Bug 881579 - kernel-3.6.7-4 causes panic on FreeBSD KVM guest with >1 CPU
Summary: kernel-3.6.7-4 causes panic on FreeBSD KVM guest with >1 CPU
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: FreeBSD
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Marcelo Tosatti
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-29 06:49 UTC by Karli Sjöberg
Modified: 2013-05-28 14:39 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-05-28 14:39:54 UTC
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Description Karli Sjöberg 2012-11-29 06:49:26 UTC
Description of problem:
Since recently patching our oVirt Hosts, I´ve been having trouble running FreeBSD guests with more than one virtual core or socket. I have managed to take a screenshot of how it looks like when it panics when booting kernel, right after ACPI:
http://i47.tinypic.com/2u90qrr.png

I´ve tried this with similar results using 8.2-RELEASE, 8.3-RELEASE, 9.0-RELEASE and 9-STABLE.

If I edit the guest to have only one virtual core or socket, it boots up without issue.

This issue does not present itself when using a lower version kernel, works with kernel-3.3.4-5.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-3.6.7-4.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have kernel-3.3.4-5 and a FreeBSD guest with >1 CPU
2. Update to kernel-3.6.7-4
  
Actual results:
Panic

Expected results:
Successful boot

Additional info:

Comment 1 Marcelo Tosatti 2012-12-13 02:03:29 UTC
Karli,

Thanks for the report, there should be a resolution soon.

Comment 2 Marcelo Tosatti 2012-12-18 02:17:07 UTC
Karli,

Can you load the kvm-intel.ko module with emulate_invalid_guest_state parameter set 
as 0, ie:

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko emulate_invalid_guest_state=0

Comment 3 Marcelo Tosatti 2012-12-19 01:28:33 UTC
Its very likely the cause for this are instruction emulation upstream (emulation of invalid guest state by default).

These are being fixed upstream. Once that is completed, it will be necessary to backport
to FC17.

In the meantime, loading kvm-intel.ko with emulate_invalid_guest_state=0 should work around the problem (tested locally on kvm.git as of dec/2012).

Comment 4 Marcelo Tosatti 2012-12-19 01:29:05 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Its very likely the cause for this are instruction emulation upstream
> (emulation of invalid guest state by default).

"instruction emulation changes upstream".

Comment 5 Josh Boyer 2013-05-28 14:39:54 UTC
This bug is being closed with INSUFFICIENT_DATA as there has not been a response in 2 weeks. If you are still experiencing this issue, please reopen and attach the relevant data from the latest kernel you are running and any data that might have been requested previously.


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