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

[Glenn Enright]

Hi there

Just confirming the .31 kernel seems to be much more solid, no reboots 
so far, good stuff :).

Regards, Glenn
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On 01/31/15 16:23, Steven Haigh wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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