* Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 @ 2016-11-04 11:13 Juergen Schinker 2016-11-04 11:18 ` Wei Liu 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Juergen Schinker @ 2016-11-04 11:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Wei Liu, xen-devel * Hardware: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220L V2 @ 2.30GHz Sandisk SSD 1T 32G Ram * Software: Debian Stretch/testing is dom0 * Guest operating systems: Guests Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Debian Stretch/Sid Ubuntu 16.10 yakity yak with latest 4.8 kernel works * Functionality tested: xl creating booting pygrub credit2 * Comments: I compiled the latest vanilla kernel for gpu-passthrough with single gpu - rc5 runs ca. 1h then freeze - which log should i check for ? host : xen release : 4.8.5-xen version : #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 20:31:38 GMT 2016 machine : x86_64 nr_cpus : 4 max_cpu_id : 3 nr_nodes : 1 cores_per_socket : 2 threads_per_core : 2 cpu_mhz : 2312 hw_caps : b7ebfbff:77bae3ff:28100800:00000001:00000001:00000281:00000000:00000100 virt_caps : hvm hvm_directio total_memory : 32711 free_memory : 4133 sharing_freed_memory : 0 sharing_used_memory : 0 outstanding_claims : 0 free_cpus : 0 xen_major : 4 xen_minor : 8 xen_extra : .0-rc xen_version : 4.8.0-rc xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 xen_scheduler : credit2 xen_pagesize : 4096 platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000 xen_changeset : Mon Oct 31 13:21:56 2016 +0000 git:496673a xen_commandline : placeholder sched=credit2 iommu=1 cc_compiler : gcc (Debian 6.2.0-9) 6.2.0 20161019 cc_compile_by : root cc_compile_domain : cc_compile_date : Thu Nov 3 20:55:16 GMT 2016 build_id : de5b411bee8c8590609ddfe7f425344deee707ba xend_config_format : 4 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 2016-11-04 11:13 Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 Juergen Schinker @ 2016-11-04 11:18 ` Wei Liu 2016-11-04 17:29 ` Dario Faggioli 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Wei Liu @ 2016-11-04 11:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Juergen Schinker; +Cc: Wei Liu, xen-devel On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 11:13:29AM +0000, Juergen Schinker wrote: > * Hardware: > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220L V2 @ 2.30GHz > Sandisk SSD 1T > 32G Ram > * Software: > > Debian Stretch/testing is dom0 > > * Guest operating systems: > > Guests Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Debian Stretch/Sid > > Ubuntu 16.10 yakity yak with latest 4.8 kernel works > > * Functionality tested: > xl > creating booting > pygrub > credit2 > > * Comments: > > I compiled the latest vanilla kernel for gpu-passthrough with single gpu - > > rc5 runs ca. 1h then freeze - which log should i check for ? > If the guest freezes, you can have a look at guest serial output, Dom0 dmesg and xen dmesg (xl dmesg). If the host freezes, you will need to setup a serial console and uses another machine to capture the log as it goes. > > host : xen > release : 4.8.5-xen > version : #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 20:31:38 GMT 2016 > machine : x86_64 > nr_cpus : 4 > max_cpu_id : 3 > nr_nodes : 1 > cores_per_socket : 2 > threads_per_core : 2 > cpu_mhz : 2312 > hw_caps : b7ebfbff:77bae3ff:28100800:00000001:00000001:00000281:00000000:00000100 > virt_caps : hvm hvm_directio > total_memory : 32711 > free_memory : 4133 > sharing_freed_memory : 0 > sharing_used_memory : 0 > outstanding_claims : 0 > free_cpus : 0 > xen_major : 4 > xen_minor : 8 > xen_extra : .0-rc > xen_version : 4.8.0-rc > xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 > xen_scheduler : credit2 > xen_pagesize : 4096 > platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000 > xen_changeset : Mon Oct 31 13:21:56 2016 +0000 git:496673a > xen_commandline : placeholder sched=credit2 iommu=1 > cc_compiler : gcc (Debian 6.2.0-9) 6.2.0 20161019 > cc_compile_by : root > cc_compile_domain : > cc_compile_date : Thu Nov 3 20:55:16 GMT 2016 > build_id : de5b411bee8c8590609ddfe7f425344deee707ba > xend_config_format : 4 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 2016-11-04 11:18 ` Wei Liu @ 2016-11-04 17:29 ` Dario Faggioli 2016-11-04 18:11 ` Juergen Schinker 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Dario Faggioli @ 2016-11-04 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Wei Liu, Juergen Schinker; +Cc: xen-devel [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1209 bytes --] On Fri, 2016-11-04 at 11:18 +0000, Wei Liu wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 11:13:29AM +0000, Juergen Schinker wrote: > > > > * Functionality tested: > > xl > > creating booting > > pygrub > > credit2 > > > > * Comments: > > > > I compiled the latest vanilla kernel for gpu-passthrough with > > single gpu - > > > > rc5 runs ca. 1h then freeze - which log should i check for ? > > > > If the guest freezes, you can have a look at guest serial