Bug 1133458

Description of problem:
I try to to install Win2012r2(en_windows_server_2012_r2_x64_dvd_2707946.iso) and Win8.1(en_windows_8_1_enterprise_x86_dvd_2972289.iso) guest on intel host but failed. I checked log file xend.log found the following  line:
[2014-07-25 00:11:12 xend.XendDomainInfo 27541] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:2864) VM hvm-win2012-64-1 restarting too fast (Elapsed time: 1.111902 seconds). Refusing to restart to avoid loops.

It seems that the guest was repeated restart du to some reason.


The following are my test results on intel hosts also with the cpuinfo of processor 0.
Can not install Win2012r2 and Win8.1 guest on machine: ibm-x3100m4-02.qe.lab.eng.nay.redhat.com
cpuinfo of processor 0:
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 58
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz
stepping    : 9
microcode   : 27
cpu MHz     : 1600.000
cache size  : 8192 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 8
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 4
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm arat xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms
bogomips    : 6784.46
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Can not install Win2012r2 and Win8.1 guest on machine: ibm-x3650m3-05.qe.lab.eng.nay.redhat.com
cpuinfo of processor 0:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5650  @ 2.67GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 1596.000
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae cx8 apic mtrr cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni vmx est ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm
bogomips        : 6669.85
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Can install Win2012r2 and Win8.1 guest on machine: intel-e7420-128-2.englab.nay.redhat.com
cpuinfo of processor 0:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 29
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E7420  @ 2.13GHz
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 2127.900
cache size      : 8192 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae cx8 apic mtrr cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni vmx ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips        : 5323.30
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Can install Win2012r2 and Win8.1 guest on machine: dhcp-8-173.nay.redhat.com
cpuinfo of processor 0:
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 23
model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9400  @ 2.66GHz
stepping    : 10
microcode   : 2571
cpu MHz     : 1998.000
cache size  : 3072 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 4
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 4
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips    : 5332.41
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Can install Win2012r2 and Win8.1 guest on all AMD hosts i test with.

I try rhel5.10 host on some machines, it have the same results with rhel5.11 host. I don't know if this problem is caused by the cpu type, just list my test results here.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Guest: Win2012r2(en_windows_server_2012_r2_x64_dvd_2707946.iso) and Win8.1(en_windows_8_1_enterprise_x86_dvd_2972289.iso) 
kernel-xen-2.6.18-398.el5
xen-3.0.3-144.el5

How reproducible:
Some intel hosts

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a Win2012r2 iso file(/root/win2012r2.iso)
2. Create raw format guest image
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/xen/images/hvm-win2012-64-1.img bs=1M count=1 seek=15000
3. Create the guest use the following configure file:
# cat hvm-win2012-64-1.cfg
name = "hvm-win2012-64-1"
maxmem = 1024
memory = 1024
vcpus = 4
builder = "hvm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot = "d"
pae = 1
acpi = 1
apic = 1
sdl = 0
vnc = 1
vncunused = 1
vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
keymap = "en-us"
on_poweroff = "destroy"
on_reboot = "restart"
on_crash = "preserve"
device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
disk = ["file:/var/lib/xen/images/hvm-win2012-64-1.img,hda,w","file:/root/win2012r2.iso,hdc:cdrom,r"]
vif = [ "mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge"]
serial = "pty"
usbdevice = "tablet"

#xm create hvm-win2012-64-1.cfg

Actual results:
After create the guest, i monitor it via vncviewer, found it only output some messages(see attachment win2012r2_installation.png) and then the guest was destroyed from the host.
#xm list
Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0                                   0    29971    24 r-----   1607.9

Expected results:
Can install the guest successfully

Additional info:
The attachment is log file: qemu-dm.27594.log, xend.log and the output of command 'xm dmesg':  xm_dmesg.log
Also with the whole cpuinfo of machine:
dhcp-8-173.nay.redhat.com
ibm-x3100m4-02.qe.lab.eng.nay.redhat.com
ibm-x3650m3-05.qe.lab.eng.nay.redhat.com
intel-e7420-128-2.englab.nay.redhat.com