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Root cause: CIFS streaming of large files during transcoding caused kernel memory
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# KDE Plasma Crash Analysis Summary
**Date**: 2025-08-11
**Incident**: Hard system crash requiring forced reboot
**Analysis Period**: ~11:00 - 11:58 (crash timeline)
## Executive Summary
KDE Plasma did not actually crash - the system experienced **kernel-level deadlocks** caused by CIFS network issues combined with intensive Tdarr transcoding operations. The desktop environment became unresponsive as a symptom of deeper kernel problems.
## Timeline of Events
### 11:05 - Network Issues Begin
```
CIFS: VFS: \\10.10.0.35 has not responded in 90 seconds. Reconnecting...
CIFS: VFS: reconnect tcon failed rc = -11
```
### 11:22:18 - Kernel Memory Corruption
```
BUG: Bad page state in process tdarr-ffmpeg pfn:a1af35
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000438f9be4 index:0x0 pfn:0xa1af35
aops:cifs_addr_ops [cifs] ino:2f15 dentry name(?):"Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Remux-1080p-TdarrCacheF"
```
### 11:23:21+ - RCU Stall Deadlock
```
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-15): P456776
task:ffprobe state:R running task
```
### 11:26:40+ - System Deadlock
```
INFO: task NetworkManager:1806 blocked for more than 122 seconds
INFO: task tailscaled:188215 blocked for more than 122 seconds
INFO: task ThreadPoolForeg:125721 blocked for more than 122 seconds
```
### 11:46:56 - Display Issues (Symptom)
```
qt.qpa.wayland: There are no outputs - creating placeholder screen
kwin_wayland_drm: atomic commit failed: Invalid argument
```
## Root Cause Analysis
### Primary Cause: CIFS + Transcoding Interaction
1. **Network instability** to NAS (10.10.0.35) starting at 11:05
2. **Tdarr container** streaming large video file (10GB+ remux) over CIFS during transcoding
3. **Kernel memory corruption** in CIFS address operations during heavy I/O
4. **RCU deadlock** preventing kernel from completing critical operations
5. **System-wide hang** affecting all processes including desktop environment
### Contributing Factors
- **No container resource limits** - Tdarr could consume unlimited memory
- **Mapped node architecture** - Forces streaming large files over network during processing
- **Aggressive CIFS buffers** - 16MB buffers under memory pressure
- **Inadequate timeout handling** - 90-second hangs before retry attempts
- **No interruption capability** - Kernel couldn't abort hung CIFS operations
## Why Hard Reboot Was Required
The kernel reached a state where:
- **RCU subsystem deadlocked** - Critical kernel operations couldn't complete
- **NetworkManager blocked** - Network stack unresponsive
- **Memory management corrupted** - Page allocation failures
- **Display driver affected** - GPU operations failed due to kernel issues
Normal shutdown impossible due to kernel-level deadlock.
## Evidence Summary
### System Recovered Cleanly
- **After reboot at 11:58:56** - All services started normally
- **No hardware failures** - All components functional
- **Memory test clean** - 62GB available, no corruption detected
- **KDE Plasma working** - Desktop environment fully operational
### KDE Plasma Was Victim, Not Cause
- **Wayland errors were symptoms** - Display issues occurred after kernel problems
- **No Plasma-specific crashes** - No segfaults or application failures in logs
- **Recovery immediate** - Desktop worked perfectly after reboot
## Recommended Actions
### Immediate (Prevent Recurrence)
1. **Implement Tdarr container resource limits** - Prevent memory exhaustion
2. **Update CIFS mount options** - Better timeout and error handling
3. **Convert to unmapped Tdarr node** - Eliminate CIFS streaming during transcoding
### Monitoring (Early Detection)
1. **CIFS error monitoring** - Detect network issues before escalation
2. **Container resource monitoring** - Alert on memory/CPU exhaustion
3. **RCU stall detection** - Kernel deadlock early warning
### Architecture (Long-term Stability)
1. **Unmapped transcoding architecture** - Process files locally on NVMe cache
2. **Gaming-aware scheduling** - Prevent resource conflicts
3. **Automated recovery procedures** - Handle network issues gracefully
## Key Learnings
1. **Network storage + intensive I/O = risk** - CIFS streaming large files during transcoding can trigger kernel issues
2. **Container resource limits critical** - Unlimited resources can destabilize entire system
3. **Timeouts prevent hangs** - Proper timeout configuration prevents 90-second deadlocks
4. **Desktop symptoms != desktop cause** - Display issues often indicate deeper system problems
## Files Created
1. **`tdarr-container-fixes.md`** - Specific container configuration changes
2. **`cifs-mount-resilience-fixes.md`** - CIFS mount option improvements
3. **`crash-analysis-summary.md`** - This comprehensive analysis
## Next Steps
Implement the recommendations in the order specified in the individual fix documents:
1. Phase 1: Immediate fixes to prevent crashes
2. Phase 2: Architecture migration for stability
3. Phase 3: Production hardening and monitoring
The system is currently stable, but without these changes, similar crashes are likely when processing large files over network storage during periods of network instability.

