Bug 527375 - Read and write size of startup status report buffer is incorrect
Summary: Read and write size of startup status report buffer is incorrect
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: autofs5
Version: 4.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Ian Kent
QA Contact: yanfu,wang
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Depends On: 487656
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-10-06 07:07 UTC by Ian Kent
Modified: 2011-02-16 14:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.110
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, autofs the calculated pipe read size incorrectly. As a result, the init script did not always report success even when the service started successfully. Now, the buffer size is calculated correctly.
Clone Of: 487656
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-02-16 14:21:23 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0241 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE autofs5 bug fix update 2011-02-15 16:34:58 UTC

Comment 2 yanfu,wang 2010-12-21 03:31:05 UTC
verified autofs-5.0.1-start-pipe-buff-size.patch applies cleanly during the build, and there are a lot of RHTS tests that start and stop autofs often
and almost always check the return status, no regression found as per the regression results.

Comment 3 Florian Nadge 2011-01-03 16:27:40 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:
Previously, autofs the calculated pipe read size incorrectly. As a result, the init script did not always report success even when the service started successfully. Now, the buffer size is calculated correctly.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-02-16 14:21:23 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/RHBA-2011-0241.html


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