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Bug Fix Advisory scsi-target-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory: RHBA-2010:0067-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2010-01-26
Last updated on: 2010-01-26
Affected Products: RHEL Cluster-Storage (v. 5 server)
RHEL Cluster-Storage EUS (v. 5.4.z server)

Details

An updated scsi-target-utils package that fixes various bugs is now
available.

The scsi-target-utils package contains the daemon and tools to set up and
monitor SCSI targets. Currently, iSCSI software and iSER targets are
supported.

This updated scsi-target-utils package includes fixes for the following
bugs:

* the tgtadm utility is used to monitor and modify SCSI target software.
When using tgtadm to present an LVM-backed target to clients, attempting to
create a new file system by running the mkfs utility on a logical volume
caused the tgtd daemon to become unresponsive and connection errors to be
logged to /var/log/messages. With this update, clients are once again able
to successfully create a new file system on an LVM logical volume.
(BZ#545785)

* running the command "tgtadm --mode connection --op delete" to instruct
tgtadm to close and remove an open connection to a target which has ongoing
I/O caused the tgtadm utility to segmentation fault. Subsequently,
attempting to stop the tgtd daemon by running "service tgtd stop" failed
and resulted in error messages. With this update, it is now possible to use
tgtadm to close and remove an open connection to a target which is
undergoing I/O without causing tgtadm to crash, and subsequently stopping
or restarting the tgtd service proceeds as expected. (BZ#545786)

* attempting to create 32 or more iSCSI targets using tgtadm caused the
utility to segmentation fault after successfully creating the first 31
targets. This update fixes this limitation so that tgtadm does not
segmentation fault when creating large numbers of targets, such as 400 or
more. (BZ#552928)

* the /etc/tgt/targets.conf file now supports more advanced configuration
parameters. Refer to the tgt-admin(8) manual page for further information
about valid parameters for the /etc/tgt/targets.conf file.

All users of scsi-target-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves these issues.


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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

RHEL Cluster-Storage (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: c19b03650e4e8a7fa40071cae45eefb9
 
IA-32:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: c7ea45df874c25313644a6a7f56c207a
 
IA-64:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: 76a11decb03fa7c3a1f4a695986fb57a
 
PPC:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: e78e0d00f3b50e594a99ba2f7b3d808e
 
x86_64:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: 3ba6164929459c16ae85671e7c253b9a
 
RHEL Cluster-Storage EUS (v. 5.4.z server)

SRPMS:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2011:1049
    MD5: c19b03650e4e8a7fa40071cae45eefb9
 
IA-32:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.i386.rpm     MD5: c7ea45df874c25313644a6a7f56c207a
 
IA-64:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm     MD5: 76a11decb03fa7c3a1f4a695986fb57a
 
PPC:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm     MD5: e78e0d00f3b50e594a99ba2f7b3d808e
 
x86_64:
scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm     MD5: 3ba6164929459c16ae85671e7c253b9a
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

545785 - tgtd crashes under load
545786 - tgtadm segfaults upon "tgtadm --mode connection --op delete"
552928 - tgt segfaults on 31st target creation



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