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Bug 1974266 - Backport pmrep archive creation fix
Summary: Backport pmrep archive creation fix
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: pcp
Version: 8.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: beta
: 8.5
Assignee: Nathan Scott
QA Contact: Jan Kurik
Apurva Bhide
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-06-21 08:51 UTC by Marko Myllynen
Modified: 2021-11-09 21:09 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: pcp-5.3.1-2.el8
Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 17:50:37 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4171 0 None None None 2021-11-09 17:50:49 UTC

Description Marko Myllynen 2021-06-21 08:51:33 UTC
Description of problem:
pmrep(1) archive creation does not work with scaled metrics, this fix is needed to avoid that issue (and ensure created archive are pmlogger(1) compatible):

https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp/commit/3806df81a6711833cde20f014ebd29fb85013ea2

This BZ is about requesting backporting the fix for RHEL 8.5.

Thanks.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 8.5

Comment 1 Nathan Scott 2021-06-22 00:31:53 UTC
These are the upstream commits needed here:

commit 5ed5940a25307c56ae30aaa814afd0fcdabad92d
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans>
Date:   Mon Jun 21 09:55:59 2021 +1000

    libpcp_import: fix per-instance error handling in pmiWrite

    Marko encountered a double-fault failure condition where we
    would attempt to use a prior error code in memory allocation
    size calculations of a subsequent attempt to add an instance
    value.

    New C test program added to poke the exact failure condition
    and we run it in both with/without valgrind configurations -
    so two new tests.

    Related to https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp/issues/1327

commit 3806df81a6711833cde20f014ebd29fb85013ea2
Author: Marko Myllynen <myllynen>
Date:   Mon Jun 21 09:13:53 2021 +0300

    pmrep/pmconfig.py: fix archive writing with scaled metrics

    pmrep/pmconfig.py were already using metadata from the source to
    write archive metadata and raw values instead of counter rates.
    For scaled metrics the native type needs to be used so that created
    archives remain compatible with pmlogger created archives and that
    stored metadata and values match each other.

    QA 1072 updated to test this.

commit ac4edfb0cbef8d6618c8fbd063dc9c5727f0d085
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans>
Date:   Tue Jun 22 09:09:11 2021 +1000

    qa: correct the hex indom output in tests 1627, 1628

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 17:50:37 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (pcp bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4171


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