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RE: [Xen-devel] PV on HVM network stops

To: "Ryan Harper" <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] PV on HVM network stops
From: "Ian Pratt" <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 23:59:19 +0100
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> > If I pause the domain and then unpause, networking comes back.  Does
> > this help narrow down where I should be looking for debugging this
> > issue?
> 
> Actually, what works more reliably is to ifdown vifX.0; and then
> ifconfig vifX.0 0, which brings it back up, we get bridge topology
> state changes, and then network traffic resumes.

Presumably taking the guest interface down makes no difference? (Not
sure you can unload the module, but have you tried?)

> Using tcpdump, I can see traffic arrive in the domain, but no traffic
> leaves the guest.

So, packets seem to be received by the guest, but if you tcpdump the
associated vifX.0 you don't see anything (whereas a tcpdump in the guest
indicates packets are being sent).

One way to debug this would be to add a dom0 sysrq key handler to dump
the producer consumer pointers, or otherwise export them via sysfs. Does
cat /proc/interrupts show rx interrupts on the vif?

Ian

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