From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Egger Subject: Re: [PATCH] xl create: endless loop Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:43:05 +0100 Message-ID: <201011181143.06248.Christoph.Egger@amd.com> References: <201010181450.36050.Christoph.Egger@amd.com> <1289962251.11102.1124.camel@agari.van.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1289962251.11102.1124.camel@agari.van.xensource.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Daniel Stodden Cc: "Zhang, Yang Z" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Ian Jackson , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wednesday 17 November 2010 03:50:51 Daniel Stodden wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 10:57 -0500, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Zhang, Yang Z wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:40 PM > > > > To: Zhang, Yang Z > > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; Christoph Egger; > > > > xen-devel@lists.xensource.com; Ian Jackson > > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel][PATCH] xl create: endless loop > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Zhang, Yang Z wrote: > > > > > Yes I have the dom0_mem in xen command line. But I think the > > > > > autoballoon is > > > > > > > > disable by default since there had an annotate before it, if it not I > > > > think we should add some comments like "autoballoon default is > > > > enable" as we see in the xmexample.hvm. > > > > > > > > > > > > Autoballoon is enabled by default, a comment would probably be good > > > > > > > > > And the another question is why I should to disable the autoballoon > > > > > manually > > > > > > > > in the xl.conf? why don't you to add a check in the xl to see whether > > > > the autoballon is enable or disable? > > > > > > > > > > > > Good question. The problem is: how should I write this check? > > > > AFAIK there is no clear way to know if autoballooning should be > > > > enabled or disabled, apart from parsing the xen command line options, > > > > but it seems really ugly to me. > > > > > > > > In any case, could you please try disabling autoballooning and let me > > > > know if you still have this issue? > > > > > > It works with disable the autoballoon. Thanks for you help. > > > > > > And a question with qcow issue I reported in another mail. Since our > > > automation test is based in qcow images, because copy raw images take a > > > long times(we have 60+ case), so will anyone to take a look at this > > > issue? it will block our automation test with xl. > > > > Daniel, do you have any ideas? > > Not the slightest. Just proof that: Are we talking about blktap qcow or > qemu? Still trying to find that mail. xl links against blktap2, qemu links against blktap. I think, this may cause some random behaviour. qemu should move to blktap2 and drop blktap from the tools then. Christoph -- ---to satisfy European Law for business letters: Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85609 Dornach b. Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632