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Changes

Since 042stab061.9:

• Rebase to 2.6.32-279.9.1.el6 RHEL6.3 kernel (security and bug fixes, see below)
• Compatibility note: this kernel contains checkpointing enhancements that required cpt image change, thus the online migration from this or later kernel to older kernels is prohibited (will fail)
• [cpt] support for mm->saved_auxv online migration has been added, needed in particular for debug processes using gdb after online migration (PSBM-13556)
• [cpt] support posix timers online migration has been added, needed in particular for online migration of CTs running ntpd inside (PCLIN-31230, #2324)
• [cpt] tmpfs in nested vfsmount namespaces cpt/rst support has been added. Issue is known to be triggered by a CRIU test only for now (PSBM-14560)
• [fuse] iotest reported data corruption over fuse with cache has been fixed (PSBM-15008)
• [fuse] off by one bug in fuse_wait_on_writeback() has been fixed. This issue does not lead to any serious problem.
• [fuse] writing data beyond EOF by direct_IO case has been also optimized. (PSBM-14353)
• [fuse] fs.fuse-ve-odirect sysctl has been added for the internal use (PSBM-15057)
• [NFSd] a debug patch for further investigations in (PSBM-13851)
• [NFSdv4] NFS servers v4 exclusive locks handling fixed (#2122)
• [cpt] a BUG at fs/lockd/clntproc.c:596 happen on cpt/rst has been fixed (PSBM-15075)
• [cpt] a warning about “flags mismatch” (O_LARGEFILE was not honored) has been fixed (mentioned in PSBM-14966)
• [ploop] an additional check for block-device size provided by userspace has been added (mentioned in PSBM-15189)
• [block] parted hang on attempt to format a USB-flash (PSBM-15179)

See also

• RHSA-2012-1304