RE: [Xen-devel] can't create any more pv-on-hvm domains after ~38 under 3.3-testing

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 1/12/08 02:55, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> > I'm running 3.3-testing from a few weeks ago, and after creating
around
> > 38 domains, my GPLPV drivers can no longer map frames for the grant
> > tables. It all works again after a reboot.
> >
> > This may go hand-in-hand with the problem I'm having where domains
don't
> > disappear when shutdown until I issue another 'xm create'.
> 
> My guess on that issue would be that something is causing domains not
to
> be
> fully destroyed, and then it takes an 'xm create' to make xend
forcibly
> forget about the zombie domain. Yet presumably it still hangs around.
I
> haven't reproed anything like this, but I'm not using your drivers and
I
> don't know whether you are using 64b or 32b Xen.
> 

Hmmm... I hadn't considered that it might be my drivers causing this...
even when I boot without them enabled, parts of them still run so that
could be it, and would explain why the problem is news to you :)

I'll do some testing and report back with more details.

Thanks

James

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