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RE: [Xen-devel] cpuidle causing Dom0 soft lockups

To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] cpuidle causing Dom0 soft lockups
From: "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:35:41 +0800
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Jan Beulich wrote:
> Reducing the number of vCPU-s (or pCPU-s) sufficiently much makes
> the systems work.

How many vCPU-s or pCPU-s at most can system work with in your experience?

> max_cstate=1 makes the problem less severe on one (bigger) system,
> and eliminates it completely on another (smaller) one.

How bigger/smaller? vCPU nr & pCPU nr.

> I can provide full logs in case needed.

Please provide full logs.

Jimmy
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