- Issued:
- 2006-08-10
- Updated:
- 2006-08-10
RHBA-2006:0561 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
GFS-kernel bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated GFS-kernel packages that fix module loading issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4, kernel release
(2.6.9-42.EL).
Description
The GFS-kernel package contains modules that provide the ability to mount
and use GFS file systems.
This update applies the following fixes:
- A bug which could cause GFS to run out of memory when a large
number of files (~500,000) was in one directory is now fixed.
- A bug which did not allow a user to set a default ACL is now fixed.
- A performance issue when using small writes is now fixed.
- A bug which caused read flocks to always fail on a single node
configuration is now fixed.
These updated GFS-kernel packages are in sync with the latest kernel
(2.6.9-42.EL). The modules in earlier GFS-kernel packages failed to load
because they did not match the running kernel. It was possible to force
load the modules; however, with this update, users no longer need to.
Users are advised to upgrade to these latest GFS-kernel packages, which
are updated for use with the 2.6.9-42.EL kernel.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 182057 - GFS out of memory hang due to large count of files in directory
- BZ - 182066 - GFS with default ACL on new folder is not applied ?!
- BZ - 190950 - Small write and gfs_fsync performance issue
- BZ - 191222 - read flock broken on single-node
- BZ - 198303 - fcntl lock doesn't work on local machine when in cluster mode
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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