Recommended update for tuned

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:2477-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tuned provides the following fixes:

  • Check whether cpus are online and governors are available to avoid warnings/errors. (bsc#1093694)
  • Fix manpage for tuned-adm off command. (bsc#1080572)
  • Increase force-latency from 1 to 70 for latency-performance, sap-hana and sap-hana-vmware profiles to fix some performance regressions. (bsc#1023996)
  • Do not switch governors through cpupower, but directly via sysfs (bsc#1095839)

This is a reissue of the update, also supplying it for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1741=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1741=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1741=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • tuned-2.4.1-9.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • tuned-2.4.1-9.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • tuned-2.4.1-9.6.2

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