Bug#767261: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#767261: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: host lockup when DomU network iface is down

[Gedalya <gedalya@gedalya.net>]

On 11/06/2014 07:17 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 src:linux
> Control: found -1 3.16.5-1
>
> On Wed, 2014-10-29 at 12:57 -0400, Gedalya wrote:
> > On dom0 I get messages like 'vif vif-10-0 vif10.0: draining TX queue',
> > starting as soon as the domU's boot up. I'm pretty sure this is a
> > regression from Xen 4.1 in wheezy.
> [...]
> > dom0 and domU kernel is linux 3.16-3-amd64 3.16.5-1
> This is most likely to be a dom0 kernel side issue, so reassigning.
>
> Are there any interesting messages preceeding the "draining TX queue"
> ones?
No... nothing at all.

> I suspect we will need to backport some xen-netback patch or other. I've
> put some feelers out to see if any of the upstream devs have any
> hints...
OK so if it's just a matter of changing a kernel on one box, I can 
perhaps try to build a 3.18 this weekend

> Ian.