RHBA-2014:1234 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

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

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the gfs utility was not synchronizing the inode attributes to disk

along with the data for shared mmap() writes. Consequently, files did not have
their mtime (modification time) value updated. With this update, gfs writes the
inode time stamps to disk when the msync() function is called, and gfs now
synchronizes the inode attributes to disk as intended. (BZ#1066181)

Users of gfs-kmod are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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/site/articles/11258

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 - 1066181 - GFS not syncing inode mtime before freeze

CVEs

(none)

References

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