[vbox-dev] vhd format not stable?

Alexander Eichner Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM
Mon Jun 15 19:46:45 GMT 2009


Hmm same offset again.
Is it possible to get the image somehow and instructions what you did to
reproduce it?

Regards,
Alexander Eichner

Am Montag, den 15.06.2009, 12:41 -0700 schrieb huisinro at yahoo.com:
> Alex,
>  
> After longer testing, the crash still occured, same values for those
> params from the debugger.
>  
> vmlitediskmp!vhdRead(void * pBackendData = 0x86f80350, unsigned int64
> uOffset = 0xf`df9fce00, void * pvBuf = 0xd06a6000, unsigned int cbRead
> = 0x1000, unsigned int * pcbActuallyRead = 0x8e22299c)+0x292 (FPO:
> [Non-Fpo]) (CONV: cdecl)
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Alexander Eichner <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
> wrote:
> 
>         
>         From: Alexander Eichner <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
>         Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] vhd format not stable?
>         To: "Huihong Luo" <huisinro at yahoo.com>
>         Cc: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
>         Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 12:05 PM
>         
>         Great I will commit the fix if your tests are successful.
>         
>         The fix for the other crash you reported is already committed
>         and
>         visible in the public svn.
>         
>         Regards,
>         Alexander Eichner
>         
>         Am Montag, den 15.06.2009, 11:55 -0700 schrieb Huihong Luo:
>         > Alex,
>         >  
>         > Thanks for your immediate response and fixes. I am running
>         the tests
>         > now, so far so good. 
>         >  
>         > By the way, does the latest svn contain the fix to the bug
>         (crash on
>         > vhd snapshot discarding) I reported a few days ago?
>         > 
>         > - Huihong
>         > 
>         > --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Alexander Eichner
>         <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
>         > wrote:
>         > 
>         >         
>         >         From: Alexander Eichner <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
>         >         Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] vhd format not stable?
>         >         To: "Huihong Luo" <huisinro at yahoo.com>
>         >         Cc: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
>         >         Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 11:09 AM
>         >         
>         >         Hi Huihong,
>         >         
>         >         I attached a patch which I think fixes the crash.
>         >         If it is possible please apply it and verify that
>         this fixes
>         >         the crash.
>         >         Thanks a lot!
>         >         
>         >         Kind regards,
>         >         Alexander Eichner
>         >         
>         >         Am Donnerstag, den 11.06.2009, 08:05 -0700 schrieb
>         Huihong
>         >         Luo:
>         >         > Alex,
>         >         >  
>         >         > No problem, and thanks for the quick fix.
>         >         >  
>         >         > There might be more bugs, I will keep testing.
>         >         >  
>         >         > Some times, the error occurs some other places, an
>         error
>         >         message
>         >         > something like "there are 5993 child disks", the
>         number is
>         >         kind of
>         >         > random. When this error occurs, the whole disk
>         become
>         >         inaccessible,
>         >         > and I have to recreate the whole vm.
>         >         >  
>         >         > Huihong
>         >         > 
>         >         > --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Alexander Eichner
>         >         <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
>         >         > wrote:
>         >         > 
>         >         >         
>         >         >         From: Alexander Eichner
>         <Alexander.Eichner at Sun.COM>
>         >         >         Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] vhd format not
>         stable?
>         >         >         To: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
>         >         >         Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 1:52 AM
>         >         >         
>         >         >         Hi Huihong,
>         >         >         
>         >         >         thanks for the report. This bug is fixed
>         now and
>         >         should appear
>         >         >         soon in
>         >         >         the public svn.
>         >         >         
>         >         >         Kind regards,
>         >         >         Alexander Eichner
>         >         >         
>         >         >         Am Donnerstag, den 11.06.2009, 09:55 +0200
>         schrieb
>         >         Frank
>         >         >         Mehnert:
>         >         >         > Actually the .vhd format is less tested
>         than
>         >         the .vdi
>         >         >         format. Which
