- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHBA-2009:0168 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libhugetlbfs bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated libhugetlbfs packages that fix several bugs and add enhancements
are now available.
Description
The libhugetlbfs library interacts with the Linux Huge TLB file system, to
make large pages available to applications in a transparent manner.
These updated packages upgrade libhugetlbfs to version 1.3; increasing the
ability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide the performance advantages
of Huge pages to applications as necessary.
Also included with these packages are documentation files pertaining to the
use of the libhugetlbfs library.
For a full list of bug fixes and enhancements, please refer to the
libhugetlbfs 1.3 release announcement on SourceForge.net as referenced in
the References section of this document.
Users of libhugetlbfs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve these issues and add these enhancements.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fcdf3ea37e731a3b7108118fcfcff8418f185b933b4bc05688f8c1179afc9479 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 116b629fcc999f306e2bbf2b19ac09bb8a27413a0f8b701d39afcf3fa25b5f8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b566c9d2905b46efe26bfa48db3e9bc5678cd5cd3edcfb84414e01559322502a |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fcdf3ea37e731a3b7108118fcfcff8418f185b933b4bc05688f8c1179afc9479 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 116b629fcc999f306e2bbf2b19ac09bb8a27413a0f8b701d39afcf3fa25b5f8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b566c9d2905b46efe26bfa48db3e9bc5678cd5cd3edcfb84414e01559322502a |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fcdf3ea37e731a3b7108118fcfcff8418f185b933b4bc05688f8c1179afc9479 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 116b629fcc999f306e2bbf2b19ac09bb8a27413a0f8b701d39afcf3fa25b5f8d |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fcdf3ea37e731a3b7108118fcfcff8418f185b933b4bc05688f8c1179afc9479 |
ppc | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 0a06f79c99ff46b3ec500c280f0e74d679ce280934f8bf366315c81b956b3682 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2240195010093ea95f0d3a8a2812a9734afa3826e974bb45b73bdfca7d23928c |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d70e238e9b962a2f8882f42c7a70e9f7050a807a4de54d2fb83d3c4f6d393d62 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d21b1f888380f3f66041faf3d1352d372affc3bc77c63650afc5446779308f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fcdf3ea37e731a3b7108118fcfcff8418f185b933b4bc05688f8c1179afc9479 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 116b629fcc999f306e2bbf2b19ac09bb8a27413a0f8b701d39afcf3fa25b5f8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b566c9d2905b46efe26bfa48db3e9bc5678cd5cd3edcfb84414e01559322502a |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8bf4419a3accd8c6338e2b7fdc54a1efe6c678cb223bbcc6cb7402771236c24 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7381a511b971c09c3db8931ed9f4be8ce7160ed3a12db0259edfa5a651faa470 |
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