Description of problem: All kernels since 2.6.9-78 create a /proc/xen directory containing the 'file' 'balloon'. This is true on non-Xen kernels and running without any sort of virtualization product installed or running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-78.EL (and 2.6.9-78.0.1 through 5) and affects smp kernels as well How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install any RH kernel newer than 2.6.9-78 2. Boot it 3. ls -la /proc/xen Actual results: total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 15:16 . dr-xr-xr-x 304 root root 0 Aug 28 21:11 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 7 15:16 balloon Expected results: ls: /proc/xen: No such file or directory Additional info: Many products, most notably Platform Symphony and VMWare check for the presence or absence of Xen by checking if this directory exists. The presence of this directory on non-Xen aware kernels breaks these checks and unexpected results occur. Would be nice if a) it didn't do it at all or b) it was optional and invoked by the presence of a kernel parameter at boot to turn it on or turn it off - i.e. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp ro root=/dev/vg00/root rhgb quiet noxen
Doesn't have the same title, but it is a dupe of 460984, and the patch has been submitted & built into the next update (4.8). See the above bz for a test kernel. If needed/desired/required pre-4.8, request the z-stream flags to be set in 460984 which will kick a process off to have it put into a subsequent 4.7 z-stream update/release. - Don *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 460984 ***