** Description changed: - -- Problem Description -- - drmgr command is failing while trying to open console for IBMi. + SRU Justification: - Log snap shot: - Please make sure you have specified a valid locale (check your NLSPATH and LANG environment variables. Your application will use english as the default. 2 - 07/15/20 16:01:25.393.531 UTC DEBUG pvmutil[12687.70366696995648]: (common/util/HmclDrmgrHelper.cpp:1036) Command /usr/sbin/pvmdrmgr drmgr -c slot -s 'U9080.MHE.218BA37-V1-C8' -r -w 3 returned 255. Additional messages: /usr/sbin/pvmdrmgr drmgr -c slot -s 'U9080.MHE.218BA37-V1-C8' -r -w 3 - Validating I/O DLPAR capability...yes. - failed to open /sys/bus/pci/slots/U9080.MHE.218BA37-V1-C8/power: No such file or directory - failed to disable hotplug children - Isolation failed for 30000008 with -9001 - Valid outstanding translations exist. + [Impact] + * drmgr command is failing while trying to open console for IBMi on PowerVM LPAR - ---Steps to Reproduce--- - Create a VM from PowerVC on a Novalink managed host. Unmanage and manage the VM, this problem gets reproduced - - == - I've tested a proposed fix and it does fix both the -9001 isolation errors after DLPAR remove and vterm state is still open, as well as the /dev/hcvsX index changing after a DLPAR remove/add. I will get that patch sent out to the upstream mailing list for merging. + [Fix] + * 63ffcbdad738 "tty: hvcs: Don't NULL tty->driver_data until hvcs_cleanup()" - Patch submitted upstream: + [Test Case] + * Create a VM from PowerVC on a Novalink managed host. + * Unmanage and manage the VM, this problem gets reproduced. + * grep the logs for "drmgr" - https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc- - dev/20200820234643.70412-1-tyr...@linux.ibm.com/T/#u + + [Regression Potential] + The regression can be considered as very low, since: + * limited to the IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server. + * patched kernel where shared and successfully tested by IBM. + * the worse case, if the cleanup is broken a new opened connection might break. + + [Other] + * The patch got upstream accepted.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1892546 Title: Novalink (mkvterm command failure) Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: Triaged Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Xenial: New Status in linux source package in Bionic: New Status in linux source package in Focal: New Status in linux source package in Groovy: New Bug description: SRU Justification: [Impact] * drmgr command is failing while trying to open console for IBMi on PowerVM LPAR [Fix] * 63ffcbdad738 "tty: hvcs: Don't NULL tty->driver_data until hvcs_cleanup()" [Test Case] * Create a VM from PowerVC on a Novalink managed host. * Unmanage and manage the VM, this problem gets reproduced. * grep the logs for "drmgr" [Regression Potential] The regression can be considered as very low, since: * limited to the IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server. * patched kernel where shared and successfully tested by IBM. * the worse case, if the cleanup is broken a new opened connection might break. [Other] * The patch got upstream accepted. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1892546/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
