On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:39:27AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> I didn't see the original question; but the "problem" seems to be that
> when using xend, xm vcpu-list still shows 8 vcpus for dom0?
>
> The number of cpus for a domain is assigned at creation; in domain 0's
> case, this is at boot, necessarily before xend runs.
>
> I suspect what (dom0-cpus 1) does is tell xend to unplug all cpus
> except one, by writing "0" into /sys/.../cpus/[1-7]/online. This will
> tell dom0 to take vcpus 1-7 offline, which will put them in a "paused"
> state (as you can see from xm vcpu-list); but they're still registered
> to dom0 in Xen, and still available to be brought online at any time.
>
> Setting the boot parameter will change the number of vcpus assigned on
> VM creation.
>
Yep, thanks for explaining that.
Although the original problem was when you specify (dom0-cpus 1) you cannot
stop HVM domains anymore - they just get stuck and stay in 's' state.
I believe it's because the user is running ubuntu 2.6.24 kernel in dom0,
which most probably has this bug:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-01/msg00004.html
"Domains don't die, they just stay in the 's' state until you 'xm destroy' them"
And a fix/patch to dom0 kernel here:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-01/msg00050.html
-- Pasi
> -George
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Nerijus Narmontas<n.narmontas@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 01:53:25PM +0300, Nerijus Narmontas wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > If I set (dom0-cpus 1) in /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp, after I gracefully
> >> > shutdown domU, the domain stays in ---s- state.
> >> >
> >> > Is this fixed in 3.4.1-rc8?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Please don't hijack threads - you replied to a thread about network
> >> problems
> >> and gplpv drivers. Always start a new thread for new subjects.
> >>
> >> What version are you seeing this behaviour with? Xen 3.4.0 ? What dom0
> >> kernel version?
> >>
> >> -- Pasi
> >
> > Sorry for the threads thing.
> > root@xen1:/# more /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp | grep cpu
> > # In SMP system, dom0 will use dom0-cpus # of CPUS
> > # If dom0-cpus = 0, dom0 will take all cpus available
> > (dom0-cpus 1)
> > root@xen1:/# xm dmesg | grep Command
> > (XEN) Command line: console=com2 com2=115200,8n1
> > root@xen1:/# xm dmesg | grep VCPUs
> > (XEN) Dom0 has maximum 8 VCPUs
> > root@xen1:/# xm vcpu-list
> > Name ID VCPU CPU State Time(s) CPU
> > Affinity
> > Domain-0 0 0 5 r-- 9.2 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 1 - --p 1.8 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 2 - --p 1.7 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 3 - --p 1.6 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 4 - --p 1.4 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 5 - --p 1.4 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 6 - --p 1.5 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 7 - --p 1.3 any cpu
> > root@xen1:/# xm create /etc/xen/dc3.conf
> > Using config file "/etc/xen/dc3.conf".
> > Started domain dc3 (id=1)
> > root@xen1:/# xm vcpu-list
> > Name ID VCPU CPU State Time(s) CPU
> > Affinity
> > Domain-0 0 0 7 r-- 36.5 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 1 - --p 1.8 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 2 - --p 1.7 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 3 - --p 1.6 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 4 - --p 1.4 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 5 - --p 1.4 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 6 - --p 1.5 any cpu
> > Domain-0 0 7 - --p 1.3 any cpu
> > dc3 1 0 0 -b- 15.2 0
> > dc3 1 1 1 -b- 6.8 1
> > dc3 1 2 2 -b- 7.5 2
> > dc3 1 3 3 -b- 8.0 3
> > After HVM Windows domU shutdown, it stays in ---s- state.
> > root@xen1:/# xm li
> > Name ID Mem VCPUs State
> > Time(s)
> > Domain-0 0 24106 1 r-----
> > 58.7
> > dc3 1 8192 4 ---s--
> > 59.0
> > root@xen1:/# xm vcpu-list
> > Name ID VCPU CPU State Time(s) CPU
> > Affinity
> > Domain-0 0 0 4 r-- 48.4 any cpu
> > ...
> > Domain-0 0 7 - --p 1.3 any cpu
> > dc3 1 0 0 --- 20.0 0
> > dc3 1 1 1 --- 10.9 1
> > dc3 1 2 2 --- 15.2 2
> > dc3 1 3 3 --- 12.9 3
> > The problem goes away if I tell Xen to boot with options dom0_max_vcpus=1
> > dom0_vcpus_pin.
> > What's the difference between Xen boot options to limit vcpus for dom0 to
> > /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp?
> > I am running Xen 3.4.1-rc6 version.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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