[El-errata] ELBA-2015-1827 Oracle Linux 6 kernel bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2015-1827

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2015-1827.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.6.32-573.7.1.el6]
- Revert: [kernel] softirq: reduce latencies (Prarit Bhargava) [1246064 
970263]
- Revert: [kernel] softirq: Add softirq_2ms_loop and default to existing 
RHEL6 behaviour (Prarit Bhargava) [1246064 970263]

[2.6.32-573.6.1.el6]
- [mm] swap: make nr_swap_pages atomic (Jerome Marchand) [1259362 1252362]

[2.6.32-573.5.1.el6]
- [fs] autofs4 - fix uid and gid assignment in mount request (Ian Kent) 
[1258581 1248820]

[2.6.32-573.4.1.el6]
- [firmware] add iwlwifi-8000C-13 ucode (Stanislaw Gruszka) [1242969 
1134603]
- [net] Always propagate flag changes to interfaces (Jarod Wilson) 
[1253734 1222823]
- [s390] zcrypt: Fixed reset and interrupt handling of AP queues 
(Hendrik Brueckner) [1253729 1238308]
- [scsi] zfcp: Use correct length for FCP_RSP_INFO (Hendrik Brueckner) 
[1253728 1223105]
- [tools] perf: avoid possible race condition in copyfile (Milos 
Vyletel) [1253733 1229673]
- [tools] perf: Introduce copyfile_offset function (Milos Vyletel) 
[1253733 1229673]
- [tools] perfs: Add rm_rf utility function (Milos Vyletel) [1253733 
1229673]
- [net] vlan: restore VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN definition (Michal Schmidt) 
[1246102 1242145]
- [md] dm btree remove: fix bug in redistribute3 (Mike Snitzer) [1246105 
1242023]
- [netdrv] vmxnet3: prevent receive getting out of sequence on napi poll 
(Neil Horman) [1246092 1236564]
- [kernel] sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem with a 
global percpu_rwsem (Oleg Nesterov) [1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu_rw_semaphore: add lockdep annotations (Oleg Nesterov) 
[1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu_rw_semaphore: kill ->writer_mutex, add ->write_ctr 
(Oleg Nesterov) [1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu_rw_semaphore: reimplement to not block the readers 
unnecessarily (Oleg Nesterov) [1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu-rwsem: use synchronize_sched_expedited (Oleg Nesterov) 
[1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu-rw-semaphores: use rcu_read_lock_sched (Oleg Nesterov) 
[1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] percpu-rw-semaphores: use light/heavy barriers (Oleg 
Nesterov) [1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphore 
(Oleg Nesterov) [1246081 1198732]
- [kernel] softirq: Add softirq_2ms_loop and default to existing RHEL6 
behaviour (Prarit Bhargava) [1246064 970263]
- [kernel] softirq: reduce latencies (Prarit Bhargava) [1246064 970263]