I run Opensuse 12.3 in a number of Xen VPS guests (@ Linode); Been running stable for a long time. After recent Xen client updates over the last couple of days, to rpm -qa | grep -i xen | sort ipset-kmp-xen-6.19_k3.7.10_1.1-32.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64 xen-libs-4.3.0_09-266.1.x86_64 xen-tools-domU-4.3.0_09-266.1.x86_64 xtables-addons-kmp-xen-2.3_k3.7.10_1.1-83.1.x86_64 under high-load (e.g. a src build) the client is fairly frequently, but randomly locking up. THe only notice I have is that my SSH session to the VPS simply disconnects ... no errors in the shell, or in system message. @ the attached admin Serial console I see only the sudden onest of, ... [ 484.176059] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 22s! [sh:21413] [ 512.176064] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [sh:21413] [ 548.176060] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 22s! [sh:21413] [ 576.176074] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 22s! [sh:21413] [ 604.176055] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 22s! [sh:21413] [ 632.176060] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 22s! [sh:21413] ... and then it just loops/repeats continuously, requiring a hard-restart of the VPS to get out of the loop, and recover. Guest boot config is unchanged, and quite simple cat /boot/grub/menu.lst default 0 timeout 1 title PVGRUB root (hd0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/xvdc noresume xencons=hvc0 kbdtype=us text nofb selinux=0 apparmor=0 edd=off noshell showopts splash=verbose initrd /boot/initrd-xen Appears to be a frequent xen-related issue https://www.google.com/search?q=BUG+"soft+lockup"+xen with not much conclusive resolution. but since this just started with recent updates, I wanted to explore what's changed that might affect this, rather than random attempts from search. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org