Issuing a msgrcv call with a -ve message type hangs on RHEL 7

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • 32-bit applications running on 64-bit platforms where issuing a msgrcv with a -ve message type hangs with error error: msgrcv: No message of desired type
  • The kernel only returns a message if its type is 1. Other messages less than or equal to the absolute value of message type are not being received.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0
  • kernel-3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64

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