Re: [PATCH 2/3] automation: Linux 5.10.74 test-artifact

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > On 26.10.21 02:54, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2021, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > > > On 22.10.21 21:41, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > > +Juergen
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2021, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > > > > > On 22/10/2021 00:08, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > > > > +# build depends
> > > > > > > +RUN apt-get update && \
> > > > > > > +    apt-get --quiet --yes install \
> > > > > > > +        build-essential \
> > > > > > > +        libssl-dev \
> > > > > > > +        bc \
> > > > > > > +        curl \
> > > > > > > +        flex \
> > > > > > > +        bison \
> > > > > > > +        libelf-dev \
> > > > > > > +        && \
> > > > > > > +    \
> > > > > > > +    # Build the kernel
> > > > > > > +    curl -fsSLO
> > > > > > > https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-"$LINUX_VERSION".tar.xz
> > > > > > > && \
> > > > > > > +    tar xvJf linux-"$LINUX_VERSION".tar.xz && \
> > > > > > > +    cd linux-"$LINUX_VERSION" && \
> > > > > > > +    make defconfig && \
> > > > > > > +    make xen.config && \
> > > > > > > +    cp .config .config.orig && \
> > > > > > > +    cat .config.orig | grep XEN | grep =m |sed 's/=m/=y/g' >>
> > > > > > > .config
> > > > > > > && \
> > > > > > > +    make -j$(nproc) bzImage && \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > defconfig is huuuuge.  Can we use tinyconfig instead?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Also, you want to turn off CONFIG_MODULES seeing as you only copy
> > > > > > bzImage to the test.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This also fixes the fact that `grep XEN` also matches
> > > > > > CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC
> > > > > > which has nothing to do with Xen.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tinyconfig would be a good idea but it crashes on QEMU with the 
> > > > > appended
> > > > > boot log. I did:
> > > > > 
> > > > > # make tinyconfig
> > > > > # make xen.config
> > > > > # make bzImage
> > > > > 
> > > > > Of course we could have our own tailored special kernel config for 
> > > > > this
> > > > > kernel but I like the simplicify of "make tinyconfig" or "make
> > > > > defconfig" followed by "make xen.config".
> > > > > 
> > > > > Unless you know one kconfig option or two that we need to add to
> > > > > tinyconfig to make it work my preference is to go with defconfig for
> > > > > now.
> > > > 
> > > > You will need to add the dom0 and SMP related config options at least.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll have a look at config.xen, which is a little bit weird: it
> > > > configures the backends, but not dom0.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, it would be good if make tinyconfig && make xen.config would
> > > just work on QEMU. In the meantime I'll keep defconfig for this test, we
> > > can always improve later.
> > 
> > Can you please test the attached patch?
> 
> Yes, that works, thanks!

Sorry, I spoke too soon: same error as before:

https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/sstabellini/xen/-/jobs/1722909607/raw

(XEN) Hardware Dom0 crashed: rebooting machine in 5 seconds.

No output from the kernel.

By the way you can repro this at your end by doing the following:

# docker run -v /tmp:/tmp registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/debian:stretch

Then inside the container follow pretty much what this script does:

xen.git/automation/scripts/qemu-alpine-x86_64.sh

For instance, you can do:

---
cat >> binaries/pxelinux.0 << EOF
#!ipxe

kernel /tmp/xen console=com1
module /tmp/bzImage console=hvc0
module /tmp/xen-rootfs.cpio.gz
boot
EOF

qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -cpu qemu64,+svm \
    -m 2G -smp 2 \
    -monitor none -serial stdio \
    -nographic \
    -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n0 \
    -netdev user,id=n0,tftp=binaries,bootfile=/pxelinux.0
---

Just place your xen, bzImage and xen-rootfs.cpio.gz (the rootfs is not
required) binaries under /tmp and you are good to go.

Cheers,

Stefano