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Bug 651774 - sys-apps/kexec-tools does not appear to work with a xen server
Summary: sys-apps/kexec-tools does not appear to work with a xen server
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2018-03-27 18:37 UTC by Karl Hakimian
Modified: 2024-03-10 13:51 UTC (History)
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Description Karl Hakimian 2018-03-27 18:37:22 UTC
Trying to boot from a xen dom0 back into a xen dom0 via kexec fails with invalid argument. This happens if you try to load just the linux kernel or if you try to load the xen hypervisor.

I have set the xen use flag on kexec-tools and I have tried 2.0.14 and 2.0.16 with no success.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. kexec -l -t multiboot-x86 /boot/xen.gz --command-line="/xen.gz dom0_mem=48G,max:48G com1=115200,8n1 console=com1" --module="/boot/vmlinuz placeholder root=ZFS=pool/root ro console=hvc0 console=tty0" --module="/boot/initrd.img"

Also doing

1. kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz --reuse-cmdline --initrd=/boot/initramfs.img
Actual Results:  
kexec returns

kexec_load failed: Invalid argument

Followed by other output about memory etc. Kernel is not loaded and a reboot goes all the way to the bios.

Expected Results:  
kexec should load new kernel making it ready for quick reboot.

Scouring the web for information on xen support in kexec implies it should work, but I have not been able to locate a central kexec group to ask about this issue. As such, I'm kind of assuming it is a gentoo issue, though it may really be an upstream kexec issue. If that is the case, a pointer where to report upstream would be helpful.

Also, the init.d file for kexec-tools does not really support xen. If someone wanted to use it for a xen system, they would need to roll their own.