This does not appear to be specific to OpenStack, nor tempest. I've reproduced with Trusty on Trusty on Trusty, vanilla qemu/kvm.
Simplified reproducer, with an existing MAAS cluster: @L0 baremetal: - Create a Trusty bare metal host from daily images. - sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get -y install uvtool - sudo uvt-simplestreams-libvirt sync release=trusty arch=amd64 - sudo uvt-simplestreams-libvirt query - ssh-keygen - sudo uvt-kvm create --memory 2048 trusty-vm release=trusty - sudo virsh shutdown trusty-vm - # edit the /etc/libvirt/qemu/trusty-vm.xml to enable serial console dump to file: <serial type='file'> <source path='/tmp/trusty-vm-console.log'/> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='file'> <source path='/tmp/trusty-vm-console.log'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> - sudo virsh define /etc/libvirt/qemu/trusty-vm.xml - sudo virsh start trusty-vm - # confirm console output: - sudo tailf /tmp/trusty-vm-console.log - # take note of the VM's IP: - sudo uvt-kvm ip trusty-vm - # ssh into the new vm. @L1 "trusty-vm": - sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get -y install uvtool - sudo uvt-simplestreams-libvirt sync release=trusty arch=amd64 - sudo uvt-simplestreams-libvirt query - ssh-keygen - # change .122. to .123. in /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml - # make sure default.xml is static linked inside /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks - sudo reboot # for good measure - sudo uvt-kvm create --memory 768 trusty-nest release=trusty - # take note of the nested VM's IP - sudo uvt-kvm ip trusty-vm - # ssh into the new vm. @L2 "trusty-nest": - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install stress - stress -c 1 -i 1 -m 1 -d 1 -t 600 Now watch the "trusty-vm" console for: [ 496.076004] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [ksmd:36]. It happens to me within a couple of minutes. Then, both L1 and L2 become unreachable indefinitely, with two cores on L0 stuck at 100%. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413540 Title: Trusty soft lockup issues with nested KVM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1413540/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs