kernel error message WARNING: at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:95

Issue

• Got following error messages in /var/log/messages and system console:

  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: WARNING: at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:951hugetlb_file_setup+0x227/0x250() (Tainted: P           ---------------  T)
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: Hardware name: ProLiant DL380p Gen8 
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: Using mlock ulimits for SHM_HUGETLB deprecated 
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: Modules linked in: oracleacfs(P)(U)oracleadvm(P)(U) oracleoks(P)(U) iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_natnf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables bridge fuse mptctl mptbase autofs4 sunrpc cachefiles fscache(T) bonding 8021q garp stp llcipv6 dm_round_robin dm_multipath ses enclosure vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun kvm_intel kvm uinput power_meter hpilo hpwdt igb(U) sg tg3 microcode serio_raw iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ioatdma dca shpchp ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif hpsa qla2xxx scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] 
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: Pid: 12808, comm: oracle Tainted: P---------------  T 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: Call Trace:
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff8106b747>] ?warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff8106b836>] ?warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff8114179c>] ? user_shm_lock+0x9c/0xc0
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff811f7047>] ?hugetlb_file_setup+0x227/0x250
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff8127cdb0>] ? sprintf+0x40/0x50
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff81205622>] ? newseg+0x152/0x290
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff81200881>] ? ipcget+0x61/0x200
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff81018089>] ?ftrace_raw_event_sys_enter+0xd9/0x130
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff812054b9>] ? sys_shmget+0x59/0x60
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff812054d0>] ? newseg+0x0/0x290
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff812054c0>] ? shm_security+0x0/0x10
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff81204c20>] ?shm_more_checks+0x0/0x20
  Dec 11 14:46:30 hostname1 kernel: [<ffffffff8100b308>] ? tracesys+0xd9/0xde