I'm still able to trigger problems with the "stack" stressor on the Xeon Phi...
ubuntu@lalande:~$ sudo ./memory_stress_ng Total memory is 63 GiB Constant run time is 300 seconds per stressor Variable run time is 930 seconds per stressor Estimated total run time is 20 minutes Running stress-ng stack stressor for 300 seconds.... stress-ng: info: [4431] dispatching hogs: 256 stack stress-ng: info: [4431] successful run completed in 742.49s (12 mins, 22.49 secs) return_code is 124 ***************************************************************** ** Error 124 reported on stressor stack!) ***************************************************************** Running stress-ng brk stressor for 930 seconds.... stress-ng: info: [5007] dispatching hogs: 256 brk stress-ng: info: [5007] successful run completed in 1412.12s (23 mins, 32.12 secs) return_code is 124 ***************************************************************** ** Error 124 reported on stressor brk!) ***************************************************************** ******************************************************************* ** stress-ng memory test failed; most recent error was 124 ******************************************************************* ubuntu@lalande:~$ free -m total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 64281 1133 62825 11 322 62530 Swap: 796134 0 796134 I'm attaching a tarball with dmesg, the output of vmstat 1 that shows the memory consumption during testing, and a copy of the test script being used. ** Attachment added: "phi-memory-stress-logs.tgz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/stress-ng/+bug/1729878/+attachment/5008380/+files/phi-memory-stress-logs.tgz ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1729878 Title: stress-ng triggering oomkiller running brk and stack stressors on all arches. Status in Stress-ng: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Artful: Confirmed Bug description: During regression testing on a z/VM instance, I noticed call traces being dumped to dmesg that seem to be related to stress-ng. The stress-ng invocation we're using is: stress-ng --aggressive --verify --timeout $runtime \ --metrics-brief --tz --times \ --af-alg 0 --bsearch 0 --context 0 --cpu 0 \ --crypt 0 --hsearch 0 --longjmp 0 --lsearch 0 \ --matrix 0 --qsort 0 --str 0 --stream 0 \ --tsearch 0 --vecmath 0 --wcs 0 as executed by the cpu_stress script from the cpu/cpu_stress_ng test in the certification suite. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic s390x AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access '/dev/snd/': No such file or directory AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay': 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: s390x ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord': 'arecord' CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri Nov 3 11:12:04 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1ce0f037-449a-43a1-af49-e730f6f99ac4 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig': 'iwconfig' Lspci: Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/fb' ProcKernelCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/hwe0008_vg-lv crashkernel=196M BOOT_IMAGE=0 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.169 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill': 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-11-02 (0 days ago) --- AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access '/dev/snd/': No such file or directory AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: s390x ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1ce0f037-449a-43a1-af49-e730f6f99ac4 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Lspci: Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: Package: linux (not installed) PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/fb' ProcKernelCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/hwe0008_vg-lv crashkernel=196M BOOT_IMAGE=0 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.169 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: artful Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic s390x UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-11-02 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom cpacfstats dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/stress-ng/+bug/1729878/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp