Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1353149] [NEW] qemu 2.1.0 fails to start if number of cores is greater than 1.

[David Cruz]

I can confirm this in Centos 7, also.

Qemu 2.1.0 with latest libvirt.

David Cruz

2014-08-06 0:12 GMT+02:00 asavah <address@hidden>:
> Public bug reported:
>
> qemu (kvm) 2.1.0 (built from sources) fails to start if number of cores
> is greater than 1.
>
> relevant part of commandline arguments:
>
> /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name test3 -S -machine pc-
> i440fx-2.1,accel=kvm,usb=off -cpu Westmere -m 4096 -realtime mlock=off
> -smp 1,maxcpus=4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1
>
> the error reported is:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64: /home/asavah/pkgbuild/qemu-2.1.0/hw/i386/smbios.c:825: 
> smbios_get_tables: Assertion `smbios_smp_sockets >= 1' failed.
> 2014-08-05 21:45:35.825+0000: shutting down
>
> however setting 4 sockets with 1 core each allows me to start the
> machine just fine.
>
> the system is debian wheezy
> Linux hostname 3.16.0-hostname2 #2 SMP Mon Aug 4 17:02:16 EEST 2014 x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
>
> libvirt 1.2.7 (built from sources)
>
> ** Affects: qemu
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu-
> devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1353149
>
> Title:
>   qemu 2.1.0 fails to start if number of cores is greater than 1.
>
> Status in QEMU:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   qemu (kvm) 2.1.0 (built from sources) fails to start if number of
>   cores is greater than 1.
>
>   relevant part of commandline arguments:
>
>   /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name test3 -S -machine pc-
>   i440fx-2.1,accel=kvm,usb=off -cpu Westmere -m 4096 -realtime mlock=off
>   -smp 1,maxcpus=4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1
>
>   the error reported is:
>
>   qemu-system-x86_64: /home/asavah/pkgbuild/qemu-2.1.0/hw/i386/smbios.c:825: 
> smbios_get_tables: Assertion `smbios_smp_sockets >= 1' failed.
>   2014-08-05 21:45:35.825+0000: shutting down
>
>   however setting 4 sockets with 1 core each allows me to start the
>   machine just fine.
>
>   the system is debian wheezy
>   Linux hostname 3.16.0-hostname2 #2 SMP Mon Aug 4 17:02:16 EEST 2014 x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
>
>   libvirt 1.2.7 (built from sources)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1353149/+subscriptions
>