-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Fernando Santagata <na...@ipers.net> To: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: Bug#859923: linux-image-4.9.0-2-amd64: mmap system call problem Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:55:05 +0200 Message-id: <20170411205505.np365524kv2go...@gretux.ipers.net>
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 05:23:26PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > On Sun, 2017-04-09 at 12:09 +0200, Fernando Santagata wrote: > > I think this is related to this thread in the linux-mm mailing list, dating > > back to kernel version 4.7, the first one that exibits this behavior: > > > > https://lists.gt.net/linux/kernel/2528084 > > > > This error shows even when using concurrent programming under Perl6, so it > > seems to be really related to sharing memory. > > > > The last usable kernel in this respect is version 4.6. > > The warning message tells you how to work around this (add kernel > parameter 'ignore_rlimit_data'). Doesn't that work? I only tried fiddling with ulimit, but ignore_rlimit_data works fine. I suggest adding either a warning in some doc file, or making that option the default, lest you receive dozens of stupid bug reports :-) Thank you! -- Fernando Santagata
