SUSE-RU-2018:1331-1: moderate: Recommended update for mdadm

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2018:1331-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1032802 #1068175 #1081910 #808647 #881530 
                    #882634 #887773 #923920 #926517 #926767 #953595 
                    #966773 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   An update that has 12 recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update for mdadm provides the backporting of some critical fixes from
   upstream, and replace some existing patches with their upstream
   counterpart (bsc#1081910). The following fixes are included:

   - Grow: Followup fix for a problem that reshape fails to continue after
     restart on RAID array. (bsc#881530)
   - IMSM: Add warning message when assemble spanned container. (bsc#882634)
   - mdmon: Allow prepare_update to report failures. (bsc#1081910)
   - DDF, IMSM: Validate metadata_update size before using it. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Do not try to restart if reshape is running. (bsc#887773)
   - IMSM: Move "validate_container_imsm" to be included in mdassemble.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Fix a problem that was preventing the resize of an array to 32bit
     size. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Only fail auto-assemble in case of mdadm.conf conflicts.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - super: Make sure to ignore disk state flags that we don't understand.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - mdmon: Don't include super0 and super1 in mdmon. (bsc#1081910)
   - config: Add a new option to suppress adding bad block lists.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Manage: Fix the removal of non-existent devices. (bsc#1081910)
   - Monitor: Stop monitoring devices that have disappeared. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Don't allow adding a bitmap if there is no space. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Make sure 'room' includes 'bbl_size' when creating array.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - update: Add 'bbl' and 'no-bbl' to the list of known updates.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Report when grow needs metadata update. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Fix the resize of array component size to > 32bits. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdcheck: Do not trigger an error if no /dev/md?* devices exists.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Rebuildmap: Strip local host name from device name. (bsc#1081910)
   - Detail: Fix handling of 'disks' array. (bsc#1081910)
   - Incremental: Do not be distracted by partition table when calling
     try_spare. (bsc#1081910)
   - imsm: Add support for OROMs shared by multiple HBAs. (fate#317456)
   - imsm: Add support for second and combined AHCI controllers in UEFI mode.
     (fate#317456)
   - imsm: Add support for NVMe devices. (fate#317456)
   - imsm: Use efivarfs interface for reading UEFI variables. (fate#317456)
   - Monitor: Do not open md array that doesn't exist. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdcheck: Be careful when sourcing the output of "mdadm --detail
     --export". (bsc#1081910)
   - Monitor: Fix for regression with container devices. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow.c: Fix classic readlink() buffer overflow. (bsc#1081910)
   - imsm: Simplified multiple OROMs support. (bsc#1081910)
   - IncRemove: Set "auto-read" only after successful excl open. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Fix "no uptodate device" message. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Revert the support for assembling of a RAID0 being reshaped.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Allow a RAID4 to assemble easily when parity devices is
     missing. (bsc#926767)
   - Assemble/force: Make it possible to "force" a new device in a reshape.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - IMSM: Count arrays per orom. (bsc#926517)
   - Add "Name" defines to some ancillary programs. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Don't check for pre-existing array when updating uuid.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Manage: When re-adding, do check avail size if ->sb cannot be found.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Only warn about incompatible metadata when no fallback available.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Be more careful if array is stopped during critical section.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Retry when writing 'reshape' to 'sync_action' is EBUSY.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Be even more careful about handing a '0' completed value.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Another attempt to fix stop-during-reshape race. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Fix problem with --grow --continue. (bsc#1081910)
   - Create n bitmaps for clustered mode. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add nodes option while creating md. (bsc#1081910)
   - Set home-cluster while creating an array. (bsc#1081910)
   - Show all bitmaps while examining bitmap. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add a new clustered disk. (bsc#1081910)
   - Convert a bitmap=none device to clustered. (bsc#1081910)
   - Skip clustered devices in incremental. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Add the ability to change cluster name. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Ensure stripe_cache is big enough to handle new chunk size.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - mdstat: Discard 'dev' field, just use 'devnm'. (bsc#1081910)
   - sysfs: Reject reads that use the whole buffer. (bsc#1081910)
   - Monitor: Don't wait forever on a 'frozen' array. (bsc#1081910)
   - Manage/stop: Guard against 'completed' being too large. (bsc#1081910)
   - Manage/stop: Don't stop during initial critical section. (bsc#1081910)
   - raid6check: Report role of suspect device. (bsc#1081910)
