[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-08-06 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

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-22 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Marking incomplete until requested testing is complete. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to l

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

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

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-21 Thread William Van Hevelingen
Rebooted into the old kernel and disabled KSM. Then ran apport-collect. -- 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/1344430 Title: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04 Stat

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-21 Thread William Van Hevelingen
apport information ** Description changed: After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 we began seeing 10-15% iowait on kvm guests. The guests had little to no load and yet the shell was laggy and commands took forever to respond (assuming you could even type them) # uname -a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-21 Thread Chris J Arges
** Tags added: ksm-numa-guest-perf -- 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/1344430 Title: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Co

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-21 Thread Chris J Arges
One thing we are looking at is potential issues with KSM and KVM. Can you try disabling KSM and see if the results remain the same: - edit /etc/default/qemu: - change KSM_ENABLED to 0 - sudo service qemu restart I would recommend doing this when your VMs are shutdown; and ensuring nothing else i

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-21 Thread Stefan Bader
Some things (like the hardware of the host) we get through apport-collect. It would be good to get a better understanding of the guest usage. Like how many guests, how much memory they get, how many vcpus. virtio disks and network and how are the guests connected to the network (NAT bridge, tran

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-19 Thread Brad Figg
@william, Yes, please boot into the broken kernel and run apport-collect 1344430. -- 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/1344430 Title: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1344430] Re: 10-15% iowait on kvm instances on Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-18 Thread William Van Hevelingen
I can boot into the old kernel and run apport-collect if you need that as well. ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 we began seeing 10-15% iowait on kvm guests. The guests had little to no load and yet the shell was lag