[Fedora-xen] Status of Xen on FC6 2.6.20.x - feedback

[Itamar Reis Peixoto]

I am still have some issues

xen-libs-3.1.0-0.rc7.1.fc7
kernel-xen-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7
xen-3.1.0-0.rc7.1.fc7


BUG: at kernel/fork.c:994 copy_process()
 [<c1005d9e>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f
 [<c1006347>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
 [<c10063c2>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
 [<c101d040>] copy_process+0x195/0x1245
 [<c101e140>] do_fork+0x50/0x117
 [<c1003351>] kernel_thread+0x8e/0x96
 [<c102c6fd>] __call_usermodehelper+0x2d/0x46
 [<c102cd4b>] run_workqueue+0x89/0x145
 [<c102d70d>] worker_thread+0xd5/0x102
 [<c102ff23>] kthread+0xb3/0xdc
 [<c10058df>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
 =======================


BUG: at kernel/lockdep.c:1858 trace_hardirqs_on()
 [<c1005d9e>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f
 [<c1006347>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
 [<c10063c2>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
 [<c1037435>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xc4/0x143
 [<c10055d4>] restore_all+0x3b/0x3e
 =======================

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Itamar Reis Peixoto

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Casey" <john.a at Casey.net>
To: "'Daniel P. Berrange'" <berrange at redhat.com>
Cc: <fedora-xen at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] Status of Xen on FC6 2.6.20.x - feedback


> I've been using Kernel-xen-2.6.20.2925 now since its release on the 21st 
> on
> an FC6 Intel Core2 machine, 4GB Ram, Sata Disks, tv card.  So far it seems
> that all of the previous instability issues have been addressed.   I am 
> also
> running a WinXp pro guest, running since the 21st, and have had no
> instability issues.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> John Casey
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel P. Berrange [mailto:berrange at redhat.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:02 AM
> To: John Casey
> Cc: fedora-xen at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] Status of Xen on FC6 2.6.20.x
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:55:47PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:41:26AM -0700, John Casey wrote:
>> > Can someone tell me or give me a pointer to the status of Xen on FC6
> kernel
>> > 2.6.20.x?    I've read about and experienced some serious instability 
>> > on
>> > 2.6.20.x and was wondering when a stable release was expected.    All 
>> > of
> the
>> > threads I've read say to use Xen on 2.6.18, but since Xen is not a
> critical
>> > requirement for me, I'd like to wait until it comes out on 2.6.20 (or
> FC7)
>> > which ever comes first.
>>
>> F7 is arriving real soon now and will be  Xen 3.1.0 + 2.6.20 kernel. This
>> kernel will fix the 3 core kernel-xen bugs that are being experianced by
>> most people (one 32-bit data corruption issue, 2 SMP bugs).
>
> I should point out, this is all actually in rawhide right now....
>
> kernel-xen-2.6.20-2925.8.fc7  + xen-3.1.0-0.rc7.2.fc7
>
> And since rawhide is in deep freeze now it is in pretty good shape. This
> is the rc7 pre-release, and we'll update to the GA xen release very 
> shortly
> after Fedora 7 is released. There's no major changes missing there really.
>
>> We're going to apply these same patches to the FC6 kernel-xen which 
>> should
>> also resolve the stability issues seen on the FC6 2.6.20 builds. I don't
>> have an exact timeframe for this, but it should be in updates-testing at
>> least fairly soon.
>
>
> Dan.
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