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Bug#880554: xen domu freezes with kernel linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64

Started byYves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
First post2018-01-06 15:20 +0100
Last post2018-01-06 16:10 +0100
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  Bug#880554: xen domu freezes with kernel linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64 Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-01-06 15:20 +0100
    Bug#880554: xen domu freezes with kernel linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64 Valentin Vidic <Valentin.Vidic@CARNet.hr> - 2018-01-06 16:10 +0100

#59855 — Bug#880554: xen domu freezes with kernel linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64

FromYves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Date2018-01-06 15:20 +0100
SubjectBug#880554: xen domu freezes with kernel linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64
Message-ID<v4Xuh-2jA-1@gated-at.bofh.it>

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On Fri, 2017-11-17 at 07:39 +0100, Valentin Vidic wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The problem seems to be caused by the new multi-queue xen blk driver
> and I was advised by the Xen devs to increase the gnttab_max_frames=256
> parameter for the hypervisor.  This has solved the blocking issue
> for me and it has been running without problems for a few months now.

I'm not really fluent in Xen, but does this relate to the kernel in dom0 or
one of the domU then? 
> 
> I/O to LUNs hang / stall under high load when using xen-blkfront
> https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7018590

According to that link, the fix seems to be configuration rather than code.
Does this mean this bug against the kernel should be closed?

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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FromValentin Vidic <Valentin.Vidic@CARNet.hr>
Date2018-01-06 16:10 +0100
Message-ID<v4YgG-2Qv-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#59855
On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 03:08:26PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> According to that link, the fix seems to be configuration rather than code.
> Does this mean this bug against the kernel should be closed?

Yes, the problem seems to be in the Xen hypervisor and not the Linux
kernel itself.  The default value for the gnttab_max_frames parameter
needs to be increased to avoid domU disk IO hangs, for example:

  GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN="dom0_mem=10240M gnttab_max_frames=256"

So either close the bug or reassign it to xen-hypervisor package so
they can increase the default value for this parameter in the
hypervisor code.

-- 
Valentin

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