Recommended update for mdadm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0390-1
Rating: low
References: #746717 #763402 #764916 #766368 #770885 #773010 #785581 #786526 #787819 #787826 #789202 #789535
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has 12 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for mdadm provides the following
    features:

    * Add md_monitor 4.16 (FATE#313624), with fixes
    included from bnc#787826, bnc#770885, bnc#789202,
    bnc#787819 and bnc#789535

    In addition, the following changes for issue reports are
    included:

    * allow --incremental mode to add an old device as a
    spare if policy permits (bnc#773010)
    * allow IMSM arrays to be assembled even if platform
    information is not visible (bnc#785581)
    * mkinitrd-boot.sh: If multipath is in use, md is
    always on top of it. Therefore, the root is always an md
    device (bnc#786526)
    * fix SIGSEGV when there is an error during --create
    (bnc#766368)
    * fix up device reporting in --monitor mode
    * select the correct device when sending a "FailSpare"
    event (bnc#764916)
    * report the "timeout" flag set by the kernel
    (bnc#763402)
    * enhance "mdadm --detail" to report which "set" each
    device in a RAID10 is a member of, in case where that makes
    sense
    * allow devices to be re-added to a failed array. Thus
    if both legs of a RAID1/RAID0 are removed, it is still
    possible to put one back (bnc#746717)

    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-7143
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mdadm-7143
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mdadm-7143

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • mdadm-3.2.2-0.39.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746717
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763402
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/764916
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/766368
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770885
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773010
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/785581
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786526
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/787819
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/787826
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/789202
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/789535
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=82407e2d7113cfde72f65d81e4ffee61