Clone fails with java.io.OutputStream.write for large repositories when scm-cache is enabled

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Problem

Clone fails for large repositories.  

The following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket.log

2017-10-06 00:09:25,390 DEBUG [scm-request-poller:thread-1]  c.a.b.scm.ssh.SshCommandExitHandler {}: Threw the following exception:
com.atlassian.utils.process.ProcessException: Non-zero exit code: 128
	at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.SummarizingProcessHandler.complete(SummarizingProcessHandler.java:47)
	at com.atlassian.utils.process.ExternalProcessImpl.wrapUpProcess(ExternalProcessImpl.java:667)
	at com.atlassian.utils.process.ExternalProcessImpl.finish(ExternalProcessImpl.java:194)
    ..
    ..
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
	... 5 frames trimmed
2017-10-06 00:09:25,390 INFO  [ssh-scm-request-handler] <user> @15FI10Xx9x437x0 1izd1l1 10.0.0.254 SSH - git-upload-pack '/<proj>/<repo>.git' c.a.u.c.internal.AbstractCacheEntry Invalidating cache entry clone|1c9e1be2b6dd70b129814c141385a39d. An error occurred while writing to the cache Write to closed pipe
2017-10-06 00:09:25,392 DEBUG [ssh-scm-request-handler] <user> @15FI10Xx9x437x0 1izd1l1 10.0.0.254 SSH - git-upload-pack '/<proj>/<repo>.git c.a.b.s.c.i.s.CachingSshUploadPackRequest [GA/ipad[63]] Exception encountered while processing a git-upload-pack request
java.io.IOException: Write to closed pipe
	at com.atlassian.util.contentcache.util.PipedStreams.writeBytesAvailable(PipedStreams.java:93)
	at com.atlassian.util.contentcache.util.PipedStreams.access$1100(PipedStreams.java:23)
	at com.atlassian.util.contentcache.util.PipedStreams$PipedOutputStream.awaitSpace(PipedStreams.java:284)
	at com.atlassian.util.contentcache.util.PipedStreams$PipedOutputStream.write(PipedStreams.java:232)
	at java.io.OutputStream.write(OutputStream.java:75)
	at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.cache.internal.ssh.UploadPackProxy.streamPack(UploadPackProxy.java:202)
	at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.cache.internal.ssh.CachingSshUploadPackRequest$PackContentProvider.lambda$apply$0(CachingSshUploadPackRequest.java:429)
	at com.atlassian.bitbucket.util.TimerUtils.time(TimerUtils.java:54)

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Steps

  • scm-cache is enabled and clone fails for large repositories

Cause

Buffer size limit have been enabled in sysctl.conf or in any other configuration files and set with low values

e.g.

net.core.rmem_max = 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 16384 16777216

Resolution

Remove if any buffer settings configured for hosting operating system.

 

Last modified on Oct 13, 2017

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