KVM guest lockup

Hi,

I am running a KVM enabled AMD64 kernel, version 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 (Debian kernel). The guest has been tested with 2.6.26 up to 2.6.28-rc8.

Whenever I put high load on the guest (git-svn is quite good at triggering the problem), it becomes unresponsive after a few minutes. After a while, a "soft lockup" message appears on serial console, with a ridiculously large time span, machine still unresponsive. Unfortunately, I havn't captured the exact message yet, because it didn't show up today.

I tried to debug it with KGDB, but the guest doesn't respond to sysrq anymore (via serial tty), so KGDB cannot be used.

By starting kvm with "-s", I was able to attach gdb to KVM. The following backtrace is with default options:

 #0  0xffffffff8023f3e0 in update_wall_time () at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:515
 #1  0xffffffff80232411 in do_timer (ticks=18446744071567201664) at kernel/timer.c:1125
 #2  0xffffffff802427a5 in tick_do_update_jiffies64 (now=<value optimized out>) at kernel/time/tick-sched.c:78
 #3  0xffffffff80242916 in tick_sched_timer (timer=0xffffffff80509c00) at kernel/time/tick-sched.c:642
 #4  0xffffffff8023d1db in __run_hrtimer (timer=0xffffffff80509c00) at kernel/hrtimer.c:1289
 #5  0xffffffff8023da09 in hrtimer_interrupt (dev=<value optimized out>) at kernel/hrtimer.c:1373
 #6  0xffffffff80219e4d in smp_apic_timer_interrupt (regs=<value optimized out>) at arch/x86/kernel/apic.c:792
 #7  0xffffffff8020bcf8 in apic_timer_interrupt () at arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:858
 #8  0xffffffff80477e60 in init_thread_union ()
 #9  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

The next one is with "noapic nolapic acpi=off":

 #0  0xffffffff8023f35a in update_wall_time () at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:501
 #1  0xffffffff80232411 in do_timer (ticks=18446744071567201664) at kernel/timer.c:1125
 #2  0xffffffff802427a5 in tick_do_update_jiffies64 (now=<value optimized out>) at kernel/time/tick-sched.c:78
 #3  0xffffffff80242916 in tick_sched_timer (timer=0xffffffff80509c00) at kernel/time/tick-sched.c:642
 #4  0xffffffff8023d1db in __run_hrtimer (timer=0xffffffff80509c00) at kernel/hrtimer.c:1289
 #5  0xffffffff8023da09 in hrtimer_interrupt (dev=<value optimized out>) at kernel/hrtimer.c:1373
 #6  0xffffffff8020e4df in timer_interrupt (irq=<value optimized out>, dev_id=0x3b9aca00) at arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c:56
 #7  0xffffffff80248089 in handle_IRQ_event (irq=0, action=0xffffffff80441050) at kernel/irq/handle.c:142
 #8  0xffffffff802492a7 in handle_level_irq (irq=0, desc=0xffffffff8044de00) at kernel/irq/chip.c:372
 #9  0xffffffff8020d993 in do_IRQ (regs=<value optimized out>) at include/linux/irq.h:282

#10 0xffffffff8020b943 in common_interrupt () at arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:675 #11 0xffff88001f09b920 in ?? ()
#12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Both backtraces are from vanilla 2.6.28-rc8, .config attached.

Single-stepping and breakpoints do not seem to work, so my debugging options are limited (any clue why?). From continuous "cont" attempts, I could see the kernel was actually running, i.e. not hanging in a single loop.

Any hint what could be the cause of the problem? If you need any more information, I will be happy to provide it - I can trigger the problem at any time, it's just that gdb has limited capabilities.

Basic hardware information: Athlon 64 X2, 6 GB memory, ATI RS690/SB600 chipset.

