Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1153-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4

An update that has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

multipath-tools was updated to version 0.7.3+117+suse.0850f1d:

  • Fix boot issues on certain hardware (bsc#1125145, bsc#1131789)

  • Fix daemon shutdown issues (bsc#1110060, bsc#1110439)

  • multipathd: fix daemon not really shutdown

  • multipath: fix rcu thread cancellation hang
  • multipathd: check for DAEMON_SHUTDOWN in configure

  • multipathd: make DAEMON_SHUTDOWN a terminal state

  • Other fixes

  • setup_map: wait for pending path checkers to finish (bsc#1118224)
  • multipathd: Fix miscounting active paths (bsc#1125043)
  • multipathd: fix device creation issues (bsc#1111116)
  • multipathd: fix irritating "minor number mismatch" message (bsc#1111116)
  • libmultipath: Increase SERIAL_SIZE to 128 bytes (bsc#1107179)
  • multipathd: avoid crash in cli_list_path (bsc#1121134)
  • multipathd: add a NVMe ANA-based path prioritizer (bsc#1118495)

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 Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1153=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1153=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+129+suse.e8ca031-2.8.1

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