Recommended update for mdadm
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2017:2724-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #1003568 #1009954 #1020405 #1031452 #1032802 #1047183 #953595 #966773 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 8 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:
- Fix superblock's max_dev when adding a new disk in linear array.
(bsc#1032802)
- Avoid error message if component devices contain hyphen in name.
(bsc#1031452)
- Fix misleading error code returned by mdadm --detail on inactive arrays.
(bsc#966773, bsc#1020405)
- Fix "Insufficient head-space for reshape" error. (bsc#953595)
- Do not assign numbers to missing raid disks when printing information to
avoid duplication and confusion. (bsc#1047183)
- Only issue change events for kernels older than 2.6.28, preventing a
race condition that could lead to broken symbolic links against /dev/mdX
devices. (bsc#1003568)
- Fix handling of MD arrays with devices that have been assigned very
large minor numbers. This affects systems with more than 128 MD arrays.
(bsc#1009954)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-13313=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mdadm-13313=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- mdadm-3.3.1-10.13.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-10.13.1
- mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-10.13.1