Bug 599730

Summary:	fasync_helper patch causing problems with GPFS [rhel-5.5.z]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	5.4	CC:	aviro, bugproxy, cluster-maint, dhoward, dhowells, esandeen, jeder, jjarvis, jlayton, jpirko, jwest, lmcilroy, plyons, pm-eus, rkhan, rwheeler, smfltc, tao
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel contained a fix for Bugzilla issue number 548657 which introduced a regression in file locking behavior that presented with the General Parallel File System (GPFS). This update removes the redundant locking code.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2010-07-01 18:28:41 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	567479
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-06-03 19:52:25 UTC

This bug has been copied from bug #567479 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-06-07 13:32:05 UTC

in 2.6.18-194.6.1.el5

Comment 8 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 20:31:13 UTC

Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel contained a fix for Bugzilla issue number 548657 which introduced a regression in file locking behavior that presented with the General Parallel File System (GPFS). This update removes the redundant locking code.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-01 18:28:41 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0504.html