CXPACKET and SOS_Scheduler_yeild waits

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CXPACKET and SOS_Scheduler_yeild waits

vsamantha35

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February 12, 2024 at 6:43 pm

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Hi All,
One of the app query is running slow. When I saw the spid's waitype, it is CXPACKET. After digging further one of the thread is waiting for SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD. question I have is, except this query nothing else is running at that moment. only small other queries coming and exiting. When I observed the windows task manager, Server CPU usage is under 15% utilization. VM has 32 cpus. Why it is had to wait for SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD.when it is not a high cpu condition on the server? How to troubleshoot and fix such queries?
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Sam

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Jo Pattyn SSC-Dedicated Points: 32341 More actions · Answer 1

Looks that SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD is a benign wait. The cpu was fully utilized

What is the parallelism setting for this query?

If maxdop= 1 results in 1 vcpu /32 vcpu = 3% of total cpu usage

https://www.sqlskills.com/help/waits/sos_scheduler_yield/

CreateIndexNonclustered SSChasing Mays Points: 648 More actions · Answer 2

Does the virtual host have at least one physical core per virtual processor provisioned to all guest VMs on the host?

You can of course oversubscribe processor resources to a degree, but SQL can be a workload that does not like to be oversubscribed.

What is your maxdop? I hope it isn't set to 0?

vsamantha35 SSChampion Points: 11551 More actions · Answer 3

maxdop is set to 1 at instance level and at database level it is set to 4. looks like each operator within plan is taking 4 threads

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CreateIndexNonclustered SSChasing Mays Points: 648 More actions · Answer 4

I do believe that the database level setting overrides the instance level setting.

Is this a purely/high majority OLTP application? The problem could be excessive parallelism.

High SOS scheduler yield waits with low CPU is a pretty classic sign of oversubscribed virtualization hosts.

CX waits are really tough to make a determination from on their own without other context

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398872 More actions · Answer 5

Have you looked at the execution plan for the query in question? That's going to tell you a whole lot about how it's being executed, what resources are being used, etc. Estimated plan will give you most of what you need, so you can pluck it from Query Store or the cache. If you can execute the query and capture a plan with runtime metrics you'll get more info to help with determining what is happening and why.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 6

vsamantha35 wrote:

maxdop is set to 1 at instance level and at database level it is set to 4. looks like each operator within plan is taking 4 threads

Is the "query" an UPDATE by any chance?

Either way, can you post the query, please.

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Mr. Brian Gale SSC-Insane Points: 24800 More actions · Answer 7

Another thing - is there a query hint to put the MAXDOP to another value? I know you can set that at the instance level, database level, and query (or stored procedure) level.

The above is all just my opinion on what you should do.
As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it. Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

vsamantha35 SSChampion Points: 11551 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden wrote:

vsamantha35 wrote:
maxdop is set to 1 at instance level and at database level it is set to 4. looks like each operator within plan is taking 4 threads
Is the "query" an UPDATE by any chance?
Either way, can you post the query, please.

Yes Sir. it is bunch of updates. its running over 6 hours, I feel something wrong with their joins and filters. I ll post the query and actual plan if i can collect.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398872 More actions · Answer 9

Estimated plan can tell us a lot. Sure, actual plan tells you more, but just plucking the plan out of cache goes a long way.