* BalloonWorkerThread issue
@ 2011-12-29 17:58 R J
2012-01-03 17:52 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: R J @ 2011-12-29 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR,
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Hello List,
Merry Christmas to all !!
Basically I'm trying to boot a Windows 2008R2 DC HVM with 90GB static max
memory and 32GB static min.
The node config is Dell M610 with X5660 and 96GB RAM and its running XCP 1.1
Many times the node crashes while booting HVM. Sometimes I get success.
I have attached the HVM boot log of successful start. Many times the node
hangs as soon as the BalloonWorkerThread is activated.
In attached txt the ballon inflation rate is constant 4090
*XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms
(2064k/s) *
till the time it starts, the inflation rate shoots to 12554884 and the VM
is live.
*XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in
32604ms (91243k/s) *
*XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating *
*XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources setting callback irq to 11 *
Can some one help me understand the *BalloonWorkerThread *behavior ?*
*Many thanks,
Rushi
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Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: Determined the following parameters from xenstore:
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/number:16 vcpu/weight:0 vcpu/cap:0 nx: 1 viridian: 1 apic: 1 acpi: 1 pae: 1 acpi_s4: 0 acpi_s3: 0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/0/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/1/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/2/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/3/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/4/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/5/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/6/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/7/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/8/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/9/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/10/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/11/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/12/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/13/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/14/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/15/affinity:0
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-control: init, 10 x 4k buffers
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: I/O queue driver: lio
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-log: started, level 0
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'attach' message (uuid = 0)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'attach response' message (uuid = 0)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'open' message (uuid = 0)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: Loading driver 'vhd' for vbd 0 /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 0x00000000
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 307, f: 26, n: 1268376
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 (1 users, state: 0x00000001, type: 4)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 3331, f: 3307, n: 0
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b (1 users, state: 0x00000003, type: 4)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: VBD CHAIN:
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297: type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b: type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'open response' message (uuid = 0)
Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/768): wrote /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/768/hotplug = 'online'
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/5696): wrote /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/5696/hotplug = 'online'
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl list-ports xapi9
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port vif18.0 -- add-port xapi9 vif18.0 -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-vm-uuid\"=\"6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-vif-uuid\"=\"3be54e6d-6d13-b04b-6735-24831e5169e5\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-network-uuid\"=\"7051ef99-4fcb-fa61-a10e-f98456e12e90\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"attached-mac\"=\"d6:6d:60:7e:45:52\""
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: domid: 18
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: qemu: the number of cpus is 16
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: -videoram option does not work with cirrus vga device model. Videoram set to 4M.
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Guest uuid = 6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching /local/domain/18/logdirty/next-active
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/18/command
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 4000 size 327680
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: shared page at pfn feffd
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: buffered io page at pfn feffb
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Time offset set 0
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:00:00 (i440FX)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:00 (PIIX3)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:02:00 (Cirrus VGA)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: populating video RAM at ff000000
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping video RAM from ff000000
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:03:00 (xen-platform)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(/vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/log-throttling): read error
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:04:00 (RTL8139)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:01 (PIIX3 IDE)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:02 (USB-UHCI)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:03 (PIIX4 ACPI)
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/18/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: releasing VM
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/vncpasswd.
Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 2 times
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Triggered log-dirty buffer switch
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: medium change watch on `hdd' (index: 1):
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 11 times
Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode
Dec 29 23:08:16 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0 -- add-port xapi9 tap18.0
Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000
Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RO
Dec 29 17:38:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen line_offset=3072 height=768
Dec 29 17:38:34 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen line_offset=1024 height=768
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol version set to 1 (drivers not blacklisted)
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol 1 active
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: product_id: 1 build_number: 30876
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: drivers not blacklisted
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: ide_unplug_harddisk: drive 0
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_dev_unplug: 00:04:00
Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
Dec 29 23:08:38 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: InstallDumpDeviceCallback: version mismatch (255 != 1)
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: XenevtchnAddDevice: FDO = 0xFFFFFA8044323970
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Initialized tracing provider
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: ====>
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XEVTCHN: IO hole: [00000000fbfa6000,00000000fc000000) mapped at FFFFF88002965000
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: KERNEL: 6.1 (build 7600) platform WIN32_NT
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SP: NONE
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SUITES:
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - TERMINAL
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - DATACENTER
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - SINGLEUSERTS
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: TYPE: SERVER
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PV DRIVERS: VERSION: 5.6.0 BUILD: 30876 (Apr 30 2010.06:57:01)
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: 64-bit HVM
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: ExpandGrantTable: GRANT TABLE 0: (0 - 511) at FFFFF88002966000 (fbfa7000)
Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenEnterprise product string is present
Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PHYSICAL MEMORY: TOP = 00000016.8fc00000
Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged: 94371840k -> 43792384k
Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: activating
Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms (2064k/s)
Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94355480k)
Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1794ms
Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 9157ms (1786k/s)
Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94339120k)
Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5070ms
Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 14601ms (1120k/s)
Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94322760k)
Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4321ms
Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16052ms (1019k/s)
Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94306400k)
Dec 29 17:39:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6099ms
Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15132ms (1081k/s)
Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94290040k)
Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4492ms
Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94273680k)
Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2043ms
Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 11294ms (1448k/s)
Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94257320k)
Dec 29 17:40:27 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5179ms
Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15100ms (1083k/s)
Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94240960k)
Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 12870ms (1271k/s)
Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94224600k)
Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5350ms
Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13228ms (1236k/s)
Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94208240k)
Dec 29 17:41:14 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3026ms
Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15490ms (1056k/s)
Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94191880k)
Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3151ms
Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13291ms (1230k/s)
Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94175520k)
Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5553ms
Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16832ms (971k/s)
Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94159160k)
Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6754ms
Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18111ms (903k/s)
Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94142800k)
Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3244ms
Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18392ms (889k/s)
Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94126440k)
Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5725ms
Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18454ms (886k/s)
Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94110080k)
Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4243ms
Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 19453ms (841k/s)
Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94093720k)
Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5241ms
Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94077360k)
Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1996ms
Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17253ms (948k/s)
Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94061000k)
Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4773ms
Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16286ms (1004k/s)
Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94044640k)
Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2152ms
Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 21231ms (770k/s)
Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94028280k)
Dec 29 17:44:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2199ms
Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17331ms (943k/s)
Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94011920k)
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in 32604ms (91243k/s)
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources setting callback irq to 11
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: PV init. done
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged: 43792384k -> 48911360k
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: activating
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Detected new device vif/0.
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: closing device/vif/0...
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: device/vif/0 closed
Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: <==== (00000000)
Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: deflated balloon by 1279744 page(s) in 998ms (825660k/s)
Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XENVBD in NORMAL mode.
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenvbdAddDevice: FDO = 0xFFFFFA804434B060
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: IO hole already initialized by XEVTCHN
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck callback already installed
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck reason callback already installed
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: RescanThread: starting
Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenvbdHwInitialize setting callback irq to 30
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: DeviceRelationsFdo: scanning targets...
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: found new disk (VBD 768)
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: ignoring cdrom (VBD 5696)
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: claiming frontend...
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: successfuly claimed device/vbd/768
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: synthesising inquiry data: default page
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: unit serial number = '62c5a501-d662-4d '
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device identifier[0]: CodeSet: 'Ascii' Type: 'VendorId' Assocation: 'Device'
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device identifier[0]: Length = 45 Data = 'XENSRC 62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 '
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: closing frontend...
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: backend is closed
Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: created
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* Re: BalloonWorkerThread issue
2011-12-29 17:58 BalloonWorkerThread issue R J
@ 2012-01-03 17:52 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20120103175243.GE749-PWLG29+z7hGo/acFQFpabdHuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk @ 2012-01-03 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R J; +Cc: xen-devel, xen-users, xen-api
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:28:59PM +0530, R J wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Merry Christmas to all !!
>
> Basically I'm trying to boot a Windows 2008R2 DC HVM with 90GB static max
> memory and 32GB static min.
>
> The node config is Dell M610 with X5660 and 96GB RAM and its running XCP 1.1
>
> Many times the node crashes while booting HVM. Sometimes I get success.
Node? Meaning dom0? Or the guest? Are you using dom0_mem=max:X argument?
> I have attached the HVM boot log of successful start. Many times the node
> hangs as soon as the BalloonWorkerThread is activated.
Which PV driver is this? Is this with the other ones: GPL one, Citrix, Novell, and
Oracle as well?
>
> In attached txt the ballon inflation rate is constant 4090
> *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms
> (2064k/s) *
>
> till the time it starts, the inflation rate shoots to 12554884 and the VM
> is live.
> *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in
> 32604ms (91243k/s) *
> *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating *
> *XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources setting callback irq to 11 *
>
>
> Can some one help me understand the *BalloonWorkerThread *behavior ?*
>
>
> *Many thanks,
> Rushi
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: Determined the following parameters from xenstore:
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/number:16 vcpu/weight:0 vcpu/cap:0 nx: 1 viridian: 1 apic: 1 acpi: 1 pae: 1 acpi_s4: 0 acpi_s3: 0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/0/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/1/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/2/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/3/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/4/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/5/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/6/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/7/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/8/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/9/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/10/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/11/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/12/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/13/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/14/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/15/affinity:0
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-control: init, 10 x 4k buffers
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: I/O queue driver: lio
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-log: started, level 0
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'attach' message (uuid = 0)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'attach response' message (uuid = 0)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'open' message (uuid = 0)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: Loading driver 'vhd' for vbd 0 /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 0x00000000
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 307, f: 26, n: 1268376
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 (1 users, state: 0x00000001, type: 4)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 3331, f: 3307, n: 0
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b (1 users, state: 0x00000003, type: 4)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: VBD CHAIN:
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297: type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b: type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'open response' message (uuid = 0)
> Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/768): wrote /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/768/hotplug = 'online'
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/5696): wrote /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/5696/hotplug = 'online'
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl list-ports xapi9
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port vif18.0 -- add-port xapi9 vif18.0 -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-vm-uuid\"=\"6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-vif-uuid\"=\"3be54e6d-6d13-b04b-6735-24831e5169e5\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"xs-network-uuid\"=\"7051ef99-4fcb-fa61-a10e-f98456e12e90\"" -- set interface vif18.0 "external-ids:\"attached-mac\"=\"d6:6d:60:7e:45:52\""
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: domid: 18
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: qemu: the number of cpus is 16
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: -videoram option does not work with cirrus vga device model. Videoram set to 4M.
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Guest uuid = 6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching /local/domain/18/logdirty/next-active
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/18/command
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 4000 size 327680
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: shared page at pfn feffd
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: buffered io page at pfn feffb
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Time offset set 0
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:00:00 (i440FX)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:00 (PIIX3)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:02:00 (Cirrus VGA)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: populating video RAM at ff000000
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping video RAM from ff000000
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:03:00 (xen-platform)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(/vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/log-throttling): read error
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:04:00 (RTL8139)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:01 (PIIX3 IDE)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:02 (USB-UHCI)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:03 (PIIX4 ACPI)
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/18/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: releasing VM
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/vncpasswd.
> Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 2 times
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Triggered log-dirty buffer switch
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: medium change watch on `hdd' (index: 1):
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 11 times
> Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode
> Dec 29 23:08:16 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0 -- add-port xapi9 tap18.0
> Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000
> Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
> Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RO
> Dec 29 17:38:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen line_offset=3072 height=768
> Dec 29 17:38:34 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen line_offset=1024 height=768
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol version set to 1 (drivers not blacklisted)
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol 1 active
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: product_id: 1 build_number: 30876
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: drivers not blacklisted
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: ide_unplug_harddisk: drive 0
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_dev_unplug: 00:04:00
> Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> Dec 29 23:08:38 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: InstallDumpDeviceCallback: version mismatch (255 != 1)
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: XenevtchnAddDevice: FDO = 0xFFFFFA8044323970
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Initialized tracing provider
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: ====>
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XEVTCHN: IO hole: [00000000fbfa6000,00000000fc000000) mapped at FFFFF88002965000
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: KERNEL: 6.1 (build 7600) platform WIN32_NT
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SP: NONE
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SUITES:
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - TERMINAL
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - DATACENTER
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - SINGLEUSERTS
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: TYPE: SERVER
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PV DRIVERS: VERSION: 5.6.0 BUILD: 30876 (Apr 30 2010.06:57:01)
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: 64-bit HVM
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: ExpandGrantTable: GRANT TABLE 0: (0 - 511) at FFFFF88002966000 (fbfa7000)
> Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenEnterprise product string is present
> Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PHYSICAL MEMORY: TOP = 00000016.8fc00000
> Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged: 94371840k -> 43792384k
> Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: activating
> Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
> Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms (2064k/s)
> Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94355480k)
> Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1794ms
> Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 9157ms (1786k/s)
> Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94339120k)
> Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5070ms
> Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 14601ms (1120k/s)
> Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94322760k)
> Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4321ms
> Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16052ms (1019k/s)
> Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94306400k)
> Dec 29 17:39:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6099ms
> Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15132ms (1081k/s)
> Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94290040k)
> Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4492ms
> Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
> Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94273680k)
> Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2043ms
> Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 11294ms (1448k/s)
> Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94257320k)
> Dec 29 17:40:27 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5179ms
> Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15100ms (1083k/s)
> Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94240960k)
> Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
> Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 12870ms (1271k/s)
> Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94224600k)
> Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5350ms
> Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13228ms (1236k/s)
> Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94208240k)
> Dec 29 17:41:14 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3026ms
> Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15490ms (1056k/s)
> Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94191880k)
> Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3151ms
> Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13291ms (1230k/s)
> Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94175520k)
> Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5553ms
> Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16832ms (971k/s)
> Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94159160k)
> Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6754ms
> Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18111ms (903k/s)
> Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94142800k)
> Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3244ms
> Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18392ms (889k/s)
> Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94126440k)
> Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5725ms
> Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18454ms (886k/s)
> Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94110080k)
> Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4243ms
> Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 19453ms (841k/s)
> Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94093720k)
> Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5241ms
> Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
> Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94077360k)
> Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1996ms
> Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17253ms (948k/s)
> Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94061000k)
> Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4773ms
> Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16286ms (1004k/s)
> Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94044640k)
> Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2152ms
> Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 21231ms (770k/s)
> Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94028280k)
> Dec 29 17:44:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep: HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2199ms
> Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17331ms (943k/s)
> Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94011920k)
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in 32604ms (91243k/s)
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources setting callback irq to 11
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: PV init. done
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged: 43792384k -> 48911360k
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: activating
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Detected new device vif/0.
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: closing device/vif/0...
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: device/vif/0 closed
> Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: <==== (00000000)
> Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: deflated balloon by 1279744 page(s) in 998ms (825660k/s)
> Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XENVBD in NORMAL mode.
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenvbdAddDevice: FDO = 0xFFFFFA804434B060
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: IO hole already initialized by XEVTCHN
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck callback already installed
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck reason callback already installed
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: RescanThread: starting
> Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenvbdHwInitialize setting callback irq to 30
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: DeviceRelationsFdo: scanning targets...
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: found new disk (VBD 768)
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: ignoring cdrom (VBD 5696)
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: claiming frontend...
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: successfuly claimed device/vbd/768
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: synthesising inquiry data: default page
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: unit serial number = '62c5a501-d662-4d '
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device identifier[0]: CodeSet: 'Ascii' Type: 'VendorId' Assocation: 'Device'
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device identifier[0]: Length = 45 Data = 'XENSRC 62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 '
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: closing frontend...
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: backend is closed
> Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: created
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* Re: [Xen-devel] BalloonWorkerThread issue
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From: R J @ 2012-01-04 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Cc: xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR,
xen-users-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR,
xen-api-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR
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Hello Konrad.
Thanks for your email. I have added my responses below.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad-Gq0aWv8utHQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:28:59PM +0530, R J wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > Merry Christmas to all !!
> >
> > Basically I'm trying to boot a Windows 2008R2 DC HVM with 90GB static max
> > memory and 32GB static min.
> >
> > The node config is Dell M610 with X5660 and 96GB RAM and its running XCP
> 1.1
> >
> > Many times the node crashes while booting HVM. Sometimes I get success.
>
>
> Node? Meaning dom0? Or the guest? Are you using dom0_mem=max:X argument?
>
Node means the physical machine. I was not sure to call it as dom0.
dom0 in this case has default 750 MB RAM.
> > I have attached the HVM boot log of successful start. Many times the node
> > hangs as soon as the BalloonWorkerThread is activated.
>
> Which PV driver is this? Is this with the other ones: GPL one, Citrix,
> Novell, and
> Oracle as well?
>
This is Citrix PV driver. XCP 1.1 and PV drivers are 1.1 version.
> >
> > In attached txt the ballon inflation rate is constant 4090
> > *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms
> > (2064k/s) *
> >
> > till the time it starts, the inflation rate shoots to 12554884 and the VM
> > is live.
> > *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in
> > 32604ms (91243k/s) *
> > *XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: de-activating *
> > *XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources setting callback irq to 11 *
> >
> >
> > Can some one help me understand the *BalloonWorkerThread *behavior ?*
> >
> >
> > *Many thanks,
> > Rushi
>
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: Determined the following parameters from
> xenstore:
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/number:16 vcpu/weight:0 vcpu/cap:0 nx:
> 1 viridian: 1 apic: 1 acpi: 1 pae: 1 acpi_s4: 0 acpi_s3: 0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/0/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/1/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/2/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/3/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/4/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/5/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/6/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/7/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/8/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/9/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/10/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/11/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/12/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/13/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/14/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:01 n4 xenguest: vcpu/15/affinity:0
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-control: init, 10 x 4k buffers
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: I/O queue driver: lio
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: tapdisk-log: started, level 0
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'attach' message (uuid = 0)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'attach response' message
> (uuid = 0)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: received 'open' message (uuid = 0)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: Loading driver 'vhd' for vbd 0
> /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297
> 0x00000000
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]:
> /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297
> version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 307, f: 26, n: 1268376
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image
> /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297
> (1 users, state: 0x00000001, type: 4)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]:
> /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b
> version: tap 0x00010003, b: 15360, a: 3331, f: 3307, n: 0
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: opened image
> /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b
> (1 users, state: 0x00000003, type: 4)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: VBD CHAIN:
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]:
> /dev/VG_XenStorage-49740841-8056-06e2-373b-ec72084f6fb0/VHD-62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297:
> type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]:
> /dev/mapper/VG_XenStorage--49740841--8056--06e2--373b--ec72084f6fb0-VHD--8eae906c--8f44--4618--a850--3aaa5293408b:
> type:vhd(4) storage:lvm(3)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 tapdisk[18204]: sending 'open response' message (uuid
> = 0)
> > Dec 29 23:08:14 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/768): wrote
> /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/768/hotplug = 'online'
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 vbd.uevent[add](backend/vbd/18/5696): wrote
> /xapi/18/hotplug/vbd/5696/hotplug = 'online'
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as
> /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl list-ports xapi9
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as
> /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port vif18.0 -- add-port
> xapi9 vif18.0 -- set interface vif18.0
> "external-ids:\"xs-vm-uuid\"=\"6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a\"" --
> set interface vif18.0
> "external-ids:\"xs-vif-uuid\"=\"3be54e6d-6d13-b04b-6735-24831e5169e5\"" --
> set interface vif18.0
> "external-ids:\"xs-network-uuid\"=\"7051ef99-4fcb-fa61-a10e-f98456e12e90\""
> -- set interface vif18.0
> "external-ids:\"attached-mac\"=\"d6:6d:60:7e:45:52\""
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: domid: 18
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: qemu: the number of cpus is 16
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 qemu.18: -videoram option does not work with cirrus
> vga device model. Videoram set to 4M.
