RHBA-2013:0987 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xfsprogs packages contain a set of commands to use the XFS file system,
including the mkfs.xfs command to construct an XFS file system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When stripe geometry was specified manually to the mkfs.xfs utility, mkfs.xfs

did not properly select "multidisk mode" as it does when stripe geometry is
automatically detected. As a result, a less than optimal number of allocation
groups were created. With this update, multidisk mode is selected properly, and
a larger number of allocation groups are created. (BZ#971698)

• Previously, xfs_repair was unable to properly handle fragmented multiblock

version 2 directories (Multiblock dir2 is only enabled with the "-n size="
mkfs.xfs option, where the size is greater than the file system block size).
With this update, xfs_repair can operate on fragmented dir2 directories without
errors. (BZ#976217)

Users of xfsprogs 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Workstation) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) - AUS 6.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 971698 - mkfs.xfs: go into multidisk mode when geometry is on cmdline
• BZ - 976217 - xfs_repair: handle fragmented multiblock dir2 directories

CVEs

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References

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