Bug Fix Advisory gfs-kmod bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0577-8
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-07
Last updated on: 2007-11-07
Affected Products: RHEL Cluster-Storage (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated gfs-kmod packages that fix various issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The gfs-kmod package contains modules that provide the ability to mount and
use GFS file systems.

These updated packages apply the following bug fixes:

* a cluster could hang while running the df and ls commands.

* corruption could occur over NFS when under memory pressure.

* gfs now manages its slab cache more efficiently.

* gfs could fail to release a glock under memory pressure.

* gfs could fail to display directories that exist on the file system.

* the gfs kernel modules are now dependent upon the kernel ABI and do not
need to be rebuilt for every new kernel.

* mkdir now performs faster on larger file systems.

* gfs now properly substitutes '_' for '/' in table names.

* gfs file systems can now be exported properly with NFSv2.

* performance has been improved on gfs file systems with lock_nolock
exported through nfs.

* a bug was fixed which would cause an incorrect size to be reported when
truncating on systems with quotas.

Users are advised to upgrade to these latest gfs-kmod packages, which are
updated for use with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Cluster-Storage (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
gfs-kmod-0.1.19-7.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    7112a6179a4628c7e019bbb710bccb65
 
IA-32:
kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    fd423093862e1ad342e0b97a337b07e0
kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.19-7.el5.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    259af6ccaf381df3717fb288e32108e4
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    52e39d43e93438b9bfdaa10bc03a4dd0
 
IA-64:
kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    eac7a85643b5bb7f17ed3859807ce34a
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    9fab8fa548ea3e45ae3869a2ac2fa96e
 
x86_64:
kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    3cf5dbf6e46bfdaae8a5084531c55815
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0854
    5b4a9097baac9d672fa579dcc34e161c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

222299 - gfs knows of directories which it chooses not to display
229346 - NFS fix - gfs_decode_fh
240570 - Can't mount GFS file system on AoE device
241096 - GFS: bug in gfs truncate
242759 - Glock leak in gfs_create
249333 - Need rebuild for gfs-kmod against -36.el5 kernel.



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