Re: (XEN) Platform timer appears to have unexpectedly wrapped 10 or more times.

[Andreas Kinzler <ml-xen-devel@hfp.de>]

I have the same problem. Do you use ntpd? Which version? I suspect some 
link between the problem and ntpd.

Andreas

On 05.01.2012 10:39, Philippe.Simonet@swisscom.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have the same problem with 4 machines (hp dl385, AMD), the problem appears one time per machine and per month ...
> No chance to re-produce it faster. On some other machine with another AMD processor, I never had this problem. Olivier Hanesse
> reported the problem on some Intel CPU and not on other processor.
>
> I'm using debian squeeze, with
>
> xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64                4.0.1-4
> linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64          2.6.32-38 (dom0)
>
> that last changes that I have done is to add cpuidle=0 to hypervisor command line. stable since 3-4 weeks (...)
>
> I have e test system that runs 20 paravirt. domus, with wheezy, with same problematic HW, with
> xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64                4.1.2-2
> linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64               3.1.6-1 (dom0)
> and this system never had the TSC jump problem. but test system are test system ....
>
> I would be happy if you could reproduce the problem faster a me, so testing new xen / dom0 version could be
> easier ...
>
> thanks and regards
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel-
>> bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Josip Rodin
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:24 PM
>> To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>> Subject: [Xen-devel] (XEN) Platform timer appears to have unexpectedly
>> wrapped 10 or more times.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sometimes, seemingly randomly, long-running Xen domains, using
>> clocksource xen, have their clock shift by ~3000 or ~36000 seconds, often
>> with the dom0 complaining about clocksource tsc. The number changes if the
>> hypervisor is explicitly told to use clocksource=pit, but it still happens. It
>> doesn't seem to be particularly hardware-specific.
>>
>> See also http://bugs.debian.org/599161
>>
>> I see from the archives that others have reported this problem here in
>> February last year, but I couldn't find a resolution. Can anyone help?
>>
>> (Please Cc: responses, I'm not subscribed.)
>>
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