Patch Name: PHKL_1557 Patch Description: Eliminate kernel panic - pdeunmap pde not found Problem this patch addresses: Under some circumstances, a kernel defect would create two private text regions with the same space id. This results in the same address translation for different pages. The neccessary conditions are: a) The program being executed must be linked with "trap on null dreference" capability. Since this is the default for Pascal, C and Fortran, most executables are using this option. b) A debugger (ie. xdb) must be run on a program which is being shared by one or more processes. The debugger must adopt one of the running processes and modify the text region. One way to modify the text region is to set a breakpoint. Another way to encounter the defect is to run the debugger on program which forks a child process. Again, the text region of one of the processes must be modified after the fork. If one of the processes does an "exec" after the fork, it is immune to the problem. Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHKL_1557 Effective Date: 920927 Patch Files: /system/PHKL_1557/new/vm_vas.o SR/APR#: None "what" string/timestamp: vm_vas.o: PATCH_8.05: vm_vas.o 1.8.43.7 92/09/27 PHKL_1557 "sum" output: 60307 21 vm_vas.o Dependencies: Applies only to S700 8.05 kernels. Supersedes: None. Patch Package Size: 41 Kbytes Installation Instructions: Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this patch. Note: Please back up your system before you patch. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- After getting the patch onto your machine, unshar the patch (sh PHKL_1557). To install this patch do the following: 1) Run /etc/update (Note: you must be logged in as root to update a system). 2) Once in the update "Main Menu" move the highlighted line to "Change Source or Destination ->" and press "Return" or "Select Item". 3) Make sure the highlighted item in the "Change Source or Destination" window is "From Tape Device to Local System ...", then press "Return" or "Select Item". 4) You should now be in the "From Tape Device to Local System" window. Change the "Source: /dev/rmt/0m" to "Source: /tmp/PHKL_1557.updt" (this assumes that you are in the /tmp directory where PHKL_1557.updt has been placed). Note: You must enter the complete path name. 5) Press "Done". 6) From here on follow the standard directions for update. The customized script that update runs will move the original software to /system/PHKL_1557/orig. HP recommends keeping this software there in order to recover from any potential problems. It is also recommended that you move the PHKL_1557.text file to /system/PHKL_1557 to be retained for future reference. If you wish to put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the tape drive, dd a copy of the patch to the tape drive. As an example the following will create a copy of the patch that update can read: dd if=PHKL_1557.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048