Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-12 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/12, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/3/12, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Argh - being stupid here - it looks like these 'working' kernels were > > > not SMP actually. > > > As long as the SMP is used - I still get the busy loop :( > > > Now being clueless > > >

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-12 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/12, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Argh - being stupid here - it looks like these 'working' kernels were > > not SMP actually. > > As long as the SMP is used - I still get the busy loop :( > > Now being clueless > > > Sorry don't have the cycles to look into your problem, but the

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-12 Thread Andi Kleen
> Argh - being stupid here - it looks like these 'working' kernels were > not SMP actually. > As long as the SMP is used - I still get the busy loop :( > Now being clueless Sorry don't have the cycles to look into your problem, but the standard procedure for hard problems that can be reproduc

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-12 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/11, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/3/9, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2008/3/7, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > 2008/3/5, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > 2008/3/5, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > Andi Kleen

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-11 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/9, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/3/7, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2008/3/5, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > 2008/3/5, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-09 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/7, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/3/5, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2008/3/5, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > >> Most likely movs emulation is broken for long counts.

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-07 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/5, Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/3/5, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >> Most likely movs emulation is broken for long counts. Please post a > > >> disassembly of copy_user_generic_string to

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-05 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/5, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Most likely movs emulation is broken for long counts. Please post a > >> disassembly of copy_user_generic_string to make sure we're looking at > >> the same code. > >> > > > >

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Avi Kivity
Andi Kleen wrote: > Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Most likely movs emulation is broken for long counts. Please post a >> disassembly of copy_user_generic_string to make sure we're looking at >> the same code. >> > > Be careful -- this code is patched at runtime and what you

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Andi Kleen
Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Most likely movs emulation is broken for long counts. Please post a > disassembly of copy_user_generic_string to make sure we're looking at > the same code. Be careful -- this code is patched at runtime and what you see in the vmlinux is not necessari

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Avi Kivity
Zdenek Kabelac wrote: > Is it emulated ? I've thought it's running natively with vmx? > > In some cases (memory mapped I/O, writes to page tables) some instructions are emulated. Usually they run natively. Please post the output of 'kvm_stat -1' to ensure the problem is with the emulator.

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
2008/3/4, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Zdenek Kabelac wrote: > > Hello > > > > > > I'm having weird problem and being a bit puzzled about where to look > > for this bug. > > > > I'm using T61 - C2D 2GB > > > > So I'll describe symptoms: > > > > When I run inside my 0.5G smp qemu-k

Re: [kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Avi Kivity
Zdenek Kabelac wrote: > Hello > > > I'm having weird problem and being a bit puzzled about where to look > for this bug. > > I'm using T61 - C2D 2GB > > So I'll describe symptoms: > > When I run inside my 0.5G smp qemu-kvm guest with Debian these two > loops in parallel: > > 'while : ; do dmsetup

[kvm-devel] loop in copy_user_generic_string

2008-03-04 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
Hello I'm having weird problem and being a bit puzzled about where to look for this bug. I'm using T61 - C2D 2GB So I'll describe symptoms: When I run inside my 0.5G smp qemu-kvm guest with Debian these two loops in parallel: 'while : ; do dmsetup status ; done' and 'while : ; do cat /de