output, > Dom0 > dmesg and xen dmesg (xl dmesg). > > If the host freezes, you will need to setup a serial console and uses > another machine to capture the log as it goes. > Also of interest (and in the meanwhile): have you done the same in your previous testing of previous rc-s and they did work? In other word, would you say it is something in rc5 that is introducing this behavior, which was not happening of earlier versions? Thanks and Regards, Dario -- <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://about.me/dario.faggioli Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK) [-- Attachment #1.2: This is a digitally signed message part --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 127 bytes --] _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 2016-11-04 17:29 ` Dario Faggioli @ 2016-11-04 18:11 ` Juergen Schinker 2016-11-04 18:31 ` Dario Faggioli 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Juergen Schinker @ 2016-11-04 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dario Faggioli, xen-devel, Wei Liu ----- On 4 Nov, 2016, at 17:29, Dario Faggioli dario.faggioli@citrix.com wrote: > Also of interest (and in the meanwhile): have you done the same in your > previous testing of previous rc-s and they did work? > Yes and no it didn't work > In other word, would you say it is something in rc5 that is introducing > this behavior, which was not happening of earlier versions? it was introduced in rc4 and I consider rc3 stable. the rtds sched has not been tested. J _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 2016-11-04 18:11 ` Juergen Schinker @ 2016-11-04 18:31 ` Dario Faggioli 2016-11-04 18:52 ` Juergen Schinker 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Dario Faggioli @ 2016-11-04 18:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Juergen Schinker, xen-devel, Wei Liu [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1304 bytes --] On Fri, 2016-11-04 at 18:11 +0000, Juergen Schinker wrote: > ----- On 4 Nov, 2016, at 17:29, Dario Faggioli dario.faggioli@citrix. > com wrote: > > Also of interest (and in the meanwhile): have you done the same in > > your > > previous testing of previous rc-s and they did work? > > > Yes and no it didn't work > Ok. > > In other word, would you say it is something in rc5 that is > > introducing > > this behavior, which was not happening of earlier versions? > > it was introduced in rc4 and I consider rc3 stable. > Ok. Well, we absolutely need serial output (either of the guest, of the host, or of both) to be able to tell. Info about how to setup them here: https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Serial_Console https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Console > the rtds sched has not been tested. > I never asked about RTDS. I am interested in and did ask why you tested Credit2, how you tested it, and how you do find it, though, if you're keen on sharing that. :-D Thanks and Regards, Dario -- <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://about.me/dario.faggioli Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK) [-- Attachment #1.2: This is a digitally signed message part --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 127 bytes --] _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Test Xen 4.8 RC5 instable 04.11.16 2016-11-04 18:31 ` Dario Faggioli @ 2016-11-04 18:52 ` Juergen Schinker 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Juergen Schinker @ 2016-11-04 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dario Faggioli, xen-devel ----- On 4 Nov, 2016, at 18:31, Dario Faggioli dario.faggioli@citrix.com wrote: > On Fri, 2016-11-04 at 18:11 +0000, Juergen Schinker wrote: >> ----- On 4 Nov, 2016, at 17:29, Dario Faggioli dario.faggioli@citrix. >> com wrote: >> > Also of interest (and in the meanwhile): have you done the same in >> > your >> > previous testing of previous rc-s and they did work? >> > >> Yes and no it didn't work >> > Ok. > >> > In other word, would you say it is something in rc5 that is >> > introducing >> > this behavior, which was not happening of earlier versions? >> >> it was introduced in rc4 and I consider rc3 stable. >> > Ok. Well, we absolutely need serial output (either of the guest, of the > host, or of both) to be able to tell. > > Info about how to setup them here: > > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Serial_Console > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Console > >> the rtds sched has not been tested. >> > I never asked about RTDS. I am interested in and did ask why you tested > Credit2, how you tested it, and how you do find it, though, if you're > keen on sharing that. :-D I consider credit2 as the new default and tested it while using it with a lot of guests and different load; I also played with a lot of vcpu-set and vcpu-pin etc. credit2 is fantastic and all guests work well balanced and snappy... J _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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