Bug 601080 - Timedrift on VM with pv_clock enabled, causing system hangs and sporadic time behaviour [rhel-5.5.z]
Summary: Timedrift on VM with pv_clock enabled, causing system hangs and sporadic time...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Pirko
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On: 570824
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-06-07 07:53 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2015-05-05 01:20 UTC (History)
27 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 SMP guests running on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor may have experienced inconsistent time, such as the clock drifting backwards. This could have caused some applications to become unresponsive.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-07-01 18:28:53 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0504 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-07-01 18:26:58 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-06-07 07:53:42 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #570824 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-06-08 11:55:55 UTC 
in 2.6.18-194.7.1.el5
Comment 8 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 20:52:57 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:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 SMP guests running on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor may have experienced inconsistent time, such as the clock driftingbackwards. This could have caused some applications to become unresponsive.
Comment 9 Douglas Silas 2010-06-29 09:01:31 UTC 
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.

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-Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 SMP guests running on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor may have experienced inconsistent time, such as the clock driftingbackwards. This could have caused some applications to become unresponsive.+Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 SMP guests running on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor may have experienced inconsistent time, such as the clock drifting backwards. This could have caused some applications to become unresponsive.
Comment 10 Glauber Costa 2010-06-29 13:01:42 UTC 
driftingbackwards -> drifting backwards.

otherwise okay.
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-01 18:28:53 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 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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