Hyper-V virtual machine with Dynamic Memory gets unresponsive while logs are flooded with `hv_balloon: Unhandled message:`
Issue
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Hyper-V virtual machine with Dynamic Memory gets unresponsive.
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hv_balloon
driver generates excessive logs regarding unhandled messages like the following:[366966.594043] hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 30966 [366966.594065] hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 30966 [366966.594087] hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 30966 [366966.594107] hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 46394 [366966.594128] hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 20385 -and eventually also- systemd-journald[713]: Missed 17752 kernel messages kernel: hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 13661 systemd-journald[713]: Missed 17752 kernel messages kernel: hv_balloon: Unhandled message: type: 8192 systemd-journald[713]: Missed 12418 kernel messages
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Due to excessive log generation, both ksoftirqd and systemd-journald are hanging, leading to performance degradation or even complete system unresponsiveness.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Hyper-V virtual machine with Dynamic Memory enabled
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