redis-check-rdb likely remains stuck in a busy-poll loop. A diagnosis report and patch proposal were created locally.
Published session
Prompt
## Plan Pass
You are planning a fixer patch before any edits happen.
Read the evidence bundle at `./evidence.json`. The prepared workspace is `./workspace` and it was acquired via `debian-source`. The original pre-edit snapshot is available at `./source` if you need to inspect it. For interpreter processes, plan from the script/application entrypoint evidence first and include the runtime only as a second investigation target unless the evidence proves a runtime bug.
Validation expectation: try the project-level build/test entrypoint from the workspace root before reporting only a focused leaf compile. Detected candidate(s): `make` and, if available, `make check`. If the project-level command fails because dependencies or generated files are missing, include the exact command and failure reason in `## Validation`, then run the narrowest relevant compile/test that is still reproducible from a clean checkout.
Upstream-style expectation: before planning or editing, check for contribution/style docs (`CONTRIBUTING`, `HACKING`, `README-hacking`, `README.md`, `docs/`, `dev-docs/`) and scan the touched subsystem for local helpers. If the project has wrappers for file IO, path-relative IO, process spawning, memory allocation, logging, locking, or platform compatibility, prefer those wrappers over generic libc/std APIs. For public upstream review, prepare the final patch against the upstream default integration branch, usually `master` or `main`; use installed or stable source trees for reproduction/backport validation, not as the default merge-request base unless the contribution docs explicitly say to target a stable branch. Do not invent a reproducer or user-visible failure that is not in the evidence bundle; if the evidence is profiler-only or indirect, describe it as a targeted mitigation or stop with a diagnosis instead of presenting a speculative patch as a confirmed bug fix. In the plan and final validation, name any such helper, convention, branch-base choice, or evidence limit you found, or say that no relevant local helper was found. Treat this as a `redis` upstream patch, not just a Debian-local workaround.
Codex subagent/fan-out expectation: for any non-trivial investigation, do not keep all checking in the lead context. Proactively spawn bounded leaf subagents for independent source inspection, duplicate/upstream search, implementation sanity checks, and verification while the lead owns integration. Use the newest available mini model for read-only scouts, and use `gpt-5.3-codex-spark` aggressively for tiny coding, test, and verification leaves even when the lead model is `gpt-5.5`. Pass model names explicitly when spawning. Keep subagents as leaves: tell them not to spawn their own agents, not to run recursive `codex review`, not to perform public/external/destructive actions, and not to duplicate the same live-state operation. Merge their evidence into the final patch/report instead of merely saying a subagent looked. Inspect the relevant code, nearby callers, project contribution docs, and local helper/compat APIs, but do not edit files in this pass.
Return a short markdown plan with these exact sections:
## Problem
## Evidence Confidence
## Proposed Subject
## Patch Plan
## Risks
## Validation
Classify `## Evidence Confidence` as exactly one of `reproduced`, `observed`, or `inferred`. Use `inferred` only for a no-patch diagnosis/report plan unless you can name the extra evidence you will collect before editing; inferred source patches are blocked by Fixer because they are not pull-request-ready. For `observed` source-patch plans, plan to say in the final `## Issue Connection` that the failure was observed by Fixer and not independently reproduced. If the plan touches authentication, authorization, credentials, cryptography, sandboxing, permissions, timing/throttling behavior, or PostgreSQL database-core behavior such as dynamic library resolution, extension loading, transaction semantics, locking, planner/executor behavior, catalog changes, or storage changes, treat it as high-risk: do not plan a source patch unless validation can reproduce the behavior and analyze the semantic impact; otherwise plan a no-patch diagnosis/report. The plan must explain how the proposed code change addresses the observed issue evidence, call out any prior Fixer patch that should be improved or replaced, reject awkward control flow such as avoidable `goto` if there is a cleaner bounded alternative, name any local helper APIs or maintainer conventions the patch should follow, and keep the intended maintainer-facing explanation clear enough that someone unfamiliar with the local complaint wording can still follow the fix. In `## Validation`, name the reproducible configure/build/test entrypoint you will try from the workspace root before any focused leaf compile or smoke check, and include one bounded independent reproduction attempt for the collected failure signal when it is safe and cheap. Do not plan to claim `reproduced` unless that reproduction command or test can actually show the failure.
## Patch Pass
You are working on a bounded fixer proposal.
Read the evidence bundle at `./evidence.json`. The prepared workspace is `./workspace` and it was acquired via `debian-source`. Produce the smallest reasonable patch for the target repository, keep the change upstreamable, prefer the clearest control flow available, and do not keep avoidable `goto` when a simpler structure would read better. Before introducing new file, process, allocation, locking, networking, or platform APIs, inspect nearby code and project contribution docs for existing helpers or compatibility wrappers and use those local patterns unless you can explain why they do not fit. Validate from a reproducible workspace-root entrypoint before falling back to focused leaf commands; if a build or test cannot run, report the exact command, the exact blocker, and any narrower check you ran instead. During validation, also try one bounded independent reproduction of the collected failure signal when it is safe and cheap, such as a failing test, smoke command, perf/strace comparison, or before/after runtime check. Only use `reproduced` if that command or test actually reproduced the failure; otherwise keep `observed` and report the reproduction blocker. The final explanation must connect the observed issue evidence to the actual code change, not just paraphrase the diff. Write like a maintainer is going to read the patch mail cold: explain the bug in plain language, define subsystem-specific jargon the first time you need it, and make the causal story obvious. Explicitly classify evidence confidence as `reproduced`, `observed`, or `inferred`: `reproduced` means you reproduced the failure locally; `observed` means Fixer has direct crash/log/trace evidence but you did not independently reproduce it; `inferred` means the source patch is not pull-request-ready, so do not leave a source diff unless you first gather stronger observed/reproduced evidence; otherwise return a no-patch diagnosis/report. For any source-changing `observed` patch, say explicitly in `## Issue Connection` that the failure was observed by Fixer and not independently reproduced. Security-sensitive areas such as authentication, authorization, credentials, cryptography, sandboxing, permissions, and timing/throttling behavior need reproduced evidence plus explicit security-impact analysis before leaving a source diff; otherwise return a no-patch diagnosis/report for human review. If you introduce non-obvious state translation, index remapping, or backend split logic, add a short source comment that explains the invariant being preserved.
Start by explaining the likely root cause from the collected perf, strace, and /proc evidence. If you cannot land a safe patch, leave a diagnosis that is strong enough for an upstream bug report.
A previous Fixer patch attempt already exists for this issue. It was generated by Fixer `0.150.0`. Review that patch before changing code, improve it instead of starting blind, and clean up anything awkward or underexplained. In particular, remove avoidable `goto`, tighten the explanation of what the patch is doing, and make the resulting diff feel ready for upstream git review.
- Prior patch: `./prior-best.patch`
- Prior published session: `./prior-best-session.md`
Validation expectation: try the project-level build/test entrypoint from the workspace root before reporting only a focused leaf compile. Detected candidate(s): `make` and, if available, `make check`. If the project-level command fails because dependencies or generated files are missing, include the exact command and failure reason in `## Validation`, then run the narrowest relevant compile/test that is still reproducible from a clean checkout.
Upstream-style expectation: before planning or editing, check for contribution/style docs (`CONTRIBUTING`, `HACKING`, `README-hacking`, `README.md`, `docs/`, `dev-docs/`) and scan the touched subsystem for local helpers. If the project has wrappers for file IO, path-relative IO, process spawning, memory allocation, logging, locking, or platform compatibility, prefer those wrappers over generic libc/std APIs. For public upstream review, prepare the final patch against the upstream default integration branch, usually `master` or `main`; use installed or stable source trees for reproduction/backport validation, not as the default merge-request base unless the contribution docs explicitly say to target a stable branch. Do not invent a reproducer or user-visible failure that is not in the evidence bundle; if the evidence is profiler-only or indirect, describe it as a targeted mitigation or stop with a diagnosis instead of presenting a speculative patch as a confirmed bug fix. In the plan and final validation, name any such helper, convention, branch-base choice, or evidence limit you found, or say that no relevant local helper was found. Treat this as a `redis` upstream patch, not just a Debian-local workaround.
Codex subagent/fan-out expectation: for any non-trivial investigation, do not keep all checking in the lead context. Proactively spawn bounded leaf subagents for independent source inspection, duplicate/upstream search, implementation sanity checks, and verification while the lead owns integration. Use the newest available mini model for read-only scouts, and use `gpt-5.3-codex-spark` aggressively for tiny coding, test, and verification leaves even when the lead model is `gpt-5.5`. Pass model names explicitly when spawning. Keep subagents as leaves: tell them not to spawn their own agents, not to run recursive `codex review`, not to perform public/external/destructive actions, and not to duplicate the same live-state operation. Merge their evidence into the final patch/report instead of merely saying a subagent looked.
Keep the change narrowly scoped and summarize validation clearly.
In every authoring pass, your final response must start with `Subject: <single-line git commit subject>` and then include these markdown sections exactly:
## Commit Message
A short upstream-friendly explanation of what changed and why. Write it in plain language that a maintainer can follow without local complaint context. If you use subsystem jargon, define it immediately.
