8.136. mcelog

Bug Fixes

BZ#849252

Prior to this update, log rotation for the /var/log/mcelog file was disabled, which could cause the file system to reach maximum capacity as the existing mcelog files could not be moved. The mcelog.logrotate file has been added to the mcelogd daemon, and the file system can no longer grow indefinitely.

BZ#1079360

Previously, the mcelog packages did not specify mcelogd chkconfig levels. As a consequence, the mcelogd daemon could not be enabled using the ntsysv interface. Default chkconfig levels have been added to /etc/init.d/mcelog, and mcelogd can now be enabled using ntsysv. (BZ1006293)

* Prior to this update, Intel Xeon E5 family processors were not identified uniquely, and the entry to the memory controller decode table was missing. A patch has been applied to fix this bug, and the mcelog packages have been updated to correctly identify Intel Xeon E5 family processors and to display corrected memory read errors.

BZ#1079501

Previously, the select_intel_cputype() function did not work. As a consequence, the following error message was returned on Intel Xeon E6 family processors:

mcelog: Family 6 Model 3f CPU: only decoding architectural errors

The mcelog utility has been updated to support Intel Xeon E6 family processors. Now, decoding on the CPUs with this microarchitecture works properly.

BZ#1059227

Previously, the mcelog packages included three files, intel.c.orig, intel.c.rej, and mcelog.c.orig which were copies of files used in development. The files are not required for the source to compile, or by the mcelog utility, and therefore have been removed.

Enhancement

BZ#872387

Previously, the mcelog utility required the use of the "--logfile" argument when specifying daemon mode in order to ensure that mcelog started with a logging mode. This configuration, however, prevented mcelog from starting with logging only to syslog. With this update, mcelog allows syslog only logging when "--logfile" is not specified.