Re: Xen domU kernel no longer shuts down (Was Linux 2.6.32.26)

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Nov 26 2010 - 19:36:43 EST


On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 02:38:07PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 11/26/2010 06:07 AM, Alan J. Wylie wrote:
> > Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >> I'm announcing the release of the 2.6.32.26 kernel.
> > ...
> >
> >> Alok Kataria (1):
> >> x86, kexec: Make sure to stop all CPUs before exiting the kernel
> > This patch (ae832c21a08514fd11d2d1d6e217c8a537764bb0) stops my Xen DomU from
> > shutting down iff vcpus in the xen config file is > 1.
> >
> > Simply reverting the commit gets things working properly again.
>
> Thanks for confirming this. I had seen the same thing and suspected
> this change, but hadn't investigated it yet.
>
> I'll try to get to a fix next week.

I'll revert this patch from the next .32 release to prevent the
regression. Please resend this patch, and the fix, when you figure it
out.

thanks,

greg k-h
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