[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-08-04 Thread Chris J Arges
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1346917 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346917 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1346917 Using KSM on NUMA capable machines can cause KVM guest performance and stability issues -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-28 Thread Thiago Martins
Hey guys! I'm pretty sure that the following patch will fix your problems: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1346917 New kernel for Trusty: http://people.canonical.com/~arges/lp1346917/ My original BUG: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1338277 Cheers! Thia

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-28 Thread wolfgang.m...@web.de
After updating a server 12.04. LTS including the new HWE stack support I've got the same problems. The guest (MS Server 2012R2) was running after startup for about 7 to 10 min without problems, after this period the cpu utilisation for the kvm process increases more an more, the guest became slu

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-24 Thread Zeth
I have 5 KVM servers here all running 14.04 - 2 weeks ago one host started to act up with VM's crashing - then this week another host was suffering from terrible internal network delays (bridged NIC) - rebooting the hosts and guests did nothing to resolve the issue - disabling KSM seems to have com

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-23 Thread Tamas Papp
It was just a day ago. I have to wait until the weekend, when the server becomes somewhat idle and I can do such tests. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests getti

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-23 Thread Brooks Warner
Was anyone able to test the fix proposed by Chris Arges in comment #12? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests getting slow by time To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-22 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Marking incomplete until requested testing is complete. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests gettin

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-22 Thread Chris J Arges
I believe I've found the fix for this issue for 3.13. If you can, please test the kernel posted on comment #1 on this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1346917 Make sure KSM is enabled; and any workarounds for this bug are disabled. If this fixes the issue for you, you are

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-21 Thread Tamas Papp
I think we can be sure, that KSM_ENABLED=0 definitely helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests getting slow by time To manage notifications about this bug go t

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-21 Thread Chris J Arges
** Tags added: ksm-numa-guest-perf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests getting slow by time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-17 Thread Tamas Papp
FYI, I see no issue since I set KSM_ENABLED=0 (1 day). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests getting slow by time To manage notifications about this bug go to: htt

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Tamas Papp
On 07/16/2014 10:24 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > (To be sure - /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run is in fact set to 0 now right?) Right. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341195 Title: KVM guests ge

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Tamas Papp (1341...@bugs.launchpad.net): > On 07/16/2014 09:39 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote > > I've personally not seen it, and noone on my team, who use a lot of > > kvm instances, has seen it. Our two current theories are that (a) it > > has to do with ksm page migration across numa-nodes, or

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Tamas Papp
On 07/16/2014 09:39 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote > I've personally not seen it, and noone on my team, who use a lot of > kvm instances, has seen it. Our two current theories are that (a) it > has to do with ksm page migration across numa-nodes, or (b) it has to > do with a race with transparent hugepage

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Tamas Papp (1341...@bugs.launchpad.net): > On 07/16/2014 06:35 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > > > To be clear, you have not yet gotten the bug since you've set > > KSM_ENABLED to 0, or have you? > > I just did it, so no, not yet. > > This happened by time: > > Saucy (everything is fine) -

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Tamas Papp
On 07/16/2014 06:35 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > To be clear, you have not yet gotten the bug since you've set > KSM_ENABLED to 0, or have you? I just did it, so no, not yet. This happened by time: Saucy (everything is fine) -> Trusty (issue happened) -> Trusty with Saucy kernel 3 weeks ago (no

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Serge Hallyn
Hi Tamas, To be clear, you have not yet gotten the bug since you've set KSM_ENABLED to 0, or have you? Interesting about the saucy kernel. Ideally we could reproduce this reliably enough to really bisect. I wonder if we can reproduce without qemu. -- You received this bug notification because

Re: [Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-16 Thread Tamas Papp
On 07/14/2014 05:13 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Since "switching to saucy kernel is a good workaround", marking this as > affecting the kernel. > > Could you try disabling KSM and see if that avoids the issue? I set KSM_ENABLED=0 in /etc/default/qemu-kvm and restarted the server. Also today after 3

[Bug 1341195] Re: KVM guests getting slow by time

2014-07-14 Thread Serge Hallyn
Since "switching to saucy kernel is a good workaround", marking this as affecting the kernel. Could you try disabling KSM and see if that avoids the issue? ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete