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Description
This test case verifies the CPUs can be dynamically added to and removed from Fedora Xen DomU guests.
How to test
- Shut down the F-11 domU guest.
- Edit the Xen configuration file for the domU guest to make the "vcpus" parameter equal to the number of CPUs you have in your machine. For instance, if you have a system with 2 dual-core processors, set the vcpus parameter in the guest configuration file to 4.
- Start up the F-11 domU guest.
- Once the guest is booted, inside the guest run
$> getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN
This number should match what you set in the guest configuration file above. - Now on the dom0, unplug some vcpus from the guest
$> xm vcpu-set f11 2
- Inside the guest, run
$> getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN
again. This should now be 2. - Repeat the above test, varying the number of processors you plug and unplug.
- Put some load on the guest (for example, a kernel compile), and repeat the above test, varying the number of processors you plug and unplug.
Expected Results
- The guest should not crash while plugging and unplugging vcpus.
- There should be no softlockup or other warnings while plugging and unpluggins vcpus.