Bug 531701 - pvclock msr values are not preserved across remote migration
Summary: pvclock msr values are not preserved across remote migration
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kvm
Version: 5.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Glauber Costa
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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: 510193 578734 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 537028 Rhel5KvmTier2
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Reported: 2009-10-29 08:44 UTC by Glauber Costa
Modified: 2018-11-14 17:28 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kvm-83-135.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-03-30 07:52:11 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0271 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kvm security, bug fix and enhancement update 2010-03-29 13:19:48 UTC

Description Glauber Costa 2009-10-29 08:44:14 UTC
Description of problem:

Remote migration causes a drift in guests, proportional to the difference they have in monotonic clock.

This happens because msr values are not saved on migration, meaning we are just relying on bogus data for clock calculations

Comment 1 Mark McLoughlin 2009-10-29 14:14:28 UTC
For reference, the Fedora 12 bug is #530389

Comment 7 Dor Laor 2009-11-10 13:48:25 UTC
*** Bug 523457 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13 Miya Chen 2010-01-13 11:58:48 UTC
Test this in Intel host, it does not exist.
kvm version:
kvm-83-140.el5
hostA : Fri Jan 8 08:18:26 UTC 2010
hostB : Fri Jan 8 08:17:52 UTC 2010

1.
guest: 32bitrhel5.4
kernel: 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
cmd:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -rtc-td-hack -no-hpet -usbdevice tablet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection -cpu qemu64,+sse2 -drive file=RHEL-Server-5.4-32-virtio.qcow2,if=ide -smp 2 -m 2G -net nic,macaddr=20:20:20:11:12:56,model=e1000,vlan=0 -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,vlan=0 -monitor stdio -vnc :1

1.1 migrate A-->B
before migration:
ssh hostA date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 08:35:49 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 08:35:47 UTC 2010

after migration:
ssh hostA date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 08:38:12 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 08:38:10 UTC 2010
1.2 migrate B-->A
before migration:
ssh hostB date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 08:44:44 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 08:45:18 UTC 2010

after migration:
ssh hostB date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 08:47:26 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 08:48:00 UTC 2010

2.
guest: 64bitrhel5.4
kernel: 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
cmd:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -rtc-td-hack -no-hpet -usbdevice tablet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection -cpu qemu64,+sse2 -drive file=RHEL-Server-5.4-64-virtio.qcow2,if=ide -smp 2 -m 2G -net nic,macaddr=20:20:20:11:12:58,model=e1000,vlan=0 -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,vlan=0 -monitor stdio -vnc :1

2.1 Migrate A-->B
before migration:
ssh hostA date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 09:29:51 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 09:29:50 UTC 2010

after migration:
ssh hostA date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 09:32:49 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 09:32:48 UTC 2010

2.2 migrate B-->A
before migration:
ssh hostB date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 09:38:05 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 09:38:39 UTC 2010

after migration:
ssh hostB date -u; date -u
Fri Jan 8 09:40:15 UTC 2010
Fri Jan 8 09:40:49 UTC 2010

From the test result, no big time jump and time backward.

Comment 14 Miya Chen 2010-01-13 12:06:39 UTC
Test this in AMD host, it does not exist.
kvm version:
kvm-83-137.el5

1.
guest: rhel5.4-64
guest kernel: 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5
cmd:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -drive file=/mnt/images/rhel5.4-64.qcow2,if=virtio,boot=on -usbdevice tablet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection -no-hpet -rtc-td-hack -smp 2 -m 2G -uuid `uuidgen` -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=00:A6:68:BA:90:95,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -cpu qemu64,+sse2 -boot c -name 5.4-64 -vnc :8 -monitor stdio

on guest:
#ssh host date -u;date -u

1.1 migrate A->B
before migration:
Tue Dec 8 03:31:24 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 03:31:26 UTC 2009

after migration:
Tue Dec 8 03:35:08 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 03:35:10 UTC 2009

1.2 migrate B->A
before migration:
Thu Feb 12 23:15:34 UTC 2009
Thu Feb 12 23:15:36 UTC 2009

after migration:
Thu Feb 12 23:20:20 UTC 2009
Thu Feb 12 23:20:22 UTC 2009


2.
guest: rhel5.4-32
guest kernel: 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5
cmd:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -drive file=/mnt/images/rhel5.4-32.qcow2,if=virtio,boot=on -usbdevice tablet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection -no-hpet -rtc-td-hack -smp 2 -m 2G -uuid `uuidgen` -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=00:A6:68:BA:90:95,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -cpu qemu64,+sse2 -boot c -name 5.4-64 -vnc :8 -monitor stdio

2.1 migrate A->B

before migration
Tue Dec 8 05:58:27 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 06:00:05 UTC 2009

after migration:
Tue Dec 8 06:01:29 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 06:03:06 UTC 2009

2.2 migrate B->A

before migration:
Tue Dec 8 05:52:08 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 05:51:43 UTC 2009

after migration:
Tue Dec 8 05:55:24 UTC 2009
Tue Dec 8 05:54:59 UTC 2009

From the test result, no big time jump and time backward before&after migration.

Comment 15 Juan Quintela 2010-01-21 13:08:13 UTC
*** Bug 510193 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2010-03-30 07:52:11 UTC
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-2010-0271.html

Comment 19 Glauber Costa 2010-10-25 13:42:08 UTC
*** Bug 578734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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