Max

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.28-rc8
# Thu Dec 18 17:00:41 2008
#
CONFIG_64BIT=y
# CONFIG_X86_32 is not set
CONFIG_X86_64=y
CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_ARCH_DEFCONFIG="arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE=y CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=y CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST=y CONFIG_LOCKDEP_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FAST_CMPXCHG_LOCAL=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT=y CONFIG_ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC=y CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
# CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM is not set CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT=y CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL=y CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX=y CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE=y CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE=y
# CONFIG_HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA is not set
# CONFIG_HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP is not set CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE=y CONFIG_ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32=y CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP=y CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH=y CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING=y CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
# CONFIG_KTIME_SCALAR is not set CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y
CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-git"
# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_TASKSTATS is not set
# CONFIG_AUDIT is not set
# CONFIG_IKCONFIG is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=17
# CONFIG_CGROUPS is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK=y
# CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED is not set
# CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 is not set
# CONFIG_RELAY is not set
CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set
# CONFIG_USER_NS is not set
# CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL is not set
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is not set
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_BUG=y
CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y
CONFIG_PCSPKR_PLATFORM=y
# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_ANON_INODES=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_SIGNALFD=y
CONFIG_TIMERFD=y
CONFIG_EVENTFD=y
CONFIG_SHMEM=y
CONFIG_AIO=y
CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
# CONFIG_SLAB is not set
CONFIG_SLUB=y
# CONFIG_SLOB is not set
# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set
# CONFIG_MARKERS is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS=y
CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KPROBES=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KRETPROBES=y
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK=y
# CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT is not set
CONFIG_SLABINFO=y
CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y
# CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set
CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=0
# CONFIG_MODULES is not set
CONFIG_BLOCK=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY is not set

#
# IO Schedulers
#
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
# CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS is not set
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_AS is not set
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE is not set
CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ=y
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_NOOP is not set
CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="cfq"
CONFIG_CLASSIC_RCU=y
# CONFIG_FREEZER is not set

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y
CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_ELAN is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not set
CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST=y
# CONFIG_XEN is not set
CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK=y
CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=y
CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
CONFIG_PARAVIRT_CLOCK=y
# CONFIG_PARAVIRT_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_MEMTEST is not set
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMM is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
CONFIG_MK8=y
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MEFFICEON is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MGEODEGX1 is not set
# CONFIG_MGEODE_LX is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC7 is not set
# CONFIG_MPSC is not set
# CONFIG_MCORE2 is not set
# CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is not set
CONFIG_X86_CPU=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES=64
CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=64
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64=y
CONFIG_X86_CMOV=y
CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY=64
CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR=y
CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL=y
CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD=y
CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR_64=y
CONFIG_X86_DS=y
CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_DMI=y
CONFIG_GART_IOMMU=y
# CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU is not set
CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y
CONFIG_SWIOTLB=y
CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
# CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL is not set
CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=y
# CONFIG_I8K is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
# CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y
CONFIG_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y
# CONFIG_FLATMEM_MANUAL is not set
# CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL is not set
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y
CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y
# CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED=y
CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT=y
CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG=1
CONFIG_BOUNCE=y
CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y
CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU=y
# CONFIG_X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION is not set
# CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER=y
CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT=0
CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT=1
CONFIG_X86_PAT=y
# CONFIG_EFI is not set
# CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
# CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
CONFIG_HZ_250=y
# CONFIG_HZ_300 is not set
# CONFIG_HZ_1000 is not set
CONFIG_HZ=250
CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x200000
# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x200000
# CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y

#
# Power management and ACPI options
#
CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_HIBERNATION is not set
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSFS_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_FAN is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_SBS is not set

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set
CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER=y
CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU=y

#
# Memory power savings
#
# CONFIG_I7300_IDLE is not set

#
# Bus options (PCI etc.)
#
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS=y
# CONFIG_DMAR is not set
# CONFIG_INTR_REMAP is not set
# CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI=y
CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_HT_IRQ=y
CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API=y
CONFIG_K8_NB=y
# CONFIG_PCCARD is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set

#
# Executable file formats / Emulations
#
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
# CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
# CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT is not set
# CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set
# CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is not set
# CONFIG_COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT is not set
CONFIG_NET=y

