Bug 637087

Summary: Kernel Memory dump to a FCP device fails with panic [rhel-6.0.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Chao Ye <cye>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.0CC: amwang, brueckner, bugproxy, dhoward, gmuelas, hpicht, jjarvis, jkachuck, jpirko, jstodola, nhorman, peterm, pm-eus, qcai, syeghiay, tao, yugzhang
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression, ZStream
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: s390x   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-71.3.1.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The kernel panicked when booting the kdump kernel on a s390 system with an initramfs that contained an odd number of bytes. With this update, an initramfs with sufficient padding such that it contains an even number of bytes is generated, thus, the kernel no longer panics.
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Last Closed: 2010-11-10 19:10:33 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 626956    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-09-24 08:35:44 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #626956 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.0 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Frantisek Hrbata 2010-10-04 07:14:35 UTC
in 2.6.32-71.3.1.el6

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-10 19:10:33 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

Comment 8 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 11:53:46 UTC
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    New Contents:
The kernel panicked when booting the kdump kernel on a s390 system with an initramfs that contained an odd number of bytes. With this update, an initramfs with sufficient padding such that it contains an even number of bytes is generated, thus, the kernel no longer panics.