same as WT-2576 (it's another heavily-threaded, in-memory variable-length column-store failure), but I've seen it after that fix was merged.

      It may be related: in short, when rewriting pages in-memory if the page is corrupted, we can fail to insert saved-update records because our "is there a race tests" in serial.i fail, returning WT_RESTART. Of course, there should never be a race when rewriting pages in-memory because we have exclusive access to the page.

      Here's the CONFIG from a recent PPC stress test failure:

      ############################################
      #  RUN PARAMETERS
      ############################################
      abort=0
      auto_throttle=1
      backups=0
      bitcnt=8
      bloom=1
      bloom_bit_count=54
      bloom_hash_count=20
      bloom_oldest=0
      cache=34
      checkpoints=0
      checksum=uncompressed
      chunk_size=2
      compaction=0
      compression=none
      data_extend=0
      data_source=table
      delete_pct=16
      dictionary=0
      direct_io=0
      encryption=none
      evict_max=1
      file_type=variable-length column-store
      firstfit=0
      huffman_key=0
      huffman_value=0
      in_memory=1
      insert_pct=15
      internal_key_truncation=1
      internal_page_max=12
      isolation=random
      key_gap=8
      key_max=32
      key_min=10
      leaf_page_max=17
      leak_memory=0
      logging=0
      logging_archive=1
      logging_compression=lz4
      logging_prealloc=1
      long_running_txn=0
      lsm_worker_threads=3
      merge_max=17
      mmap=1
      ops=100000
      prefix_compression=0
      prefix_compression_min=2
      quiet=1
      repeat_data_pct=50
      reverse=0
      rows=100000
      runs=100
      rebalance=0
      salvage=0
      split_pct=77
      statistics=0
      statistics_server=0
      threads=24
      timer=20
      transaction-frequency=99
      value_max=80
      value_min=17
      verify=0
      wiredtiger_config=
      write_pct=67
      ############################################
      

            Assignee:
            keith.bostic@mongodb.com Keith Bostic (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            keith.bostic@mongodb.com Keith Bostic (Inactive)
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