HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.01)

Known Problems and Workarounds
System panic on virtual partition with float memory
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System panic on virtual partition with float memory
Related JAG or Patch ID Number
JAGag27643, JAGag28785
Applicable on
❏ vPars A.05.01
Description
Rarely, a system panic may occur on a virtual partition configured with float
memory.
This panic may occur when the system is under high memory pressure, or
when running an application that performs remap operations. Remap
operations include using mmap(MAP_FIXED) or using a debugger to place a
breakpoint into program text.
This situation does not occur on virtual partitions configured with only base
memory.
Symptoms
The virtual partition crashes with the following error message:
panic: Fault when executing in kernel mode
Workaround
Install the patch PHKL_35899.