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    • A
      Andrew Top contributor @stormi
      last edited by

      @stormi
      HP DL360p G8 (Xeon E5-2680) XCP 8.3 Xen version 4.17.3-2

      • Dom0 ALL TESTS PASSED.
      • xtf selftest SUCCESS.
      • xtf all tests SKIP/SUCCESS.

      Intel NUC10 (i5-10210U) XCP 8.3 Xen version 4.17.3-2

      • Dom0 ALL TESTS PASSED.
      • xtf selftest SUCCESS.
      • xtf HARD system freeze at test-hvm64-xsa-304. (only XCP hard lockup I have seen)
      • xtf With ept=no-exec-sp, all tests SKIP/SUCCESS.
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      • G
        gb.123 @stormi
        last edited by

        @stormi

        WHAT THIS VERSION OF XEN CHANGES

        I must admit I haven't done my homework yet here. You can check the upstream changelogs at the Xen Project. I'll update this post if someone provides a useful bullet list.

        Here you go :

        Notable Features
        This release has seen the increase in hardware support for both x86 and Arm, together with the addition of other improvements and features:

        • MISRA-C integration: The project has officially adopted four directives and 24 rules, added MISRA-C checker build integration, and defined how to document deviations. A number of MISRA-C violations have been fixed.
        • Static configuration options for ARM: In many embedded environments, we know ahead of time exactly what resources all guests will need at boot time. In constrained resource environments, allocation on use increases the possibility that the allocation will fail at runtime. With static configuration, resources are allocated statically when the hypervisor boots, removing the possibility of runtime failure. Resources which can be statically configured as of 4.17 include event channels, shared memory, and hypervisor heap.
        • ARM: Add “tech preview” implementation for VirtIO. Xen now includes full support for VirtIO on embedded systems, on ARM, for the virtio-mmio transport, allowing a wide range of VirtIO devices to be supported. This includes front-end support in Linux, toolstack (libxl/xl) and dom0less support, and a userspace backend. Currently, the following stand-alone backends are available and have been tested: virtio-disk, virtio-net, i2c, and gpio.
        • dom0less / Hyperlaunch: cpupools can be specified at boot using device tree. This allows the use of cpupools in dom0less / Hyperlaunch -style configurations; in particular, it makes it possible to assign different types of CPUs of an ARM big.LITTLE system to different cpupools at boot time.
        • dom0less / Hyperlaunch: PV frontend / backend connections can now be specified between guests, allowing statically booted guests with PV devices
        • On ARM, p2m structures are now allocated out of a pool of memory set aside at domain creation; this provides better isolation between guests against memory resource failures
        • ARM: Mitigations against Spectre-BHB
        • x86: IOMMU superpage support for all guest types; improving performance of PCI pass-through
        • x86: Security support hosts with up to 12 TiB of RAM
        • x86: Can now set cpuid parameters for dom0 at boot time
        • x86: mwait-idle support: Added SPR and ADL
        • x86: Improved speculative mitigation support, including VIRT_SSBD and MSR_SPEC_CTRL features to help guests know what speculative mitigations they don't need to be done (due to mitigations on the hypervisor side), and to control what kind of speculative mitigations the hypervisor performs on their behalf
        • Out-of-tree builds for the hypervisor now supported
        • ARM: Since addition of Zephyr RTOS guests support (Xen 4.15, Zephyr 3.1.0), work has been done on making it possible to run Zephyr in dom0 improving boot time, stability and paving the way for future safety certification for Xen-based systems

        Source : https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_4.17_Feature_List

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        • stormiS
          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @gb.123
          last edited by

          @gb-123 Thanks! I updated the first message.

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            andyhhp Xen Guru @Andrew
            last edited by

            @Andrew said in Xen 4.17 on XCP-ng 8.3!:

            xtf HARD system freeze at test-hvm64-xsa-304. (only XCP hard lockup I have seen)
            xtf With ept=no-exec-sp, all tests SKIP/SUCCESS.

