Bug 705309 - numactl corrupts memory on 12 cpu systems
Summary: numactl corrupts memory on 12 cpu systems
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: numactl
Version: 5.5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Anton Arapov
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Depends On: 702488 800431
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-17 10:48 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2014-06-18 08:03 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: numactl-0.9.8-12.el5_6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Under certain circumstances, having an environment of three numa nodes resulted in a memory corruption, which had a negative impact on performance. This problem has been fixed in this update so that the memory corruption does not occur anymore.
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Last Closed: 2011-05-24 15:20:03 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0825 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE numactl bug fix update 2011-05-24 15:19:53 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-05-17 10:48:05 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #702488 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-24 15:20:03 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/RHBA-2011-0825.html
Comment 8 Petr Kovar 2011-06-15 15:40:13 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
Under certain circumstances, having an environment of three numa nodes resulted in a memory corruption, which had a negative impact on performance. This problem has been fixed in this update so that the memory corruption does not occur anymore.
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