Bug 1330008 - slabtop command cannot calculate correctly USE value
Summary: slabtop command cannot calculate correctly USE value
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: procps
Version: 6.6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jan Rybar
QA Contact: David Jež
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Depends On:
Blocks: 1329958 1356047 1359260
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Reported: 2016-04-25 09:36 UTC by Takayuki Nagata
Modified: 2017-03-21 11:40 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: procps-3.2.8-45.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: Computation of slab usage caused integer overflow in systems with lot of memory. Consequence: The usage percentage showed incorrect values. Fix: The calculation formula was changed to prevent 32bit integer overflow. Result: Slab usage shows correct percentage on systems with more than 2^32 slabs.
Clone Of: 1329958
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-03-21 11:40:25 UTC
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Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 2271771 0 None None None 2016-04-25 09:36:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0769 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE procps bug fix update 2017-03-21 12:47:52 UTC

Comment 1 Takayuki Nagata 2016-04-25 09:37:03 UTC 
There is the similar issue in procps of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Comment 3 Jan Rybar 2016-07-21 16:23:39 UTC 
Integer overflow. Easyfix.
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 11:40:25 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0769.html
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