This bug has been copied from bug #656492 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
in kernel-2.6.18-194.31.1.el5 linux-2.6-fs-nfs-remove-problematic-calls-to-nfs_clear_request.patch linux-2.6-fs-nfs-handle-alloc-failures-in-nfs_create_request.patch linux-2.6-fs-nfs-clean-up-nfs_create_request.patch
The fix has been verified by IBM, bug 656492 comment 76. I ran connectathon tests no issue found, confirmed patches are applied in kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 correctly. Set SanityOnly joblinks https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/41668 https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/41669 https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/41670 https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/41671 https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/41672
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-2011-0004.html