Bug Fix Advisory GFS-kernel bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0284-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-29
Last updated on: 2008-05-29
Affected Products: Global File System EL4
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated GFS-kernel packages that fix various bugs and module loading issues
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6, kernel release
2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.

The GFS-kernel packages contain modules that provide the ability to mount
and use GFS file systems.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

* a problem caused by multiple threads attempting to access the same plock,
resulting in "lock_dlm: Assertion failed" errors, has been resolved.

* an unnecessary assertion, "gfs_glock_is_locked_by_me", which may have
caused applications to timeout, has been removed.

As well, these updated GFS-kernel packages are in sync with the latest
kernel (2.6.9-67.0.15.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 2.6.9-67.0.15.EL kernel.


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

Global File System EL4

SRPMS:
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0622
    d34f9b298cd2c9e33cd6199f76ff212c
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0622
    d34f9b298cd2c9e33cd6199f76ff212c
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0622
    d34f9b298cd2c9e33cd6199f76ff212c
 
IA-32:
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    3b6503661544a1cb10ccc50bfe8e4aff
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    3b6503661544a1cb10ccc50bfe8e4aff
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    3b6503661544a1cb10ccc50bfe8e4aff
GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    257344e9f8069d56522cbf3b8d0d2227
GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    257344e9f8069d56522cbf3b8d0d2227
GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    257344e9f8069d56522cbf3b8d0d2227
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    bbd7431aaaabaf31485ee5d46ed40048
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    bbd7431aaaabaf31485ee5d46ed40048
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    bbd7431aaaabaf31485ee5d46ed40048
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    8d92aabf913bd45ab79e9138b9d6ab29
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    8d92aabf913bd45ab79e9138b9d6ab29
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    8d92aabf913bd45ab79e9138b9d6ab29
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    be32b8f852df0950394fbd924de50854
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    be32b8f852df0950394fbd924de50854
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    be32b8f852df0950394fbd924de50854
 
IA-64:
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    52682d73359fa050c95070443fc576f7
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    52682d73359fa050c95070443fc576f7
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    52682d73359fa050c95070443fc576f7
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    9c84d9d90c9112f37576c7bb1a8fb4f4
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    9c84d9d90c9112f37576c7bb1a8fb4f4
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    9c84d9d90c9112f37576c7bb1a8fb4f4
 
PPC:
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    b617fd0f8e06fa85c86d4e05d96eaebc
GFS-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-75.19.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    c1e9b4a16a09761fc6dfafb8700c816c
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    0e7e3a2e1d53ef529c5675ab2c926e1d
 
x86_64:
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    01c56302be8694bf4ceb279ed3dc63a9
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    01c56302be8694bf4ceb279ed3dc63a9
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    01c56302be8694bf4ceb279ed3dc63a9
GFS-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    03eadf09c160cfa20643b8856c9b6ecf
GFS-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    03eadf09c160cfa20643b8856c9b6ecf
GFS-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    03eadf09c160cfa20643b8856c9b6ecf
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    fa2b75ea59ab9da3238ae86c7a65fa57
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    fa2b75ea59ab9da3238ae86c7a65fa57
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    fa2b75ea59ab9da3238ae86c7a65fa57
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    eefb3009c8dae794517cd443655be52e
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    eefb3009c8dae794517cd443655be52e
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    eefb3009c8dae794517cd443655be52e
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    a8ca3e5f5389a6d6fdb85706f8e932e9
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    a8ca3e5f5389a6d6fdb85706f8e932e9
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.19.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0872
    a8ca3e5f5389a6d6fdb85706f8e932e9
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

440665 - assertion: '!error || (plock && error == -EINPROGRESS)'
446512 - CRM# 1811984 - gfs_glock_is_locked_by_me problem with GFS



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