Recommended update for libfabric

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:3315-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that contains two features and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libfabric fixes the following issues:

  • Support Libfabric 1.8 or later (1.8.1). (bsc#1155865)
  • Disable LTO to avoid build failure in libfabric. (bsc#1133235).
  • Fix for OS X 'clock_gettime()' portability issue. (bsc#1036907)
  • Updated default counter wait object for improved performance. (bsc#1036907)
  • Fix multi-threaded RMA progress stalls. (bsc#1036907)
  • Updated default counter wait object for improved performance. (bsc#1036907)
  • Fix error in fi_cq_sreadfrom aborting before timeout expires. (bsc#1036907)
  • Fix handling of apps that call fork. Move ibv_fork_init() before calling any other verbs call. (bsc#1036907)
  • Fix crash in fi_write when connection is not yet established and write data size is below inline threshold. (bsc#1036907)
  • Fix issues not handling multiple ipoib interfaces. (bsc#1036907)
  • Including libfabric in Factory. (bsc#990184)
  • Update to version 1.3.0 for better PSM2 support as suggested. (fate#319253).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-3315=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libfabric-1.8.1-7.3.1
    • libfabric-debugsource-1.8.1-7.3.1
    • libfabric1-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.3.1
    • libfabric1-1.8.1-7.3.1
    • libfabric-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.3.1
    • libfabric-devel-1.8.1-7.3.1

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