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Re: [Xen-devel] Big network problem on recent kernel update from xen/sta

To: "Xu, Dongxiao" <dongxiao.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Big network problem on recent kernel update from xen/stable2.6.32.x
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:59:40 +0300
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Fantu <fantonifabio@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 09:26:07AM +0800, Xu, Dongxiao wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > On 06/09/2010 07:45 AM, Fantu wrote:
> >> i rebuild from commit 930edab1aba24f1807fd9ab8127006115bbd3422 and
> >> network work, i think how the network problem was introduced by this
> >> commit: commit     528ea798f02ccb03023e72cbda665ed5c3eec6b1
> >> Merge branch 'xen/dom0/backend/netback-tasklet' into xen/next
> >> 
> >> * xen/dom0/backend/netback-tasklet:
> >>   xen/netback: Use Kernel thread to replace the tasklet.
> >>   xen/netback: Multiple tasklets support.
> >>   xen/netback: Introduce a new struct type page_ext.
> >>   xen/netback: Move global/static variables into struct xen_netbk.
> >> 
> >> Maybe some problem with new commit not see in xen/next but see in
> >> xen/stable because in xen/stable there are merging of 2.6.32.x
> >> upstream and in xen/next no, there are some differences between
> >> xen/next and xen/stable who cause some unexpected behaviours 
> >> 
> > 
> > OK, that makes sense.  I hadn't had any problems with it, but it could
> > be v. dependent on how your system is configured.
> > 
> > Does "git revert -m 1 528ea798f02ccb03023e72cbda665ed5c3eec6b1" and
> > rebuilding fix the problem? If so, I'll revert it in stable until we
> > can sort it out.
> > 
> > Dongxiao, can you investigate this?
> 
> Sorry for the trouble cause by the patchset.
> I will address the problem for windows ASAP.
> 

It's not really Windows.. all the Linux _PV_ guests stop to work!
(Afaik some HVM guests do work with the patch).

-- Pasi


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