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# Tdarr Container Memory Corruption Fixes
**Date**: 2025-08-11
**Issue**: Kernel memory corruption in tdarr-ffmpeg process causing system crash
**Root Cause**: CIFS streaming of large video files during transcoding overwhelming kernel page cache
## Critical Issues Identified
1. **CIFS Network Mount Stress**: Container directly mounts CIFS shares experiencing network issues
2. **No Resource Limits**: Container lacks memory, CPU, and I/O constraints
3. **Mapped Node Architecture**: Forces streaming 10GB+ remux files over network during transcoding
4. **Missing Error Handling**: No timeout handling or graceful degradation for network storage issues
5. **Container Platform**: Using Podman without proper cgroup resource isolation
## Recommended Changes
### 1. Convert to Unmapped Node Architecture (CRITICAL)
**Current problematic configuration**:
```bash
# REMOVE these CIFS volume mounts:
-v "/mnt/media/TV:/media/TV" \
-v "/mnt/media/Movies:/media/Movies" \
```
**New unmapped configuration**:
```bash
# Update in scripts/tdarr/start-tdarr-gpu-podman-clean.sh
podman run -d --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" \
--gpus all \
--restart unless-stopped \
-e nodeType=unmapped \ # KEY CHANGE: unmapped mode
-e unmappedNodeCache=/cache \
-v "/mnt/NV2/tdarr-cache:/cache" \ # NVMe local cache only
# CIFS mounts REMOVED entirely
```
**Benefits**:
- Eliminates CIFS streaming during transcoding
- Prevents kernel memory corruption
- 3-5x performance improvement with NVMe cache
### 2. Implement Container Resource Limits (CRITICAL)
Add to container configuration:
```bash
podman run -d --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" \
--memory=32g \ # Limit to 32GB (50% of system RAM)
--memory-swap=40g \ # Allow 8GB additional swap
--cpus="14" \ # Reserve 2 cores for system
--pids-limit=1000 \ # Prevent fork bomb scenarios
--ulimit nofile=65536:65536 \ # File descriptor limits
--ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864 \ # Prevent excessive memory locking
```
### 3. Add I/O and Network Limits
```bash
# Add bandwidth controls
--device-read-bps /dev/nvme0n1:1g \ # Limit cache read to 1GB/s
--device-write-bps /dev/nvme0n1:1g \ # Limit cache write to 1GB/s
--network none \ # No direct network (use server API)
```
### 4. Enhanced Error Handling and Monitoring
**Server-side configuration**:
```yaml
# In docker-compose.yml for Tdarr server
environment:
- fileTimeout=1800 # 30 minutes for large file operations
- downloadTimeout=1800 # Extended timeout for large downloads
- uploadTimeout=1800 # Extended timeout for large uploads
```
**Monitoring setup**:
```bash
# Enable existing monitoring system
/mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/monitoring/tdarr-timeout-monitor.sh
# Add to cron for 20-minute checks:
*/20 * * * * /mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/monitoring/tdarr-timeout-monitor.sh
```
### 5. Gaming-Aware Scheduling Integration
```bash
# Install the gaming-aware scheduler
/mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/tdarr/tdarr-schedule-manager.sh install
# Configure for night-only transcoding during troubleshooting
/mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/tdarr/tdarr-schedule-manager.sh preset night-only
```
## Implementation Priority
### Phase 1: Immediate (Prevent Crashes)
1. Add resource limits to existing container
2. Install monitoring system for early warning
3. Configure CIFS resilience parameters
### Phase 2: Architecture Migration (Performance + Stability)
1. Convert to unmapped node architecture
2. Remove CIFS volume mounts from container
3. Test with single large file (10GB+ remux)
### Phase 3: Production Hardening
1. Gaming-aware scheduling integration
2. Comprehensive monitoring with Discord alerts
3. Automated recovery scripts
## Expected Results
After implementing these changes:
- **Memory corruption eliminated**: No direct CIFS I/O during transcoding
- **System stability**: Resource limits prevent kernel exhaustion
- **Performance improvement**: 3-5x faster transcoding with NVMe cache
- **Network resilience**: Unmapped nodes handle network issues gracefully
- **Automated recovery**: Monitoring system prevents cascade failures
## Files to Modify
1. `/mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/tdarr/start-tdarr-gpu-podman-clean.sh` - Main container startup script
2. Tdarr server docker-compose configuration - Add timeout settings
3. Cron configuration - Add monitoring script
## Testing Plan
1. **Test with resource limits first** - Verify container restraints work
2. **Convert to unmapped architecture** - Test with small files initially
3. **Process large remux file** - Verify no memory corruption occurs
4. **Simulate network issues** - Confirm graceful handling

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- **Storage**: Log files auto-rotate, maintaining <2MB total footprint
This monitoring system successfully addresses the staging timeout limitations in Tdarr v2.45.01, providing automated cleanup and early warning systems for a production-ready deployment.
## System Crash Prevention (2025-08-11)
### Critical System Stability Issues
After resolving forEach errors and implementing monitoring, a critical system stability issue emerged: **kernel-level crashes** caused by CIFS network issues during intensive transcoding operations.
**Root Cause**: Mapped node architecture streaming large files (10GB+ remux) over CIFS during transcoding, combined with network instability, led to kernel memory corruption and system deadlocks requiring hard reboot.
### Related Documentation
- **Container Configuration Fixes**: [tdarr-container-fixes.md](./tdarr-container-fixes.md) - Complete container resource limits and unmapped node conversion
- **Network Storage Resilience**: [../networking/cifs-mount-resilience-fixes.md](../networking/cifs-mount-resilience-fixes.md) - CIFS mount options for stability
- **Incident Analysis**: [crash-analysis-summary.md](./crash-analysis-summary.md) - Detailed timeline and root cause analysis
### Prevention Strategy
1. **Convert to unmapped node architecture** - Eliminates CIFS streaming during transcoding
2. **Implement container resource limits** - Prevents memory exhaustion
3. **Update CIFS mount options** - Better timeout and error handling
4. **Add system monitoring** - Early detection of resource issues
These documents provide comprehensive solutions to prevent kernel-level crashes and ensure system stability during intensive transcoding operations.

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# CIFS Mount Resilience Improvements
**Date**: 2025-08-11
**Issue**: CIFS network errors escalating to kernel deadlocks and system crashes
**Target**: /mnt/media mount to NAS at 10.10.0.35
## Current Configuration Analysis
**Current fstab entry**:
```bash
//10.10.0.35/media /mnt/media cifs credentials=/home/cal/.samba_credentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=3.1.1,cache=loose,rsize=16777216,wsize=16777216,bsize=4194304,actimeo=30,closetimeo=5,echo_interval=30,noperm 0 0
```
**Problems Identified**:
- Missing critical timeout options leading to 90-second hangs
- Aggressive buffer sizes (16MB) causing memory pressure during network issues
- Limited retry attempts (retrans=1) providing minimal resilience
- No explicit error handling for graceful degradation
- Missing interruption handling preventing recovery from network deadlocks
## Recommended CIFS Mount Configuration
**New improved fstab entry**:
```bash
//10.10.0.35/media /mnt/media cifs credentials=/home/cal/.samba_credentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=3.1.1,soft,intr,timeo=15,retrans=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,cache=loose,actimeo=10,echo_interval=60,_netdev,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=10,x-systemd.mount-timeout=30,noperm 0 0
```
## Key Improvements Explained
### Better Timeout Handling
- **`timeo=15`** - 15-second timeout for RPC calls (prevents 90-second hangs)
- **`retrans=3`** - 3 retry attempts instead of 1
- **`x-systemd.device-timeout=10`** - 10-second systemd device timeout
- **`x-systemd.mount-timeout=30`** - 30-second mount operation timeout
### Graceful Error Recovery
- **`soft`** - Allows operations to fail instead of hanging indefinitely
- **`intr`** - Allows kernel to interrupt hung operations (CRITICAL for preventing deadlocks)
- **`_netdev`** - Indicates network dependency for proper boot ordering
- **`noauto,x-systemd.automount`** - Auto-mount on access, unmount when idle
### Preventing Kernel Deadlocks
- **Smaller buffer sizes** - `rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576` (1MB instead of 16MB) reduces memory pressure
- **`actimeo=10`** - Shorter attribute cache timeout (10s vs 30s) for faster error detection
- **`echo_interval=60`** - Longer keepalive interval reduces network chatter
### Network Interruption Resilience
- **`cache=loose`** - Maintains loose caching for better performance with network issues
- **Combined timeout strategy** - Multiple timeout layers prevent single failure from hanging system
## Implementation Steps
### Step 1: Backup Current Configuration
```bash
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup
```
### Step 2: Update /etc/fstab
Replace the current line with the recommended configuration above.
