[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-27 Thread Serge Hallyn
** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: High = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322441 Title: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time To

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-27 Thread Serge Hallyn
@penalvch, I'd suggest that since booting with the old 3.2 kernel prevented this bug, this bug should still be marked as affecting the kernel. Lowering priority to medium since there is a workaround (technically 2) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-27 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Package changed: qemu (Ubuntu) = linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322441 Title: QEMU

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-26 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Description changed: Ubuntu 14.04, all updates done as of 23/5/2014 Kernel : Linux 3.13.0-24-generic Qemu : 1.7.1 and 2.0.0 tested Tested using both Xeon 5620 and 5520 processors, 48GB RAM. - Anywhere from 20 minutes for 3+ hours after booting Windows guests become unstable. Guest

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Matthew Anderson, did this problem not occur in a release prior to Trusty? ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) = qemu (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322441

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-25 Thread Matthew Anderson
Not this exact problem but one with similar symptoms. From kernel 3.5 onwards there was a problem with guests not receiving RTC ticks which was reported here - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu- devel/2013-02/msg03827.html The 3.2 kernel from 12.04.1 never had any issues but the 3.5 kernel

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = High ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322441 Title:

[Bug 1322441] Re: QEMU Windows guest unstable after random amount of time

2014-05-25 Thread Matthew Anderson
Based on the fact that flush_tlb_page() appears to be taking up most of the CPU time when QEMU is 'frozen' I started playing with memory settings. Disabling automatic NUMA balancing appears to have solved the problem. echo 0 /proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing The guest has been running 4+ hours now