On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 26.11.2009, at 17:06, Adrian Terranova wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Looking for a pointer to a working setup of kvm nesting kvm with svm >> extensions working thruout. >> >> I'm working with proxmox - and trying to get a proxmox in a proxmox >> working. KVM is called as follows from the proxmox host. >> >> 31515 ? Sl 27:15 /usr/bin/kvm -monitor >> unix:/var/run/qemu-server/109.mon,server,nowait -vnc >> unix:/var/run/qemu-server/109.vnc,password -pidfile >> /var/run/qemu-server/109.pid -daemonize -usbdevice tablet -name >> proxmoxkvmtest -smp sockets=1,cores=1 -vga cirrus -tdf -k en-us -drive >> file=/mnt/pve/nfsimages/images/109/vm-109-disk-1.raw,if=ide,index=0,boot=on >> -drive file=/var/lib/vz/template/iso/proxmox-ve_1.4-4390.iso,if=ide,index=2,media=cdrom >> -m 512 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=vmtab109i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/bridge-vlan >> -net nic,vlan=0,model=e1000,macaddr=A2:40:B2:EF:69:B8 -id 109 >> -cpuunits 1000 -enable-nesting >> >> The key thing (it appears - is the enable nesting) - the other piece >> that it looks like it needs is a kernel argument to properly enable >> the kvm extensions cause there is no >> >> /dev/kvm >> >> but there is an error in dmesg from the dmesg output / boot console of >> the virtualized kvm instance of the following >> >> [snip from dmesg of first boot] >> ... >> tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> general protection fault: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP >> CPU: 0 >> Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm vzethdev vznetdev simfs vzrst vzcpt tun vzdquota >> vzmon vzdev xt_tcpudp xt_length ipt_ttl xt_tcpmss xt_TCPMSS iptable_mangle iptab >> le_filter xt_multiport xt_limit ipt_tos ipt_REJECT ip_tables x_tables ipv6 ib_is >> er rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_tran >> sport_iscsi bridge virtio_balloon parport_pc parport floppy psmouse pcspkr serio >> _raw e1000 joydev evdev thermal button processor sg scsi_wait_scan virtio_blk dm >> _mod usbhid hid usb_storage libusual sd_mod sr_mod ide_disk ide_generic ide_cd c >> drom ide_core ata_piix pata_acpi ata_generic libata scsi_mod uhci_hcd usbcore i2 >> c_piix4 i2c_core virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio isofs msdos fat >> Pid: 2914, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.24-8-pve #1 ovz005 >> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff884532b0>] [<ffffffff884532b0>] :kvm_amd:svm_hardware_enabl >> e+0x80/0xe0 >> RSP: 0018:ffff81001dcb5de8 EFLAGS: 00010006 >> RAX: 0000000000001d01 RBX: 0000000000000010 RCX: 00000000c0000080 >> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff88458b26 RDI: 0000000000000000 >> RBP: ffff81001d49b240 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 >> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff88453230 R12: ffffffff88420050 >> R13: ffffffff8845c100 R14: ffffffff8845c100 R15: ffffc200001f8618 >> FS: 00007fe49ff576e0(0000) GS:ffffffff80628000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 >> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b >> ... >> >> More can be found here if you feel really interested >> >> http://www.proxmox.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2675 >> >> trying to figure out what I missed. > > You need to modprobe kvm-amd with the "nested=1" parameter on the host. > > Alex Did that - and get ht following in the guest [snip] more dmesg output ... kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled general protection fault: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 0 Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm virtio_balloon parport_pc parport floppy psmouse pcspkr serio_raw e1000 joydev evdev button thermal processor sg scsi_wait_scan virtio_blk dm_mod usbhid hid usb_storage libusual sd_mod sr_mod ide_disk ide_generic ide_cd cdrom ide_core ata_piix pata_acpi ata_generic libata scsi_mod uhci_hcd usbcore i2c_piix4 i2c_core virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio isofs msdos fat Pid: 2271, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.24-8-pve #1 ovz005 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff882992b0>] [<ffffffff882992b0>] :kvm_amd:svm_hardware_enable+0x80/0xe0 RSP: 0018:ffff81001ac31de8 EFLAGS: 00010006 RAX: 0000000000001d01 RBX: 0000000000000010 RCX: 00000000c0000080 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8829eb26 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff810019126180 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff88299230 R12: ffffffff88266050 R13: ffffffff882a2100 R14: ffffffff882a2100 R15: ffffc200001f2618 FS: 00007f5f86ed96e0(0000) GS:ffffffff80628000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00007f80e22f8098 CR3: 000000001f5be000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process modprobe (pid: 2271, veid=0, threadinfo ffff81001ac30000, task ffff81001e1431c0) Stack: ffff806920000080 000000000000ffff ffff81001ac31e4c 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffffff80247cf6 0000000000000040 ffff81001ac31e4c 0000000000002880 ffffffff882663f7 0000000000000001 ffffffff882a2100 Call Trace: [<ffffffff80247cf6>] on_each_cpu+0x36/0x80 [<ffffffff882663f7>] :kvm:kvm_init+0x187/0x2d0 [<ffffffff80277532>] sys_init_module+0x192/0x1af0 [<ffffffff802c16e0>] alloc_pages_current+0x0/0x160 [<ffffffff8020c69e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Code: 48 8b 7d 20 e8 57 68 00 f8 48 8b 7d 20 48 89 c3 c1 e3 0c e8 RIP [<ffffffff882992b0>] :kvm_amd:svm_hardware_enable+0x80/0xe0 RSP <ffff81001ac31de8> ---[ end trace fb855d5decb0e250 ]--- ... more dmesg output -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html