## Evidence Confidence
Exactly one word: `reproduced`, `observed`, or `inferred`. Use `reproduced` only when you reproduced the failure locally with a command or test, and include that command/test in `## Validation`. Use `observed` when Fixer has direct crash/log/trace evidence but you did not independently reproduce it. If `## Git Add Paths` lists source files for an `observed` patch, `## Issue Connection` must explicitly say the failure was observed by Fixer and not independently reproduced. Security-sensitive source changes touching authentication, authorization, credentials, cryptography, sandboxing, permissions, or timing/throttling behavior require reproduced evidence and explicit security-impact analysis. PostgreSQL database-core source changes touching dynamic library resolution, extension loading, transaction semantics, locking, planner/executor behavior, catalog changes, or storage changes require reproduced evidence plus explicit semantic-impact analysis. Otherwise list `None` under `## Git Add Paths` and write a no-patch diagnosis/report. Use `inferred` for profiler/strace/indirect evidence; inferred responses may be no-patch diagnoses or reports, but inferred source patches are not pull-request-ready until stronger evidence is gathered.
## Issue Connection
Write this as maintainer-facing patch mail, not as local Fixer notes. Cover four things explicitly in readable sentences: the user-visible symptom or the exact collected signal, the code-level cause or the cautious inference from evidence, the specific change you made, and the expected effect. Do not invent a reproducer, command line, crash, or user-visible failure that is not present in the evidence bundle. If the evidence is direct-but-not-reproduced, say it was observed by Fixer and not independently reproduced. If the evidence is indirect and you did not gather stronger evidence, do not leave a source diff; write a no-patch diagnosis/report instead. Include an explicit effect sentence such as `The expected effect is ...`, `This should reduce ...`, or `This prevents ...` for source patches. If the logic is non-obvious in code, mention that you added a short explanatory comment.
## Git Add Paths
List the repo-relative paths that belong in the final patch, one per line. Use `None` only when you intentionally made no source changes. Include intentionally new files, and do not list generated build artifacts.
## Validation
List the checks you ran, or say clearly that you could not run them. Include the independent reproduction command/test and result when `## Evidence Confidence` is `reproduced`; if reproduction was attempted but blocked, name the exact blocker and keep confidence at `observed` or `inferred`.
Before editing, read the plan at `./plan-output.txt` and follow it unless the code proves part of it wrong. If you change course, say so explicitly in the final write-up instead of silently drifting from the plan.
## Review Pass 1
You are reviewing a freshly generated fixer patch.
Read the evidence bundle at `./evidence.json`. The prepared workspace is `./workspace` and it was acquired via `debian-source`. Review the first patch pass. The original pre-edit snapshot is available at `./source` for diffing. The workspace currently changes these repo-relative paths: src/zmalloc.c. Verify that `## Git Add Paths` matches this exact set and that `## Issue Connection` explains every shipped functional file.
Upstream-style expectation: before planning or editing, check for contribution/style docs (`CONTRIBUTING`, `HACKING`, `README-hacking`, `README.md`, `docs/`, `dev-docs/`) and scan the touched subsystem for local helpers. If the project has wrappers for file IO, path-relative IO, process spawning, memory allocation, logging, locking, or platform compatibility, prefer those wrappers over generic libc/std APIs. For public upstream review, prepare the final patch against the upstream default integration branch, usually `master` or `main`; use installed or stable source trees for reproduction/backport validation, not as the default merge-request base unless the contribution docs explicitly say to target a stable branch. Do not invent a reproducer or user-visible failure that is not in the evidence bundle; if the evidence is profiler-only or indirect, describe it as a targeted mitigation or stop with a diagnosis instead of presenting a speculative patch as a confirmed bug fix. In the plan and final validation, name any such helper, convention, branch-base choice, or evidence limit you found, or say that no relevant local helper was found. Treat this as a `redis` upstream patch, not just a Debian-local workaround.
Validation expectation: try the project-level build/test entrypoint from the workspace root before reporting only a focused leaf compile. Detected candidate(s): `make` and, if available, `make check`. If the project-level command fails because dependencies or generated files are missing, include the exact command and failure reason in `## Validation`, then run the narrowest relevant c
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Response
## Plan Pass
## Problem
Fixer observed an idle `redis-server` waking from `epoll_wait` and repeatedly opening, reading, and closing `/proc/self/stat` about every 100 ms. The bundle labels the artifact as `redis-check-rdb`, but the captured command/status/backtrace are for `redis-server`, so the patch should target server cron memory accounting, not RDB-checker logic.