   - raid6check: Get device ordering correct for syndrome calculation.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - restripe: Fix data block order in raid6_2_data_recov. (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble: Extend --homehost='<ignore>' to allow --name= to ignore
     homehost. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdassemble: Add "Name" definition. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdassemble: Include mapfile support. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Do not create bad block log for clustered devices. (bsc#1081910)
   - Fix --incremental handling on cluster array. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Make cluster raid also support re-add. (bsc#1081910)
   - re-add: Make re-add try to write sysfs node first. (bsc#1081910)
   - imsm: Don't call abort_reshape() in imsm_manage_reshape(). (bsc#1081910)
   - Show device as journal in --detail --examine. (bsc#1081910)
   - Enable create array with write journal (--write-journal DEVICE).
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Assemble array with write journal. (bsc#1081910)
   - Check write journal in incremental. (bsc#1081910)
   - Safeguard against writing to an active device of another node.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Make cmap_* also have same policy as dlm_*. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add crc32c and use it for r5l checksum. (bsc#1081910)
   - Avoid confusion with parameter 'devname' with same name, ensure buffer
     is large enough for two ints plus extras. (bsc#1081910)
   - Make sure 'path' buffer is large enough to fit 200 characters plus null
     terminator. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Change timestamps to unsigned data type. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add sysfs_array_state to struct mdinfo. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Allow cluster raid to also add disk within incremental mode.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Don't show cluster name once the bitmap is cleared. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Do not display bitmap info if it is cleared. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Do not try to hold dlm lock in free_super1. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm: Improve the safeguard for change cluster raid's sb. (bsc#1081910)
   - Detail: Report correct raid-disk for removed drives. (bsc#1081910)
   - Move journal to end of --detail list. (bsc#1081910)
   - Check and remove bitmap first when reshape to raid0. (bsc#1081910)
   - Detail: Fix wrong condition in recent change. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Close file descriptor earlier to avoid problems. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add casts for the addr argument of connect and bind. (bsc#1081910)
   - util: Fix wrong return value of cluster_get_dlmlock. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Fix calculation of space_before. (bsc#1081910)
   - systemd/mdadm-last-resort: Add Conflicts to .service file. (bsc#1081910)
   - super0: Fix reporting of devices between 2GB and 4GB. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Allow reshape that hasn't really started to be reverted.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Fix bblog_size accesses on big-ending machines. (bsc#953595)
   - Manage.c: Only issue change events for kernels older than 2.6.28.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - super-intel: Ensure suspended region is removed when reshape completes.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Fix wrong bitmap output for cluster raid. (bsc#1081910)
   - load_sys(): Add a buffer size argument. (bsc#1081910)
   - Fix regression during add devices. (bsc#1081910)
   - Change the option from NoUpdate to NodeNumUpdate. (bsc#1081910)
   - mdadm:Add '--nodes' option in GROW mode. (bsc#1081910)
   - Grow: Handle failure to load superblock in Grow_addbitmap().
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Remove: Container should wait for an array to release a drive.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Fix RAID metadata check. (bsc#1081910)
   - super1: Make write_bitmap1 compatible with previous mdadm versions.
     (bsc#1081910)
   - Allow level migration only for single-array container. (bsc#1081910)
   - Fix bus error when accessing MBR partition records. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add function for getting member drive sector size. (bsc#1081910)
   - Add failfast support. (fate#311379)
   - Use disk sector size value to set offset for reading GPT. (bsc#1081910)
   - reshape: Support raid5 grow on certain older kernels. (bsc#923920)
   - super1: Fix sb->max_dev when adding a new disk in linear array.
     (bsc#1032802)
   - Fix a problem that was causing DASD not to be re-added automatically to
     the MD Array after channel path is online. (bsc#808647)
   - Ignore empty inactive arrays. (bsc#966773)
   - Update md_monitor from 5.2 to 5.4 to make sure `md_monitor
     -cMirrorStatus` detects md mirror status properly. (bsc#1068175)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-13610=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mdadm-13610=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      mdadm-3.3.1-10.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-10.18.1
      mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-10.18.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032802
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068175
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081910
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/808647
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/881530
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/882634
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/887773
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/923920
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/926517
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/926767
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953595
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/966773



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