Enhancement Advisory systemtap bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0759-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-15
Last updated on: 2007-11-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated SystemTap packages that fix various bugs and add several
enhancements are now available.

SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information
about the running Linux system, assisting in diagnosis of a performance or
functional problem. SystemTap eliminates the need for the developer to go
through the tedious and disruptive instrument, recompile, install, and
reboot sequence that may be otherwise required to collect data.

Several bugs have been fixed in the updated packages by updating to the
newer upstream packages.

Enhancements added in the updated packages include:

* support for relocatable kernels.

* enhanced support for probing inline functions.

* additional auditing from a a kernel trace message created when a
systemtap probe runs.

* improved the ability of begin and end probes to generate complex reports
by relaxing the atomicity and execution time constraints.

All users of SystemTap are advised to upgrade to these updated package.


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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    9cf72abdd181353c06277713bf7a2acc
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    c955721db54e28091a52ebace83b9c3f
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    843b43de6622e218f92303dd80f3759a
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    16c54f01872f3ee9bd3a81e8c99ffa9d
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    339007ef0ee082a03d1f04fc236e5bd0
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    9cf72abdd181353c06277713bf7a2acc
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    c955721db54e28091a52ebace83b9c3f
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    843b43de6622e218f92303dd80f3759a
 
IA-64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    99da8e7c0caf9cb6a82e49249ed73f23
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    6f0ca9dbb1011312d828fbb97b0e3926
 
PPC:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    44d8cf5fd1e91616db6f81c2c91f7443
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    db5d170ab9ff9c1c6455a708ddc3debc
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    16c54f01872f3ee9bd3a81e8c99ffa9d
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    339007ef0ee082a03d1f04fc236e5bd0
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    9cf72abdd181353c06277713bf7a2acc
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    c955721db54e28091a52ebace83b9c3f
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    843b43de6622e218f92303dd80f3759a
 
IA-64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    99da8e7c0caf9cb6a82e49249ed73f23
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    6f0ca9dbb1011312d828fbb97b0e3926
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    16c54f01872f3ee9bd3a81e8c99ffa9d
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    339007ef0ee082a03d1f04fc236e5bd0
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    9cf72abdd181353c06277713bf7a2acc
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    c955721db54e28091a52ebace83b9c3f
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    843b43de6622e218f92303dd80f3759a
 
IA-64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    99da8e7c0caf9cb6a82e49249ed73f23
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    6f0ca9dbb1011312d828fbb97b0e3926
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    16c54f01872f3ee9bd3a81e8c99ffa9d
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0759
    339007ef0ee082a03d1f04fc236e5bd0
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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