Bug 234447 - BUG_ON(!entry) in shmem_writepage() is triggered in rare circumstances
Summary: BUG_ON(!entry) in shmem_writepage() is triggered in rare circumstances
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Michal Schmidt
QA Contact: Martin Jenner
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-03-29 11:52 UTC by Michal Schmidt
Modified: 2018-10-19 21:51 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0959
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-07 19:45:44 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2007:0959 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 2007-11-08 00:47:37 UTC

Comment 1 Michal Schmidt 2007-03-29 12:02:51 UTC 
I've checked the patch proposed in attachment #151181 [details] fixes the bug.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-03-29 21:46:03 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 3 Michal Schmidt 2007-04-06 10:04:40 UTC 
Update:
The fix is incomplete. I was able to trigger slab corruption with it. Upstream
has fixed it with a series of 4 patches from Hugh Dickins ("holepunch: ...", git
commit 90ed52ebe48181d3c5427b3bd1d24f659e7575ad). These seem to work reliably.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2007-04-17 19:22:11 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Kernel Team for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release, and has moved to bugzilla 
status POST.
Comment 5 Don Zickus 2007-06-12 18:47:06 UTC 
in 2.6.18-24.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Comment 6 Michal Schmidt 2007-06-22 18:49:37 UTC 
I tested 2.6.18-27.el5 and ran the testcase for 6 hours. The bug is fixed.
Comment 8 Mike Gahagan 2007-09-20 15:17:51 UTC 
testcase has run overnight on one of my test systems, no issues so far.
Comment 9 Dave Fogarty 2007-09-28 23:56:06 UTC 
What is the status of this bug?  Is an official RHEL5 kernel available?  We are
actually seeing this in the wild and would like it to stop.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 19:45:44 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 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/RHBA-2007-0959.html
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