Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2021:1965-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1107187 bsc#1177081 bsc#1177371 bsc#1178049 bsc#1178377 bsc#1178379 bsc#1181234 bsc#1181435 bsc#1182072 bsc#1183666 bsc#1184260 bsc#1186212
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP3 openSUSE Leap 15.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has 12 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

• Update from version 0.8.5+30+suse.633836e to version 0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5:

• add eh_deadline option to avoid endless SCSI error handling.

• add wwid_recheck option to detect storage configuration changes.
• fixes for SAS expanders. (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379, bsc#1177081)
• Avoid access to root FS while queueing IO. (bsc#1178049, bsc#1181234)
• backport of upstream fixes from version 0.8.6 for bugs, new additions to built-in hardware table. (bsc#1186212)
• kpartx: free loop device after listing partitions. (bsc#1107187)

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:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-1965=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1965=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libdmmp-devel-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • kpartx-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libdmmp0_2_0-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-devel-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libmpath0-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libdmmp-devel-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • kpartx-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libdmmp0_2_0-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-devel-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1
  • libmpath0-0.8.5+80+suse.73c50f5-3.3.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107187
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177081
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177371
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178049
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178377
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178379
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181234
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181435
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182072
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183666
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184260
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186212