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
# CONFIG_NET_KEY is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIB_HASH=y
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
# CONFIG_INET_AH is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ESP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_TUNNEL is not set
# CONFIG_INET_TUNNEL is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET is not set
CONFIG_INET_LRO=y
# CONFIG_INET_DIAG is not set
# CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
CONFIG_DEFAULT_TCP_CONG="cubic"
# CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_DCCP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_TIPC is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DSA is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_LLC2 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
# CONFIG_CAN is not set
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
# CONFIG_BT is not set
# CONFIG_AF_RXRPC is not set
# CONFIG_PHONET is not set
# CONFIG_WIRELESS is not set
# CONFIG_RFKILL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_9P is not set

#
# Device Drivers
#

#
# Generic Driver Options
#
CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=""
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DEVRES is not set
# CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set
# CONFIG_CONNECTOR is not set
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
CONFIG_PNP=y
# CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES is not set

#
# Protocols
#
CONFIG_PNPACPI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD is not set
# CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH is not set
CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
# CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y
# CONFIG_IDE is not set

#
# SCSI device support
#
# CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_ATA is not set
CONFIG_MD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
# CONFIG_DM_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_DM_CRYPT is not set
CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT=y
CONFIG_DM_MIRROR=y
CONFIG_DM_ZERO=y
# CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH is not set
# CONFIG_DM_DELAY is not set
CONFIG_DM_UEVENT=y
# CONFIG_FUSION is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
#

#
# Enable only one of the two stacks, unless you know what you are doing #
# CONFIG_FIREWIRE is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS is not set
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# CONFIG_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_MACVLAN is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_TUN is not set
# CONFIG_VETH is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
# CONFIG_NETDEV_1000 is not set
# CONFIG_NETDEV_10000 is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set

#
# Wireless LAN
#
# CONFIG_WLAN_PRE80211 is not set
# CONFIG_WLAN_80211 is not set
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS is not set
# CONFIG_WAN is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_NETPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER is not set
CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_POLLDEV is not set

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_STOWAWAY is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TABLET is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set

#
# Hardware I/O ports
#
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set
CONFIG_SERIO_LIBPS2=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_RAW is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING is not set
# CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
# CONFIG_NOZOMI is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FIX_EARLYCON_MEM=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PCI=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PNP=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=32
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is not set

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_JSM is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set
CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD is not set
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=y
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
# CONFIG_PC8736x_GPIO is not set
# CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER is not set
CONFIG_HPET=y
CONFIG_HPET_MMAP=y
# CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER is not set
# CONFIG_TCG_TPM is not set
# CONFIG_TELCLOCK is not set
CONFIG_DEVPORT=y
# CONFIG_I2C is not set
# CONFIG_SPI is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB=y
# CONFIG_GPIOLIB is not set
# CONFIG_W1 is not set
CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY=y
# CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_PDA_POWER is not set
# CONFIG_BATTERY_DS2760 is not set
# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
CONFIG_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_SSB_POSSIBLE=y

#
# Sonics Silicon Backplane
#
# CONFIG_SSB is not set

#
# Multifunction device drivers
#
# CONFIG_MFD_CORE is not set
# CONFIG_MFD_SM501 is not set
# CONFIG_HTC_PASIC3 is not set
# CONFIG_MFD_TMIO is not set
# CONFIG_REGULATOR is not set

#
# Multimedia devices
#

#
# Multimedia core support
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_DVB_CORE is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_MEDIA is not set

#
# Multimedia drivers
#
# CONFIG_DAB is not set

#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
# CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL is not set
# CONFIG_FB is not set
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT is not set

#
# Display device support
#
# CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT is not set

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set
# CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set
# CONFIG_UWB is not set
# CONFIG_MMC is not set
# CONFIG_MEMSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_NEW_LEDS is not set
# CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY is not set
# CONFIG_INFINIBAND is not set
# CONFIG_EDAC is not set
# CONFIG_RTC_CLASS is not set
CONFIG_DMADEVICES=y

#
# DMA Devices
#
CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=y
CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE=y

