Synopsis

gfs-kmod bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs-kmod packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gfs-kmod packages contain kernel modules that provide the ability to mount
and use the Global File System (GFS).

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the directory pre-fetching GFS functionality could decrease
  performance of some applications that were running on the GFS file system. This
  update introduces a new GFS mounting option, "-o noprefetch", which disables the
  directory pre-fetching feature. The applications running on the GFS file system
  mounted with this option no longer experience performance problems caused by
  this feature. (BZ#732129)
  
• When attempting to add files to a GFS file system and the file system became
  full, the GFS kernel daemon did not properly release resources allocated for
  inodes that could not be created. This could result in file system corruption.
  This patch introduces new cleanup code, which removes partially created inodes
  and releases allocated resources correctly. (BZ#761157)
  

All users of gfs-kmod are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) 5

SRPM
gfs-kmod-0.1.34-17.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: ce3b71d437e338fc7ee9b5b6384ebfaa7a94e72e5afb3caf3366c681c36cf395
x86_64
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5332a27d27a7b2b0c6dea605a52bb2230cadc40c4b3dc4a257fd33b33f49d310
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.34-17.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71f38c4304222b06fed012f79f510b866c0df309de0622826403368c6150ac3c
ppc
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 95af27dc9606a49d002603f90158c08b672a393ea077cf9fc4d42ae84f8b4d87
ia64
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 625dcabf9afedffcc3f059bc9a528e68e5263d9f93db57eb165c64455ec73ff9
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.34-17.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 4a472e7ea29f50a98c673ad37702befdf6704007474966c7955005a70e8258aa
i386
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3979580910ffcce2eacfd0619a9e7db7b3de80600898d415ae0a7839edf9eb08
kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8c0d60bda23c208c8e9f4c5603f44a81ab8d6abd54ba1ab2f6aaedb2c662e4cf
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 47ebe5b8cf6d3c218644850b6e781b7979bcbadfca95ff6092adb2b050601d46

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5

SRPM
gfs-kmod-0.1.34-17.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: ce3b71d437e338fc7ee9b5b6384ebfaa7a94e72e5afb3caf3366c681c36cf395
x86_64
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5332a27d27a7b2b0c6dea605a52bb2230cadc40c4b3dc4a257fd33b33f49d310
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.34-17.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71f38c4304222b06fed012f79f510b866c0df309de0622826403368c6150ac3c
i386
kmod-gfs-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3979580910ffcce2eacfd0619a9e7db7b3de80600898d415ae0a7839edf9eb08
kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8c0d60bda23c208c8e9f4c5603f44a81ab8d6abd54ba1ab2f6aaedb2c662e4cf
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.34-17.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 47ebe5b8cf6d3c218644850b6e781b7979bcbadfca95ff6092adb2b050601d46