[kernel-xen] kernel 3.14.29-1.el6xen.x86_64 reboots

[Steven Haigh]

On 31/01/15 13:13, Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 31/01/15 12:44, Glenn Enright wrote:
>> On 31/01/15 14:37, Steven Haigh wrote:
>>> On 30/01/15 11:32, Steven Haigh wrote:
>>>> On 30/01/2015 11:25 AM, Glenn Enright wrote:
>>>>> Seeing a few random hard reboots on the latest kernel on my test
>>>>> machine. I reverted back to 3.14.26 and the issue went away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its been hard to pin down the exact issue, but looks like it may occur
>>>>> at the same time a copy off an lvm snapshot occurs. kernel log is empty
>>>>> so no logs from a crash. And I havent been able to grab console
>>>>> output yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone else seeing something like this?
>>>>
>>>> I've seen random issues with 3.14.29 - it seems something between
>>>> 3.14.28 and 3.14.29 changed with USB and causes a panic on start.
>>>>
>>>> I've taken 3.14.29 off the mirrors as of yesterday morning - so you
>>>> shouldn't get this kernel as an upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> 3.14.30 still has USB errors - but it doesn't cause a kernel panic. If
>>>> you use it on the Dom0, you may not be able to use USB keyboards etc. If
>>>> you just use network access / serial console, it should be fine.
>>>>
>>>> The latest kernel that works perfectly is 3.14.28. I am hoping that
>>>> 3.14.31 resolves these issues completely - however that's something for
>>>> the kernel-devel mailing list :)
>>>
>>> For the record, I'm building 3.14.31 now. It should be in the repos in
>>> within an hour.
>>>
>>> Testing / feedback is welcome on this considering issues with 3.14.29
>>> and 3.14.30.
>>>
>>> I only get a little bit of feedback - so I can't jump on issues early -
>>> ie I would have pulled 3.14.29 much earlier if I had more than one
>>> report :)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for staying on top of this Steven, also good to know I wasnt the
>> only one seeing problems.
>>
>> I'll have a test later on when this hits the repos, and let you know the
>> results.
> 
> Packages are up on au1 mirror now... us1 is also syncing as we speak.
> us5 should sync at 0300 UTC.

For what its worth, my initial testing has come up good. Dom0 boots
without issues. USB subsystem works as it should. No panics or warnings
as yet.

-- 
Steven Haigh

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