Bug 114942 – Running I/O on RHEL 3.0 and using the v6.06.00b11 driver, the driver ran out of memory and began arbitrarily killing processes.

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Bug 114942 - Running I/O on RHEL 3.0 and using the v6.06.00b11 driver, the driver ran out of memory and began arbitrarily killing processes.

Summary:	Running I/O on RHEL 3.0 and using the v6.06.00b11 driver, the driver ran out ...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Tom Coughlan
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Reported:	2004-02-04 13:36 EST by Heather Conway
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2004-05-11 21:08:30 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2004:188	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2	2004-05-11 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Heather Conway 2004-02-04 13:36:53 EST

Description of problem:
Running I/O on RHEL 3.0 and using the v6.06.00b11 driver, the driver 
ran out of memory and the OS began arbitrarily killing processes.  
The systems had to be rebooted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 3.0 32-bit v2.21-4.0.1.EL, v2.4.21-9.EL


How reproducible:
Sometimes, but not always.


Steps to Reproduce:
Run I/O on a RHEL 3.0 system using the default v6.06.00b11 driver.
  
Actual results:
The driver will sometimes run out of memory and the OS will begin 
arbitrarily killing processes.  The system had to be rebooted.


Expected results:
The driver should not run out of memory and should not cause 
processes to be killed or force a system reboot.


Additional info:
Request that the v6.07.00 driver be used instead as it resolves 
this issue.

Comment 1 Tom Coughlan 2004-02-13 10:56:08 EST

We are planning to update the Qlofic driver in U2/U4.  We will need
you to test the beta version of this release to confirm the fix.

Comment 2 Heather Conway 2004-02-17 14:48:38 EST

WIll do.  Are you planning to use the v6.07.01 driver from QLogic 
that includes the v3.02.00 firmware for the QLA23xx HBAs?

Comment 3 Ernie Petrides 2004-03-05 15:50:13 EST

This problem was fixed with the upgrade of the QLogic driver to
version 6.07.10 in RHEL3 U2 in kernel version 2.4.21-9.14.EL.

Comment 4 Gary Lerhaupt 2004-03-05 15:58:00 EST

ahhh...versioning nightmare.  Heather, do you know how 6.07.10 and 
the 6.07.02 driver you recently sent me differ?

Comment 5 Tom Coughlan 2004-03-05 16:44:47 EST

The version in RHEL 3 U2 is 6.07.02, plus some RH enhancements.  It is
not 6.07.10 (there is no such thing as of yet, AFAIK).  Sorry for the
confusion.

Gary, Heather, I would like to work with you to confirm that the the
new driver fixes the several bugzillas you have open, and to certify
RHEL 3 U2 in general. The beta will be available soon.

Comment 6 Gary Lerhaupt 2004-03-05 17:26:35 EST

Ok, but to me it would seem better if 6.07.02 + RH enhancements = 
6.07.03.

Comment 7 Ronaldo Pagani Yamashita 2004-04-23 17:07:52 EDT

We are having the same problem, however we don't have any QLA HBAs. 
We are running InterSystems CachÃ© 5, RHEL 3 (Kernel 2.4.21-9.0.1EL) 
on a 4-way Xeon MP 2.8GHz system, with 8GB RAM. Database is over a 
NFS connection.

Comment 8 John Flanagan 2004-05-11 21:08:30 EDT

An errata 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 the 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-2004-188.html

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