From: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@redhat.com>
To: Nikola Ciprich <extmaillist@linuxbox.cz>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
Nikola Ciprich <nikola.ciprich@linuxbox.cz>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: regression - 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37 - kvm - 32bit SMP guests don't boot
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:51:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D6BA85B.7080908@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110227172052.GB2474@nik-comp.lan>
On 02/27/2011 12:20 PM, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
>> I was not aware of the thread. Please cc me directly, or add a keyword
>> I track - timekeeping, TSC..
>>
> Hello Zachary, thanks for Your time looking at this!
>
>> That change alone may not bisect well; without further fixes on top of
>> it, you may end up with a hang or stall, which is likely to manifest in
>> a vendor-specific way.
>>
> I'm not sure I really understand You here, but this change is exactly to
> what I got while bisecting. With later revisions, including this one,
> 32bit SMP guests don't boot, before it, they do..
>
Does the bug you are hitting manifest on both Intel and AMD platforms?
Further, do the systems you are hitting this on have stable or unstable
TSCs?
Thanks,
Zach
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-28 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-23 23:42 regression - 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37 - kvm - 32bit SMP guests don't boot Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-24 10:17 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-24 10:48 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-24 10:52 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-24 11:27 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-24 12:26 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-24 12:41 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-24 12:51 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-24 12:57 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-25 10:48 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-25 14:45 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-02-27 17:20 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-28 13:51 ` Zachary Amsden [this message]
2011-02-28 14:32 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-28 15:17 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-02-28 15:28 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-28 15:56 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-02-28 17:13 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-02-28 17:15 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-03 1:56 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-03 7:06 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-03 20:47 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-03 21:06 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-03 21:58 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-03 22:01 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-04 15:13 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-04 18:27 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-04 19:09 ` Glauber Costa
2011-03-04 20:55 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-04 21:41 ` Glauber Costa
2011-03-04 22:36 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-04 22:59 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-05 1:17 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-05 7:21 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-06 14:53 ` Zachary Amsden
2011-03-06 16:03 ` Nikola Ciprich
2011-03-04 22:57 ` Zachary Amsden
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