Bug 712439 - Backport "x86: extend debug key 't' to collect useful clock skew info"
Summary: Backport "x86: extend debug key 't' to collect useful clock skew info"
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel-xen
Version: 5.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Paolo Bonzini
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks: 514490 KernelXenUpstreamHV
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Reported: 2011-06-10 15:54 UTC by Paolo Bonzini
Modified: 2012-02-21 03:35 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-02-21 03:35:23 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0150 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 kernel update 2012-02-21 07:35:24 UTC

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-08-04 04:14:15 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 4 Jarod Wilson 2011-08-23 14:03:06 UTC
Patch(es) available in kernel-2.6.18-282.el5
You can download this test kernel (or newer) from http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/el5
Detailed testing feedback is always welcomed.

Comment 6 Qin Guan 2011-11-21 07:27:13 UTC
Verify this fix with 2.6.18-298.el5xen.

# xm debug-key h ; xm dmesg | grep clock
(XEN)  key \047t\047 (ascii \04774\047) => display multi-cpu clock info

# xm debug-key t; xm dmesg | tail 
(XEN)  key \047u\047 (ascii \04775\047) => dump numa info
(XEN)  key \047v\047 (ascii \04776\047) => dump Intel\047s VMCS
(XEN)  key \047z\047 (ascii \0477a\047) => print ioapic info
(XEN) Synced stime skew: max=414ns avg=414ns samples=1 current=414ns
(XEN) Synced cycles skew: max=2019 avg=2019 samples=1 current=2019
(XEN) Synced stime skew: max=457ns avg=435ns samples=2 current=457ns
(XEN) Synced cycles skew: max=2019 avg=2007 samples=2 current=1995
(XEN) Synced stime skew: max=745ns avg=538ns samples=3 current=745ns
(XEN) Synced cycles skew: max=3021 avg=2345 samples=3 current=3021

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 03:35:23 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0150.html


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