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IV06164: INCORRECT SERIALIZATION OF J2 PAGER BUFFER ACCESS CAUSES CRASH APPLIES TO AIX 7100-00

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • crash caused by serialization problem with JFS2 page
    buffer used to
    co-ordinate reads and writes of file system metadata.
    This looks to
    be a rare condition only happening in a small timing
    window.
    
    The stack can be :
    [0025BB44]bmRelease+000084 (00000000002200D1 [??])
    [002B2370]xtLookup+0002B0 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
    [00279D60]pageIn+000160 (??, ??, ??, ??)
    [0027BAE8]j2PagerStrategy+0005E8 (??)
    [00063834]v_pdtsio_common+0006B4 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
    [00063C10]v_pdtsio+000050 (??)
    [0006470C]v_pfsiox+0002EC (??)
    [0034218C]pfget+0003CC (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
    [00394B90]v_pfget+000770 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
    [00147480]state_save_ret+000578 ()
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • 0025BB44 bmRelease+000084 (00000000002200D1  ?? )
     002B2370 xtLookup+0002B0 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
     00279D60 pageIn+000160 (??, ??, ??, ??)
     0027BAE8 j2PagerStrategy+0005E8 (??)
     00063834 v_pdtsio_common+0006B4 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
     00063C10 v_pdtsio+000050 (??)
     0006470C v_pfsiox+0002EC (??)
     0034218C pfget+0003CC (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
     00394B90 v_pfget+000770 (??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??)
     00147480 state_save_ret+000578 ()
    

Problem conclusion

  • bmHold should reset PB_RDONLY flag .
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV06164

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Reported component ID

    5765H4000

  • Reported release

    710

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2011-08-12

  • Closed date

    2011-08-12

  • Last modified date

    2013-04-08

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    IV02714

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Fixed component ID

    5765H4000

Applicable component levels

  • R710 PSY U845642

       UP11/11/15 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 April 2013