Subject: xen-3.1.0 and dom0 problems with /dev/ksyms
To: None <port-xen@netbsd.org>
From: Juraj Hercek <nbsd@hck.sk>
List: port-xen
Date: 07/15/2007 15:52:46
Hello,
I've got trouble with netstat on dom0 booted by xen-3.1.0 hypervisor.
Symptoms:
$ netstat -ni
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts
Oerrs Colls
netstat: kvm_read: Bad address
The same thing works fine with xen-3.0.3 hypervisor. I've done traces of
the 'netstat -ni' when running both hypervisors, and it seems that dom0
running on 3.1.0 has troubles accessing /dev/ksyms - instead it directly
opens /netbsd and takes what's necessary from there:
1 netstat CALL open(0xbbbc8667,0,0)
1 netstat NAMI "/dev/ksyms"
1 netstat RET open -1 errno 6 Device not configured
1 netstat CALL open(0xbbbc86f1,0,0)
1 netstat NAMI "/netbsd"
1 netstat RET open 6
On the other hand, the 3.0.3 hypervisor worked fine:
1 netstat CALL open(0xbbbc8667,0,0)
1 netstat NAMI "/dev/ksyms"
1 netstat RET open 6
Since I boot using grub (and I have kernels on different partition), I
didn't care about upgrading /netbsd on netbsd partition - the running
kernel was different from /netbsd (which was a GENERIC one). This caused
the "netsat kvm_read: Bad address", which can be cured by properly
synchronizing /netbsd with really booted kernel.
Question, however, is, how to get /dev/ksyms working with xen 3.1.0
hypervisor?
Maybe the unaccessible /dev/ksyms is related to this?:
$ sudo xm dmesg | tail -15
(XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: .................done.
(XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
(XEN) Std. Loglevel: Errors and warnings
(XEN) Guest Loglevel: Nothing (Rate-limited: Errors and warnings)
(XEN) *** Serial input -> DOM0 (type 'CTRL-a' three times to switch
input to Xen).
(XEN) mm.c:503:d0 Could not get page ref for pfn bff02
(XEN) mm.c:2324:d0 Could not get page for normal update
(XEN) mm.c:503:d0 Could not get page ref for pfn bff02
(XEN) mm.c:2324:d0 Could not get page for normal update
(XEN) mm.c:503:d0 Could not get page ref for pfn bff02
(XEN) mm.c:2324:d0 Could not get page for normal update
(XEN) mm.c:503:d0 Could not get page ref for pfn bff02
(XEN) mm.c:2324:d0 Could not get page for normal update
(XEN) mm.c:503:d0 Could not get page ref for pfn bff02
(XEN) mm.c:2324:d0 Could not get page for normal update
Any Idea how to get rid of those "Could not get page ..." things?
Regards,
Juraj