I'd try again with a clean kernel tree but using make oldconfig. It's possible the automagic stuff answered n somewhere where you need a y. On 19 August 2017 21:28:05 EEST, Ralph Seichter wrote: >It seems strange to me as I write it, but since I updated one of my >virtual servers from Kernel version 4.9.34 to 4.12.5, the server >(Gentoo >Linux running as a KVM guest) is experiencing timeouts when trying to >connect to DNS resolvers. For the Kernel update, I followed the same >steps I used for years, like > > cd /usr/src/linux > zcat /proc/config.gz >.config > make silentoldconfig (answering "no" whereever possible) > make ... > >After booting with Kernel 4.12, commands like "dig +trace www.ibm.com" >work just fine for a while, duration depending on server load, but >after >some threshold is passed, all further attempts to contact resolvers >fail >due to timeouts. > >I have tried running a local, caching resolver (BIND 9) on the server, >like I usually do, and also tried using the hoster's dedicated >resolvers. >With Kernel 4.12, I see timeouts in both cases. These problems do not >occur when I boot with the 4.9 Kernel which I have been using for the >past two months. > >It is also worth noting that I updated two other servers to Kernel 4.12 >without any issues, but these are "real" servers, not VMs. At this >point >I am searching for ways to debug the issue, vaguely suspecting some KVM >magic behind it (without any proof). I know that Kernel 4.11 introduced >several KVM related changes, but that's about it. > >I appreciate all pointers. > >-Ralph -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.