Bug#859923: [Fwd: Re: Bug#859923: linux-image-4.9.0-2-amd64: mmap system call problem]
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From: Fernando Santagata <nando@ipers.net>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Bug#859923: linux-image-4.9.0-2-amd64: mmap system call problem
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:55:05 +0200
Message-id: <20170411205505.np365524kv2gofig@gretux.ipers.net>
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 05:23:26PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> On Sun, 2017-04-09 at 12:09 +0200, Fernando Santagata wrote:
> > I think this is related to this thread in the linux-mm mailing list, dating
> > back to kernel version 4.7, the first one that exibits this behavior:
> >
> > https://lists.gt.net/linux/kernel/2528084
> >
> > This error shows even when using concurrent programming under Perl6, so it
> > seems to be really related to sharing memory.
> >
> > The last usable kernel in this respect is version 4.6.
>
> The warning message tells you how to work around this (add kernel
> parameter 'ignore_rlimit_data'). Doesn't that work?
I only tried fiddling with ulimit, but ignore_rlimit_data works fine.
I suggest adding either a warning in some doc file, or making that
option the default, lest you receive dozens of stupid bug reports :-)
Thank you!
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Fernando Santagata
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