Avi Kivity wrote: > Richard Davies wrote: > > I can trigger the slow boots without KSM and they have the same profile, > > with _raw_spin_lock_irqsave and isolate_freepages_block at the top. > > > > I reduced to 3x 20GB 8-core VMs on a 128GB host (rather than 3x 40GB 8-core > > VMs), and haven't managed to get a really slow boot yet (>5 minutes). I'll > > post agan when I get one. > > I think you can go higher than that. But 120GB on a 128GB host is > pushing it.
I've now triggered a very slow boot at 3x 36GB 8-core VMs on a 128GB host (i.e. 108GB on a 128GB host). It has the same profile with _raw_spin_lock_irqsave and isolate_freepages_block at the top. Richard.
