[Devel] Node Crashes on 64 bit owing to a single file.

[Vasily Tarasov]

Just for your information, one more person has such problem:
http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=tree&th=1778&mid=9581&&rev=&reveal=


Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> Ligesh,
>
> Would be nice to provide exact messages and details when you have an access.
> Also please specify kernel version you use.
>
>   
>>  I have encountered a bug in the 64 bit openvz. I am now not able to access the system, so all I can do now is describe the general conditions. I will send the specific details later.
>>  The problem seems to be with one single file, Mostly a paramater of the file is overflowing the variable in which it is stored, and I think it could be due the 32<->64 bit compatibility issues. 
>>  The result: 
>>
>>   -> ls -al in /vz/private/100 and /vz/private/400 shows large integer values in place of last modified time.
>>   -> Once this particular vps containing the bad file is started, all applications--IN THE NODE--start segfaulting. An strace show it happening after getftime, so I think it could be related to modified time of the file.
>>     
> how did you strace it if you say that *ALL* applications start segfaulting?
> strace doesn't segfault?
>
>   
>>   The thing is, once this vps is stopped, the others are working fine. I think the problem is with a specific file because we did a backup in cpanel, destroyed the old vps, created a new one, and restored the cpanel backup. The server was working fine midway the restore, but it started segfaulting when we were halfway through the cpanel restore. 
>>
>>   I will send the kernel dmesg and the strace one I am able to login back to the server.
>>     
> would be very helpfull! 
>
> Thanks,
> Kirill
>
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