OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 116960-06
Keywords: rpc cluster failover kcontrol nfs nfsv2 udp dnlc strlen cfork i/o
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 116960-07 SunOS 5.8_x86: nfs and rpcmod patch
Date: Dec/22/2004


Install Requirements: Reboot immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 116959

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: nfs and rpcmod patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4044295 4193748 4249187 4276984 4293528 4306880 4331346 4338770 4349744 4353349 4356040 4356440 4362694 4368439 4392477 4400897 4400900 4407669 4409175 4414389 4415297 4417407 4427971 4465488 4486764 4492255 4495032 4517840 4658316 4664740 4680195 4725574 4736706 4768760 4774462 4880986 4899933 4932305 4987169 5016808

Changes incorporated in this version: 4880986

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 108728-26

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 108529-29 or greater

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/fs/nfs
/kernel/strmod/rpcmod
/kernel/sys/nfs
/kernel/sys/rpcmod
/usr/include/nfs/nfs.h
/usr/include/nfs/rnode.h
/usr/include/sys/avl.h
/usr/include/sys/avl_impl.h

Problem Description:

4880986 "KRPC: record fragment from client of size .." does occur with the fix 4385671
 
(from 116960-05)
 
4932305 NFS client threads may be stopped while holding directory locks
5016808 All NFS client callers of cv_wait_sig() should be safe
4987169 nfs3_readdir calls cv_wait_sig() with rwlock held
 
(from 116960-04)
 
4362694 clfree is called incorrectly from rfscall and aclcall and induces a panic
4368439 clget() should use kmem_cache_free() instead of kmem_free()
 
(from 116960-03)
 
4353349 customer nfs mounts an oracle filesystem on E10k mount point, cannot umount
 
(from 116960-02)
 
4306880 NFS performance not scaled due to limitations on the clnt request handle cache
 
(from 116960-01)
 
4899933 SunCluster needs i/f to disable clnt_cots_min_tout connection failure delay
 
(from 108728-26)
 
4736706 Crash dump due to NULL pointer dereference in module nfs
 
(from 108728-25)
 
4407669 spurious cache invalidation on large writes
 
(from 108728-24)
 
4768760 automountd hangs if NFS threads receive NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX
 
(from 108728-23)
 
4774462 Improve nfs access cache lock (nfs_acache_lock) performance
 
(from 108728-22)
 
4680195 Panic/race condition in destroy_rtable()
 
(from 108728-21)
 
4664740 nfs extremely slow on SunBlade 1000s and 2000s
 
(from 108728-20)
 
4044295 nfs hang waiting for locked page
 
(from 108728-19)
 
4465488 ps/prgetpsinfo32 hangs if NFS server doesn't respond
4725574 Locking succeeded when the file is mapped
 
(from 108728-18)
 
4658316 need to revamp the fix for bugid 4356440 to work with other operating systems
 
(from 108728-17)
 
4415297 Incorrect use of CALLB_CPR_SAFE_END() macro.
 
(from 108728-16)
 
4427971 mnttab corruption when using direct automount still shows up with patch 110700 .
 
(from 108728-15)
 
4495032 NFS may lose async write blocks in rare conditions
 
(from 108728-14)
 
4392477 Problem with asynchronous writes under NFSv3 protocol of Solaris 8
4517840 nfs fails to write all the pages to the server due to frequent verifier changes.
 
(from 108728-13)
 
4492255 close(2) may return EAGAIN on "nocto" NFS mounted filesystems
 
(from 108728-12)
 
4400897 NFS multi-client open same file and write almost same time cause invalid result
 
(from 108728-11)
 
4356440 5.8 NFS server doesn't reflect POSIX standard for open(O_TRUNC)
 
(from 108728-10)
 
4486764 System panics when nfsstat -m is run during unmount
 
(from 108728-09)
 
4414389 System crashes with heavy i/o on NFS mounted filesystems
 
(from 108728-08)
 
4356040 nfs_access_cache() makes umount take long time to complete
4409175 access(2) system crdup()s too often causing nfs_access_cache pollution
4400900 nfs access cache has no upper limit
 
(from 108728-07)
 
4417407 NFS client writes don't get committed when writing to large files over NFS v3.
 
(from 108728-06)
 
4349744 close(2) return EAGAIN on Solaris8 NFS client
 
(from 108728-05)
 
4338770 applications hang due to hanging lstat system calls
 
(from 108728-04)
 
4331346 diskless client soft hangs during boot, probably due to nfs deadlock
 
(from 108728-03)
 
4193748 BAD TRAP panic in strlen()
4249187 multi-threaded process deadlock during cfork, nfs reads/writes
 
(from 108728-02)
 
4293528 Need Enhanced DNLC support in Solaris
 
(from 108728-01)
 
4276984 "ls" does not terminate on Solaris 7 or 8 system in 32 bit mode

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
Reboot the system after patch installation.
 
        NOTE 1: To get the complete fix of bug 4658316 (need to
                revamp the fix for bugid 4356440 to work with other
                operating systems), please install the following
                patch on the server:
 
                112221-02 (or newer)    /kernel/misc/nfssrv patch
 
         NOTE 2: To get the complete fix for bug 4664740 please also install the
                following patch:
 
                114161-01 (or newer)    avl_tree, avl_node and rnode patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, January 4, 2005

