RHBA-2010:0319 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated numactl package that fixes a bug is now available

Description

numactl adds simple Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) policy support. It
consists of a numactl program to run other programs with a specific
NUMA policy and a libnuma to do allocations with NUMA policy in
applications.

This updated package addresses the following issue:

• libvirt tools reported unnecessary warning messages to stderror during

execution. This caused problems with scripts calling these tools. Those
warning messages have been repressed, and the scripts are no longer
affected. (BZ#555805)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated numactl package which
resolves this issue.

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 Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• 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

• BZ - 555805 - [RHEL 5.5] Unnecessary error (warning) messages using libvirt tools in xen hypervisors.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)