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From: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: qemu-kvm guest which won't 'cont' (emulation failure?)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111024100037.GS9917@arachsys.com> (raw)

I have a qemu-kvm guest (apparently a Ubuntu 11.04 x86-64 install) which has
stopped and refuses to continue:

  (qemu) info status
  VM status: paused
  (qemu) cont
  (qemu) info status
  VM status: paused

The host is running linux 2.6.39.2 with qemu-kvm 0.14.1 on 24-core Opteron
6176 box, and has nine other 2GB production guests on it running absolutely
fine.

It's been a while since I've seen one of these. When I last saw a cluster of
them, they were emulation failures (big real mode instructions, maybe?). I
also remember a message about abnormal exit in the dmesg previously, but I
don't have that here. This time, there is no host kernel output at all, just
the paused guest.

I have qemu monitor access and can even strace the relevant qemu process if
necessary: is it possible to use this to diagnose what's caused this guest
to stop, e.g. the unsupported instruction if it's an emulation failure?

Cheers,

Chris.

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From: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm guest which won't 'cont' (emulation failure?)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111024100037.GS9917@arachsys.com> (raw)

I have a qemu-kvm guest (apparently a Ubuntu 11.04 x86-64 install) which has
stopped and refuses to continue:

  (qemu) info status
  VM status: paused
  (qemu) cont
  (qemu) info status
  VM status: paused

The host is running linux 2.6.39.2 with qemu-kvm 0.14.1 on 24-core Opteron
6176 box, and has nine other 2GB production guests on it running absolutely
fine.

It's been a while since I've seen one of these. When I last saw a cluster of
them, they were emulation failures (big real mode instructions, maybe?). I
also remember a message about abnormal exit in the dmesg previously, but I
don't have that here. This time, there is no host kernel output at all, just
the paused guest.

I have qemu monitor access and can even strace the relevant qemu process if
necessary: is it possible to use this to diagnose what's caused this guest
to stop, e.g. the unsupported instruction if it's an emulation failure?

Cheers,

Chris.

             reply	other threads:[~2011-10-24 10:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-24 10:00 Chris Webb [this message]
2011-10-24 10:00 ` [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm guest which won't 'cont' (emulation failure?) Chris Webb
2011-10-24 10:42 ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-24 10:58   ` Chris Webb
2011-10-24 10:58     ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Webb
2011-10-24 11:18     ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-24 11:29       ` Chris Webb
2011-10-24 11:36         ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-24 12:05           ` Chris Webb

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