[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-09-04 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-30.48 --- linux (3.2.0-30.48) precise-proposed; urgency=low [Luis Henriques] * Release Tracking Bug - LP: #1041217 [ Upstream Kernel Changes ] * mutex: Place lock in contended state after fastpath_lock failure - LP: #1

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-22 Thread Andy Whitcroft
The bug here is actually in the outer host so the quantal task should be Invalid as there is no bug not won't fix. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-22 Thread Luis Henriques
Tagging as verified as per comment #10 ** Tags removed: verification-needed-precise ** Tags added: verification-done-precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel n

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-21 Thread Stefan Bader
Verified running the 3.2.0-30.47 kernel on a kvm host and loading the kvm-intel module in a quantal guest. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in a qu

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
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[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/linux-ti-omap4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-21 Thread Luis Henriques
This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel for Precise in -proposed solves the problem (3.2.0-30.47). Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-precise' to 'verification-done-precise'. If verification is not do

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-09 Thread Stefan Bader
** Description changed: + SRU Justification: + Impact: A KVM guest running a v3.3+ kernel will fail to load the kvm_intel module when running on a v3.2 host. This is because the newer kernel module will check for the presence of a CPU specific flag (which any real CPU would have) in the MSRs th

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-01 Thread Stefan Bader
IOW, this is seen as something that should be fixed by adding support to the host kvm module. Since this was done in 3.3, the only affected (probably around the first kernel that supported nesting) is 3.2. But that requires careful pick of patches and hopefully a way to test. So its hard to give an

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-01 Thread Stefan Bader
On 08/01/2012 06:07 PM, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012, Avi Kivity wrote about "Re: Nested kvm_intel broken on > pre 3.3 hosts": >> Right - it's not just kvm-as-a-guest that will trip on this. But >> there's no point in everyone backporting it on their own. If you're >> doing the bac

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-01 Thread Stefan Bader
FYI, that patch was part of v3.3-rc1. So basically things were broken for the whole of Quantal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-08-01 Thread Stefan Bader
Bisection turned up the following patch (proved to be correct by reverting from Quantal): commit fee84b079d5ddee2247b5c1f53162c330c622902 Author: Avi Kivity Date: Thu Nov 10 14:57:25 2011 +0200 KVM: VMX: Intercept RDPMC Intercept RDPMC and forward it to the PMU emulation code. Si

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-31 Thread Stefan Bader
To narrow this down I tested with a Precise and Quantal user-space and a mainline v3.3 kernel build. Both fail in the same way (-EIO) in module init. Seems this has been that way for quite a bit then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-31 Thread Stefan Bader
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal gu

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-31 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Tags added: kernel-da-key quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-30 Thread Jamie Strandboge
FYI, this affects parts of Canonistack as well as security team support for OpenStack, since we all have Intel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_intel not loadable in

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031090 Title: kvm_

[Bug 1031090] Re: kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest

2012-07-30 Thread Dave Walker
Confirmed that this works with precise host and amd guest, but fails with intel guest. $ sudo modprobe kvm_intel FATAL: Error inserting kvm_intel (/lib/modules/3.5.0-6-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko): Input/output error -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o