[El-errata] ELBA-2012-2024 Oracle Linux 5 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel bugfix update

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Wed Jul 11 15:41:01 PDT 2012


Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2012-2024


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

i386:
kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek-1.5.7-2.src.rpm


Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against this  Bug Fix Advisory.

We recommend that all users of  Oracle Linux 5 install these updates.

Users of Ksplice Uptrack can install these updates by running :

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y
On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any additional action.

Description of changes:

* Load spike in leap second insertion.

A missing call to clock_was_set() in the leap second insertion code
meant that the hrtimer subsystem did not have it's timers updated
correctly, resulting in early expiry of timers and a higher load by
certain applications.

[2.6.32-300.29.1.el5uek]
- SPEC: fix verson for release.
- 2.6.32.x: hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each hrtimer_interrupt
- 2.6.32.x: time: Fix leapsecond triggered hrtimer/futex load spike issue
- 2.6.32.x: hrtimer: Fix clock_was_set so it is safe to call from irq 
context
- Revert "Fix clock_was_set so it is safe to call from atomic"
- Revert "Fix leapsecond triggered hrtimer/futex load spike issue"
- Revert "2.6.32.x: hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each 
hrtimer_interrupt"
- hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each hrtimer_interrupt(John Stultz)
- Fix leapsecond triggered hrtimer/futex load spike issue(John Stultz)
- Fix clock_was_set so it is safe to call from atomic(John Stultz)

[2.6.32-300.28.1.el5uek]
- [mpt2sas] update to 12.105.11.00 (Maxim Uvarov) [Orabug: 14233879]





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