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Re: [Xen-users] dom0 got load of 80

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] dom0 got load of 80
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:35:01 +0700
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Ryan Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> i did stop the domU and started it manually, they till used CPU0
>> when i put cpus="1,2,3" there it works.
>
> I've seen the problem before. What I needed to do was"
> cpus="0-n,^0"
> where n=(number of cores in the system - 1).
>
> Ex. 4 core system
> cpus="0-3,^0"
> will allow the domU's to share CPU's 1,2,3 and not use CPU0 (reserved for
> Dom0)
>

That's weird. I've been using both RHEL 5.2 and 5.3, with RH's stock
Xen, both behaved properly (e.g. cpus="^0") works fine. Good hint on
the workaround though, I'll keep that in mind if I see similar
problem.

On a side note, my Xen version (RH's xen-3.0.3-80.el5) seems to be
capable of doing automatic vcpu rebalancing. i.e. starting a new
domain can cause other domain's CPU allocation to change
automatically. I've tried shutting and starting a domU several times,
resulting the other domUs to have their CPU allocation change, but
none of them uses CPU0. So all I can say is that perhaps this Xen
version properly recognize "cpus=^0" while Heiko's don't. Updating
might help.

Regards,

Fajar

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