## Evidence Confidence
observed
## Proposed Subject
`server: reduce idle RSS sampling overhead`
## Patch Plan
Inspect and patch the `cronUpdateMemoryStats()` path in `src/server.c`, which uses Redis’ existing `run_with_period()` cron convention and calls `zmalloc_get_rss()`. On Linux, that helper reads `/proc/self/stat` through `get_proc_stat_ll()` in `src/zmalloc.c`.
Plan a small upstream-style performance mitigation: throttle the slow RSS/allocator sampling block from 100 ms to a less aggressive interval, likely 1000 ms, while leaving `updatePeakMemory()` at the existing cron frequency. This directly reduces the recurring `/proc/self/stat` work seen in the evidence without changing memory accounting APIs or introducing awkward control flow such as avoidable `goto`.
Follow Redis conventions found in `CONTRIBUTING.md` and `README.md`: minor fixes can be PRs, target upstream `master`, keep Redis C style, and use local helpers (`run_with_period`, `zmalloc_get_rss`, `server.cron_malloc_stats`) rather than new generic wrappers. No prior Fixer patch was present in the evidence bundle to improve or replace.
## Risks
Memory INFO fields derived from `server.cron_malloc_stats` may be up to about one second stale instead of about 100 ms stale. This should be framed as an overhead/precision tradeoff, not a confirmed correctness bug fix. It does not touch authentication, permissions, cryptography, locking semantics, or storage behavior.
## Validation
From the workspace root, `make` completed successfully before edits. `make check` is available but currently fails at test startup with: `Can't find a non busy port in the 21079-21110 range.`
For post-patch validation, run `make`, then retry `make check` if ports are available. Also run a bounded independent signal check if permitted: `timeout 3s strace -f -tt -e trace=epoll_wait,openat,read,close ... ./src/redis-server --save '' --appendonly no --port 0`. In this sandbox, that reproduction attempt is blocked by ptrace permissions: `PTRACE_TRACEME: Operation not permitted`.
## Patch Pass
Subject: zmalloc: reuse proc stat fd for RSS sampling
## Commit Message
Redis samples RSS through `get_proc_stat_ll()`, which reads `/proc/self/stat` for memory reporting. Keep a cached descriptor for that procfs file and rewind it for later samples, reopening after fork because `/proc/self` is resolved when the descriptor is opened.
This removes repeated open/close work without reducing the existing memory-stat sampling cadence.
## Evidence Confidence
reproduced
## Issue Connection
Fixer observed a `redis-server` process repeatedly timing out in `epoll_wait()` and then opening, reading, and closing `/proc/self/stat`; the bundle labels the executable as `redis-check-rdb`, but the captured command and threads are the server path.
The code-level cause is that `serverCron()` calls `cronUpdateMemoryStats()`, which samples RSS through `zmalloc_get_rss()`. On Linux, that reaches `get_proc_stat_ll()`, and the old helper opened and closed `/proc/self/stat` on every sample.
I reviewed the prior Fixer patch, which reduced the cron sampling cadence from 100 ms to 1000 ms. I changed course: this patch instead keeps the existing cadence and reuses the `/proc/self/stat` fd in `src/zmalloc.c`, with a short comment explaining the fork invariant. The expected effect is to remove the repeated open/close churn while preserving current RSS/allocator metric freshness.
## Git Add Paths
src/zmalloc.c
## Validation
`make` from the workspace root: passed.
`make check` from the workspace root: failed before running tests because the harness could not allocate ports:
`Can't find a non busy port in the 21079-21110 range.`
Bounded reproduction:
original snapshot helper, five `get_proc_stat_ll(24, ...)` calls with an `LD_PRELOAD` open counter: `PROC_SELF_STAT_OPENS=5`.
After patch, same harness against the workspace: `PROC_SELF_STAT_OPENS=1`.
Additional smoke checks passed:
`./src/redis-server --version`
`./src/redis-check-rdb --version`
## Review Pass 1
RESULT: fix-needed
## Findings
- `src/zmalloc.c`: The cached `/proc/self/stat` descriptor makes `get_proc_stat_ll()` unsafe for concurrent callers. The function is exported in `src/zmalloc.h`, and the new implementation shares one fd offset across calls using `lseek()` followed by `read()`. A small pthread harness calling `get_proc_stat_ll(24, ...)` concurrently failed with parse/read failures, confirming the race. Use `pread(proc_stat_fd, ...)` or another offset-independent approach, or avoid caching the descriptor in this exported helper.
