can we get kernel 3.4.7 for Fedora 17 to solve libvirt issue?

[Dan Allen]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Prior to kernel 3.4.7, libvirt was getting pinned to a single CPU
> after
> >> > resume (making VMs run painfully slow). This problem is documented
> >> > thoroughly in this BZ:
> >> >
> >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714271
> >> >
> >> > This problem is fixed in 3.4.7, which is currently waiting on karma in
> >> > Fedora 16. However, for Fedora 17, it's 3.5 that's in the queue (with
> -1
> >> > karma). Would it be possible to prepare 3.4.7 for Fedora 17 instead of
> >> > 3.5
> >> > so that we get it sooner? This is really a painful bug.
> >>
> >> No, but you don't need 3.4.7.  The 3.5 update should already contain
> >> the same patch that fixed the libvirt issue.  Specifically:
> >>
> >> CPU-hotplug-cpusets-suspend-Dont-modify-cpusets-during.patch
> >>
> >> which is definitely applied to the 3.5 F17 update.
> >
> >
> > Oops, misunderstood your response the first time.
> >
> > Yes, I agree the 3.5 update will have the same fix. I suggested 3.4.6-3
> so
> > that we can get the fix sooner since 3.5 seems to be stuck (due to a
> problem
> > with cinnamon, according to the CI report).
>
> That karma is essentially worthless.  There's no bug report for the
> issue.  You're welcome to download the kernel from the update, install
> it, and give it positive karma if it works for you.
>

Ah, gotcha.

In fact, I just downloaded the kernel from koji and installed it between
replies :) Everything is working great, including the preservation of the
cpuset value after resume.

Karma given.

-Dan

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