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Guest uuid =
> 6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching
> /local/domain/18/logdirty/next-active
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Watching
> /local/domain/0/device-model/18/command
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 4000
> size 327680
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: shared page at pfn feffd
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: buffered io page at pfn feffb
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Time offset set 0
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:00:00 (i440FX)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:00 (PIIX3)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:02:00 (Cirrus
> VGA)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: populating video RAM at ff000000
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping video RAM from ff000000
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:03:00
> (xen-platform)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]:
> xs_read(/vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/log-throttling): read error
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:04:00 (RTL8139)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:01 (PIIX3
> IDE)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:02 (USB-UHCI)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_register_device: 00:01:03 (PIIX4
> ACPI)
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]:
> xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/18/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: releasing VM
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: xs_read(): vncpasswd get error.
> /vm/6591a403-0eba-30b4-96a6-e02a7db0607a/vncpasswd.
> > Dec 29 23:08:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port:
> 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 2 times
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: Triggered log-dirty buffer switch
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port:
> 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: medium change watch on `hdd' (index: 1):
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 HVM18[18302]: I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port:
> 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> > Dec 29 17:38:15 n4 last message repeated 11 times
> > Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode
> > Dec 29 23:08:16 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as
> /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0 -- add-port
> xapi9 tap18.0
> > Dec 29 17:38:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000
> > Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RW
> > Dec 29 17:38:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: ROM memory area now RO
> > Dec 29 17:38:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen
> line_offset=3072 height=768
> > Dec 29 17:38:34 n4 HVM18[18302]: cirrus: blanking the screen
> line_offset=1024 height=768
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol version set to 1
> (drivers not blacklisted)
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: protocol 1 active
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: product_id: 1 build_number:
> 30876
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: UNPLUG: drivers not blacklisted
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: ide_unplug_harddisk: drive 0
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: pci_dev_unplug: 00:04:00
> > Dec 29 17:38:37 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> > Dec 29 23:08:38 n4 ovs-vsctl: 00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as
> /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=30 -- --if-exists del-port tap18.0
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: InstallDumpDeviceCallback:
> version mismatch (255 != 1)
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: XenevtchnAddDevice: FDO =
> 0xFFFFFA8044323970
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Initialized tracing provider
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: ====>
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XEVTCHN: IO hole:
> [00000000fbfa6000,00000000fc000000) mapped at FFFFF88002965000
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: KERNEL: 6.1 (build 7600)
> platform WIN32_NT
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SP: NONE
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: SUITES:
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - TERMINAL
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - DATACENTER
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: - SINGLEUSERTS
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: TYPE: SERVER
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PV DRIVERS: VERSION: 5.6.0
> BUILD: 30876 (Apr 30 2010.06:57:01)
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: 64-bit HVM
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: net_tap_shutdown: model=tap,name=tap.0
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: ExpandGrantTable: GRANT
> TABLE 0: (0 - 511) at FFFFF88002966000 (fbfa7000)
> > Dec 29 17:38:38 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenEnterprise product string
> is present
> > Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: PHYSICAL MEMORY: TOP =
> 00000016.8fc00000
> > Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged:
> 94371840k -> 43792384k
> > Dec 29 17:38:39 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> activating
> > Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
> > Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 7924ms (2064k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:38:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94355480k)
> > Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1794ms
> > Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 9157ms (1786k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:38:57 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94339120k)
> > Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5070ms
> > Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 14601ms (1120k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:39:13 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94322760k)
> > Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4321ms
> > Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16052ms (1019k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:39:30 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94306400k)
> > Dec 29 17:39:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep:
> HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> > Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6099ms
> > Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15132ms (1081k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:39:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94290040k)
> > Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4492ms
> > Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:40:04 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94273680k)
> > Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2043ms
> > Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 11294ms (1448k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:40:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94257320k)
> > Dec 29 17:40:27 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep:
> HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> > Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5179ms
> > Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15100ms (1083k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:40:32 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94240960k)
> > Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2230ms
> > Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 12870ms (1271k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:40:46 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94224600k)
> > Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5350ms
> > Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13228ms (1236k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:41:01 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94208240k)
> > Dec 29 17:41:14 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep:
> HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> > Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3026ms
> > Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 15490ms (1056k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:41:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94191880k)
> > Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3151ms
> > Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 13291ms (1230k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:41:31 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94175520k)
> > Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5553ms
> > Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16832ms (971k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:41:49 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94159160k)
> > Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 6754ms
> > Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18111ms (903k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:42:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94142800k)
> > Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 3244ms
> > Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18392ms (889k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:42:28 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94126440k)
> > Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5725ms
> > Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 18454ms (886k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:42:47 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94110080k)
> > Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4243ms
> > Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 19453ms (841k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:43:08 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94093720k)
> > Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 5241ms
> > Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17206ms (950k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:43:26 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94077360k)
> > Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 1996ms
> > Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17253ms (948k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:43:44 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94061000k)
> > Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 4773ms
> > Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 16286ms (1004k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:44:02 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94044640k)
> > Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2152ms
> > Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 21231ms (770k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:44:24 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94028280k)
> > Dec 29 17:44:40 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: BalloonPodSweep:
> HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_pod_sweep, ...) failed (fffffff4)
> > Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING:
> BalloonReleasePfnArray: ran for more than 2199ms
> > Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 4090 page(s) in 17331ms (943k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:44:42 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread: pausing
> for 1s (target = 43792384k, current = 94011920k)
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> inflated balloon by 12554884 page(s) in 32604ms (91243k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> de-activating
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenevtchnMapResources
> setting callback irq to 11
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: PV init. done
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonTargetChanged:
> 43792384k -> 48911360k
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> activating
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: Detected new device vif/0.
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: closing device/vif/0...
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: device/vif/0 closed
> > Dec 29 17:45:16 n4 HVM18[18302]: XEVTCHN: StartDeviceFdo: <====
> (00000000)
> > Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> deflated balloon by 1279744 page(s) in 998ms (825660k/s)
> > Dec 29 17:45:17 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: BalloonWorkerThread:
> de-activating
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XENVBD in NORMAL mode.
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenvbdAddDevice: FDO =
> 0xFFFFFA804434B060
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: IO hole already
> initialized by XEVTCHN
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck callback
> already installed
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: WARNING: Bugcheck reason
> callback already installed
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: RescanThread: starting
> > Dec 29 17:45:18 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENUTIL: XenvbdHwInitialize setting
> callback irq to 30
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: DeviceRelationsFdo: scanning
> targets...
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: found new
> disk (VBD 768)
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: XenbusFindVbds: ignoring
> cdrom (VBD 5696)
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: claiming
> frontend...
