<html><body><p><font size="2">All,</font><br><br><font size="2">Validation of RHEL 7.5 on Scale is currently under way, and we are currently targeting mid June to release the PTFs on 4.2.3 and 5.0 which will include the corresponding fix.</font><br><br><font size="2">Regards,</font><br><br><font size="2"> Felipe</font><br><br><font size="2">----<br>Felipe Knop knop@us.ibm.com<br>GPFS Development and Security<br>IBM Systems<br>IBM Building 008<br>2455 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br>(845) 433-9314 T/L 293-9314<br><br></font><br><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=8FBB081DDFF4ADB08f9e8a93df938690918c8FB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Ryan Novosielski ---05/15/2018 12:56:45 PM---I know these dates can move, but any vague idea of a tim"><font size="2" color="#424282">Ryan Novosielski ---05/15/2018 12:56:45 PM---I know these dates can move, but any vague idea of a timeframe target for release (this quarter, nex</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">Ryan Novosielski <novosirj@rutgers.edu></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">05/15/2018 12:56 PM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">Re: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working withkernel 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Sent by: </font><font size="2">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br><br><br><tt><font size="2">I know these dates can move, but any vague idea of a timeframe target for release (this quarter, next quarter, etc.)?<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>--<br>____<br>|| \\UTGERS, |---------------------------*O*---------------------------<br>||_// the State | Ryan Novosielski - novosirj@rutgers.edu<br>|| \\ University | Sr. Technologist - 973/972.0922 (2x0922) ~*~ RBHS Campus<br>|| \\ of NJ | Office of Advanced Research Computing - MSB C630, Newark<br> `'<br><br>> On May 14, 2018, at 9:30 AM, Felipe Knop <knop@us.ibm.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> All,<br>> <br>> Support for RHEL 7.5 and kernel level 3.10.0-862 in Spectrum Scale is planned for upcoming PTFs on 4.2.3 and 5.0. Since code changes are needed in Scale to support this kernel level, upgrading to one of those upcoming PTFs will be required in order to run with that kernel.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> <br>> Felipe<br>> <br>> ----<br>> Felipe Knop knop@us.ibm.com<br>> GPFS Development and Security<br>> IBM Systems<br>> IBM Building 008<br>> 2455 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br>> (845) 433-9314 T/L 293-9314<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <graycol.gif>Andi Rhod Christiansen ---05/14/2018 08:15:25 AM---You are welcome. I see your concern but as long as IBM has not released spectrum scale for 7.5 that<br>> <br>> From: Andi Rhod Christiansen <arc@b4restore.com><br>> To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>> Date: 05/14/2018 08:15 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working with kernel 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7<br>> Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> You are welcome.<br>> <br>> I see your concern but as long as IBM has not released spectrum scale for 7.5 that is their only solution, in regards to them caring about security I would say yes they do care, but from their point of view either they tell the customer to upgrade as soon as red hat releases new versions and forcing the customer to be down until they have a new release or they tell them to stay on supported level to a new release is ready.<br>> <br>> they should release a version supporting the new kernel soon, IBM told me when I asked that they are "currently testing and have a support date soon"<br>> <br>> Best regards.<br>> <br>> <br>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<br>> Fra: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> P氓 vegne af z.han@imperial.ac.uk<br>> Sendt: 14. maj 2018 13:59<br>> Til: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>> Emne: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working with kernel 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7<br>> <br>> Thanks. Does IBM care about security, one would ask? In this case I'd choose to use the new kernel for my virtualization over gpfs ... sigh<br>> <br>> <br>> </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318">https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>> <br>> Kernel: KVM: error in exception handling leads to wrong debug stack value (CVE-2018-1087)<br>> <br>> Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)<br>> Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation (CVE-2017-16939)<br>> <br>> kernel: Out-of-bounds write via userland offsets in ebt_entry struct in netfilter/ebtables.c (CVE-2018-1068)<br>> <br>> ...<br>> <br>> <br>> On Mon, 14 May 2018, Andi Rhod Christiansen wrote:<br>> > Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 11:10:18 +0000<br>> > From: Andi Rhod Christiansen <arc@b4restore.com><br>> > Reply-To: gpfsug main discussion list<br>> > <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>> > To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>> > Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working with kernel<br>> > 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7<br>> ><br>> > Hi,<br>> ><br>> > Yes, kernel 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7 is not supported yet as it is RHEL 7.5<br>> > and latest support is 7.4. You have to revert back to 3.10.0-693 馃槉<br>> ><br>> > I just had the same issue<br>> ><br>> > Revert to previous working kernel at redhat 7.4 release which is 3.10.9.693. Make sure kernel-headers and kernel-devel are also at this level.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Best regards<br>> > Andi R. Christiansen<br>> ><br>> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<br>> > Fra: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>> > <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> P氓 vegne af<br>> > z.han@imperial.ac.uk<br>> > Sendt: 14. maj 2018 12:33<br>> > Til: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>> > Emne: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working with kernel<br>> > 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7<br>> ><br>> > Dear All,<br>> ><br>> > Any one has the same problem?<br>> ><br>> > /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-862.2.3.el7.x86_64 ARCH=x86_64 M=/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux CONFIGDIR=/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/config ; \ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then \<br>> > exit 1;\<br>> > fi<br>> > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-862.2.3.el7.x86_64'<br>> > LD /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/built-in.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/tracelin.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/tracedev-ksyms.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/ktrccalls.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/relaytrc.o<br>> > LD [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/tracedev.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/mmfsmod.o<br>> > LD [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/mmfs26.o<br>> > CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/cfiles_cust.o<br>> > In file included from /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/dir.c:63:0,<br>> > from /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/cfiles.c:58,<br>> > from /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/cfiles_cust.c:55:<br>> > /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/inode.c: In function 式printInode始:<br>> > /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/trcid.h:1208:57: error: 式struct inode始 has no member named 式i_wb_list始<br>> > _TRACE6D(_HOOKWORD(TRCID_PRINTINODE_8), (Int64)(&(iP->i_wb_list)), (Int64)(iP->i_wb_list.next), (Int64)(iP->i_wb_list.prev), (Int64)(&(iP->i_lru)), (Int64)(iP->i_lru.next), (Int64)(iP->i_lru.prev));<br>> > ^ ......<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>> > gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br>> > </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>> gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br>> </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>> gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br>> </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgpfsug.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgpfsug-discuss&data=02%7C01%7Cnovosirj%40rutgers.edu%7C78d95c4d4db84a37453408d5b99eeb7d%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C1%7C636619014583822500&sdata=MDYseJ9NFu1C1UVFKHpQIfcwuhM5qJrVYzpJkB70yCM%3D&reserved=0">https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgpfsug.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgpfsug-discuss&data=02%7C01%7Cnovosirj%40rutgers.edu%7C78d95c4d4db84a37453408d5b99eeb7d%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C1%7C636619014583822500&sdata=MDYseJ9NFu1C1UVFKHpQIfcwuhM5qJrVYzpJkB70yCM%3D&reserved=0</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br><br>[attachment "signature.asc" deleted by Felipe Knop/Poughkeepsie/IBM] _______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br></font></tt><br><br><BR>
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