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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: VM Entry fails in changesets since 19095

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: VM Entry fails in changesets since 19095
From: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:26:33 +0000
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Er sorry... s/18/19/g.  So that's cs 19090, with 19095 backported that
doesn't work, and 19089 that does work.

 -George

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM, George Dunlap
<George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just did a "make mrproper" and re-built.  Still crashes.
>
> I assume the automated test suites include a test with a 32-bit dom0
> and a 64-bit hypervisor (which is my configuration)?
>
> I narrowed it down to cs 18090.  With build of 18090 (plus a backport
> of 18095 so that dom0 boots) the domain will crash, but with a build
> of 18089 (plus a backport of 18095 for good measure) the domain will
> boot fine.
>
> Going to dig a little deeper...
>
>  -George
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> It's going to be a slightly subtle one since it works for and for our
>> automated tests. It would be worth making sure you've done a 'make clean' in
>> the xen directory -- I recently changed the dependency system, and I'm still
>> not 100% sure of it yet. I actually got a broken image myself somehow, which
>> was fixed by 'make clean', but I haven't tracked down the issue as yet.
>>
>>  -- Keir
>>
>> On 28/01/2009 11:05, "George Dunlap" <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I started to work on the fix for the PoD, only to discover that just
>>> starting a normal HVM on recent -unstable build (no PoD enabled), the
>>> domain crashes with invalid guest state.
>>>
>>> I did a binary search, and found that the change which breaks things
>>> was introduced sometime between CS 19089 and 19095
>>>
>>> I'm still looking into it, but if anyone else has any ideas, they'd be
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> I'm attaching a console log and cpuinfo.  The chip is an older one, a
>>> dual-core Intel Conroe.
>>>
>>>  -George
>>
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