Bug 802379

Summary: Anomaly in mbind memory map causing Java Hotspot JVM Seg fault with NUMA aware ParallelScavange GC [rhel-6.2.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Petr Beňas <pbenas>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.3CC: bugproxy, chphilli, czhang, dhoward, jjarvis, jkachuck, jweiner, jwest, kzhang, lokesh.gidra, mkosaki, pbenas, pm-eus, pstehlik, sbest
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression, ZStream
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-220.11.1.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
An anomaly in the memory map created by the mbind() function caused a segmentation fault in Hotspot Java Virtual Machines with the NUMA-aware Parallel Scavenge garbage collector. A backported upstream patch that fixes mbind() has been provided and the crashes no longer occur in the described scenario.
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Last Closed: 2012-04-17 18:57:46 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 727700    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2012-03-12 12:27:54 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #727700 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.2 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 8 Petr Beňas 2012-03-27 11:54:19 UTC
Reproduced in 2.6.32-220.10.1.el6.x86_64 and verified in 2.6.32-220.11.1.el6.x86_64.

Comment 9 Tomas Capek 2012-04-10 15:20:40 UTC
IBM, can you please check that the description the Technical Notes field is accurate and specific enough?

Comment 10 Tomas Capek 2012-04-10 15:20:41 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
An anomaly in the memory map created by the mbind() function caused a segmentation fault in Hotspot Java Virtual Machines with the NUMA-aware Parallel Scavenge garbage collector. A backported upstream patch that fixes mbind() has been provided and the crashes no longer occur in the described scenario.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2012-04-17 18:57:46 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html