Recommended update for multipath-tools
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
This collective update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:
* Check for valid DM_DEVICE_INFO before proceeding (bsc#888453)
* Fix hang during bootup (bsc#750110)
* Use a default dev_loss_tmo of 600 (bsc#889927)
* Allow for empty SCSI revision (bsc#889614)
* Ignore devices when sysfs_get_tgt_nodename fails (bsc#885395)
* Skip USB devices during discovery (bsc#865577)
* Revert commit 'Blacklist HP Virtual devices' (bsc#885395)
* Backport cookie handling fixes (bsc#890188)
* Fix thread count increase over time (bsc#896910)
* Handle more than 256 loop devices in kpartx (bsc#898427)
* Do not flush I/O for DM_DEVICE_CREATE (bsc#901809)
* Unwrap dev_loss_tmo logic in libmultipath (bsc#887608)
* Fix verbosity on map remove in multipathd (bsc#901091)
* Reload map if reinstate failed (bsc#904667)
* Do not remove paths without uevents (bnc#890998)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2014:1687-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #750110 #865577 #885395 #887608 #888453 #889614 #889927 #890188 #890998 #896910 #898427 #901091 #901809 #904667 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 14 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This collective update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:
* Check for valid DM_DEVICE_INFO before proceeding (bsc#888453)
* Fix hang during bootup (bsc#750110)
* Use a default dev_loss_tmo of 600 (bsc#889927)
* Allow for empty SCSI revision (bsc#889614)
* Ignore devices when sysfs_get_tgt_nodename fails (bsc#885395)
* Skip USB devices during discovery (bsc#865577)
* Revert commit 'Blacklist HP Virtual devices' (bsc#885395)
* Backport cookie handling fixes (bsc#890188)
* Fix thread count increase over time (bsc#896910)
* Handle more than 256 loop devices in kpartx (bsc#898427)
* Do not flush I/O for DM_DEVICE_CREATE (bsc#901809)
* Unwrap dev_loss_tmo logic in libmultipath (bsc#887608)
* Fix verbosity on map remove in multipathd (bsc#901091)
* Reload map if reinstate failed (bsc#904667)
* Do not remove paths without uevents (bnc#890998)
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 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kpartx-10089 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kpartx-10089 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kpartx-10089
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- kpartx-0.4.9-0.105.1
- multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.105.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- kpartx-0.4.9-0.105.1
- multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.105.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- kpartx-0.4.9-0.105.1
- multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.105.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750110
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865577
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885395
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887608
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888453
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889614
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889927
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890188
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890998
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896910
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898427
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901091
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901809
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904667
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=48b08d1f6b3e2b4911e6894370f53a65