- Issued:
- 2007-04-28
- Updated:
- 2007-04-28
RHBA-2007:0284 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
device-mapper 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 device-mapper packages that include various bug fixes and
enhancements are now available.
Description
The device-mapper packages provide a library required by logical volume
management utilities such as LVM2 and dmraid.
This update provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Exits immediately from dmsetup if there are unrecognized command line
options. Previously it ignored them.
- Adds a '--table' command line option to 'dmsetup' for single-line tables.
- Adds a '--noflush' command line option to 'dmsetup suspend' that avoids
waiting for outstanding I/O when an underlying mirror or multipath device
has failed.
- Adds a '--force' command line option to 'dmsetup remove' and 'dmsetup
remove_all' that attempts to discard any outstanding I/O.
- Adds '--columns <field_list>', '--sort <field_list>' and '--separator
<separator>' command line options to 'dmsetup' to control the format of
data reported.
- Removes any encryption key from 'dmsetup table' output unless the new
command line option '--showkeys' is supplied.
- Adds an implicit 'dmsetup mknodes' after 'dmsetup remove_all'
- Updates the 'dmsetup' manual page.
- Avoids attempting to suspend a device that is already suspended and no
longer suppresses the reloading of an unchanged table if the permissions
requested have changed.
- Adds some new functions to libdevmapper that were previously internal to
lvm2.
- Improves the dmeventd interfaces and robustness, adding -d (debug) and -V
(version) command line options.
- Fix some memory leaks in libdevmapper-event and dmeventd
All users of device-mapper should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and include these enhancements.
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 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 189832 - dmsetup remove_all does not work
- BZ - 236844 - clvmd/device-mapper memory leak
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: db08f672e54ca5c005f9941e6eecd095f3d36b52502357e729871fe1f6e1c5c5 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 145a6e3ffe12bd44b3792b5b5f93ba83336a06cffbc5e9876bce9d960d7d6ff0 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 145a6e3ffe12bd44b3792b5b5f93ba83336a06cffbc5e9876bce9d960d7d6ff0 |
ia64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e90b712ddfff5d49eb1421b72d910f2a99a5c57fd2477d986c95ec955da3d6e7 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e90b712ddfff5d49eb1421b72d910f2a99a5c57fd2477d986c95ec955da3d6e7 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: db08f672e54ca5c005f9941e6eecd095f3d36b52502357e729871fe1f6e1c5c5 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 145a6e3ffe12bd44b3792b5b5f93ba83336a06cffbc5e9876bce9d960d7d6ff0 |
ia64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e90b712ddfff5d49eb1421b72d910f2a99a5c57fd2477d986c95ec955da3d6e7 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: db08f672e54ca5c005f9941e6eecd095f3d36b52502357e729871fe1f6e1c5c5 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 145a6e3ffe12bd44b3792b5b5f93ba83336a06cffbc5e9876bce9d960d7d6ff0 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 31e5da8bb0849a63fd2add3d70492e3bba0587f1df69dbd907f449ebba486471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: db08f672e54ca5c005f9941e6eecd095f3d36b52502357e729871fe1f6e1c5c5 |
s390x | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0e8b42a7f4898fb30f907d4fbc91699b08fbe62b8a2270608e08370f223ee750 |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ddecc8eb454caae46da0092f08ac143ecb9b4d71290620670f477515bda5db28 |
s390 | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0e8b42a7f4898fb30f907d4fbc91699b08fbe62b8a2270608e08370f223ee750 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: db08f672e54ca5c005f9941e6eecd095f3d36b52502357e729871fe1f6e1c5c5 |
ppc | |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d34c30ee780b5f4f4fbc55c0889df025d013b20580fd8ef9b69bc4ee1b09b63e |
device-mapper-1.02.17-3.el4.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e852d8e9873552ca416e8819deee7b755ffaab3b6df281735cf580a6d345bcc3 |
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