Bug 547625 – time drift in win2k364 KVM guest

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Bug 547625 - time drift in win2k364 KVM guest

Summary:	time drift in win2k364 KVM guest

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kvm (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Gleb Natapov
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	543137
Blocks:	553441
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Reported:	2009-12-15 03:33 EST by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2013-12-08 19:45 EST (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kvm-83-105.el5_4.14
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2010-02-09 05:02:37 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
testscript and results under kvm-83-105.el5_4.13/18 with windows guests (40.00 KB, application/x-tar) 2010-01-13 04:38 EST, Keqin Hong	no flags	Details
Intel host: test results under kvm-83-105.el5_4.13/18 with windows guests (3.38 KB, application/x-gzip) 2010-01-15 05:08 EST, Keqin Hong	no flags	Details
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0088	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kvm security and bug fix update	2010-02-09 05:01:51 EST

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2009-12-15 03:33:39 EST

This bug has been copied from bug #543137 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 7 Keqin Hong 2010-01-13 04:38:42 EST

Created attachment 383438 [details]
testscript and results under kvm-83-105.el5_4.13/18 with windows guests

Comment 8 Keqin Hong 2010-01-13 04:43:59 EST

Steps for Windows guests:
1. under cygwin, run "ntpdate -b clock.redhat.com" to adjust time.
2. run drift_test.exe as noted in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543137#c13
3. under cygwin, run "./checktime.sh <min> > out_file", which shall last for <min> minutes

Results:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
guests      | kvm-83-105.el5_4.13 (sec) | kvm-83-105.el5_4.18 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
win2k3-unp  |  ~127                     |  ok
win2k3-smp2 |  ~120                     |  ok (tested for 120 mins)
win2k8-unp  |  ~115                     |  ok
win2k8-smp2 |  ~123                     |  ok
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice cases in the above table all run for 10mins unless specially noted
 ,and "~127" means time drifted for around 127 seconds within 10 mins for instances.

Details can be seen via #7.

Comment 9 Keqin Hong 2010-01-15 05:08:02 EST

Created attachment 384555 [details]
Intel host: test results under kvm-83-105.el5_4.13/18 with windows guests

Comment 10 Keqin Hong 2010-01-15 05:13:06 EST

host:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9550  @ 2.83GHz
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm

-------------------------------------------------------------------
guests         | kvm-83-105.el5_4.13 (sec) | kvm-83-105.el5_4.18 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
win2k3-32-unp  |   ok                      |  ok
win2k3-32-smp2 |  ~47  (5min)              |  ok
win2k3-64-unp  |  ~167 (10min)             |  ok
win2k3-64-smp2 |  ~175 (10min)             |  ok
-------------------------------------------------------------------
win2k8-32-unp  |  ~50  (4min)              |  ok
win2k8-32-smp2 |  ~42  (5min)              |  ok
win2k8r2-unp   |  ~40  (4min)              |  ok
win2k8r2-smp2  |   ok                      |  ok
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice "~47  (5min)" means time drifted for around 47 seconds within 5 mins for
instance.

Details can be seen via #9.

p.s.
In comment #8, host is AMD, win2k3 is win2k3-64, and win2k8 is win2k8r2 to be exact.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2010-02-09 05:02:37 EST

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-2010-0088.html

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