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: successfuly
> claimed device/vbd/768
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: synthesising
> inquiry data: default page
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: unit serial number
> = '62c5a501-d662-4d '
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device
> identifier[0]: CodeSet: 'Ascii' Type: 'VendorId' Assocation: 'Device'
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: device
> identifier[0]: Length = 45 Data = 'XENSRC
> 62c5a501-d662-4d38-a75c-a280e2929297 '
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: closing frontend...
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: backend is closed
> > Dec 29 17:45:19 n4 HVM18[18302]: XENVBD: target 0: created
>
> > _______________________________________________
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* Re: [Xen-devel] BalloonWorkerThread issue
[not found] ` <CAO14VsPre0ScNOfDNSxMKCPvVKRWCOkTVHL_SbF8KZkacSDDAQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
@ 2012-01-04 16:07 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk @ 2012-01-04 16:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R J
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR,
xen-users-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR,
xen-api-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 09:12:42PM +0530, R J wrote:
> Hello Konrad.
>
> Thanks for your email. I have added my responses below.
Please don't top post.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad-Gq0aWv8utHQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:28:59PM +0530, R J wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > >
> > > Merry Christmas to all !!
> > >
> > > Basically I'm trying to boot a Windows 2008R2 DC HVM with 90GB static max
> > > memory and 32GB static min.
> > >
> > > The node config is Dell M610 with X5660 and 96GB RAM and its running XCP
> > 1.1
> > >
> > > Many times the node crashes while booting HVM. Sometimes I get success.
> >
> >
> > Node? Meaning dom0? Or the guest? Are you using dom0_mem=max:X argument?
> >
>
> Node means the physical machine. I was not sure to call it as dom0.
> dom0 in this case has default 750 MB RAM.
Ok, so did you look in the serial log to see why the node crashed?
>
>
> > > I have attached the HVM boot log of successful start. Many times the node
> > > hangs as soon as the BalloonWorkerThread is activated.
> >
> > Which PV driver is this? Is this with the other ones: GPL one, Citrix,
> > Novell, and
> > Oracle as well?
> >
>
> This is Citrix PV driver. XCP 1.1 and PV drivers are 1.1 version.
OK, can you try other ones?
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* Re: [Xen-devel] BalloonWorkerThread issue
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@ 2012-01-09 10:27 ` Paul Durrant
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Paul Durrant @ 2012-01-09 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R J
Cc: xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org,
xen-api-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org,
annie.li-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk,
xen-users-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org
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From: R J [mailto:torushikeshj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org]
Sent: 06 January 2012 21:13
To: Paul Durrant
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk; annie.li-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org; Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk; xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org; xen-users-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org; xen-api-GuqFBffKawv/PtFMR13I2A@public.gmane.orgsource.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] BalloonWorkerThread issue
Hello Paul,
Thanks for your email and explanation.
I'm trying multiple combinations and found that windows will run stable only if the static max is twice bigger.
I did the test on below static min and max
512MB to 2GB <- Pass
1GB to 4 GB <- Some times pass, some time fails
2GB to 4GB <- Pass
2GB to 8 GB <- Pass
4GB to 32 GB <-- Fail
16GB to 32GB <-- Pass
So it seems that the problem is not due to size of RAM but its due to difference between them.
Is there any defined multiplication factor while initial squeeze down ?
Interesting thing is if I start a VM with Static max 32GB and dynamic max, dynamic min 32GB and static min 512MB then it starts fine and is able to boot successfully. The reason here is no ballooning required as target is equal to static max.
Once the VM is up and if I set its memory target to 1 GB ( squeezing from 32G to 1G) it works fine. No issue of balloon driver or anything.
So I did same for other cases as well where static max and target were same. The result was "pass".
Its only the boot process which is hampered.
--
I believe top-posting is against etiquette for this list so I won't continue it...
I don't think anyone has ever determined a multiplication factor that will cover *any* windows sku... there's too much variation between them. It's not that surprising that ballooning down after boot gives better results since booting will almost certainly require more code and data to be paged in.
Paul
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