RHEL 6 32bit i686 kernel : Increasing receive buffers used per queue beyond defaults on systems having a large total number of OS visible CPUs can cause kernel OOM panic.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • 32bit i686 kernel
  • Systems having a large total number of OS visible CPUs

Issue

  • Increasing receive buffers used per queue beyond defaults on systems having a large total number of OS visible CPUs can cause kernel OOM panic.
  • The panic will look similar to th...

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