Description of problem: I tried to start a virtual machine after reconfiguring it to use an openvswitch network interface. Version-Release number of selected component: qemu-system-x86-1.6.1-3.fc20 Additional info: reporter: libreport-2.1.10 backtrace_rating: 4 cmdline: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -name f18-test -S -machine pc-0.15,accel=kvm,usb=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid ba41c9b5-79ce-d434-9638-8d3c6a9b927e -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/f18-test.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -drive file=/home/alp/.libvirt/images/f17-test.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 -drive if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0,bootindex=2 -netdev tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=27 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:9c:35:06,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 -k da -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device intel-hda,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device hda-duplex,id=sound0-codec0,bus=sound0.0,cad=0 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 crash_function: qemu_anon_ram_alloc executable: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 kernel: 3.12.5-302.fc20.x86_64 runlevel: N 5 type: CCpp uid: 107 Truncated backtrace: Thread no. 1 (8 frames) #2 qemu_anon_ram_alloc at util/oslib-posix.c:117 #3 kvm_ram_alloc at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/kvm-all.c:1833 #4 qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/exec.c:1142 #5 qemu_ram_alloc at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/exec.c:1185 #6 memory_region_init_ram at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/memory.c:1018 #7 pc_memory_init at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/hw/i386/pc.c:1130 #8 pc_init1 at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/hw/i386/pc_piix.c:134 #9 pc_init_pci at /usr/src/debug/qemu-1.6.1/hw/i386/pc_piix.c:245
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This abort happens when you request more ram for the VM than is currently available on the host. It's annoying that it creates a backtrace, but it's not a big per se.