Bug 587957 – Linux VM hangs while hot adding memory in VMware [rhel-5.5.z]

Bug 587957 - Linux VM hangs while hot adding memory in VMware [rhel-5.5.z]

Summary:	Linux VM hangs while hot adding memory in VMware [rhel-5.5.z]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Jiri Pirko
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	571544
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Reported:	2010-05-01 14:38 EDT by Benjamin Kahn
Modified:	2015-05-04 21:19 EDT (History)
CC List:	15 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Hot-adding memory to a system with 4 GB of RAM caused problems with 32-bit DMA devices, which led to the system becoming unresponsive. With this update, the user is warned that more than 4 GB of RAM is being added to the system; however, memory exceeding 4 GB is not registered by the system.
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Last Closed:	2010-07-01 14:28:22 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0504	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-07-01 14:26:58 EDT

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Description Benjamin Kahn 2010-05-01 14:38:10 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #571544 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-05-13 11:06:40 EDT

in 2.6.18-194.4.1.el5

Comment 7 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 16:12:44 EDT

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:
Hot-adding memory to a system with 4 GB of RAM caused problems with 32-bit DMA devices, which led to the system becoming unresponsive. With this update, the user is warned that more than 4 GB of RAM is being added to the system; however, memory exceeding 4 GB is not registered by the system. (BZ#587957)

Comment 8 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 16:14:08 EDT

Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

Diffed Contents:
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-Hot-adding memory to a system with 4 GB of RAM caused problems with 32-bit DMA devices, which led to the system becoming unresponsive. With this update, the user is warned that more than 4 GB of RAM is being added to the system; however, memory exceeding 4 GB is not registered by the system. (BZ#587957)+Hot-adding memory to a system with 4 GB of RAM caused problems with 32-bit DMA devices, which led to the system becoming unresponsive. With this update, the user is warned that more than 4 GB of RAM is being added to the system; however, memory exceeding 4 GB is not registered by the system.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-01 14:28:22 EDT

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-2010-0504.html

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