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Patch to the kernel to avoid posix timer test crashing the kernel.

Released: Dec 9, 2007     Updated: Dec 9, 2007

Description

On an IA target with SMP and Hyperthreading enabled running posix timer test for several hours, kernel crashed with a kernel NULL pointer Oops exception.

The error looks like:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 IDENTIFIER = WIND00108690-GPPLE1.4


Product Version

Linux Platforms 1.x

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Installation Notes

Installation Notes

Note: Please also take a look at patch for WIND00103385 along with this patch if applicable to you.
1. Copy the patch zip file to your [install_dir]/updates directory
2. Unzip the patch file
3. Go to your [install_dir]/updates/ directory
4. Run setup_linux and install the patch
5. This is a source patch so you will have to rebuild the kernel to get the patch.


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