Bug#499745: Experiencing this with KVM, too

[John Morrissey <jwm@horde.net>]

[sorry for the cc/bug spam, but the symptoms of these bugs seem similar,
 so this information might be useful beyond debbugs #516374]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:06:43PM -0500, John Morrissey wrote:
> I'm experiencing the same thing sporadically with two machines running a
> handful of KVM VMs. It usually starts with one VM blocking, then spreads
> to the rest, and eventually the host itself stops responding.
> 
> I cherry-picked the three patches in LP 276476 and applied them to the
> 2.6.28 kernel currently in sid. So far so good, but I don't have a solid
> test case to reproduce and it usually takes a couple days for this to show
> itself.

This machine has been stable for over three weeks now with 2.6.28 + these
cherry-picked patches, whereas with the stock lenny 2.6.26 kernel, it would
lock up at least once a week.

john
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