[Xen-users] one domU out of 4 looses time sync

[Dimitris Zilaskos <dzila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I am running Scientific Linux 5.1 (rhel 5.1 compatible) 64bit on a 
2x4core system with 16 gb ram with 3  Scientific Linux 4.6 (rhel 4.6 
compatible) guests an one Scientific Linux 5.1 guest.
I do not run ntp on the guests but only on dom0.

One specific Scientific Linux 4 domU always looses time synchronization 
with dom0. All the others SL4 and the SL5 domUs remain synchronized. 
There is no difference in the xen configuration from the others apart 
from different memory size.
If I restart ntpd on the dom0 the time is synchronized across all domUs, 
including the problematic one. After about a week of uptime the time 
different can be up to 2 minutes 30 seconds backwards compared to the 
domUs that work properly.
All domUs and dom0 have xen.independent_wallclock = 0

Dom0 is running Linux 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 07:21:08 
EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
the SL4 domUs run Linux 2.6.9-78.0.17.ELxenU #1 SMP Thu Mar 12 14:49:52 
CDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and on dom0

xen-libs-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9
xen-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9

This is very puzzling. I did quiet some googling but I was unable to 
find something that resolved the issue, which seems to be unheard of 
(only one domU getting out of sync).
I would appreciate any ideas on how to resolve this.

Cheers,

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Dimitris Zilaskos
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