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Oracle Linux: System Performance Degradation due to Heavy XFS Filesystem File Append Activity (Doc ID 2875510.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.9 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [5.4.17] and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

An Oracle Linux 7 (OL7) system running UEK6 kernel 5.4.17-2102.204.4.3.el7uek and utilising XFS filesystems experiences XFS filesystem performance degradation until the system finally becomes unresponsive.

The performance issue occurs soon after commencement heavy XFS filesystem activity where many existing files are appended.

The following system call stack traces, as seen from subsequent vmcore crash analysis, are observed:

Changes

 None.

Cause

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