Issued:
2010-02-10
Updated:
2010-02-10

RHBA-2010:0099 - libgtop2 bug fix update

Synopsis

libgtop2 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated libgtop2 packages that resolve an issue are now available.

Description

The libgtop2 package contains a library that enables access to information related to system statistics such as CPU, memory and disk usage, active processes, PIDs, and more.

These updated libgtop2 packages fix the following bug:

  • stat files live under the /sys/block directory; for example, /sys/block/sda/sda1/stat would be the stat file corresponding to the first partition on the first (non-IDE) drive. These stat files provide several statistics about the state of a block device. However, libgtop2 parsed the line of information supplied by stat files on recent versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux incorrectly, which caused, for example, the GNOME System Monitor utility to display graphs which used incorrect colors and/or values. This update ensures that the stat files are parsed correctly and thus supply correct information to applications which make use of libgtop2. (BZ#548693)

  • libgtop2 was unable to correctly parse /proc/[pid]/smaps files to determine memory usage information due to the fact that a field for swap usage was added to smaps files. This update fixes the parser so that it is once again able to correctly parse smaps files. (BZ#562817)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.i386.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.src.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ia64.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.s390x.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ppc.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ppc.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.i386.rpm
  • libgtop2-2.14.4-8.el5_4.s390.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.s390x.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.ia64.rpm
  • libgtop2-devel-2.14.4-8.el5_4.s390.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information