Patch-ID# 101596-01
Keywords: panic shared kernel
Synopsis: SunOS 5.2: PANIC : Kernel Write Data Fault in shmat() 
Date: Mar/09/94

Solaris Release: 2.2

SunOS release: 5.2

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Topic: SunOS 5.2: PANIC : Kernel Write Data Fault in shmat() while running LST ipc_shared

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1136248

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Relevant Architectures: sparc

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Files included with this patch:

/kernel/sys/shmsys

Problem Description:

1136248 PANIC : Kernel Write Data Fault in shmat() while running LST ipc_shared.

Use of shared memory on MP machines can cause incorrect behavior and
panics due to incorrect locking.

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