Bug 683445

Summary: Backport upstream cacheing fix for optimizing reads from /proc/vmcore [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: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.1CC: dhoward, dtian, fhrbata, jcm, jwest, ltroan, lwang, nhorman, phan, pm-eus, qcai, tsato, tumeya
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-71.20.1.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Reading the /proc/vmcore file on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system was not optimal because it did not always take advantage of reading through the cached memory. With this update, access to the /dev/oldmem device in the /proc/vmcore file is cached, resulting in faster copying to user space.
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Bug Depends On: 641315    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2011-03-09 12:30:43 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #641315 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.0 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-04-08 02:59:09 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-2011-0421.html

Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2011-04-12 12:44:11 UTC
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Reading the /proc/vmcore file on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system was not optimal because it did not always take advantage of reading through the cached memory. With this update, access to the /dev/oldmem device in the /proc/vmcore file is cached, resulting in faster copying to user space.