Thread: Centos : Load Average :OS Process Name : migration/1, migration/2 , migration/n

Hi All,

We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration is Apple-Apple.

But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new server which is triggering Load average most of the time  .

Some sample process from top command,

    67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 [migration/16]                                                                         
   155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 [migration/38]                                                                        
    35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 [migration/8]                                                                           
    11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 [migration/2]                                                                            
   131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 [migration/32]                                                                        
    87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 [migration/21]  

Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .

Thanks, 
Raju
On 5/22/19 2:18 PM, Perumal Raj wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
> Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration 
> is Apple-Apple.

Other programs running that connect to the db server?
More below.
> 
> But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new 
> server which is triggering Load average most of the time  .

Going to need to determine what 'migration' is referring to?

I would start by hitting 'c' in top to toggle full process name.

> 
> Some sample process from top command,
> 
>      67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 
> [migration/16]
>     155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 
> [migration/38]
>      35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 
> [migration/8]
>      11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 
> [migration/2]
>     131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 
> [migration/32]
>      87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 
> [migration/21]
> 
> Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .
> 
> Thanks,
> Raju


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On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 9:18 AM Perumal Raj <perucinci@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
> Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration is Apple-Apple.
>
> But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new server which is triggering Load average most
ofthe time  .
 
>
> Some sample process from top command,
>
>     67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 [migration/16]
>    155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 [migration/38]
>     35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 [migration/8]
>     11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 [migration/2]
>    131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 [migration/32]
>     87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 [migration/21]
>
> Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .

I don't know anything about this, but I found a claim (without much
real explanation) that Linux < 3.6.11 had some kind of problem in this
area, could be relevant:

https://serverfault.com/questions/674685/kernel-processes-periodically-eating-cpu-during-high-load
https://bugs.gentoo.org/394487
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47341

-- 
Thomas Munro
https://enterprisedb.com



Thanks for the responses,

Adrian,

top -c not showing much , Process name itself [ Migration/n]

Thomas,

Thanks for hitting same page, yes i came through it , But was wondering any one faced same issue in our community.

Regards,
Raju

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 2:28 PM Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 9:18 AM Perumal Raj <perucinci@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
> Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration is Apple-Apple.
>
> But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new server which is triggering Load average most of the time  .
>
> Some sample process from top command,
>
>     67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 [migration/16]
>    155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 [migration/38]
>     35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 [migration/8]
>     11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 [migration/2]
>    131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 [migration/32]
>     87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 [migration/21]
>
> Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .

I don't know anything about this, but I found a claim (without much
real explanation) that Linux < 3.6.11 had some kind of problem in this
area, could be relevant:

https://serverfault.com/questions/674685/kernel-processes-periodically-eating-cpu-during-high-load
https://bugs.gentoo.org/394487
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47341

--
Thomas Munro
https://enterprisedb.com
On 5/22/19 4:18 PM, Perumal Raj wrote:
Hi All,

We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration is Apple-Apple.

But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new server which is triggering Load average most of the time  .

Some sample process from top command,

    67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 [migration/16]                                                                         
   155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 [migration/38]                                                                        
    35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 [migration/8]                                                                           
    11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 [migration/2]                                                                            
   131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 [migration/32]                                                                        
    87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 [migration/21]  

Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .

I googled "linux root migration" and found this:
https://serverfault.com/questions/674685/kernel-processes-periodically-eating-cpu-during-high-load

It has some pretty good answers.

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Thanks for the update Ron,

Hopefully i will get some lead further on this issue, Will keep u posted.

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 6:07 PM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/22/19 4:18 PM, Perumal Raj wrote:
Hi All,

We have recently migrated postgres DB to out of of server ( Centos 6.9 ) .
Both Source and Target versions of OS/DB are same . Also Configuration is Apple-Apple.

But We started seeing lot of process name 'migration' at OS Level in new server which is triggering Load average most of the time  .

Some sample process from top command,

    67 root      RT   0     0    0    0 R 34.8  0.0 913:06.38 [migration/16]                                                                         
   155 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 32.2  0.0 845:46.53 [migration/38]                                                                        
    35 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 27.6  0.0 927:15.27 [migration/8]                                                                           
    11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0   1033:45 [migration/2]                                                                            
   131 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 21.4  0.0 812:00.70 [migration/32]                                                                        
    87 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S 20.7  0.0 394:28.32 [migration/21]  

Anyone come-across this situation ? Please share your thoughts .

I googled "linux root migration" and found this:
https://serverfault.com/questions/674685/kernel-processes-periodically-eating-cpu-during-high-load

It has some pretty good answers.

--
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.