Re: XEN) vmx.c:2652:d1 Bad vmexit (reason 31) with Xen 4.0.1-rc7-pre (cs/ 23029)

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>]

On 17/03/2011 20:26, "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> The guest config is quite simple:
> 
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory=1024
> #maxmem=1024
> maxvcpus = 4
> serial='pty'
> vcpus = 2
> disk = [ 'file:/mnt/lab/latest/root_image.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
> boot="dn"
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu,model=e1000,mac=00:0F:4B:00:00:71, bridge=switch' ]
> vfb = [ 'vnc=1, vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncunused=1']
> 
> And this is what shows up after I do 'xm create hvm.xm' (or xl create hvm.xm).
> 
>   alloc irq_desc for 4223 on node -1
>   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
> (XEN) vmx.c:2652:d1 Bad vmexit (reason 31)

Exit reason 31 is EXIT_REASON_MSR_READ. I don't see how that error can ever
be printed for that exit reason. Could you do a bit of digging and see if
you agree? The logic is straightforward enough -- the error comes from a
default case in a switch statement, but the switch does explicitly handle
EXIT_REASON_MSR_READ. There is also a exit_and_crash label for the default
case, but EXIT_REASON_MSR_READ doesn't goto it afaics. So this is a weird
and inexplicable bug, to me. :-)

 -- Keir