Re: [Xen-devel] xen-2.0 20040910 problems

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have been experimenting with xen 2.0 and before that with xeno-unstable. It
> has proved interesting and promising
> 
> However, the last few updates have been problematic. In particular it looks as
> if the ext3 filesystem is not correctly handled.

Can you give us an idea when it last worked reliably for you?

> Recent history:
> 
>     20040907:  occasional kernel BUGs
>     20040908:  instant reboot loop when booting xen
>     20040909:  mysterious filesystem problems
>     20040910:  mysterious filesystem problems

I suspect that these are all a result of experiencing some
virtual memory bug.

It's pretty odd, as we haven't seen any problems in our testing,
but its possible that our automated testing doesn't run enough
concurrent domains to tweak it.

Can you tell us a bit more about your setup, e.g. SMP? Xeon or
Opteron? 

What are the other domains doing when 'rpm -qa' explodes?

What version of libc are you using i.e. 'ldd /bin/rpm' ? (We've
never used mandrake, but I doubt this is significant)

If you can narrow down to a simple to reproduce test case I'm
sure we can find and fix this.
 
> On a different topic, I have never yet seen the web interface work for long
> enough to be useful - it always crashes with the int-text type clash that was
> mentioned somewhere in the changelogs as having been fixed.

The web interface is very much a work-in-progress that we're
hoping other people will contribute on. 

Ian


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