Re: [Xen-users] Xen3.3 / Xen3.4 CPU soft lockups under pvops 2.6.31/2.6.32

[Pim van Riezen <pi+lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry,

Last reply went all kinds of places but where they should go. Attempt #2:

On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:13 , Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 12:38:19AM +0200, Pim van Riezen wrote:
>>   On Apr 8, 2010, at 16:28 , Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> 
>>     Which exact kernel versions are you using? From which kernel
>>     tree/branch?
>> 
>>   The last we tried was 2.6.32.9 from [1]kernel.org. Had the same results
>>   with [2]kernel.org 2.6.31.5.
>> 
> 
> OK. Are your guests 32bit or 64bit? 

64 bits.

> I think 2.6.32.10 has the CONFIG_HIGHPTE fix.. so earlier versions will crash
> if CONFIG_HIGHPTE is enabled for 32bit kernels.

That shouldn't be an issue then. Should I move the soft lockup issue to 
xen-devel?

>>   Am I going mad? This is a vanilla kernel.
> 
> No, you're not mad.
> pvops *dom0* 2.6.32 kernels require Xen 3.4.3 or Xen 4.0.0.

Ah, that 'splains :-)

> Gitco has Xen 3.4.2 rpms.

Must have missed those, will give it a try. Although I don't expect further 
updates to the hypervisor to solve this.

Cheers,
Pim


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