"xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17" can only occur in HVM guests if the balloon target is set above the maximum allowed by the guest's memory map.
This is likely a bug in the EC2 toolstack. Perhaps this was introduced as a workaround for the problem fixed by c275a57f5ec (xen/balloon: Set balloon's initial state to number of existing RAM pages) which was added in Linux 3.13? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304001 Title: xen:balloon errors in 14.04 beta To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1304001/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs