[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Thanks Mike for the check. Given the results even better that we decoupled this from last SRU. The ppa you tested had all patches that were identified by IBM backported. @lagarcia: - do you think there are more than the 5 you identified? - Given the report that the 2.6.1 from yakkety works

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Just to be sure I installed qemu-system-ppc version 1:2.6.1+dfsg- 0ubuntu5.3 from yakkety-updates and the tests pass. -- 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/1656112 Title: Power

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

We received the hardware back and have started testing all blockers again. The latest test of the above mentioned PPA did not yield positive results: "Unable to find PowerPC CPU definition" $ apt-cache policy qemu-system-ppc qemu-system-ppc: Installed: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.10 Candidate:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Descheduled from next SRU to unblock other fixes to be able to move into the release. Setting to incomplete until test results provided. ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

We still have not received the machine back from IBM. -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

@Mike - is the machine back, any chance to test so far? -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Description changed: - Upon running the virtualization test from the certification test suite, - the kvm guest test fails with the following error: + [Impact] + + * Some newer Power8 derivates fail to work correctly e.g. Power S822LC + (8335-GTB) + + * This is a toleration change (no

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Tests for any regressions on the ppa look good so far, going to try to test the fixed case explicitly. Since I don't have the HW that will be hard, but Mike already said he will test as soon as the HW is back so that shall do it then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

@paelzer the machine was sent out for repair/replacement. We expect it to return later this week. I will test the package from the above PPA as soon as it is back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Preliminary builds as preparation for an SRU currently building at Xenial https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/2502 My testing will start on those, but if you can please give it as much testing as you can as well. @leftyfb - how about your machine, is it running again to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

@Christian The qemu fix is still necessary in order to resolve the issue. While I do have access to the hardware, it is currently having issues booting. Once we resolve the issue with IBM, I plan on testing out the qemu fix from the PPA. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Tags removed: kernel-key ** Tags added: kernel-da-key -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Mike Rushton wrote: > @Christian The branch is for a fix in the plainbox-provider-checkbox > package which is part of the certification suite > @Mike - sure I saw what it patche :-) I wanted a clarification if this cancels the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

@Christian The branch is for a fix in the plainbox-provider-checkbox package which is part of the certification suite. It is not for qemu- system-ppc but is a necessary part of the overall fix since the script was originally assuming POWER8. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

@Mike - is the branch you linked meant to augment or to replace the suggested SRU (which should be tested from the ppa I linked)? -- 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/1656112

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Merge proposal linked: https://code.launchpad.net/~leftyfb/plainbox-provider-checkbox/+git/plainbox-provider-checkbox/+merge/315823 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Just learned that SRU for that would be more ok than I expected, quoting the SRU policy: "For Long Term Support releases we regularly want to enable new hardware. Such changes are appropriate provided that we can ensure not to affect upgrades on existing hardware." That said waiting for

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Christian, Your understanding in comment #31 is correct. -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

OTOH the kernel patch is much much smaller: $ git show 7cc851039d643a2ee7df4d18177150f2c3a484f5 | diffstat prom_init.c |1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) See https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7cc851039d643a2ee7df4d18177150f2c3a484f5 IMHO I'd almost expect to only SRU the kernel

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

For now I have prepared a qemu ppa to allow the reporter more testing. https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/2409/ That has the mentioned pactches on top of Xenial qemu and should allow to test case #2 of my list above. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

The Qemu patches are only ppc, which leaves some hope that the potential to affect other architectures should be minimal :-) $ git show 7386ae6372cc07c77a39cb 8cd2ce7aaa3c3fadc561f4 52b2519c4ea9a6aa4df7ab eac4fba965136f61cc239a b30ff227c27c931155f768 | diffstat hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c|

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Hi, thank you lagarcia for your expertise on this. I try to summarize how I understand the last post - please correct me if I'm wrong. 1. on POWER8NVL "Xenial qemu" in host and "Xenials kernel" in the guest fail (that is the bug) 2. on POWER8NVL "Xenial qemu + the fixes" in host and "Xenial

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Assignee: Jon Grimm (jgrimm) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Server Team (ubuntu-server) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

In my testing, only qemu-system-ppc version 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.2 available in yakkety and the template to set -cpu POWER8NVL was needed to resolve the issue. No kernel patches were necessary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Added tracker for qemu package given speculation that may need updated for POWER8NVL processor in comment #14. -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Jon Grimm (jgrimm) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Also affects: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Tags removed: kernel-da-key ** Tags added: kernel-key -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-150834 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin16042 -- 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/1656112 Title: Power S822LC (8335-GTB)

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

The issue being described here may be caused by the fact that older kernel and QEMU cannot properly identify POWER8NVL processors being used in the S822LC (8335-GTB) machines. You might need 7cc851039d643a2ee7df4d18177150f2c3a484f5 kernel commit (from kernel 4.7), and the following series of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Hi Mike, I could not understand your comment 4. Even though you said you see the same error, you are showing only a warning message there. Also, the description about KVM working with SMT on is really confusing. Could you please detail what test steps you are taking? On a POWER8 machine it is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

KVM was never tested successfully on this particular model. The virtualization test works fine on all other open power servers we have in the labs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Thanks for testing, Mike. Do you know if this is a regression? Were there prior kernel versions that did not exhibit this bug? -- 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/1656112

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

4.10 RC3 gives a kernel panic: [3.863436] ahci 0009:04:00.0: AHCI 0001. 32 slots 4 ports 6 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode [3.863631] ahci 0009:04:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf led only pmp fbs pio slum part sxs [3.864221] scsi host0: ahci [3.864404] scsi host1: ahci [3.864562]

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Are you able to test various kernels? If so, it might be good to test the mainline kernel to see if the bug is already fixed in mainline. It is available from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10-rc3 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Also

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

As mentioned above, I have run the test multiple times with SMT both enabled and disabled. I get the same error. This is from running the test just now with SMT disabled: WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'seed.iso' and probing guessed raw. Automatically detecting the format is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1656112] Re: Power S822LC (8335-GTB) failes KVM guest cert test with kvm_init_vcpu failed: Invalid argument

Hi Mike, In the logs, it seems that you have SMT enabled. KVM does not work with SMT enabled on ppc64el. Would you mind running with SMT=off and rerun and posting the new logs, please? In order to disable SMT, please run: # ppc64_cpu --smt=off -- You received this bug notification because