[Xen-users] intermittent domU issue: related to udev?

[Eric Lenio <eric@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello list.  My server:

Gentoo 2.6.21-xen dom0
xen-tools 3.2.1
lvm 2.02.28-r2
udev-115-r1


Symptoms: normally I run 4 domUs.  About once a week I have a need to
restart a domU.  Sometimes it works just fine, but other times it does
not and I'll get a message back saying "Error: Device 0 (vif) could not
be connected. Hotplug scripts not working".  The domU config file has
not been changed so I'm fairly certain it is configured properly.  I
think it comes down to the domU not being able to "talk" with udevd.  I
know udevd is still running and is responsive (if I run udevmonitor and
mount/umount a disk I see normal output).  When I attempt to start my
domU I normally see udevmonitor output like this:

UEVENT[1240149226.992189] add      /devices/xen-backend/vbd-9-2048 (xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149226.993163] add      /devices/xen-backend/vbd-9-2048 (xen-backend)
UEVENT[1240149227.012202] add      /devices/xen-backend/vbd-9-2064 (xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149227.013301] add      /devices/xen-backend/vbd-9-2064 (xen-backend)
UEVENT[1240149227.045410] add      /devices/xen-backend/vif-9-0 (xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149227.048638] add      /devices/xen-backend/vif-9-0 (xen-backend)
UEVENT[1240149227.051320] add      /devices/virtual/net/vif9.0 (net)
UEVENT[1240149227.051805] online   /devices/xen-backend/vif-9-0 (xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149227.054369] online   /devices/xen-backend/vif-9-0 (xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149227.062738] add      /devices/virtual/net/vif9.0 (net)
UEVENT[1240149227.108918] add      /devices/xen-backend/console-9-0 
(xen-backend)
UDEV  [1240149227.110112] add      /devices/xen-backend/console-9-0 
(xen-backend)


But when the issue happens I see no udevmonitor output.  Restarting
udevd did not help.  The problem does not seem specific to any
particular domU -- once the condition happens, none of the domUs will
restart.  My only solution so far has been to restart dom0.
Suggestions?

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