>         >         >         > VBox version are you using?
>         >         >         > 
>         >         >         > On Thursday 11 June 2009, Huihong Luo
>         wrote:
>         >         >         > > It seems VHD format is not stable as
>         VDI.
>         >         VBoxSVC.exe
>         >         >         pretty much always
>         >         >         > > crashes when a snapshot is being
>         discarded. I am
>         >         running
>         >         >         an XP guest on
>         >         >         > > Vista host. The VHD's capacity is over
>         100G. 
>         >         >         > > If you look at the following stack,
>         the crash
>         >         was caused
>         >         >         by
>         >         >         > > pImage->pszParentFilename is NULL
>         inside
>         >         >         > > static int
>         vhdDynamicHeaderUpdate(PVHDIMAGE
>         >         pImage) in
>         >         >         VHDHDDCore.cpp
>         >         >         > >  
>         >         >         > > I used the very recent SVN source.
>         >         >         > >  
>         >         >         > > //////////
>         >         >         > > vboxsvc.exe crash stack:
>         >         >         > >  
>         >         >         > > VBoxRT.dll!RTPathFilename(const char *
>         >         pszPath=0x00000000)
>         >         >         Line 240 C++
>         >         >         > >   VBoxDDU.dll!
>         vhdDynamicHeaderUpdate(VHDIMAGE *
>         >         >         pImage=0x00000000)  Line
>         >         >         > > 362 + 0x12 bytes C++ VBoxDDU.dll!
>         vhdFlush(void *
>         >         >         pBackendData=0x01c2caf0) 
>         >         >         > > Line 1157 C++ VBoxDDU.dll!
>         vhdClose(void *
>         >         >         pBackendData=0x01c2caf0, bool
>         >         >         > > fDelete=false)  Line 880 + 0x6 bytes C
>         ++
>         >         VBoxDDU.dll!
>         >         >         VDClose(VBOXHDD *
>         >         >         > > pDisk=0x01e0e218, bool fDelete=false)
>         Line 2268
>         >         C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxSVC.exe!
>         HardDisk::taskThread(RTTHREADINT *
>         >         >         thread=0x00000000, void *
>         >         >         > > pvUser=0x00e0e2b8)  Line 4063 + 0xb
>         bytes C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxSVC.exe!HardDisk::Task::runNow()
>         Line 220 C
>         >         ++
>         >         >         > >   VBoxSVC.exe!
>         >         HardDisk::mergeTo(HardDisk::MergeChain *
>         >         >         aChain=0x01c2cfe0,
>         >         >         > > ComObjPtr<Progress,ComStrongRef> *
>         >         aProgress=0x01e06fe8,
>         >         >         bool aWait=true) 
>         >         >         > > Line 2844 + 0x9 bytes C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxSVC.exe!
>         >         >
>            HardDisk::discard(ComObjPtr<Progress,ComStrongRef> &
>         >         >         > > aProgress={...}, HardDisk::MergeChain
>         *
>         >         aChain=0x01c2cfe0)
>         >         >         Line 2248 + 0xe
>         >         >         > > bytes C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxSVC.exe!
>         >         >
>         >
>         SessionMachine::discardSnapshotHandler(SessionMachine::DiscardS
>         >         >         > >napshotTask & aTask={...})  Line 10584
>         C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxSVC.exe!
>         >         SessionMachine::DiscardSnapshotTask::handler()
>         >         >         Line 8251 + 0x9
>         >         >         > > bytes C++ VBoxSVC.exe!
>         >         >         SessionMachine::taskHandler(RTTHREADINT *
>         >         >         > > __formal=0x01c32108, void *
>         pvUser=0x01e06fe0)
>         >         Line 11412
>         >         >         C++
>         >         >         > > VBoxRT.dll!rtThreadMain(RTTHREADINT *
>         >         pThread=0x01c32108,
>         >         >         unsigned int
>         >         >         > > NativeThread=4312, const char *
>         >         pszThreadName=0x01c32170)
>         >         >         Line 635 + 0xa
>         >         >         > > bytes C++ VBoxRT.dll!
>         rtThreadNativeMain(void *
>         >         >         pvArgs=0x01c32108)  Line 106
>         >         >         > > + 0xb bytes C++ msvcr80.dll!
>         __endthreadex()  +
>         >         0x3b bytes
>         >         >         > >   msvcr80.dll!__endthreadex()  + 0xc7
>         bytes 
>         >         >         > >   kernel32.dll!
>         @BaseThreadInitThunk at 12()  + 0x12
>         >         bytes 
>         >         >         > >   ntdll.dll!___RtlUserThreadStart at 8()
>         + 0x27
>         >         bytes 
>         >         >         > >   ntdll.dll!__RtlUserThreadStart at 8()
>         + 0x1b
>         >         bytes 
>         >         >         > 
>         >         >         > 
>         >         >         > 
>         >         >         >
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