            XSA-304 is https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/troubleshooting/software-security-guidance/technical-documentation/machine-check-error-avoidance-page-size-change.html

            It's guest exploitable, and locks up the CPU so hard it doesn't even reset properly. It's also very expensive to work around, hence why it's not mitigated by default.

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              kait
              last edited by

              dell poweredge r720 with dual xeon e5-2670
              all tests successful or skipped on xtf and dom0 (without setting no-exec-fp)

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                Ajmind 0 @kait
                last edited by Ajmind 0

                Server:

                Intel S5520UR Dual Xeon E5645

                • Dom0 all Tests passed
                • xtf selftest SUCCESS
                • xtf expected skip results SKIP/SUCCESS
                • except:
                test-pv64-cpuid-faulting                 SKIP
test-pv64-pv-fsgsbase                    SKIP
with or without xl set-parameters ept=no-exec-sp
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                  bufanda
                  last edited by bufanda

                  On an HP EliteDesk 800 G3 35W Mini i5 6500T

                  XTF:
                  with no-exec-sp:
                  All Test SKIP/SUCCESS

                  with exec-sp:
                  Hard Freeze.

                  dom0 Test all Tests passed.

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                  • stormiS
                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                    last edited by stormi

                    I just pushed an update to the xcp-ng-lab repository, which updates Xen to a new build with a security fix and two other changes.

                    Changelog:

                    * Fri Feb 23 2024 Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 4.17.3-3
- Fix for XSA-451 CVE-2023-46841.
- Fix the migration of VMs which had previously seen the CMP_LEGACY feature.
- Retire support to customise guest memory at the 1M boundary.
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                      JeffBerntsen Top contributor
                      last edited by

                      Hmm. I'm getting the following errors when I try to install the update with the yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-lab command

