From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5A2C43331 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:15:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4B2C2070A for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:15:16 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E4B2C2070A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=proxmox.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:47944 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jHNfY-000508-1P for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:15:16 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35895) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jHNeu-0004St-Ca for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:14:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jHNet-000503-AK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:14:36 -0400 Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com ([212.186.127.180]:14456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jHNet-0004xN-31 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:14:35 -0400 Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 09593428A3; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:14:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:14:22 +0100 (CET) From: Dietmar Maurer To: Sergio Lopez Message-ID: <914048944.11.1585210462162@webmail.proxmox.com> In-Reply-To: <20200326074924.r4lmqqpeaizywkds@dritchie> References: <2007060575.48.1585048408879@webmail.proxmox.com> <1512602350.59.1585056617632@webmail.proxmox.com> <1806708761.60.1585056799652@webmail.proxmox.com> <32c10c76-1c9f-3a6a-4410-09eebad0f6f3@redhat.com> <20200325081312.7wtz6crlgotsw5ul@dritchie> <20200325114639.rxwhs7h4bkxhkgsu@dritchie> <523142611.32.1585139388758@webmail.proxmox.com> <20200325123905.4mygg2ljie7prtbc@dritchie> <1427176168.41.1585150848553@webmail.proxmox.com> <20200326074924.r4lmqqpeaizywkds@dritchie> Subject: Re: backup transaction with io-thread core dumps MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v7.10.2-Rev22 X-Originating-Client: open-xchange-appsuite X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.186.127.180 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Dietmar Maurer Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, "jsnow@redhat.com" , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , Stefan Hajnoczi , Max Reitz Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" > > > > So the solution is to disable backups when using io-threads? > > > > > > > > > > I meant forbidding transactions with completion-mode == grouped. It > > > would be still possible running transactions (and thus, backups) with > > > completion-mode == individual, which is the default. > > > > As mentioned earlier, even a totally simple/normal backup job fails when > > using io-threads and the VM is under load. It results in a total > > VM freeze! > > > > This is definitely a different issue. I'll take a look at it today. Thanks. Stefan found a way to avoid that bug with: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-03/msg07749.html But there are doubts that this is the correct way to fix it ...