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Re: Xen3 DomU spins 100% busy during console access



On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 04:45:27PM +0000, Simon Truss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was in vim in insert mode and just pasted a large selection into the 
> xenconsole - instant busy lockup. Once I figured out what caused it I 
> was able to repeat this 5 out of 5 times.
> 
> I tried this with small simple lines and was never able to lockup the 
> console. I have however managed to to cause this lockup by pasting less 
> than 1KB of data, and then pasting more in small pieces until it exceeds 
> 1KB. I have no idea why 1KB might be a magic number but perhaps its a hint.
> 
> lastly I also had a similar lockup by just connecting to the console 
> with 'xm console test1' no copy paste with the mouse at all.
> 
> this is an intel HT core, both Dom0 and DomU running 4.99.4 from Nov28 
> daily builds.
> 
> xentools30-3.0.3nb1
> xenkernel30-3.0.3
> 
> Simon

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-xen/2006/10/28/0000.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-xen/2006/10/29/0000.html

But this occurred seemingly at random, like it was a timing
issue.

        Jonathan Kollasch

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