RHEL5 (s390x): kernel crashes with "Low-address protection: 0004 [#1]" while running compiler (gmake) processes

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Issue

  • While running compiler processes, the kernel periodically crashes with the following oops
Low-address protection: 0004 [#1]
CPU: 0 Not tainted 2.6.18-406.el5 #1
Process gmake (pid: 24256, task: 00000001c472c718, ksp: 000000016c977eb8)
User PSW : 0705c00180000000 0000004bd6a6e928 (0x4bd6a6e928)
User GPRS: 000000000000570b 0000004bd69bb000 0000004b00000001 0000000000000018
           0000000000000000 000002000000f890 0000004bd6b09150 000003ff00000001
           000003ff00000000 000003fffff28478 0000000000000000 000003fffff28408
           0000004bd6b3b000 0000004bd6b09140 0000004bd6a6e91e 000003fffff283d8
User Code: d7 27 14 80 14 80 50 20 14 90 b9 02 00 99 a7 84 00 1b e3 10 
 <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    • seen on .6.18-406.el5
    • IBM System z (s390x)

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