Bug 564427 - xen kernel crash when using GPLPV driver on Windows 2003 guest and physical partition
Summary: xen kernel crash when using GPLPV driver on Windows 2003 guest and physical p...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 553690
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.2
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Xen (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: x86-64 Other
: P5 - None : Critical (vote)
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Assignee: Jan Beulich
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Reported: 2009-12-14 15:12 UTC by Kenneth Cobler
Modified: 2009-12-15 10:45 UTC (History)
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2009-12-14 19:21 UTC, Kenneth Cobler
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Description Kenneth Cobler 2009-12-14 15:12:05 UTC
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I have an odd problem, but, easy to replicate.

Xen 3.4 + GPLPV + Windows 2003 (x32) guest.  I've tried this on both GPLPV
0.10.0.138 and 0.10.0.142 drivers.

If the hard drive is an image file using the file: directive in the xen config file, Windows 2003 guest boots and runs great with the GPLPV drivers.

If the hard drive is a physical drive or partition using the phy: directive in the xen config file, Windows 2003 guest boots and runs fine with the QEMU drivers.

If the hard drive is a physical drive or partition using the phy: directive in the xen config gile, Windows 2003 guest boots and runs with the GPLPV drivers for about 3-5 minutes. At the time, the entire machine locks up and I have to power cycle machine to recover (no mouse, or keyboard response).

I even took the crashed Windows 2003 partition, dd copied to a file,
setup xen to point to the image file using the file: directive.  The Windows
2003 guest came up with the GPLPV drivers and ran great.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run Xen
2. Load Windows 2003 guest as phy: device.
3. Load GPLPV 0.10.0.142 drivers on Windows guest.
4. Reboot Windows guest.
5. Do some disk activities in Windows 2003 (like error checking or defragment).
6. After 3-5 minutes, the Xen and entire computer locks up.
Actual Results:  
The computer locked up.

Expected Results:  
The computer should run without locking up.
Comment 1 Jan Beulich 2009-12-14 15:41:14 UTC
Does the same also happen with file:/ backed disks?

Also, we'll need the full kernel log in order to determine whether this is simply a duplicate of several other bugs that got reported earlier.
Comment 2 Kenneth Cobler 2009-12-14 19:21:19 UTC
Created attachment 332511 [details]
log file
Comment 3 Kenneth Cobler 2009-12-14 19:22:16 UTC
This does not happen when I use file: images stored on the Linux drive.
Comment 4 Jan Beulich 2009-12-15 10:45:26 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Created an attachment (id=332511) [details]
> log file

This doesn't help, as it doesn't include any indication on the reasons for the crash. But this

(In reply to comment #3)
> This does not happen when I use file: images stored on the Linux drive.

makes it rather certain that this is a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 553690 ***