[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-09-17 Thread Nate Carlson
I've hit similar issues with XFS, and used the not-so-lovely workaround of setting 'barrier=0' as mount options for that filesystem, which works great. Not sure if it'd work with ext4 or not. @Malcolm, do you have a Ticket ID that I can reference in a support ticket to Citrix? Side note -

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-07-13 Thread Torsten Krah
Still there with current precise LTS. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed ** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-07-13 Thread Malcolm Scott
Torsten, this is a XenServer bug and not an Ubuntu bug. No current release of XenServer is capable of running guests with recent Linux kernels. A fix is (still) pending from Citrix. If you want an unofficial fix (a replacement kernel for XenServer dom0, very unsupported) contact me privately.

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-04-12 Thread Matt Sealey
Any chance your contact gave a better timeframe than the next point release, since that was released already twice (6.0.2) and I'm still seeing the problem here at a most infuriating rate.. Is there some way of making sure that a new VM install won't have any problems with this? Once the system

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-04-12 Thread Malcolm Scott
The release incorporating this fix is due for release around late July / early August. The only workaround I know for now is to install a patched kernel in the XenServer dom0. I have one and you may contact me by email if you would like a copy, but bear in mind that it is very much not supported

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-04-12 Thread Malcolm Scott
I should clarify that the timeframe for the XenServer release (6.1) I gave above is an unofficial, unauthoritative estimate and subject to alteration by Citrix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-02-01 Thread Malcolm Scott
This turned out to be a XenServer bug related to the interaction between blkback and barriers; my contact at Citrix has produced a dom0 kernel patch which fixes the issue. I'm told the fix will be incorporated in the next point release of XenServer. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-01-31 Thread Malcolm Scott
This bug is still present in the 3.2.2-030202 mainline build. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU To manage notifications about

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-01-31 Thread Malcolm Scott
This bug is also still present in the 3.3.0-030300rc1 mainline build. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU To manage

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2012-01-31 Thread Stefan Bader
I looked back into the mailing list archives and there has been a thread titled: blkfront problem in pvops kernel when barriers enabled. As far as I understand, this is a problem of the backend driver (which is part of the host code), offering the barrier method for syncing but then failing with

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-12-28 Thread Michael MacLeod
I just want to add that I'm encountering this issue with a Debian Squeeze (Xen: 4.0.1) dom0. I'm using LVM volumes to store my disk images (phy:/dev/Data/foobar,xvda,w), and have installed the domU using netinstall. The install works fine, the error only happens when booting the domU for the first

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-12-19 Thread Iustinian T.
Same on Lucid with the latest linux-image-virtual-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-13-virtual #22~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP. Disabling barriers works but since these are suposed to be production ready boxes the only way is to revert to linux-image-virtual-lts-backport-natty. -- You received this bug

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-12-08 Thread dd_rew
unfortunatelly, the workaround, which is described above, sometimes wont work and xen-blkfront is corrupting fs again. But with enabled barries it is corrupting fs on every second system boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-11-30 Thread dd_rew
hi folks, i found a workaround from xen-devel mailing list. just disable barrier for ext4 by putting 'barrier=0' in your /etc/fstab line with your root fs should be like this: /dev/xvdc /blah ext4 errors=remount-ro,barrier=0 0 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-11-18 Thread Malcolm Scott
For the record I've just tested linux- image-3.2.0-030200rc2-generic_3.2.0-030200rc2.20151435 and the bug is still present. This is still on XenServer 5.6 SP2; I'll try to test on a XS 6 install later. (Lucid does work on both versions; the problem is only with Oneiric.) Stefan: I hadn't

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-14 Thread Tim Gardner
Malcolm - I believe XenServer 6 is the first version to be certified with Lucid (10.04) as a DomU. Are you at liberty to test that version pairing? Then if 11.10 doesn't work as a DomU then we need to have a look. 11.10 should also work as a Dom0 on XS 6. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-14 Thread Stefan Bader
The messages about the barrier fail as such are just informational. The interesting part to me seems that while xvda and xvdc see the capacity change message, there is nothing for xvdb. Maybe I missed the info but it would be interesting to know what kind of mapping is used for the pv disk

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-14 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU To manage notifications

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-13 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-13 Thread Malcolm Scott
Konrad: XenServer 5.6 SP2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-13 Thread Malcolm Scott
The bug is present in mainline kernel 3.1rc9. ** Tags removed: kernel-request-3.0.0-11.17 kernel-request-3.0.0-11.18 kernel-request-3.0.0-12.19 kernel-request-3.0.0-12.20 needs-upstream- testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-13 Thread Brad Figg
Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report on this issue. However, given the number of bugs that the Kernel Team receives during any development cycle it is impossible for us to review them all. Therefore, we occasionally resort to using automated bots to request further testing. This is

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-13 Thread Malcolm Scott
Already confirmed on 3.0.0-12.20. ** Changed in: linux Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-11 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by

[Bug 824089] Re: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU

2011-10-09 Thread Malcolm Scott
** Summary changed: - Xen blkfront i/o errors + Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in domU -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824089 Title: Xen blkfront i/o errors prevent boot in