huge page list_add corruption results in WARNINGS and kernel panics

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Experiencing system panics when stressing the usage of memory with hugetlbfs.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Applications that do overcommit hugepages via hugetlbfs.

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