Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1683 - fcoe-target-utils bug fix update

Synopsis

fcoe-target-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated fcoe-target-utils packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fcoe-target-utils packages contain a command-line interface for configuring FCoE LUNs (Fibre Channel over Ethernet Logical Unit Numbers) and backstores.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to an error leaving a device marked as in-use, attempts to map a block backstore that had been previously mapped would fail. With this update, mappings of block backstores are properly released, and remapping a block device now succeeds. (BZ#854708)

  • Prior to this update, the kernel terminated unexpectedly when the fcoe-target daemon stopped. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and the kernel now no longer crashes. (BZ#880542)

  • Previously, the target reported support for sequence-level error recovery erroneously. Consequently, interrupting the connection between the FCoE target and a bnx2fc initiator could cause the initiator to erroneously perform sequence-level error recovery instead of exchange-level error, leading to a failure of all devices attached to the target. This bug has been fixed, and connections with a bnx2fc initiator may now be interrupted without disrupting other devices. (BZ#882121)

  • Prior to this update, there was an error in the python-rtslib library. Consequently, when creating a pscsi (SCSI pass-through) storage object in the targetcli utility, the python-rtslib returned a traceback. The error in the library has been fixed, and pscsi storage objects are now created without errors. (BZ#912210)

  • Since the fcoe-utils command-line interface is required by the fcoe-target-utils packages and is not supported on the s390x architecture, fcoe-target-utils will not work properly on s390x, and thus has been removed. (BZ#999902)

Users of fcoe-target-utils 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386

Updated Packages

  • fcoe-target-utils-2.0rc1.fb16-5.el6.src.rpm
  • fcoe-target-utils-2.0rc1.fb16-5.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information