5.128. kabi-whitelists

An updated kabi-whitelists package that adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The kabi-whitelists package contains reference files documenting interfaces provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel that are considered to be stable by Red Hat engineering, and safe for longer term use by third-party loadable device drivers, as well as for other purposes.

Enhancements

BZ#722619
Multiple symbols have been added to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 kernel application binary interface (ABI) whitelists.
BZ#737276
Multiple symbols for Hitachi loadable device drivers have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists.
BZ#753771
This update modifies the structure of the kabi-whitelists package: whitelists are now ordered according to various Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, and a symbolic link that points to the latest release has been added.
BZ#803885
The "__dec_zone_page_state" and "dec_zone_page_state" symbols have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists.
BZ#810456
The "blk_queue_rq_timed_out", "fc_attach_transport", "fc_release_transport", "fc_remote_port_add", "fc_remote_port_delete", "fc_remote_port_rolechg", "fc_remove_host", and "touch_nmi_watchdog" symbols have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists.
BZ#812463
Multiple symbols for Oracle Cloud File System have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists.
BZ#816533
The "get_fs_type" and "vscnprintf" have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists.
All users of kabi-whitelists are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these enhancements.