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Re: [Xen-devel] PVops domain 0 crash on NUMA system only Node==1 present

To: Vincent Caron <vcaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] PVops domain 0 crash on NUMA system only Node==1 present (Was: Re: Bug#603632: linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64: Linux kernel 2.6.32/xen/amd64 booting fine on bare metal, but not as dom0 with Xen 4.0.1 (Dell R410))
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:12:54 -0800
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>, Vincent CARON <zerodeux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Cris Daniluk <cris.daniluk@xxxxxxxxx>, "603632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <603632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 12/02/2010 03:47 PM, Vincent Caron wrote:
>   It just happens that your kernel above (2.6.32-27+numa1) boots fine
> under hypervisor _when_ passed 'numa=noacpi'. Yeah !
>
>   I then tried again with Debian Squeeze's latest 2.6.32-28, which
> crashes as -27 under hypervisor (and changelog show no xen or
> numa-related thingies). Then I added 'numa=noacpi', and it boots fine
> too. I got my 8 cores, networking, etc.
>
>   Enclosed is the dmesg for the latter, Debian, kernel.
>
>   Is the 'numa=noacpi' a "production acceptable" workaround ?

What about "numa=fake=1"?  I think that should force it to create a
single NUMA node.

IanC: it looks like passing a node id of "-1" is the correct way to say
"I don't care".

    J

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