Replaying trace takes a lot longer than recording
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Description
Summary
We're trying to use rr to debug a crash in Julia's garbage collector. However, replaying the trace takes too long, and makes debugging infeasible.
Commands
Recording the program with:
rr record --chaos julia -g2 mwe.jl
takes around 5-6min.
I've left rr replaying the program with:
rr replay
and it takes more than 15min.
Not sure if it matters, but I've also run this command in GDB:
handle SIGSEGV nostop noprint
to ignore segmentation faults than happen when Julia stops threads for GC.
Microarchitecture
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 36
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-35
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU family: 6
Model: 85
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 18
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 4
BogoMIPS: 5999.99
Reproducer
Unfortunately I can't share mwe.jl here due to licensing, but @Keno might have access to it.
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Research direction
Start with the reported rr record --chaos julia -g2 mwe.jl and rr replay commands, and obtain the unavailable mwe.jl reproducer if possible. Compare recording and replay timing while checking whether the GDB SIGSEGV handling affects behavior; done means identifying a reproducible cause or actionable fix for the replay slowdown.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia, linux
- Domain
- devtools, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100