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Bug 1283924 - ppc64le: VFIO doesn't work for small guests (1 GiB) [7.2.z]
Summary: ppc64le: VFIO doesn't work for small guests (1 GiB) [7.2.z]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 7.2
Hardware: ppc64le
OS: Linux
high
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Andrea Bolognani
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1273480
Blocks: RHEV3.6PPC
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-20 10:01 UTC by Jan Kurik
Modified: 2016-07-27 20:22 UTC (History)
21 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-1.2.17-13.el7_2.1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Prior to this update, guest virtual machines with 1 GiB or less allocated memory in some cases failed to start on IBM Power systems. With this update, the memory lock limit is calculated using architecture-specific logic, which allows the affected guests to start as expected.
Clone Of: 1273480
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-12-08 10:41:39 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2567 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libvirt bug fix update 2015-12-08 15:40:16 UTC

Description Jan Kurik 2015-11-20 10:01:50 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #1273480 and has been proposed
to be backported to 7.2 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 6 Dan Zheng 2015-11-23 05:54:38 UTC 
Test with below packages:
libvirt-1.2.17-13.el7_2.1.ppc64le
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.3.0-31.el7_2.3.ppc64le
kernel-3.10.0-327.el7.ppc64le
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Test 1: MaxMemory + small guest memory 1G + Hostdev can start up now (failed before the fix)
# virsh nodedev-dumpxml pci_0003_09_00_0
...
    <iommuGroup number='1'>
      <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x2'/>
      <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
    </iommuGroup>

Guest XML:
  <maxMemory slots='2' unit='KiB'>10485760</maxMemory>
  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
    <model fallback='allow'>POWER8</model>
    <numa>
      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='1048576' unit='KiB'/>
    </numa>
  </cpu>
<devices>
      <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x2'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
</devices>

# virsh start avocado-vt-vm1
Domain avocado-vt-vm1 started
*************************************************************

Test 2: Small guest memory 1G + without hostdev can start and 
        small guest memory 1G + hostdev can start up now (failed before the fix)

Guest XML:
  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
  <devices>
...
      <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x2'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x3'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
</devices>

# virsh start avocado-vt-vm1
Device attached successfully

Within the guest # lspci
00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
*************************************************************

Test 3: Small guest memory 1G + hotplug PCI device can work now (failed before the fix)
Guest XML:
<memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>

# virsh start avocado-vt-vm1
Device attached successfully

attach.xml:
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
  <source>
    <address domain='0x0003' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
  </source>
</hostdev>
# virsh attach-device avocado-vt-vm1 attach.xml
Device attached successfully

within the guest: # lspci 
00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)


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Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2015-12-08 10:41:39 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2567.html
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