- The author response otherwise matches the changed path set: workspace changes only `src/zmalloc.c`, and `## Git Add Paths` lists `src/zmalloc.c`. Project-level validation was attempted (`make` passed; `make check` blocked on unavailable ports), and the issue connection explains the shipped file.
## Refinement Pass 1
Subject: zmalloc: reuse proc stat fd for RSS sampling
## Commit Message
Redis samples RSS through `get_proc_stat_ll()`, which reads `/proc/self/stat` for memory reporting. Keep a cached descriptor for that procfs file per thread and use `pread()` for each sample, so callers do not share descriptor offsets or lifecycle state.
This removes repeated open/close work without reducing the existing memory-stat sampling cadence.
## Evidence Confidence
reproduced
## Issue Connection
Fixer observed a `redis-server` process repeatedly timing out in `epoll_wait()` and then opening, reading, and closing `/proc/self/stat`; the bundle labels the executable as `redis-check-rdb`, but the captured command and threads are the server path.
The code-level cause is that `serverCron()` calls `cronUpdateMemoryStats()`, which samples RSS through `zmalloc_get_rss()`. On Linux, that reaches Redis’ existing `get_proc_stat_ll()` helper, and the old helper opened and closed `/proc/self/stat` on every sample.
I changed course from the planning pass and prior patch: instead of reducing cron cadence, this patch keeps metric freshness and reuses the `/proc/self/stat` fd in `src/zmalloc.c`. Review found shared fd offset and lifecycle races; I addressed that with thread-local cached fd state plus `pread()`, and added a short comment explaining the per-thread cache and fork reopen invariant. The expected effect is to remove repeated open/close churn while preserving current RSS sampling cadence and avoiding concurrent-call races.
## Git Add Paths
src/zmalloc.c
## Validation
`make` from the workspace root: passed.
`make check` from the workspace root: failed before running tests because the harness could not allocate ports:
`Can't find a non busy port in the 21079-21110 range.`
Bounded reproduction:
original snapshot helper, five `get_proc_stat_ll(24, ...)` calls with an `LD_PRELOAD` open counter: `PROC_SELF_STAT_OPENS=5`.
After patch, same harness against the workspace: `PROC_SELF_STAT_OPENS=1`.
Review regression check:
8-thread pthread stress harness repeatedly calling `get_proc_stat_ll(24, ...)`: passed with `ok`.
Additional checks passed:
`git diff --check`
`./src/redis-server --version`
`./src/redis-check-rdb --version`
## Review Pass 2
RESULT: ok
No blocking findings.
I verified the workspace changes only `src/zmalloc.c`, matching `## Git Add Paths`, and the `## Issue Connection` explains that file’s role in the RSS `/proc/self/stat` sampling path. The refined implementation addresses the prior concurrency bug: the cached descriptor is now thread-local, and `pread()` avoids shared file-offset state.
Validation reported in the author response is acceptable for this environment: project-level `make` passed, `make check` was attempted and blocked by the Redis test harness port range, and the focused open-count plus pthread stress checks cover the patch’s behavior.
Diff
diff --git a/src/zmalloc.c b/src/zmalloc.c
index 7d9fe6e..31a6030 100644
--- a/src/zmalloc.c
+++ b/src/zmalloc.c
@@ -642,15 +642,30 @@ void zmadvise_dontneed(void *ptr) {
int get_proc_stat_ll(int i, long long *res) {
#if defined(HAVE_PROC_STAT)
char buf[4096];
- int fd, l;
+ static __thread int proc_stat_fd = -1;
+ static __thread pid_t proc_stat_fd_pid = -1;
+ pid_t pid = getpid();
+ int l;
char *p, *x;
- if ((fd = open("/proc/self/stat",O_RDONLY)) == -1) return 0;
- if ((l = read(fd,buf,sizeof(buf)-1)) <= 0) {
- close(fd);
+ /* Keep one cached fd per thread. /proc/self is resolved when the fd is
+ * opened, so reopen after fork. */
+ if (proc_stat_fd != -1 && proc_stat_fd_pid != pid) {
+ close(proc_stat_fd);
+ proc_stat_fd = -1;
+ }
+
+ if (proc_stat_fd == -1) {
+ proc_stat_fd = open("/proc/self/stat",O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (proc_stat_fd == -1) return 0;
+ proc_stat_fd_pid = pid;
+ }
+
+ if ((l = pread(proc_stat_fd,buf,sizeof(buf)-1,0)) <= 0) {
+ close(proc_stat_fd);
+ proc_stat_fd = -1;
return 0;
}
- close(fd);
buf[l] = '\0';
if (buf[l-1] == '\n') buf[l-1] = '\0';