- Issued:
- 2004-08-18
- Updated:
- 2004-08-18
RHEA-2004:374 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
Updated procps package
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
An updated procps package that adds the slabtop utility is now available.
Description
The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, snice, tload, top, uptime,
vmstat, w, watch, and now slabtop as well.
This updated package includes the newly added slabtop utility, which
displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time. It displays
a listing of the top caches sorted by one of the listed sort criterias. It
also displays a statistics header filled with slab layer information.
This tool was not available in previous procps releases and was requested
to help diagnose certain kernel virtual memory problems.
All users of procps that require slabtop should upgrade to this updated
package, which adds this feature.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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