#
# DMA Clients
#
CONFIG_NET_DMA=y
# CONFIG_DMATEST is not set
CONFIG_DCA=y
# CONFIG_UIO is not set
# CONFIG_STAGING is not set
CONFIG_STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD=y

#
# Firmware Drivers
#
# CONFIG_EDD is not set
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
# CONFIG_DELL_RBU is not set
# CONFIG_DCDBAS is not set
# CONFIG_DMIID is not set
# CONFIG_ISCSI_IBFT_FIND is not set

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_EXT4_FS is not set
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=y
# CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_GFS2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_OCFS2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set
CONFIG_INOTIFY=y
CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER=y
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set
# CONFIG_FUSE_FS is not set
CONFIG_GENERIC_ACL=y

#
# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_ISO9660_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set

#
# Pseudo filesystems
#
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_PROC_KCORE is not set
CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
CONFIG_SYSFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
# CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
# CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS is not set

#
# Miscellaneous filesystems
#
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_OMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
# CONFIG_NLS is not set
# CONFIG_DLM is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
# CONFIG_ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED is not set
# CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=2048
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
# CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ is not set
CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP=y
CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC=y
CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE=1
# CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set
# CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set
# CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES is not set
# CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is not set
# CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is not set
# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_WRITECOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
# CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is not set
# CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
# CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is not set
# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION is not set
# CONFIG_LATENCYTOP is not set
# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=y

#
# Tracers
#
# CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_BOOT_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_STACK_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT is not set
# CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_SAMPLES is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_KGDB=y
CONFIG_KGDB=y
CONFIG_KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS is not set
CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=y
# CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is not set
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
# CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set
# CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP is not set
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
# CONFIG_DIRECT_GBPAGES is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_MMIOTRACE is not set
CONFIG_IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80=0
CONFIG_IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED=1
CONFIG_IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY=2
CONFIG_IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE=3
CONFIG_IO_DELAY_0X80=y
# CONFIG_IO_DELAY_0XED is not set
# CONFIG_IO_DELAY_UDELAY is not set
# CONFIG_IO_DELAY_NONE is not set
CONFIG_DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE=0
# CONFIG_CPA_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING is not set

#
# Security options
#
CONFIG_KEYS=y
# CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITYFS is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES is not set
# CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
# CONFIG_KVM is not set
CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT=y
# CONFIG_CRC_CCITT is not set
# CONFIG_CRC16 is not set
# CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF is not set
# CONFIG_CRC_ITU_T is not set
# CONFIG_CRC32 is not set
# CONFIG_CRC7 is not set
# CONFIG_LIBCRC32C is not set
CONFIG_PLIST=y
CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y
CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT=y
CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y

You mean something like "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 1179869794s!"?

I had similar lockups, also on 2.6.26 (amd64).
It turned out to be related to frequency scaling on the host. With frequency scaling enabled, I was able to lock up the VM within minutes by periodically switching between full load and idle. (running burnMMX for a few seconds and then sleeping for a few seconds in a loop)

After setting scaling_min_freq to the same value as scaling_max_freq, virtual machines became rock solid.

BTW often the lockups were not complete, but the VM resumed work after a while. (IIRC, ~1/2 hour, for sure much less than 1179869794s :-) )

Jan

[...]

[...]

Looking at the code, both these lines of code are inside a loop which may run for quite a while if clocksource_read(clock) returns non-monotonic values:

        offset = (clocksource_read(clock) - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
	[...]
        while (offset >= clock->cycle_interval) {
                /* accumulate one interval */
                offset -= clock->cycle_interval;
	[...]
	}

As I observed such behaviour only when the host has frequency scaling
activated: Could it be that in this case, clocksource_read(clock) on the guest is misbehaving?

Jan

Indeed, the host had governor=ondemand. After the switch to "performance", the guest seems to run stable.

So this is a bug in the guest kernel, by making wrong assumptions on the clock values retrieved from the host, right?

Max

FWIW, several Fedora users are also seeing guest lockups with kvm-clock in the guest and frequency scaling enabled in the host. See:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/475598

Cheers,
Mark.