3.18. gfs2-utils

Bug Fixes

BZ#1099592

Prior to this update, system logs did not log important context of system events concerning the running fsck.gfs2 utility. Consequently, users and system administrators had difficulties examining the circumstances under which a problem occurred. With this update, fsck.gfs2 adds an informative message to the system logs on its start and exit, which helps in further debugging processes and administrative actions.

BZ#1100803

Previously, GFS2 metadata dumps returned by the "gfs2_edit savemeta" command held no information about the time at which they were created. Without this information, users and system administrators could not easily find out when the GFS2 metadata was saved in relation to file system checks. With this update, "gfs2_edit savemeta" adds a header to the metadata file containing a time stamp relating to the creation of the file.

Bug Fix

BZ#1086861

Prior to this update, when the gfs2_grow, gfs2_tool, gfs2_jadd and gfs2_quota utilities cleaned up the /etc/mtab file, the file's permissions were changed from the default of 644 to 600. As a consequence, non-root processes could not read /etc/mtab. This update fixes the code that cleans up the /etc/mtab file so that it no longer modifies the /etc/mtab file's permissions. As a result, processes are able to access the /etc/mtab file as expected.

Bug Fixes

BZ#902918

Under rare circumstances, certain leaf blocks are written to the incorrect index nodes. Thus, some directories have improper leaf blocks attached. In certain cases, the fsck.gfs2 utility was unable to detect and repair this corruption. With this update, a patch has been provided to fix this bug and fsck.gfs2 now correctly detects and fixes the corruption.

BZ#1073384

After the gfs2_grow, gfs2_tool, gfs2_jadd, or gfs2_quota utilities cleaned up the /etc/mtab file, the file's permissions were changed from the default of 644 to 600. As a consequence, non-root processes could not read /etc/mtab. This update fixes the code that cleans up the /etc/mtab file so that it no longer modifies the /etc/mtab file's permissions. As a result, processes are able to access the /etc/mtab file as expected.

BZ#1084140

Under certain circumstances, an attempt to use the gfs2_convert utility caused the system to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This update provides a patch to fix this bug so that the system no longer crashes in the described scenario.

BZ#1097348

Previously, the fsck.gfs2 utility did not log important context of system events. Consequently, users and system administrators had difficulties examining the circumstances under which a problem occurred. With this update, fsck.gfs2 adds an informative message to the system logs on its start and exit, which helps in further debugging processes and administrative actions.

BZ#1097349

Previously, GFS2 metadata dumps returned by the "gfs2_edit savemeta" command held no information about the time at which they were created. Without this information, users and system administrators could not easily find out when the GFS2 metadata was saved in relation to file system checks. With this update, "gfs2_edit savemeta" adds a header to the metadata file containing a time stamp.