Bug 640193 - RHEL 4.8: With multipath enabled, system occasionally halts in do_cciss_request [rhel-4.8.z]
Summary: RHEL 4.8: With multipath enabled, system occasionally halts in do_cciss_reque...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Don Howard
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 594086
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-05 07:26 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2011-01-30 22:23 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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With multipath enabled, systems would occasionally halt when the do_cciss_request function was used. This was caused by wrongly-generated requests. Additional checks have been added to avoid the aforementioned issue.
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Last Closed: 2010-12-01 22:24:41 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0936 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-12-06 14:19:04 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-10-05 07:26:52 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #594086 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 5 Don Howard 2010-11-05 18:43:33 UTC 
A patch addressing this issue has been included in kernel-2.6.9-89.32.1.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2010-12-01 22:24:41 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-2010-0936.html
Comment 10 Douglas Silas 2011-01-30 22:23:11 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.
    
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With multipath enabled, systems would occasionally halt when the do_cciss_request function was used. This was caused by wrongly-generated requests. Additional checks have been added to avoid the aforementioned issue.
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