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    Subject[PATCH 0/3] [v4] kexec and kdump for Xen PVonHVM guests


    The following series implements kexec and kdump in a Xen PVonHVM guest.

    It is (should be) available via git:

    git://github.com/olafhering/linux.git xen-kexec-3.0

    The kexec or kdump kernel has to take care of already allocated virqs,
    PV devices in Closed or Connected state, and of registered watches in
    the old kernel. With the three patches these conditions are checked
    during boot of the new kernel rather than in the reboot/crash path.

    A fixed kexec-tools-2.0.2 package is required:
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2011-May/005026.html
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2011-August/005339.html

    Another fix is for xenstored, it has to accept the XS_INTRODUCE from a guest:
    http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00007.html

    One open issue is the balloon driver. It removes pages from the guest
    and gives them back to the hypervisor. The kexec kernel is not aware of
    the fact that some pages are unavailable, and hangs or crashes.
    The workaround for the time being is:

    if test -f /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target -a \
    -f /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target_kb
    then
    cat /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target > \
    /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target_kb
    fi
    kexec -e

    This has to be resolved with another series of changes.

    Olaf




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