Re: [Xen-devel] pvh+vcpus startup issue

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Regards, Peter
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On 27/02/18 12:42 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 22/02/18 21:38, xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On 22/02/18 6:35 PM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > > On 22/02/18 05:37, xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > Hi.  I have a domU.  Its params file has: vcpus = 8.  It will start with
> > > > pv, but not type="pvh".  It will not start (on pvh) with vcpus = 7 or 6
> > > > or 5.  It does start with vcpus = 4.
> > > >
> > > > I diffed the xl -v create logs, no difference there on either startup.
> > > >
> > > > I grabbed the domU console output for a vcpus = 5 start (attached).  It
> > > > dies right after:
> > > >
> > > > [    0.007110] cpu 3 spinlock event irq 23
> > > > [    0.007336] installing Xen timer for CPU 4
> > > Can you please post the hypervisor log ("xl dmesg")?
> > >
> > >
> > > Juergen
> > Attached.
> Can you please try again with "loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all" in the
> hypervisor's boot parameters and after the pvh guest failing?
>
>
> Juergen
I added those options.  I am attaching a log of 1) xl create -v  2) domU 
console 3) xl dmesg 4) params file.
Reminder this issue seems to be only on certain CPUs.  e.g. this one is 
on a 2xE5420 host.

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