[El-errata] ELBA-2010-0536 Enterprise Linux 5 kvm bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Enterprise Linux]

Enterprise Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2010-0536

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0536.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 5 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kmod-kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15.x86_64.rpm
kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15.x86_64.rpm
kvm-qemu-img-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15.x86_64.rpm
kvm-tools-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.15]
- Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch
- Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.15]
- Renumber patches on spec file to avoid patch number conflicts between
  userspace & kernel patches
- kvm-qcow2-Fix-access-after-end-of-array.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Don-t-ignore-immediate-read-write-failures.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Return-0-errno-in-write_l2_entries.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Fix-error-return-code-in-qcow2_alloc_cluster_l.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Return-0-errno-in-write_l1_entry.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Return-0-errno-in-l2_allocate.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Allow-qcow2_get_cluster_offset-to-return-error.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Change-l2_load-to-return-0-errno.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Return-right-error-code-in-write_refcount_bloc.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Fix-corruption-after-error-in-update_refcount.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Clear-L2-table-cache-after-write-error.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Fix-error-handling-in-l2_allocate.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Restore-L1-entry-on-l2_allocate-failure.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Allow-get_refcount-to-return-errors.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Allow-alloc_clusters_noref-to-return-errors.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-qcow2-Return-real-error-code-in-load_refcount_block.patch [bz#612508]
- kvm-block-Add-bdrv_-p-write_sync.patch [bz#612507]
- kvm-qcow2-Use-bdrv_-p-write_sync-for-metadata-writes.patch [bz#612507]
- Resolves: bz#612507
  (qcow2 image corruption when using cache=writeback)
- Resolves: bz#612508
  (Backport qcow2 fixes to RHEL 5)

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.14]
- Updated kversion to 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 to match build root
- kvm-kernel-KVM-Keep-slot-ID-in-memory-slot-structure.patch [bz#610341]
- kvm-kernel-KVM-Prevent-internal-slots-from-being-COWed.patch [bz#610341]
- kvm-virtio-net-truncating-packet.patch [bz#610343]
- kvm-raw-posix-Use-pread-pwrite-instead-of-lseek-read-wri.patch [bz#610344]
- kvm-block-Cache-total_sectors-to-reduce-bdrv_getlength-c.patch [bz#610344]
- Resolves: bz#610341
  (fork causes trouble for vcpu threads)
- Resolves: bz#610343
  (Virtio: Transfer file caused guest in same vlan abnormally quit)
- Resolves: bz#610344
  (Excessive lseek() causes severe performance issues with vm disk 
images over NFS)

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.13]
- kvm-virtio-blk.c-avoid-zero-every-request-structure.patch [bz#604159]
- Resolves: bz#604159
  (virtio-blk: Avoid zeroing every request structure)