Re: [Qemu-devel] Live migration hangs after migration to remote host

[Eduardo Otubo]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10=32=59AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Eduardo Otubo (address@hidden) wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 09=11=21AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > > * Eduardo Otubo (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 04=19=46PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > > > > * Eduardo Otubo (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm facing a weird behavior on my tests: I am able to live migrate
> > > > > > between two virtual machines on my localhost, but not to another
> > > > > > machine, both using tcp.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > * I am using the same arguments on the command line;
> > > > > > * Both virtual machines uses the same qcow2 file visible through 
> > > > > > NFS;
> > > > > > * Both machines are in the same subnet;
> > > > > > * Migration is being done from intel to intel;
> > > > > > * Same version of Qemu (github master - f8787f8723);
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Using all above I am able to live migrate on the same host: between 
> > > > > > two
> > > > > > vms on local host or between two vms in the remote host; but when
> > > > > > migrating from local to remote, the guest hangs. I still can access 
> > > > > > its
> > > > > > console via ctrl+alt+2, though, and everything seems to be normal. 
> > > > > > If I
> > > > > > issue a reboote via console on the remote, the guest gets back to
> > > > > > normal.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Am I missing something here?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Just checking, but are you saying that as far as qemu is concerned, 
> > > > > the migration
> > > > > is happy, it's just the guest that's hung?
> > > > 
> > > > That's exactly the case. The console (via ctrl+alt+2) is active and
> > > > responding to all commands normally, but the screen (ctrl+alt+1) is
> > > > frozen and I can't interact with it at all.
> > > 
> > > Are you driving this via libvirt or using qemu monitor directly?
> > > If the latter, can you please get an 'info migrate' from the source
> > > and an 'info status' from the destination at the end of migrate.
> > 
> > I'm using qemu command line directly. And I got the problem :) See
> > below.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > > Are the host clocks on the two hosts very close (there are lots of
> > > > > weird corner cases with mismatched clocks) - same time zone?
> > > > 
> > > > Yep. Both machines are in the same room and have the clock sync'ed.
> > > 
> > > OK, good.
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Are you using cache=none (given that it's NFS shared)
> > > > 
> > > > I wasn't. But I tried again with cache=none and I got exactly the same
> > > > thing.
> > > 
> > > OK, and this pair of machines, have you tried both directions - i.e.
> > > going a->b and b->a - do both directions fail?
> > > Is the NFS server one of the two machines?  If it is, and you're using 
> > > libvirt,
> > > make sure that the directory the disks are on is an NFS mount on both
> > > machines; e.g. don't migrate directly from the NFS export.
> > > 
> > > > Also, I tried with stable-2.2 branch and got the same behavior. I really
> > > > think that's very unlikely to have unstable code of such an important
> > > > feature upstream, or on a stable- branch. Most probable thing is that
> > > > I have something wrong on my environment.
> > > 
> > > Yes, the challenge is to find what; and if it's something common
> > > we should try and find a way of spotting it.
> > > 
> > > > Anyway, I'll keep tetsing different stable- branches until I find
> > > > something that works for me. I'll keep the mailing list posted.
> > > 
> > > Could you share the qemu command line so we can see if we can
> > > spot anything?
> > 
> > Got the problem! I tried to simplify my qemu command line to the
> > smallest possible, excluding things I thought it could cause the issue.
> > With no further due, this is the argument:
> > 
> >     -cpu 'Opteron_G4'
> > 
> > Without this argument everything works as it should, console responsive
> > and guest active :)
> 
> Can you show cat /proc/cpuinfo off the two hosts?
> (Only one CPU, but please include the whole entry)

Intel host:
    ssor    : 7
    vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
    cpu family  : 6
    model       : 60
    model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
    stepping    : 3
    microcode   : 0x1c
    cpu MHz     : 883.468
    cache size  : 8192 KB
    physical id : 0
    siblings    : 8
    core id     : 3
    cpu cores   : 4
    apicid      : 7
    initial apicid  : 7
    fpu     : yes
    fpu_exception   : yes
    cpuid level : 13
    wp      : yes
    flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb 
rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology 
nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est 
tm2 ssse3 fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt 
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm ida arat epb pln pts 
dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep 
bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt
    bugs        :
    bogomips    : 6784.87
    clflush size    : 64
    cache_alignment : 64
    address sizes   : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
    power management:

AMD host:
    processor   : 5
    vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
    cpu family  : 16
    model       : 10
    model name  : AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1075T Processor
    stepping    : 0
    microcode   : 0x10000bf
    cpu MHz     : 800.000
    cache size  : 512 KB
    physical id : 0
    siblings    : 6
    core id     : 5
    cpu cores   : 6
    apicid      : 5
    initial apicid  : 5
    fpu     : yes
    fpu_exception   : yes
    cpuid level : 6
    wp      : yes
    flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb 
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid 
aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 
abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv 
svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter vmmcall
    bogomips    : 6027.25
    TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
    clflush size    : 64
    cache_alignment : 64
    address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
    power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb

> Dave
> 
> > It says on the documentation[1] that it's possible to migrate between
> > AMD and Intel, but I think I got a corner case. Apparently I can't
> > specify the exact CPU model. Is this a known issue? Couldn't find any
> > reference on bugzilla or launchpad.
> > 
> > [1] - http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Migration
> > 
> > -- 
> > Eduardo Otubo
> > ProfitBricks GmbH
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK
> 

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Eduardo Otubo
ProfitBricks GmbH

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