Re: [PATCH] Re: Shared memory shmat/dt not working well in 2.5.x

Alessandro Suardi (alessandro.suardi@oracle.com)
Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:51:30 +0200


Zlatko Calusic wrote:

>>I'm glad to report that Oracle 9.2 is now able to start once again
>> on 2.5.x series :)
>>
>>Thanks, cool work as always !
>
>
> Was it a known problem for some time?
>
> I haven't been testing 2.5.x series for some time, and also haven't
> read linux-kernel list last few months, so I don't know exact history
> of the bug. If you can enlighten me, I'm just curious... :)
>
> I rememeber other more complicated bugs from the older 2.5.x kernels,
> and now I'll test if they're solved in newer ones. I might need some
> help if they still exist (could you lend me a hand if that's the
> case?) as I was getting Oracle internal error - coredump - with only
> one meaningful sentence (at least to me :)). Google was silent on the
> case. :(

I reported the issue on l-k the other day:

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0209.3/1691.html

The more complicated bug you're talking about is the exec_mmap
change introduced in 2.5.19 and fixed a handful of versions
later, possibly .28, where PMON wouldn't start after 120"...
I guess :)

Ciao,

--alessandro

"everything dies, baby that's a fact
but maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
(Bruce Springsteen, "Atlantic City")

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