------- Comment From [email protected] 2018-03-21 16:39 EDT------- With this test kernel, I now see guest time reported correctly in the host:
03:32:17 PM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %gnice %idle 03:32:19 PM all 0.00 0.00 0.91 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 64.58 0.00 34.48 4.15.0-12-generic #13~lp175597 -- 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/1755979 Title: Cpu utilization showing system time for kvm guests (performance) (sysstat) Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Artful: In Progress Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Bug description: == Comment: #0 - JENIFER HOPPER <[email protected]> - 2018-03-14 16:20:47 == +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #163375 +++ ---Problem Description--- All KVM guest cpu utilization is being reported as sys% time in the host. It turns out Guest time accounting (CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN) has been broken since v4.13 by commit: commit 8b24e69fc47e43679bb29ddb481aa0e8dce2a3c5 Author: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Date: Mon Jun 26 15:45:51 2017 +1000 KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Close race with testing for signals on guest entry --- That is now fixed and upstream accepted in Paulus' tree as git commit: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git/commit/?h=kvm-ppc-fixes&id=61bd0f66ff92d5ce765ff9850fd3cbfec773c560 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix guest time accounting with VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN") Please include this patch in Ubuntu so that guest cpu accounting is correct. Contact Information = [email protected] ---uname output--- Linux ltc-b114 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:21:52 UTC 2018 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = 5104-22C ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured ---Steps to Reproduce--- Start a KVM guest, run something that generates cpu utilization in the guest, observe mpstat on the host. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1755979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
