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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen pv_ops dom0 2.6.32.13 issues

To: greno@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen pv_ops dom0 2.6.32.13 issues
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:37:38 -0700
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On 06/09/2010 02:02 PM, greno@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Ok, I've been running this 2.6.32.13 pv_ops dom0 kernel for several
> weeks and it has twice killed my domU's.  I get numerous CPU soft
> lockup bug errors and at times it will freeze which means a power
> cycle boot.

The lockups are in dom0 or domU?  Do the backtraces indicate a common
subsystem, or are they all over the place?

> This has resulted in things like:
> EXT-fs error (device dm-0): ext4_lookup: deleted inode reference
> EXT-fs error (device dm-0): ext4_lookup: deleted inode reference
> in the domU boots which has killed two of them.

What's your storage path from guest device to media?  Are they using
barriers?

    J

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