766578 – Strange multiple <4><4><4> in logs

Bug 766578 - Strange multiple <4><4><4> in logs

Summary: Strange multiple <4><4><4> in logs

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel
Sub Component:
Version:	4.9
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Red Hat Kernel Manager
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2011-12-12 11:20 UTC by sebastian.fyda
Modified:	2012-06-20 13:29 UTC (History)
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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 13:29:06 UTC
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Description sebastian.fyda 2011-12-12 11:20:24 UTC

Description of problem:

After upgrading to RHEL4.9 we noticed such entries in logs:

Dec  9 23:32:22 our-servername kernel: <4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4><4>!

It happens on multiple servers

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 9)
Linux tefse-pro1 2.6.9-101.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 27 18:57:30 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

How reproducible:
All servers with identical software

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade to 4.9
2. Patch kernel with GFS patch

  
Additional info:
On the day, problem first occurred were installed following packages:
GFS-6.1.20-1                                  
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-87.5                     
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-87.5                    
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-87.5                         
system-config-cluster-1.0.56-9                
rgmanager-1.9.88-2                            
iddev-devel-2.0.0-4                           
iddev-2.0.0-4                                 
fence-1.32.68-5                               
pexpect-2.3-2.el4                             
systemtap-runtime-1.3-6.el4                   
systemtap-1.3-6.el4                           
seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-16.4.el4_6          
seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-16.4.el4_6                
seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-16.4.el4_6         
seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-16.4.el4_6

Comment 1 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 13:29:06 UTC

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