RHBA-2018:1795 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated tuned packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available in the Fast Datapath channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The tuned packages contain a daemon that tunes system settings according to a selected profile.

The tuned packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.9.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Among other changes, this update adds the following notable enhancements:

• The concept of manually or automatically set profile has been introduced.
• A directory for profile recommendation files is now supported.
• The net plug-in has been extended with the ring and pause parameters.

(BZ#1485946)

Users of tuned are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1485946 - [FDprod] Rebase Tuned to the latest upstream version

CVEs

(none)

References

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