Bug 246723
| Summary: | backport optimistic DAD patch from upstream | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Neil Horman <nhorman> | ||||
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Neil Horman <nhorman> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Martin Jenner <mjenner> | ||||
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | high | ||||||
| Version: | 5.0 | CC: | dzickus, jarod | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | RHBA-2008-0314 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2008-05-21 14:45:28 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | |||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 423791, 425461 | ||||||
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Description
Neil Horman
2007-07-04 13:32:18 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release. As it turns out, this patch breaks xen... See bug 423791 for details. in 2.6.18-60.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 The patch contained in this bugzilla breaks the kernel->userland rtnetlink API: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428143 Created attachment 291177 [details]
Quick and dirty fix. Not tested.
Alternatively, providing /usr/include/linux/if_addr.h in the kernel-headers RPM and possibly doing this in rtnetlink.h may also retain compatibility: #ifndef __KERNEL__ #include <linux/if_addr.h> #endif This is being fixed in bz 428143. Re-closing confirmed fix is in the -88.el5 kernel. 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 the 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/RHBA-2008-0314.html |