Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:1896 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-06-19
Updated:
2018-06-19

RHBA-2018:1896 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

irqbalance bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for irqbalance is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The irqbalance packages provide a daemon that evenly distributes the interrupt request (IRQ) load across multiple CPUs for enhanced performance.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of irqbalance are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1536370 - If IRQ disappears and reappears later the IRQ is not balanced correctly due to overflow in irq_count

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
i386
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a885cfb4912b16b21dcc3329c9990ca30a897dc37ffb0a2390cca1eb7a2f1432
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c45807f9b3a14e1fa01cb979845e5e488f6c25797459c569fc03f50efab1ab16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
i386
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a885cfb4912b16b21dcc3329c9990ca30a897dc37ffb0a2390cca1eb7a2f1432
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c45807f9b3a14e1fa01cb979845e5e488f6c25797459c569fc03f50efab1ab16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
i386
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a885cfb4912b16b21dcc3329c9990ca30a897dc37ffb0a2390cca1eb7a2f1432
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c45807f9b3a14e1fa01cb979845e5e488f6c25797459c569fc03f50efab1ab16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
i386
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a885cfb4912b16b21dcc3329c9990ca30a897dc37ffb0a2390cca1eb7a2f1432
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c45807f9b3a14e1fa01cb979845e5e488f6c25797459c569fc03f50efab1ab16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
ppc64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8861a6716c0d4198d86cb528aea443293f667324ee57cde7c6f50ae5429edb97
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d225b2e4c9dc727a4b80109ab4054834022ec033c12d56c3b0514e6e00c405d2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: fe7714a47c169fff1dc0bf1dbaa8999143a2cf8036838c4718c0b1575bed81ad
x86_64
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8411c3d913163b947b0379e92c4bbe9b7c87fb983d8f143efcfb1a1bc004cefb
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d0940b8d86b7ca3a4eb444d5d36bca2c8988811f6b6cdd73be2a852cf333ea3d
i386
irqbalance-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a885cfb4912b16b21dcc3329c9990ca30a897dc37ffb0a2390cca1eb7a2f1432
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.7-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c45807f9b3a14e1fa01cb979845e5e488f6c25797459c569fc03f50efab1ab16

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