------- Comment From jhop...@us.ibm.com 2018-04-11 12:01 EDT------- I verified the -proposed kernel fixes the issue:
10:59:35 AM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %gnice %idle 10:59:37 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 20.68 0.00 79.21 10:59:37 AM 0 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 51.34 0.00 48.13 10:59:37 AM 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 76.00 0.00 24.00 Selected version '4.13.0.39.42' (Ubuntu:17.10/artful-proposed [ppc64el]) for 'linux-image-generic' ** Tags removed: verification-needed-artful ** Tags added: verification-done-artful -- 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: Fix Committed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: == SRU Justification == 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 8b24e69fc47e436. Commit 61bd0f66ff92 fixes this bug and is included in mainline as of v4.16-rc5. The commit was cc'd to upstream stable, but has not yet landed in upstream 4.15. == Fix == 61bd0f66ff92 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix guest time accounting with VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN") == Regression Potential == Low. Also cc'd to stable, so it has had additionl upstream review. Limited to powerpc. == Test Case == A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter. The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug. == Comment: #0 - JENIFER HOPPER <jhop...@us.ibm.com> - 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 <pau...@ozlabs.org> 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 = jhop...@us.ibm.com ---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 : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
