Recommended update for psmisc

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:1557-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for psmisc fixes the following issues:

  • Add a fallback if the system call name_to_handle_at() is not supported by the used file system.
  • Replace the synchronizing over pipes of the sub process for the stat(2) system call with mutex and conditions from pthreads(7) (bsc#1194172)
  • Use statx(2) or SYS_statx system call to replace the stat(2) system call and avoid the sub process (bsc#1194172)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1557=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1557=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1557=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • psmisc-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-6.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-22.21-6.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-6.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-22.21-6.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • psmisc-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-22.21-6.25.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-6.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-22.21-6.25.1

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