Bug 641459 - Don't lose dirty bits leading to data corruption during KSM swapping [rhel-6.0.z]
Summary: Don't lose dirty bits leading to data corruption during KSM swapping [rhel-6....
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Frantisek Hrbata
QA Contact: Zhouping Liu
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Depends On: 640579
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-08 18:56 UTC by Benjamin Kahn
Modified: 2014-01-13 00:00 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, building under memory pressure with KSM (Kernel Shared Memory) caused KSM to collapse with an internal compiler error indicating an error in swapping. With this update, data corruption during swapping no longer occurs.
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Last Closed: 2010-11-10 19:11:10 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0842 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-11-22 19:34:20 UTC

Description Benjamin Kahn 2010-10-08 18:56:47 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #640579 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.0 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Frantisek Hrbata 2010-10-12 18:53:33 UTC 
in kernel-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-10 19:11:10 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-2010-0842.html
Comment 10 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 12:02:16 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:
Previously, building under memory pressure with KSM (Kernel Shared Memory) caused KSM to collapse with an internal compiler error indicating an error in swapping. With this update, data corruption during swapping no longer occurs.
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