Recommended update for crash

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for crash
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0106-1
Rating: low
References: #777516 #819052 #826507 #828260 #835850
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This collective update for crash provides the following
    fixes:

    * Fix a bug that could cause removal of the booted
    kernel's vmlinux image. (bnc#828260)
    * Display tasks on a priority array of a CPU's RT
    runqueue. (bnc#826507)
    * Display the RT runqueue when using CFS scheduler.
    (bnc#826507)
    * Fix rt not support group sched bug. (bnc#826507)
    * Fix segmentation fault when trying to analyze vmcore
    of hypervisor panic. (bnc#835850)
    * Add many improvements and fixes for handling Xen
    vmcores. (bnc#835850)
    * Avoid negative RSS values when RSS counting is split.
    (bnc#819052)
    * Add fix for "crash when invoked without arguments
    fails to analyze the live system". (bnc#777516)

    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-crash-8623
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-crash-8623
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-crash-8623

    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) [New Version: 6.0.7]:
    • crash-devel-6.0.7-0.7.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 6.0.7]:
    • crash-6.0.7-0.7.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 6.0.7]:
    • crash-6.0.7-0.7.11.1
    • crash-sial-6.0.7-0.7.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 6.0.7]:
    • crash-6.0.7-0.7.11.1
    • crash-sial-6.0.7-0.7.11.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777516
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/819052
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/826507
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/828260
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/835850
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=102ea10e6c3b571e1cf774dbb1736564