kvm_init_vcpu failed: Cannot allocate memory in NUMA

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Issue

  • We found following phenomenon on our RHEL7 node. Is it possible to work VM(KVM) on RHEL7 with numa configuration?

If the XML has the following configuration the machine starts properly:


If the XML has the following configuration the machine fails to start:


root@nfv101 ~# sudo virsh start nfv101.hi.inet_tidgen_4p_1~VM
error: Failed to start domain nfv101.hi.inet_tidgen_4p_1~VM
error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: kvm_init_vcpu failed: Cannot allocate memory kvm_init_vcpu failed: Cannot allocate memory in NUMA

Environment

  • RHEL7.0
  • libvirt-1.1.1-6.el7.x86_64

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