- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1336 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
gfs-utils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated gfs-utils packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
The gfs-utils packages provide the user-level tools necessary to mount and
use GFS file systems.
These updated gfs-utils packages apply the following bug fixes:
- An issue was fixed which caused gfs_fsck to attempt to fix the wrong bitmap.
- gfs_fsck's ability to fix damaged resource groups has been improved.
- A human readable option has been added to to gfs_tool df.
- Fixed an issue which could potentially cause gfs_fsck to remove
everything in a corrupt filesystem.
- gfs_grow performance has been improved on 1k block size filesystems.
- Fix a segfault in gfs_fsck when fixing a 'EA leaf block type' problem.
- The gfs service is no longer disabled after an upgrade.
All users of gfs-utils should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.
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/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 442271 - GFS: gfs_fsck bugs found in rindex repair code
- BZ - 463817 - gfs_fsck can't decide which bitmap to fix
- BZ - 485451 - gfs_grow very slow with 1k file system block size
- BZ - 493727 - GFS: gfs_fsck can delete everything in a corrupt file system
- BZ - 495774 - gfs_fsck segfaults while fixing 'EA leaf block type' problem.
- BZ - 498593 - gfs-utils: don't disable gfs service on package update
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0aad0abbd5f6ad1278779305684ac6d122d85d9553c98cd5c13f0ff1d2a70e86 |
x86_64 | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae66b7e7a1de5882f878d806890d1f9ce96ff013db100c0784290db6bf236a0c |
ppc | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b7d1c8afc812038f56d545e3cbf7e09d4af32424c373267a6a9fe3362c938739 |
ia64 | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c0c830c634783cb3d997d88d720db0b18cc7c5bb667d8807eaf2cb5a900aa4ae |
i386 | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 34aff4b3fff1a32896ca0360a351e87197e9b11c03f4405acb80791e7f071173 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0aad0abbd5f6ad1278779305684ac6d122d85d9553c98cd5c13f0ff1d2a70e86 |
x86_64 | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae66b7e7a1de5882f878d806890d1f9ce96ff013db100c0784290db6bf236a0c |
i386 | |
gfs-utils-0.1.20-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 34aff4b3fff1a32896ca0360a351e87197e9b11c03f4405acb80791e7f071173 |
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