Bug 1660852 - [OSP14] Disable NUMA live migration by default
Summary: [OSP14] Disable NUMA live migration by default
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openstack-nova
Version: 14.0 (Rocky)
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: 14.0 (Rocky)
Assignee: Stephen Finucane
QA Contact: OSP DFG:Compute
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Depends On: 1660851
Blocks: 1660853 1660870 1660872 1707808 1775181 1805828
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Reported: 2018-12-19 11:45 UTC by Stephen Finucane
Modified: 2023-03-21 19:12 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openstack-nova-18.1.1-0.20190118044800.6e1120a.el7
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Clone Of: 1660851
: 1660853 1660870 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2019-07-02 19:45:01 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Launchpad 1289064 0 None None None 2018-12-19 11:48:21 UTC
OpenStack gerrit 625880 0 'None' 'MERGED' 'Fail to live migration if instance has a NUMA topology' 2019-11-27 13:23:44 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker OSP-23410 0 None None None 2023-03-21 19:12:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:1670 0 None None None 2019-07-02 19:45:32 UTC

Description Stephen Finucane 2018-12-19 11:45:50 UTC
This is the backport to OSP14.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1660851 +++

Description of problem:
As noted in bug 1222414, nova does not currently support live migration of instances with NUMA topologies. The CPU and memory mapping information is not recalculated for the destination host, meaning the instance can fail to boot on a destination host with less cores/hugepages than the source or, worse, actually boot but consume resources dedicated to an existing instance.

The long term fix for this is to properly enable live migration for these instances. However, we're seeing issues with this in older versions (and every future version until that feature lands) and the fix won't be backportable to these. In addition, the previous downstream-only workaround for this, seen in bug 1585068 and related bugs, has proven problematic and is not something we want to continue to invest in. As such, we need an upstream-first approach to resolving this issue that can be backported to older versions. The easiest way to do this is to disable live migration of NUMA-based instances by default, providing a workaround flag for users who insist on being able to live migrate even with the issues seen. That is what we've done, and this bug tracks the progress in supporting that downstream.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All supported versions of OSP.

How reproducible:
See bug 1222414.

Steps to Reproduce:
See bug 1222414.

Actual results:
See bug 1222414.

Expected results:
See bug 1222414.

Additional info:

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2019-07-02 19:45:01 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:1670


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