** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux-signed-oracle (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+ When running kvm-unit-tests under a guest, it will be paused, requiring a
+ reset. When running the same test on a host (vmx_nm_test), it will fail.
+
+ [Test case]
+ Grab kvm-unit-tests, build it and run:
+
+ TESTNAME=vmx TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./x86/run x86/vmx.flat -smp 1 -cpu
+ host,+vmx -append "vmx_nm_test"
+
+ If done inside a guest, when the host runs the bionic 4.15 kernel, the guest
+ will pause.
+
+ [Potential regressions]
+ Nested KVM could stop working. Floating point could stop working on KVM
+ guests, though the code that relied on this was already removed from
+ Bionic.
+
+
+ ------------------------------
+
+
This issue was first spotted on Mar.16 [1]
The ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests will be interrupted on X-oracle-4.15 on both
VM.Standard2.1 and VM.Standard2.16, this is not a regression since it
can be reproduced with 4.15.0-1031-oracle #34~16.04.1:
Running
'/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/tmp/ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests/src/kvm-unit-tests/tests/vmx_nm_test'
BUILD_HEAD=4671e4ba
timeout -k 1s --foreground 30 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults
-device pc-testdev -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -vnc none
-serial stdio -device pci-testdev -machine accel=kvm -kernel
/tmp/tmp.da3iFrsCzC -smp 1 -cpu host,+vmx -append vmx_nm_test # -initrd
/tmp/tmp.h2DFw8L0AF
enabling apic
paging enabled
cr0 = 80010011
cr3 = 477000
cr4 = 20
Test suite: vmx_nm_test
client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe
(node disconnected here)
Before the test started, this can be found in syslog:
Apr 13 06:26:25 selfprovisioned-phlin-kvm-unit kernel: [ 1073.529005] L1TF
CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for
details.
After that, noting was printed and node disconnected.
If you try to run this case manually, it will stop at:
# ./vmx_nm_test
BUILD_HEAD=4671e4ba
ready!!!
timeout -k 1s --foreground 30 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -device
pc-testdev -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -vnc none -serial
stdio -device pci-testdev -machine accel=kvm -kernel /tmp/tmp.ZcGrnXu6se -smp 1
-cpu host,+vmx -append vmx_nm_test # -initrd /tmp/tmp.ADjEOAcRKM
enabling ap
(stopped here, even the "enabling apic" string was not printed)
It looks like this is a new test case added since the cycle of
4.15.0-1037.41~16.04.1-oracle
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-
tests/+bug/1867623/comments/2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-1031-oracle 4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1-oracle 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-1031-oracle x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 13 05:18:03 2020
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-oracle
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
vmx_nm_test in ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests interrupted on X-oracle-4.15 /
B-oracle-4.15 / X-KVM / B-KVM
Status in ubuntu-kernel-tests:
New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux-signed-oracle package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in linux source package in Bionic:
In Progress
Status in linux-signed-oracle source package in Bionic:
New
Bug description:
[Impact]
When running kvm-unit-tests under a guest, it will be paused, requiring a
reset. When running the same test on a host (vmx_nm_test), it will fail.
[Test case]
Grab kvm-unit-tests, build it and run:
TESTNAME=vmx TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./x86/run x86/vmx.flat -smp 1 -cpu
host,+vmx -append "vmx_nm_test"
If done inside a guest, when the host runs the bionic 4.15 kernel, the guest
will pause.
[Potential regressions]
Nested KVM could stop working. Floating point could stop working on KVM
guests, though the code that relied on this was already removed from
Bionic.
------------------------------
This issue was first spotted on Mar.16 [1]
The ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests will be interrupted on X-oracle-4.15 on both
VM.Standard2.1 and VM.Standard2.16, this is not a regression since it
can be reproduced with 4.15.0-1031-oracle #34~16.04.1:
Running
'/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/tmp/ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests/src/kvm-unit-tests/tests/vmx_nm_test'
BUILD_HEAD=4671e4ba
timeout -k 1s --foreground 30 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults
-device pc-testdev -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -vnc none
-serial stdio -device pci-testdev -machine accel=kvm -kernel
/tmp/tmp.da3iFrsCzC -smp 1 -cpu host,+vmx -append vmx_nm_test # -initrd
/tmp/tmp.h2DFw8L0AF
enabling apic
paging enabled
cr0 = 80010011
cr3 = 477000
cr4 = 20
Test suite: vmx_nm_test
client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe
(node disconnected here)
Before the test started, this can be found in syslog:
Apr 13 06:26:25 selfprovisioned-phlin-kvm-unit kernel: [ 1073.529005] L1TF
CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for
details.
After that, noting was printed and node disconnected.
If you try to run this case manually, it will stop at:
# ./vmx_nm_test
BUILD_HEAD=4671e4ba
ready!!!
timeout -k 1s --foreground 30 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -device
pc-testdev -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -vnc none -serial
stdio -device pci-testdev -machine accel=kvm -kernel /tmp/tmp.ZcGrnXu6se -smp 1
-cpu host,+vmx -append vmx_nm_test # -initrd /tmp/tmp.ADjEOAcRKM
enabling ap
(stopped here, even the "enabling apic" string was not printed)
It looks like this is a new test case added since the cycle of
4.15.0-1037.41~16.04.1-oracle
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-
tests/+bug/1867623/comments/2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-1031-oracle 4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1-oracle 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-1031-oracle x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 13 05:18:03 2020
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-oracle
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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