Recommended update for device-mapper

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for device-mapper
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0986-1
Rating: moderate
References: #750496 #766187 #770200
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update to LVM2 and device-mapper resolves
    the following issues:

    * Don't open a device for writing when not necessary.
    This minimizes the chance of failure when attempting to
    remove logical volumes (bnc#766187)
    * When an attempt to remove a logical volume fails
    because the device was busy, wait a bit more to see if it
    will be released by the current owner (bnc#766187)
    * Wait for all events in the udev queue to be handled
    before activating logical volumes (bnc#750496)
    * Rebuild the system's initial ramdisk (initrd) after
    installation (bnc#770200).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-lvm2-201207-6575
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lvm2-201207-6575
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lvm2-201207-6575
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-lvm2-201207-6575

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • device-mapper-devel-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • device-mapper-x86-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
    • lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750496
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/766187
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770200
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=73969382302d584c74b26cd9976a676c