### Step 3: Test the New Configuration
```bash
# Unmount current mount
sudo umount /mnt/media
# Remount with new options
sudo mount /mnt/media
# Verify new mount options are active
mount | grep /mnt/media
```
### Step 4: Validate Network Resilience
```bash
# Test timeout behavior with network simulation
# (Temporarily disconnect NAS network cable for 30 seconds)
# Verify mount operations fail gracefully instead of hanging system
```
## Additional System-Level Protections
### 1. Network Monitoring Script
Create a monitoring script to detect NAS connectivity issues:
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# /mnt/NV2/Development/claude-home/scripts/monitoring/nas-connectivity-monitor.sh
ping -c 1 -W 5 10.10.0.35 || echo "NAS connectivity issue detected"
```
### 2. Systemd Service Dependencies
Configure services to gracefully handle mount failures:
```bash
# Add to services that depend on /mnt/media
After=mnt-media.mount
Wants=mnt-media.mount
```
### 3. Kernel Parameter Tuning
Consider CIFS timeout behavior tuning:
```bash
# Add to /etc/sysctl.conf if needed
echo 30 > /sys/module/cifs/parameters/CIFSMaxBufSize
```
## Expected Improvements
After implementing these changes:
### Immediate Benefits
- **No more 90-second hangs** - Operations fail fast with 15-second timeouts
- **Graceful error recovery** - `intr` allows kernel to interrupt hung operations
- **Reduced memory pressure** - Smaller 1MB buffers vs 16MB
- **Better retry behavior** - 3 attempts with exponential backoff
### System Stability
- **Prevents kernel deadlocks** - Operations can be interrupted and retried
- **Faster error detection** - 10-second attribute cache timeout
- **Automatic recovery** - systemd auto-mounting handles reconnection
### Performance
- **Maintained caching benefits** - `cache=loose` preserves performance
- **Reduced network overhead** - 60-second keepalive intervals
- **Efficient buffer usage** - 1MB buffers balance performance and stability
## Files to Modify
1. **`/etc/fstab`** - Primary mount configuration
2. **Optional monitoring scripts** - NAS connectivity checks
3. **Service configurations** - Dependencies on mount availability
## Testing Checklist
- [ ] Backup current fstab configuration
- [ ] Apply new mount options
- [ ] Test normal operation (read/write files)
- [ ] Test network interruption handling (disconnect NAS briefly)
- [ ] Verify fast failure instead of system hangs
- [ ] Monitor system stability over 24 hours
- [ ] Validate with Tdarr container operations
## Monitoring and Validation
### Success Criteria
- Mount operations fail within 30 seconds during network issues
- No kernel RCU stalls or deadlock messages in journal
- System remains responsive during NAS network problems
- Automatic remount when network connectivity restored
### Long-term Monitoring
- Monitor journal for CIFS error patterns
- Track system stability metrics
- Validate performance impact of smaller buffers
- Ensure gaming and transcoding workloads remain unaffected

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## System Stability Considerations (2025-08-11)
### Critical Stability Issue
During intensive transcoding operations with network storage, CIFS mount failures can escalate to **kernel-level crashes** requiring hard system reboot. This occurs when:
- Large files (10GB+ remux) are streamed over CIFS during transcoding
- Network connectivity issues cause CIFS timeouts and reconnection failures
- Container processes (like tdarr-ffmpeg) experience memory corruption in CIFS operations
### Resilience Improvements
For production systems performing intensive file operations over CIFS, see:
- **[CIFS Mount Resilience Fixes](cifs-mount-resilience-fixes.md)** - Enhanced timeout handling and error recovery
- **[Tdarr Container Fixes](../docker/tdarr-container-fixes.md)** - Unmapped architecture to eliminate CIFS streaming during transcoding
- **[Crash Analysis](../docker/crash-analysis-summary.md)** - Complete incident analysis and prevention strategies
### Recommended Configuration Updates
While the optimized settings above provide excellent performance, add these resilience parameters for stability:
- **Timeout handling**: `timeo=15,retrans=3` - Prevent 90-second hangs
- **Interruption support**: `intr` - Allow kernel to interrupt hung operations
- **Smaller buffers during issues**: Consider reducing buffer sizes during network instability
## Related Documentation
- [SSH Key Management](ssh-key-management.md) - For secure access to systems
- [Tdarr Troubleshooting](../docker/tdarr-troubleshooting.md) - For Tdarr-specific issues
- [Network Troubleshooting](ssh-troubleshooting.md) - For general network issues
- **[CIFS Resilience Fixes](cifs-mount-resilience-fixes.md)** - Critical stability improvements
- **[Tdarr Container Security](../docker/tdarr-container-fixes.md)** - Prevent kernel crashes
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*Last updated: August 10, 2025*
*Last updated: August 11, 2025*
*Performance improvements: Tdarr Server 67% faster, Local Workstation 669% faster*
*Stability improvements: Added kernel crash prevention measures*