followed by further attempts saves the domains as reported but issue still same.
#virsh managedsave avocado-vt-vm1 Domain avocado-vt-vm1 state saved by libvirt # virsh start avocado-vt-vm1 ----hung # virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 98 avocado-vt-vm1 paused I tried restarting libvirt, after which guest goes to shutoff state, with reason as crash in the qemu log # service libvirtd restart Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart libvirtd.service # virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- - avocado-vt-vm1 shut off 2018-05-28 12:59:46.748+0000: starting up libvirt version: 4.4.0, package: 1.fc28 (Unknown, 2018-05-28-03:15:39, 9.40.192.86), qemu version: 2.12.50v2.12.0-813-g5a5c383b13-dirty, kernel: 4.17.0-rc5-00069-g3acf4e395260, hostname: 9.40.192.86 LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/share/avocado-plugins-vt/bin/qemu -name guest=avocado-vt-vm1,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-97-avocado-vt-vm1/master-key.aes -machine pseries-2.13,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 2,maxcpus=4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid ba3012d5-3244-47d9-bedc-0b60821f7cd1 -display none -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-97-avocado-vt-vm1/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -kernel /home/kvmci/linux/vmlinux -append 'root=/dev/sda2 rw console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 init=/sbin/init initcall_debug' -device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -drive file=/var/lib/avocado/data/avocado-vt/images/jeos-27-ppc64le.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 -netdev tap,fd=30,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=32 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:3d:3e:3f,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/avocado-vt-vm1-guest.agent,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -sandbox off -msg timestamp=on 2018-05-28T12:59:46.826738Z qemu: -chardev pty,id=charserial0: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 (label charserial0) 2018-05-28 13:00:52.948+0000: shutting down, reason=saved 2018-05-28T13:00:52.950802Z qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 41456 (/usr/sbin/libvirtd) 2018-05-28 13:01:00.467+0000: starting up libvirt version: 4.4.0, package: 1.fc28 (Unknown, 2018-05-28-03:15:39, 9.40.192.86), qemu version: 2.12.50v2.12.0-813-g5a5c383b13-dirty, kernel: 4.17.0-rc5-00069-g3acf4e395260, hostname: 9.40.192.86 LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/share/avocado-plugins-vt/bin/qemu -name guest=avocado-vt-vm1,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-98-avocado-vt-vm1/master-key.aes -machine pseries-2.13,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 2,maxcpus=4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid ba3012d5-3244-47d9-bedc-0b60821f7cd1 -display none -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-98-avocado-vt-vm1/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -kernel /home/kvmci/linux/vmlinux -append 'root=/dev/sda2 rw console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 init=/sbin/init initcall_debug' -device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -drive file=/var/lib/avocado/data/avocado-vt/images/jeos-27-ppc64le.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 -netdev tap,fd=31,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=33 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:3d:3e:3f,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/avocado-vt-vm1-guest.agent,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -incoming defer -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -sandbox off -msg timestamp=on 2018-05-28T13:01:00.546872Z qemu: -chardev pty,id=charserial0: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 (label charserial0) 2018-05-28 13:02:56.434+0000: shutting down, reason=crashed <============ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773753 Title: virsh managed save fails with qemu version v2.12.0-813-g5a5c383b13-dirty on powerpc Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Host Env: IBM Power8 with Fedora28 base with compiled upstream kernel, qemu, libvirt. Host Kernel: 4.17.0-rc5-00069-g3acf4e395260 qemu-kvm(5a5c383b1373aeb6c87a0d6060f6c3dc7c53082b): v2.12.0-813-g5a5c383b13-dirty libvirt(4804a4db33a37f828d033733bc47f6eff5d262c3): Guest Kernel: 4.17.0-rc7 Steps to recreate: Define a guest attached with above setup and start. # virsh start avocado-vt-vm1 guest console;... # uname -r 4.17.0-rc7 [root@atest-guest ~]# lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 3 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-2 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 3 NUMA node(s): 1 Model: 2.1 (pvr 004b 0201) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported Hypervisor vendor: KVM Virtualization type: para L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-2 # virsh managedsave avocado-vt-vm1 Domain avocado-vt-vm1 state saved by libvirt # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- # virsh start avocado-vt-vm1 ----Hangs forever and vm state goes to paused. # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 87 avocado-vt-vm1 paused P:S:- with same above setup, just changing the qemu-kvm comes bydefault with F28 works fine. /usr/bin/qemu-kvm --version QEMU emulator version 2.11.1(qemu-2.11.1-2.fc28) Summary: with above other setup. machine type pseries-2.12 and qemu-2.11.1-2.fc28 -Works fine. machine type pseries-2.12/pseries-2.13 and qemu 5a5c383b1373aeb6c87a0d6060f6c3dc7c53082b - Does not work. 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