[gpfsug-discuss] support for 7.8 in 5.0.4.4?

[Kenneth Waegeman]

On 04/05/2020 12:13, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
> On 04/05/2020 10:11, Kenneth Waegeman wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I didn't see any updates in the faq yet about the new 5.0.4.4 release.
>>
>> Does this release support rhel 7.8 ?
>>
>
> Has the fix for 7.7 with a kernel >= 3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7 been 
> released yet? If it hasn't then there is no chance of 7.8 working...

Yes, this fix is in the release notes of 5.0.4.4:

  * Item: IJ24294
    <https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IJ24294>
  * Problem description: On RHEL 7.7 node, with supported GPFS versions
    4.2.3.18 or higher and 5.0.4.0 or higher, when the kernel is
    upgraded to a version 3.10.0-1062.18.1 or higher, the node may
    encounter a kernel crash when accessing a deleted directory
  * Work around: None
  * Problem trigger: Accessing a directory which has been deleted
  * Symptom: Abend/Crash
  * Platforms affected: All RHEL 7.7 OS environments with kernel version
    equal or higher than 3.10.0-1062.18.1
  * Functional Area affected: All
  * Customer Impact: High

K

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> JAB.
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