Recommended update for bcache-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0119-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains one feature can now be installed.

Description:

This update for bcache-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Fix typo from SUUP to SUPP (jsc#SLE-9807)

  • change from BCH_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUUP to BCH_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPP

  • change from BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUUP to BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP

  • change from BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUUP to BCH_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP

  • Call set_bucket_size() only for cache device (jsc#SLE-9807)

  • Add BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_LARGE_BUCKET to BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP (jsc#SLE-9807)

  • BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_LARGE_BUCKET is a feature to support 32bits bucket size, which is incompatible feature for existing on-disk layout. This fix adds this feature bit to BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP feature set.

  • Check for incompatible feature set (jsc#SLE-9807)
  • Introduce BCH_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_LOG_LARGE_BUCKET_SIZE for large bucket (jsc#SLE-9807)
  • Display obsoleted bucket size configuration (jsc#SLE-9807)
  • Recover the missing sb.csum for showing bcache device super block (jsc#SLE-9807)
  • Call to_cache_sb() only for bcache device in may_add_item() (jsc#SLE-9807)
  • Improve column alignment for bcache show -m output (jsc#SLE-9807)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-119=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • bcache-tools-1.1-3.9.1
    • bcache-tools-debugsource-1.1-3.9.1
    • bcache-tools-debuginfo-1.1-3.9.1

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