Recommended update for mdadm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0995-1
Rating: moderate
References: #758094 #763275 #763277 #763448
Affected Products:
  • 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 four recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update to mdadm resolves the following issue:

    * Make sure aligned writes of bitmap come from an
    aligned buffer, otherwise creating a bitmap will fail
    (bnc#758094).

    It also brings some improvements to Intel IMSM metadata
    handling:

    * Ensure volume limits are preserved (bnc#763275)
    * Ensure the second array uses all available space as
    required (bnc#763277)
    * Ensure RAID0 chunksize migration leaves the array as
    a RAID0 (bnc#763448).

    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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mdadm-6396
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mdadm-6396
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mdadm-6396

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/758094
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763275
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763277
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763448
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f97171bbcf617a691ee4586e44a4bcb4