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Re: [Xen-devel] Instability with Xen, interrupt routing frozen, HPET bro

To: Andreas Kinzler <ml-xen-devel@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Instability with Xen, interrupt routing frozen, HPET broadcast
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:21:51 +0200
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On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 08:10:52PM +0100, Andreas Kinzler wrote:
> On 31.12.2010 15:31, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 11:20:51AM +0200, Andreas Kinzler wrote:
>>>   I am talking a while (via email) with Jan now to track the following
>>> problem and he suggested that I report the problem on xen-devel:
>>> I also applied a small patch which disables HPET broadcast. The machine
>>> is now running
>>> for 110 hours without a crash while normally it crashes within a few
>>> minutes. Is there
>>> something wrong (race, deadlock) with HPET broadcasts in relation to
>>> blocked interrupt
>>> reception (see above)?
>
>> Hello,
>> Was this issue resolved? Just wondering since many people
>> have reported it on xen-users list..
>> -- Pasi
>
> As to my knowledge: not at all. Somehow none of the developers took care  
> of it.
>

So you can still reproduce it with latest xen-4.0-testing.hg (Xen 4.0.2-rc1-pre)
and latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x pvops dom0 kernel (2.6.32.27) ? 

-- Pasi


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