This bug has been copied from bug #523450 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).
in kernel-2.6.18-164.2.1.el5
FYI: Tested the original issue in -164.el5_2.1. steps in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523450 ==== Result : ON intel Host: i686 PASS i686-PAE PASS x86_64 PASS ON AMD HOST i686 PASS i686-PAE PASS x86_64 Failed* ==== Failed* : the guest hang, and " kvm: inject_page_fault: double fault 0x80444038 " is found in host's dmesg. can reproduce the failure in kernel -164 and earlier version. I am going to open a bz against kvm.
Retested the failure on another AMD host . PASS. Host cpu info : processor : 3 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 2 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2300.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 3 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc pni cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy altmovcr8 abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw bogomips : 4609.70 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate [8]
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1455.html