Bug 769300 - Strange xen kernel code when installing a vm
Summary: Strange xen kernel code when installing a vm
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-20 13:27 UTC by Volnei
Modified: 2012-05-14 17:09 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-05-14 17:09:14 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
dmesg (110.90 KB, text/plain)
2011-12-20 15:47 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
configuration file of vm (786 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2011-12-20 15:48 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
dmesg results (105.71 KB, text/plain)
2011-12-20 18:02 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
OS dmesg (123.68 KB, text/plain)
2011-12-21 19:06 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
xm-dmesg (16.00 KB, text/plain)
2011-12-21 19:06 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
kernel-dmesg (67.48 KB, text/plain)
2012-01-04 12:56 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
xm-dmesg (4.25 KB, text/plain)
2012-01-04 12:56 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
SO dmesg log file (78.89 KB, text/plain)
2012-02-10 11:50 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details
xen dmesg (4.31 KB, text/plain)
2012-02-10 11:51 UTC, Volnei
no flags Details

Description Volnei 2011-12-20 13:27:16 UTC
Description of problem:

I was installing a window$ vm and the system was quite slow.
as 100% of CPU is being used. For about 30 seconds.
When the system normalized kernel was the message on the console.

What could cause this situation?

Message from syslogd@barney at Dec 20 11:15:09 ...
 kernel:[ 1672.067672] Code: cc 51 41 53 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 41 5b 59 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 51 41 53 b8 11 00 00 00 0f 05 


Thank you

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Is not constant, it happens sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
Message from syslogd@barney at Dec 20 11:15:09 ...
 kernel:[ 1672.067672] Code: cc 51 41 53 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 41 5b 59 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 51 41 53 b8 11 00 00 00 0f 05 

Expected results:


Additional info:

kernel-3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64
xen-runtime-4.1.2-2.fc16.x86_64
netxen-firmware-4.0.534-4.fc15.noarch
xen-hypervisor-4.1.2-2.fc16.x86_64
xen-libs-4.1.2-2.fc16.x86_64
xen-4.1.2-2.fc16.x86_64
xen-licenses-4.1.2-2.fc16.x86_64

Comment 1 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk 2011-12-20 15:37:14 UTC
That implies a bug. Can you attach the full dmesg output, the detailed steps of how you installed it (and the version of Windows). Thanks.

Comment 2 Volnei 2011-12-20 15:47:46 UTC
Created attachment 548871 [details]
dmesg

Comment 3 Volnei 2011-12-20 15:48:32 UTC
Created attachment 548872 [details]
configuration file of vm

Comment 4 Volnei 2011-12-20 15:52:23 UTC
I'm not doing anything special.
I created a LVM volume and installed windows just that.

Windows XP SP2 32bits

I'll now install the W7-32bit to see if the same problem occurs.

Comment 5 Volnei 2011-12-20 15:57:36 UTC
I forgot a few details:
Sometimes it happened when I was installing a program under Windows, but not always.

Thanks

Comment 6 Volnei 2011-12-20 18:02:41 UTC
Created attachment 548907 [details]
dmesg results

Comment 7 Volnei 2011-12-20 18:08:24 UTC
Hi,

This bug occurs whenever I make a massive processing.
For example was installing an SDK and the bug occurred several times.

This test done using the kernel-3.1.5-2.fc16.x86_64
and the problem is the same as in kernel-3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64



thank you

Comment 8 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk 2011-12-20 20:33:04 UTC
Volnei,

Thanks for uploading all those logs. Looking at the kernel stack it looks as if the kernel detects processes being stuck for a very lengthy time doing something. Most of that something is with a hypercall, meaning that the xen hypervisor is doing something for a very long time - which it should not do.

Can you on the xen hypervisor line add 'loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all' and when see those errors again, run 'xm dmesg' and attach the output here? Also run 'xm debug-keys \*' and that should print tons of detailed information.

The other thing that I wonder if you could is try installing the PV drivers. There are GPL version of them: http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/ [and here is a good link in case you run in trouble:http://www.jolokianet.net/70Knowledge/Virtualization/Open_Source_Windows_Paravirtualization_Drivers_for_Xen]

Thanks.

Comment 9 Volnei 2011-12-21 10:02:21 UTC
Ok.

Two questions:

1) Where I put the parameters (loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all')? Already that I use the kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"?

2) In case, I'm using the XP w/SP3. Wich driver I should install?
   I install gplpv_xp_0.11.0.308.msi is this the right?


Thanks

Comment 10 Volnei 2011-12-21 19:06:11 UTC
Created attachment 549070 [details]
OS dmesg

Comment 11 Volnei 2011-12-21 19:06:43 UTC
Created attachment 549072 [details]
xm-dmesg

Comment 12 Volnei 2011-12-21 19:13:59 UTC
Hi,

I was compiling two programs simultaneously in VM XP, and the problem
has occurred.The VM was using only 1 vcpu.

By curiosity I reconfigured the VM to use 2 vcpus and redid the compilations and the problem didn't happen.

I already had installed the gplpv_XP_0.11..0.308.msi

I hope that this information can help you

Thanks

Comment 13 Volnei 2012-01-04 12:56:18 UTC
Created attachment 550675 [details]
kernel-dmesg

Comment 14 Volnei 2012-01-04 12:56:48 UTC
Created attachment 550676 [details]
xm-dmesg

Comment 15 Volnei 2012-01-04 13:01:38 UTC
Hi,

New bug messages when I ran a compilation on vm windows XP 32bits SP3.
Depends on of the charge of system, this error back to happens.

Please see new attachments.

Thank you

Comment 16 Volnei 2012-02-10 11:50:37 UTC
Created attachment 560880 [details]
SO dmesg log file

Comment 17 Volnei 2012-02-10 11:51:09 UTC
Created attachment 560881 [details]
xen dmesg

Comment 18 Volnei 2012-02-10 11:54:37 UTC
The problem persists. 

What are the possible causes of this bug?

Attached new log files

Thank you


netxen-firmware-4.0.534-4.fc15.noarch
xen-licenses-4.1.2-4.fc16.x86_64
xen-libs-4.1.2-4.fc16.x86_64
xen-hypervisor-4.1.2-4.fc16.x86_64
xen-4.1.2-4.fc16.x86_64
xen-runtime-4.1.2-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64

Comment 19 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:12:48 UTC
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.

Comment 20 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:15:03 UTC
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.

Comment 21 Dave Jones 2012-03-22 17:24:14 UTC
[mass update]
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Please retest with this update.


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