                      Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
 * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
 * xcp-ng-lab: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
 * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
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---> Package forkexecd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package forkexecd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package gpumon.x86_64 0:0.25.0-6.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
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---> Package python2-xapi-storage.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package python2-xapi-storage.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
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---> Package util-linux.x86_64 0:2.23.2-52.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package varstored-guard.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package varstored-guard.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package varstored-guard.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package vhd-tool.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
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---> Package wsproxy.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
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---> Package wsproxy.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xapi-core.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
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---> Package xapi-nbd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-nbd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-nbd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xapi-rrd2csv.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-rrd2csv.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-rrd2csv.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xapi-storage-script.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-storage-script.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
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---> Package xapi-tests.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-tests.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xapi-xe.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-xe.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xapi-xe.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xcp-networkd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xcp-networkd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xcp-networkd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xcp-ng-xapi-plugins.noarch 0:1.9.1-1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xcp-ng-xapi-plugins.noarch 0:1.10.0-1.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xcp-rrdd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xcp-rrdd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libxenctrl.so.4.13()(64bit) for package: 1:kexec-tools-2.0.15-18.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenctrl.so.4.13()(64bit) for package: 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenguest.so.4.13()(64bit) for package: 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64
---> Package xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-dom0-tests.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-dom0-tests.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-dom0-tests.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: blktap-3.54.6-2.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: xcp-clipboardd-1.0.3-7.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: vncterm-10.2.0-3.xcpng8.3.x86_64
---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xenopsd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xenopsd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xenopsd.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xenopsd-cli.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xenopsd-cli.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xenopsd-cli.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xenopsd-xc.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xenopsd-xc.x86_64 0:23.31.0-1.6.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3 will be an update
---> Package xsconsole.x86_64 0:10.1.14-2.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
---> Package xsconsole.x86_64 0:10.1.14-2.2.xcpng8.3 will be an update
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xen-installer-files.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3 will be installed
---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: blktap-3.54.6-2.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: xcp-clipboardd-1.0.3-7.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit) for package: vncterm-10.2.0-3.xcpng8.3.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: vncterm-10.2.0-3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp:main/$releasever)
           Requires: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.27.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.35.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.36.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.40.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.51.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (installed)
               Not found
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
Error: Package: xcp-clipboardd-1.0.3-7.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp:main/$releasever)
           Requires: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.27.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.35.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.36.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.40.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.51.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (installed)
               Not found
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
Error: Package: blktap-3.54.6-2.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
           Requires: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.27.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.35.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.36.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.40.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.51.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (installed)
               Not found
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
Error: Package: 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
           Requires: libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.27.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.35.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.4-10.36.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.40.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Available: xen-libs-4.13.5-10.51.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
               libxenstore.so.3.0()(64bit)
           Removing: xen-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (installed)
               Not found
           Updated By: xen-libs-4.17.3-3.0.xen417.0.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
           Available: xen-libs-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-lab)
               Not found
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 28 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
blktap-3.54.6-2.1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with blktap-3.54.6-2.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
forkexecd-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with forkexecd-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
gpumon-0.25.0-6.1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with gpumon-0.25.0-6.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
1:kexec-tools-2.0.15-18.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with 1:kexec-tools-2.0.15-18.xcpng8.3.x86_64
message-switch-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with message-switch-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with 2:qemu-4.2.1-5.2.4.xcpng8.3.x86_64
sm-cli-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with sm-cli-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
varstored-guard-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with varstored-guard-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
varstored-tools-1.2.0-1.3.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with varstored-tools-1.2.0-1.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64
vhd-tool-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with vhd-tool-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
vncterm-10.2.0-3.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with vncterm-10.2.0-3.xcpng8.3.x86_64
wsproxy-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with wsproxy-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xapi-core-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xapi-core-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xapi-nbd-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xapi-nbd-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xapi-rrd2csv-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xapi-rrd2csv-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xapi-storage-script-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xapi-storage-script-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xapi-xe-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xapi-xe-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xcp-clipboardd-1.0.3-7.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xcp-clipboardd-1.0.3-7.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xcp-featured-1.1.6-3.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xcp-featured-1.1.6-3.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xcp-networkd-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xcp-networkd-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-dom0-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-dom0-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-dom0-tests-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-dom0-tests-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-dom0-tools-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-hypervisor-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-hypervisor-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-libs-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-libs-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xen-tools-4.17.3-1.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-tools-4.13.5-10.58.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xenopsd-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xenopsd-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
xenopsd-cli-23.31.0-1.1.0.xen417.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 is a duplicate with xenopsd-cli-23.31.0-1.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
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                      • stormiS
                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @JeffBerntsen
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                        @JeffBerntsen This looks like a previous update was interrupted before the cleanup phase, which leaves a lot of duplicate RPMs in the RPM database. A Ctrl+C, or an early reboot maybe?

                        Try yum-complete-transaction before anything else?

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                          rmaclachlan
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                          Can you run two different kernels in one pool? Can I test one host with 4.17 and then roll it back to 4.13 after testing completes without messing up my pool?

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                            JeffBerntsen Top contributor @stormi
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                            @stormi
                            I've tried that and also yum-complete-transaction --enablerepo=xcp-ng-lab to see if that would make a difference but no change in the problem. I've also tried to revert the patches with the yum downgrade command from the first message here and see similar problems.

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                              stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                              The main update repositories for XCP-ng 8.3 beta now contain Xen 4.17, so the steps described in this thread to test it are not necessary anymore.

                              In theory, the transition will be automatic for you: just update normally.

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                                JeffBerntsen Top contributor @stormi
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                                @stormi None of the other things I tried fixed the problems with left over update artifacts but running a normal yum update after this did. Thanks!

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                                  Forza
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                                  Would be nice to see if Xen 4.17 fixes the slow network on EPYC servers.

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                                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                    You can imagine, as we are actively working on this, we tested that a long time ago. All Xen version are affected, including vanilla Xen upstream, XenServer and such.

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                                      Forza @olivierlambert
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                                      @olivierlambert thanks for confirming!

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