Thx, on our side we still plan to integrate the fix, once it got upstream accepted. (Lowering the importance to Medium now.)
** Changed in: ubuntu-power-systems Importance: High => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: High => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Questing) Importance: High => Medium -- 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/2111231 Title: Documentation update for [Ubuntu25.04] "virsh attach-interface" requires a reboot to reflect the attached interfaces on the guest Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: Triaged Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux source package in Plucky: Triaged Status in linux source package in Questing: Triaged Bug description: == Comment: #2 - Amit Machhiwal <amit.machhi...@ibm.com> - 2025-05-12 04:46:34 == [Ubuntu25.04] "virsh attach-interface" requires a reboot to reflect the attached interfaces on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Abstract -------- A reboot is required for the interfaces attached through "virsh attach-interface" to be reflected on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Same behavior is observed with or without the "--live" option. Linux releases affected ----------------------- Ubuntu 25.04 (Kernel versions: all supported versions) and any distro which uses powerpc-utils/plucky,now 1.3.13-1 or later. Symptoms -------- When a virsh attach-device is performed on L2, the corresponding hotplug operation does not go through and below errors are seen: dmesg ----- On device-attach ---------------- [ 165.672791] RTAS: event: 1, Type: Hotplug Event (229), Severity: 1 [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" drmgr log --------- Found drc_name C65544 is calling rtas_set_indicator(ISOLATE index 0x40010008) is calling set_power(POWER_OFF index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff) is calling card_present Waiting for the card to appear... get-sensor for 40010008: 0, 1 is calling set_power(POWER_ON index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff calling rtas_set_indicator(UNISOLATE index 0x40010008) Initiating kernel DLPAR "dt add index 0x40010008" Failed to write to /sys/kernel/dlpar: Input/output error add_device_tree_nodes failed at /proc/device-tree/pci@800000020000001 Internal software error. Contact your service representative. Workaround ---------- This is a regression introduced in powerpc-utils/plucky,now 1.3.13-1 and a git bisect pointed to the below commit: a2d1b70cbc90 ("drmgr/pci: Add kernel interface support for device tree update") The above commit adds kernel interface for DLPAR IO add/remove if the it is supported. In the failure case, the kernel interface adding the device tree update is failing. This is because the kernel interface supports only ibm,drc-info property to identify drc-index which is available in recent FW. But the older FW does not provide this interface but instead ibm,drc-indexes property is available So, if we need kernel interface for the older FW, changes are needed in kernel for device tree update (add) or make changes in powerpc utils not to use kernel interface for the old FW (if drc-info not present) assuming we do not support secure boot on older FW. To workaround this problem, either revert to an older `drmgr` version prior to commit `a2d1b70cbc90` or reboot your guest so that the device is listed inside the KVM guest (L2). Fix Outlook ----------- A kernel patch has been sent upstream for fixing this bug and awaiting merge into the mainline. https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc- dev/20250501041056.1281055-1-ha...@linux.ibm.com/ Thanks, Amit == Comment: #3 - Amit Machhiwal <amit.machhi...@ibm.com> - 2025-05-12 04:48:42 == @Haren, Could you please review the above Ubuntu 25.04 documenatation update and suggest any changes if required. Thanks, Amit == Comment: #5 - Amit Machhiwal <amit.machhi...@ibm.com> - 2025-05-14 00:41:26 == [Ubuntu25.04] "virsh attach-interface" requires a reboot to reflect the attached interfaces on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Abstract -------- A reboot is required for the interfaces attached through "virsh attach-interface" to be reflected on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Same behavior is observed with or without the "--live" option. Linux releases affected ----------------------- Ubuntu 25.04 (Kernel versions: all supported versions) and any distro which uses powerpc-utils/plucky,now 1.3.13-1 or later. Symptoms -------- When a virsh attach-device is performed on L2, the corresponding hotplug operation does not go through and below errors are seen: dmesg ----- On device-attach ---------------- [ 165.672791] RTAS: event: 1, Type: