Re: CTAS table w/LOB on ASM waits on 'row cache lock'
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:10:01 -0700
Message-ID: <CALgGkeA0sigNnu-ay3mxi1XEb2p7cm-sQN53cbne9bYm18EVQA_at_mail.gmail.com>
Thanks, Mark and Johathan!
We might get a chance to test this further. If we do, I'll have DBAs look at the child[ren] - they didn't catch it this time.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk
> wrote:
>
> If you look at x$kqrst it seem to be a fixed size array reported from
> the SGA, and if you query addr, lag(addr,1) over address you get a constant
> 72 bytes between adjacent items - so if there are any hidden items they're
> before the beginning of the array or after the end of the array. So that 11
> looks suspect. I did wonder if it might be reporting the child latch
> rather than the row cache entry, if so it's the latch covering
> dc_constraints.
>
> Have you checked v$latch_children to see if there are any row cache
> latches with a very large number of gets, spin gets or sleeps. If the
> problem is in the row cache the latches might give you a clue.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Jonathan Lewis
> http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com
> _at_jloracle
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] on
> behalf of Mark Bobak [Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com]
> *Sent:* 10 March 2014 15:17
> *To:* richa03_at_gmail.com; Oracle-L Freelists
> *Subject:* Re: CTAS table w/LOB on ASM waits on 'row cache lock'
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> Hmm.....I looked at the definition of GV$ROWCACHE, using
> V$FIXED_VIEW_DEFINITION. I expected to find certain cache ids were
> filtered out, for whatever reason. But, That's apparently not the case.
> GV$ROWCACHE is defined as:
>
> select inst_id,kqrstcid,decode(kqrsttyp,1,'PARENT','SUBORDINATE'),
> decode(kqrstt
>
> yp,2,kqrstsno,null),kqrsttxt,kqrstcsz,kqrstusg,kqrstfcs,
> kqrstgrq,kqrstgmi,kqrst
>
> srq,kqrstsmi,kqrstsco,kqrstmrq,kqrstmfl, kqrstilr,kqrstifr,kqrstisr from
> x$kqrst
>
> And there are no where clause predicates. So, whatever is in X$KQRST is
> what's being returned. I even tried querying X$KQRST directly, but it made
> no difference. No CACHEID 11 was returned. (I also am running 11.2.0.3.0
> on Linux x86-64.)
>
> I think you'll need to open an SR, unless someone else on this list,
> with more internals knowledge than I, comes up with a better idea.
>
> -Mark
>
> From: Rich <richa03_at_gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "richa03_at_gmail.com" <richa03_at_gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 at 12:20 AM
> To: Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> Subject: CTAS table w/LOB on ASM waits on 'row cache lock'
>
> Hi List,
> Oracle 11.2.0.3 on RHEL 6.3 w/ASM.
>
> We are full CTASing a table (27M rows with LOB - ~250GB) into another TS
> (to change chunk/block size) (please don't ask "why not move" - it's a long
> story I'd rather not have to recount). We used sizable initial extents to
> avoid space allocation during the creation (and the space allocation
> completed in ~4min). We now see all (9) W### processes (KTSJ Slaves)
> waiting on 'row cache lock' while executing the [internal] SQL 'select obj#
> from obj$ where dataobj# = :1'. I can't tell if the W processes are
> progressing, but I don't see them burning CPU over ~3 hours. From
> v$session_longops, it appears that the CTAS is progressing, however, we
> would like it to progress faster and would like to know if there is any way
> to avoid this/these waits (not necessarily right now for this run, but for
> future runs).
>
> I see that the cache id being waited on (P1) is 11 for all of the W
> processes, however cannot find that [cache#] in v$rowcache.
>
> My guess is that cache id 11 is hidden because it's LOB/securefile related
> (Oracle appears to like hiding LOB related things), however, Google and MOS
> search hasn't turned up anything for me and I very much doubt I'm the first
> one who has seen this behavior.
>
> Anyone have any knowledge of mysterious rowcache #11?
>
> TIA,
> Rich
>
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