Issued:
2013-06-27
Updated:
2013-06-27

RHBA-2013:0987 - xfsprogs bug fix update

Synopsis

xfsprogs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xfsprogs packages contain a set of commands to use the XFS file system, including the mkfs.xfs command to construct an XFS file system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When stripe geometry was specified manually to the mkfs.xfs utility, mkfs.xfs did not properly select "multidisk mode" as it does when stripe geometry is automatically detected. As a result, a less than optimal number of allocation groups were created. With this update, multidisk mode is selected properly, and a larger number of allocation groups are created. (BZ#971698)

  • Previously, xfs_repair was unable to properly handle fragmented multiblock version 2 directories (Multiblock dir2 is only enabled with the "-n size=" mkfs.xfs option, where the size is greater than the file system block size). With this update, xfs_repair can operate on fragmented dir2 directories without errors. (BZ#976217)

Users of xfsprogs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI)2.1x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise2.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Workstation)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) - AUS6.4x86_64

Updated Packages

  • xfsprogs-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • xfsprogs-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • xfsprogs-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm
  • xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • xfsprogs-devel-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • xfsprogs-devel-3.1.1-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information