Hotplug Event (229), Severity: 1 [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" drmgr log --------- Found drc_name C65544 is calling rtas_set_indicator(ISOLATE index 0x40010008) is calling set_power(POWER_OFF index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff) is calling card_present Waiting for the card to appear... get-sensor for 40010008: 0, 1 is calling set_power(POWER_ON index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff calling rtas_set_indicator(UNISOLATE index 0x40010008) Initiating kernel DLPAR "dt add index 0x40010008" Failed to write to /sys/kernel/dlpar: Input/output error add_device_tree_nodes failed at /proc/device-tree/pci@800000020000001 Internal software error. Contact your service representative. Workaround ---------- This is a regression introduced in powerpc-utils/plucky,now 1.3.13-1 and a git bisect pointed to the below commit: a2d1b70cbc90 ("drmgr/pci: Add kernel interface support for device tree update") The above commit adds kernel interface for DLPAR IO add/remove if the it is supported. In the failure case, the kernel interface adding the device tree update is failing. This is because the kernel interface supports only ibm,drc-info property to identify drc-index which is available in recent FW. But the older FW does not provide this interface but instead ibm,drc-indexes property is available So, if we need kernel interface for the older FW, changes are needed in kernel for device tree update (add) or make changes in powerpc utils not to use kernel interface for the old FW (if drc-info not present) assuming we do not support secure boot on older FW. To workaround this problem, either revert to an older `drmgr` version prior to commit `a2d1b70cbc90` or reboot your guest so that the device is listed inside the KVM guest (L2). Note: If you are using kernel lockdown, it's not recommended to revert to an older version of drmgr. In this case, rebooting the system is the only workaround. Fix Outlook ----------- A kernel patch has been sent upstream for fixing this bug and awaiting merge into the mainline. https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc- dev/20250501041056.1281055-1-ha...@linux.ibm.com/ Thanks, Amit == Comment: #8 - Amit Machhiwal <amit.machhi...@ibm.com> - 2025-05-19 01:09:53 == Copying the latest draft: [Ubuntu25.04] "virsh attach-interface" requires a reboot to reflect the attached interfaces on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Abstract -------- A reboot is required for the interfaces attached through "virsh attach-interface" to be reflected on the KVM guest running inside a PowerVM LPAR. Same behavior is observed with or without the "--live" option. Linux releases affected ----------------------- Ubuntu 25.04 (Kernel versions: all supported versions) and any distro which uses powerpc-utils 1.3.13 or later. Symptoms -------- When a virsh attach-device is performed on L2, the corresponding hotplug operation does not go through and below errors are seen: dmesg ----- On device-attach ---------------- [ 165.672791] RTAS: event: 1, Type: Hotplug Event (229), Severity: 1 [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" [ 165.900889] dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "dt add index 0x40010008" drmgr log --------- Found drc_name C65544 is calling rtas_set_indicator(ISOLATE index 0x40010008) is calling set_power(POWER_OFF index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff) is calling card_present Waiting for the card to appear... get-sensor for 40010008: 0, 1 is calling set_power(POWER_ON index 0x40010008, power_domain 0xffffffff calling rtas_set_indicator(UNISOLATE index 0x40010008) Initiating kernel DLPAR "dt add index 0x40010008" Failed to write to /sys/kernel/dlpar: Input/output error add_device_tree_nodes failed at /proc/device-tree/pci@800000020000001 Internal software error. Contact your service representative. Workaround ---------- This is a regression caused by a change done in powerpc-utils v1.3.13. The hotplug operations work fine till powerpc-utils v1.3.12. To workaround this problem, either revert to an older `drmgr` version v1.3.12 or older or reboot your guest so that the device is recognised by the KVM guest (L2). Note: If you are using kernel lockdown, it's not recommended to revert to an older version of drmgr. In this case, rebooting the system is the only workaround. Fix Outlook ----------- A kernel patch has been sent upstream for fixing this bug and awaiting merge into the mainline. https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc- dev/20250501041056.1281055-1-ha...@linux.ibm.com/ Thanks, Amit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/2111231/+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
