linux-kernel - Re: Xen domU kernel no longer shuts down (Was Linux 2.6.32.26)

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Message-ID: <20101127003716.GA12074@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:37:16 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Alan J. Wylie" <alan@...ie.me.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>
Subject: Re: Xen domU kernel no longer shuts down (Was Linux 2.6.32.26)

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 02:38:07PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 11/26/2010 06:07 AM, Alan J. Wylie wrote:
> > Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> writes:
> >
> >> I'm announcing the release of the 2.6.32.26 kernel.
> > ...
> >
> >> Alok Kataria (1):
> >>       x86, kexec: Make sure to stop all CPUs before exiting the kernel
> > This patch (ae832c21a08514fd11d2d1d6e217c8a537764bb0) stops my Xen DomU from
> > shutting down iff vcpus in the xen config file is > 1.
> >
> > Simply reverting the commit gets things working properly again.
> 
> Thanks for confirming this.  I had seen the same thing and suspected
> this change, but hadn't investigated it yet.
> 
> I'll try to get to a fix next week.

I'll revert this patch from the next .32 release to prevent the
regression.  Please resend this patch, and the fix, when you figure it
out.

thanks,

greg k-h
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