Activity log for bug #1040230

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-08-22 18:31:41 Jamie Strandboge bug added bug
2012-08-22 18:33:18 Jamie Strandboge description On 12.10, when I boot my host, guests are not able to load the kvm_intel because the kvm_intel module is loaded without nested=1. I presume this is happening because the module is loading before the qemu-kvm upstart job runs. The upstart job works correctly in that if after a fresh reboot I do: $ sudo stop qemu-kvm $ sudo start qemu-kvm I am then able to load kvm_intel in guests (ie, nested=1 was honored). WORKAROUND: Add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-kvm.conf: options kvm_intel nested=1 On 12.10, when I boot my host, guests are not able to load the kvm_intel module because the kvm_intel module on the host is loaded without nested=1 (ie, nested virtualization is broken). I presume this is happening because the module is loading before the qemu-kvm upstart job runs. The upstart job works correctly in that if after a fresh reboot I do: $ sudo stop qemu-kvm $ sudo start qemu-kvm I am then able to load kvm_intel in guests (ie, KVM_NESTED=" nested=1" was honored in /etc/default/qemu-kvm). WORKAROUND: Add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-kvm.conf: options kvm_intel nested=1
2012-08-22 18:40:10 Jamie Strandboge description On 12.10, when I boot my host, guests are not able to load the kvm_intel module because the kvm_intel module on the host is loaded without nested=1 (ie, nested virtualization is broken). I presume this is happening because the module is loading before the qemu-kvm upstart job runs. The upstart job works correctly in that if after a fresh reboot I do: $ sudo stop qemu-kvm $ sudo start qemu-kvm I am then able to load kvm_intel in guests (ie, KVM_NESTED=" nested=1" was honored in /etc/default/qemu-kvm). WORKAROUND: Add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-kvm.conf: options kvm_intel nested=1 On 12.10, when I boot my host, guests are not able to load the kvm_intel module because the kvm_intel module on the host is loaded without nested=1 (ie, nested virtualization is broken). I presume this is happening because the module is loading before the qemu-kvm upstart job runs. The upstart job works correctly in that if after a fresh reboot I do: $ sudo stop qemu-kvm $ sudo start qemu-kvm I am then able to load kvm_intel in guests (ie, KVM_NESTED=" nested=1" was honored in /etc/default/qemu-kvm). WORKAROUND: Add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-kvm.conf: options kvm_intel nested=1 I should note that because of bug #1040033, I am running 12.04's qemu. I verified that /etc/default/qemu-kvm between 12.04 and 12.10 are identical and that the upstart jobs should be equivalent (the 12.10 one adds '|| true' to the end of all modprobe lines).
2012-08-22 18:52:12 Jamie Strandboge nominated for series Ubuntu Quantal
2012-08-22 18:52:12 Jamie Strandboge bug task added qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Quantal)
2012-08-22 18:52:59 Jamie Strandboge tags rls-q-incoming
2012-08-23 14:52:24 Serge Hallyn qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Quantal): importance Undecided High
2012-08-23 14:52:29 Serge Hallyn qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Quantal): status New Triaged
2012-08-23 14:52:33 Serge Hallyn qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Quantal): assignee Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)
2012-08-23 16:25:11 Launchpad Janitor qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Quantal): status Triaged Fix Released