Re: xen.git branch reorg / crash with 2.6.30-rc3 pv_ops dom0

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>]

Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:25:24AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>   
>>> There was some unification work in this area around the
>>> beginning of March although I'm pretty such I've had it work much more
>>> recently. (I guess it might not have been merged into a visible branch
>>> until more recently, it's a bit hard to tell with git but I don't think
>>> that's what happened).
>>>       
>> Yeah, I think it has been working properly for some since then, though I 
>> think Pasi has been reporting problems since 32-bit dom0 first booted.
>>
>>     
>
> Yep, I've had problems from the beginning.. 
>
> dom0/hackery was working pretty OK for me before it was removed.. 
> I could run and install new PV guests etc.
>   

Sorry, perhaps I was too hasty in removing the branches.  Though you 
still have references in your own git tree?

You still had problems with HIGHPTE in hackery?  My suspicion is that 
we're seeing the same bug manifesting in a much more obvious way, since 
I'm seeing somewhat similar symptoms, even without HIGHPTE.

>> I also realized that my Xen doesn't have debug=y set, so I'm probably 
>> missing some information.
>>
>>     
>
> Hmm, good point. I don't have debug=y either.. 
>   

That would be useful.  It would be interesting to see if Xen complains 
about any stray pte writes.

    J