- Issued:
- 2014-05-27
- Updated:
- 2014-05-27
RHBA-2014:0544 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
python-pthreading fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated python-pthreading package is now available.
Description
The python-pthreading module provides Lock and Condition synchronization objects
compatible with the Python native threading module. The implementation is based
on the POSIX thread library as delivered by the libpthread and has considerable
performance benefits over Python 2.x's implementation. Locking helps optimise
the use of shared system resources.
All users running VDSM should install this new package, which adds this
enhancement.
Changes to the python-pthreading component:
- Previously, VDSM would become non-responsive under certain conditions, causing
hypervisors to move into a non-responsive state. This was caused by an issue in
the logic regarding allocating locks for threads, which would prevent certain
threads from functioning correctly. Now, the logic for allocating locks for
threads has been revised so that locks can be allocated without issue.
(BZ#1085462)
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6 x86_64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6
SRPM | |
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python-pthreading-0.1.3-1.el6ev.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9c965fc5e3f8327c4f8bd61e9326d8d9963e31b9be42a7082d68eaca258de3ca |
x86_64 | |
python-pthreading-0.1.3-1.el6ev.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 4a4f8893577f3d74a95da7bf57ff70261a2b17b5fa453d9fb26a75977ec4e898 |
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