[Announce] Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab062.1

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released an updated RHEL6 based
testing kernel. Read below for more information.

NOTE that this is a *testing* kernel, not recommended for production.


Changes
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Since 042stab61.9:
* Rebase to 2.6.32-279.9.1.el6 RHEL6.3 kernel (security and bug fixes, 
RHSA-2012-1304)
* Compatibility note: this kernel contains checkpointing enhancements 
that required cpt image change, thus the online migration from this or 
later kernel to older kernels is prohibited (will fail)
* [cpt] support for mm->saved_auxv online migration has been added, 
needed in particular for debug processes using gdb after online 
migration (PSBM-13556)
* [cpt] support posix timers online migration has been added, needed in 
particular for online migration of CTs running ntpd inside (PCLIN-31230, 
#2324)
* [cpt] tmpfs in nested vfsmount namespaces cpt/rst support has been 
added. Issue is known to be triggered by a CRIU test only for now 
(PSBM-14560)
* [fuse] iotest reported data corruption over fuse with cache has been 
fixed (PSBM-15008)
* [fuse] off by one bug in fuse_wait_on_writeback() has been fixed. This 
issue does not lead to any serious problem.
* [fuse] writing data beyond EOF by direct_IO case has been also 
optimized. (PSBM-14353)
* [fuse] fs.fuse-ve-odirect sysctl has been added for the internal use 
(PSBM-15057)
* [NFSd] a debug patch for further investigations in (PSBM-13851)
* [NFSdv4] NFS servers v4 exclusive locks handling fixed (#2122)
* [cpt] a BUG at fs/lockd/clntproc.c:596 happen on cpt/rst has been 
fixed (PSBM-15075)
* [cpt] a warning about “flags mismatch” (O_LARGEFILE was not honored) 
has been fixed (mentioned in PSBM-14966)
* [ploop] an additional check for block-device size provided by 
userspace has been added (mentioned in PSBM-15189)
* [block] parted hang on attempt to format a USB-flash (PSBM-15179)


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6-testing/042stab062.1


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   OpenVZ team