qxl driver 'object_init failed' error

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Issue

  • A KVM guest shows the follow error. Why is the error printed?
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg
....
[19695221.040861] [TTM] Buffer eviction failed
[19695221.042128] qxl 0000:00:02.0: object_init failed for (3149824, 0x00000001)
[19695221.043638] [drm:qxl_alloc_bo_reserved [qxl]] *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO
[19695236.398327] [TTM] Buffer eviction failed
[19695236.399600] qxl 0000:00:02.0: object_init failed for (3149824, 0x00000001)
[19695236.401108] [drm:qxl_alloc_bo_reserved [qxl]] *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO
[19695251.758039] [TTM] Buffer eviction failed
...

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
  • VMs running on KVM hosts

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