- Issued:
- 2010-01-20
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHEA-2010:0056 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
libhugetlbfs enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated libhugetlbfs package that adds a script to simplify huge page
setup is now available.
Description
The libhugetlbfs library interacts with the Linux hugetlbfs to make large
pages available to applications in a transparent manner.
This update adds the following enhancement.
- previously, huge pages worked well once configured but setting them up
was a complicated, multi-step, potentially error-prone process. This
updated package includes a script -- huge_page_setup_helper -- that asks
for three pieces of data and then sets up huge pages for use based on the
answers provided. The three data points required by the script are the
memory to allocate to huge pages and the group and users who should be
allowed access to the huge pages. (BZ#523346)
All huge pages users should install this updated package which includes
this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
The update is available via the Red Hat Network (RHN). To apply package
updates via the RHN see http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
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)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 11b51357fe989d80a0bc140c6faebf7c721728cc6fb9f275d314776867d43da7 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4280909c9eefbfd08cd9029d9e922ee1e64d1ccdf6850aec4d24304934375d8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a2bbf5d49a712642bb0923880a05fe91aec8b581794e1369ee18d8897205da7c |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 11b51357fe989d80a0bc140c6faebf7c721728cc6fb9f275d314776867d43da7 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4280909c9eefbfd08cd9029d9e922ee1e64d1ccdf6850aec4d24304934375d8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a2bbf5d49a712642bb0923880a05fe91aec8b581794e1369ee18d8897205da7c |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 11b51357fe989d80a0bc140c6faebf7c721728cc6fb9f275d314776867d43da7 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4280909c9eefbfd08cd9029d9e922ee1e64d1ccdf6850aec4d24304934375d8d |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 11b51357fe989d80a0bc140c6faebf7c721728cc6fb9f275d314776867d43da7 |
ppc | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e606202c56f970a4a4ac06685bc21b7515bb72e618f76249b4ae40f67f927955 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: db1724516bb7007dcf316d2740a96c317b64b9dab673e4df4095485310cd06e1 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 77524148729f215edfbd3f9d1ca163e44c5049adb5ae0fa0969fa1ab709b5599 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: a3c695880591418e79fa038ed034d89bc06a6141d649aa7d4c13cd8cd70bbb47 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 11b51357fe989d80a0bc140c6faebf7c721728cc6fb9f275d314776867d43da7 |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4280909c9eefbfd08cd9029d9e922ee1e64d1ccdf6850aec4d24304934375d8d |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a2bbf5d49a712642bb0923880a05fe91aec8b581794e1369ee18d8897205da7c |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d55d556dd63aec419bd3d37e8b99211a9c0ec4d1c0a15b62dc5033c588496c1 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3-7.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b60714229152bb044e83dba7e9dfdc8aaa3c570a1094c6bee58f11a13635d34c |
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