I am not sure the bug should be closed. David's fix made system behavior tolerable to users (because the error is now only reported once) but the problem is still there. If possible I'd suggest lowering bug's priority but keeoping it open.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304001 Title: xen:balloon errors in 14.04 beta Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “linux” source package in Trusty: In Progress Status in “linux” source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Bug description: Xen balloon errors on HVM instances on EC2 (Xen 4.2.amazon): ubuntu@ip-10-63-20-99:~$ uname -a Linux ip-10-63-20-99 3.13.0-23-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 4 06:58:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ubuntu@ip-10-63-20-99:~$ dmesg |grep xen [ 0.000000] xen:events: Xen HVM callback vector for event delivery is enabled [ 0.494613] xen:balloon: Initialising balloon driver [ 0.496046] xen_balloon: Initialising balloon driver [ 0.500077] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 0.541047] Switched to clocksource xen [ 0.562579] xen: --> pirq=16 -> irq=8 (gsi=8) [ 0.562622] xen: --> pirq=17 -> irq=12 (gsi=12) [ 0.562649] xen: --> pirq=18 -> irq=1 (gsi=1) [ 0.562673] xen: --> pirq=19 -> irq=6 (gsi=6) [ 0.562705] xen: --> pirq=20 -> irq=4 (gsi=4) [ 0.920527] xen: --> pirq=21 -> irq=47 (gsi=47) [ 0.920596] xen:grant_table: Grant tables using version 1 layout [ 1.029661] xen_netfront: Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver [ 1.236083] xenbus_probe_frontend: Device with no driver: device/vfb/0 [ 2.516067] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 6.533941] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 14.560075] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 30.592064] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 62.688153] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 94.752164] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 126.816161] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 158.880084] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 190.944069] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 223.008141] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 255.072112] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 287.136190] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 319.200053] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 351.264164] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 383.328080] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 415.392077] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 447.456112] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 479.520128] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 511.584110] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 543.648181] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 575.712070] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 [ 607.776178] xen:balloon: reserve_additional_memory: add_memory() failed: -17 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1304001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp