Recommended update for multipath-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1043-1
Rating: moderate
References: #924316 #926588 #933282 #933885 #935312 #941954 #943157 #946658 #947845 #954726 #956349 #969857 #972329
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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    An update that has 13 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

    - Fix error return in store_path(). (bsc#972329)
    - Fix overzealous warning 'empty device number'. (bsc#969857)
    - Fix queueing mode in 'show maps status'. (bsc#933885)
    - Fix 'DM_DEVICE_RELOAD' handling in libmultipath. (bsc#933282)
    - Fix hang in 'multipath -f'. (bsc#941954)
    - Block checkerloop during reconfiguration. (bsc#946658)
    - Don't buffer output with systemd. (bsc#954726)
    - Do not forward partition events. (bsc#954726)
    - Improve uxlsnr handling in libmultipath. (bsc#954726)
    - Do not realloc memory in uxlsnr. (bsc#954726)
    - Call get_uid() for all paths in libmultipath. (bsc#935312)
    - Do not switch paths on empty multipath tables. (bsc#956349)
    - Use find_path_by_dev() where possible. (bsc#924316)
    - Ensure 'dev_t' is set when store paths. (bsc#924316)
    - Do not store paths with empty dev_t. (bsc#924316)
    - Do not store paths with empty device name. (bsc#924316)
    - Fix handling of sysfs_set_rport_tmo. (bsc#926588)
    - Add LIO-ORG/SUSE RBD backend hardware defaults. (bsc#947845)
    - Reset alias if renaming fails. (bsc#943157)

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-621=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-621=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-621=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-devel-0.5.0-42.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • kpartx-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-42.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • kpartx-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.7.1
      • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-42.7.1

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