Re: "info cpus" issue

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On 16 March 2015 at 18:01, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can't comment if it's known but, from x86 experiences, such a pattern is
> usually related to inconsistency between "get kvm state" and "put kvm
> state" in QEMU or the related kernel interfaces:
>
> QEMU obtains the in-kernel CPU state when you issue "info cpus", marks
> it as "dirty" (in case other QEMU functions will manipulate it - won't
> happen in this case) and then writes it back to the kernel once the
> guest is resumed on that vcpu. If the state you get is not fully
> reflecting what you will write back, you corrupt the guest.

There are some known issues with migration/state save/load for
ARM -- try with Alex Bennee's kernel and QEMU patches that are
on the list right now?

-- PMM
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