Patch-ID# 113318-14
Keywords: nfs auto_mount nfs_acache_lock nfs database vop_readdir
Synopsis: SunOS 5.9: NFS patch
Date: Jan/03/2005


Install Requirements: Install in Single User Mode                      
                      Reconfigure immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9

SunOS Release: 5.9

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 113987

Topic: SunOS 5.9: NFS patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4044295 4407669 4427971 4465488 4519102 4658316 4664740 4680195 4725574 4736706 4747261 4757427 4768760 4774462 4816496 4857986 4865731 4865982 4903465 4932305 4987169 5016808 5082540

Changes incorporated in this version: 4857986 5082540

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 115249-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/fs/nfs
/kernel/fs/sparcv9/nfs
/kernel/sys/nfs
/kernel/sys/sparcv9/nfs
/usr/include/nfs/nfs.h
/usr/include/nfs/nfs_clnt.h
/usr/include/nfs/rnode.h

Problem Description:

4857986 rm -rf on very large NFS trees can take a very long time
5082540 NFS client sends huge number of packets after failover
 
(from 113318-13)
 
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 113318-12)
 
4903465 advancing mtime triggers looping calls to nfs_purge_caches()
 
(from 113318-11)
 
4865982 find command is much slower in Solaris 9 than Solaris 8
 
(from 113318-10)
 
4736706 Crash dump due to NULL pointer dereference in module nfs
 
(from 113318-09)
 
4865731 VOP_READDIR returns uninitialized data on most filesystems
 
(from 113318-08)
 
        This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the changes introduced in Solaris Update s9u5 feature point
        patch  115249-01
 
(from 113318-07)
 
4407669 spurious cache invalidation on large writes
 
(from 113318-06)
 
4768760 automountd hangs if NFS threads receive NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX
 
(from 113318-05)
 
4774462 Improve nfs access cache lock(nfs_acache_lock) performance
 
(from 113318-04)
 
4816496 mmap() fails for file with an advisory lock on entire file.
 
(from 113318-03)
 
4680195 Panic/race condition in destroy_rtable()
 
(from 113318-02)
 
4044295 nfs hang waiting for locked page
4465488 ps/prgetpsinfo32 hangs if NFS server doesn't respond
4725574 Locking succeeded when the file is mapped
4664740 nfs extremely slow on SunBlade 1000s and 2000s
 
(from 113318-01)
 
4427971 mnttab corruption when using direct automount still shows up with patch 110700 .
4658316 need to revamp the fix for bugid 4356440 to work with other operating systems
 
(from 115249-01)
 
4519102 Direct I/O should allow concurrent writes
4747261 NFSv3 transfer sizes need to be increased
4757427 the NFS server serializes write requests

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:
-----------------------------
 
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 also
        install patch 113222-01 (or newer) on the server.
 
NOTE 2: To get the complete fix of bug 4664740 (nfs extremely slow on
        SunBlade 1000s and 2000s), please also install the following
        patches on your system:
 
        112233-04 (or newer)
        113973-01 (or newer)
 
NOTE 3: To get the complete NFS Database Acceleration feature. please
        also install the following patches:
 
        113278-02 (or newer) rpcmod, nfsd and lockd patch
        113454-10 (or newer) ufs patch
        112233-09 (or newer) Kernel Update patch
        113222-04 (or newer) nfssrv patch
        115671-01 (or newer) mntinfo patch
 
NOTE 4: To get the complete fix for Atlas support: bugs 4810810, 4865731,
        4860183, 4860789, 4785321, 4785304, and 4808811 please also install
        the following patches (or newer):
 
        116049-01 fdfs      bug 4865731
        116047-01 hsfs      bug 4865731
        114718-02 pcfs      bug 4865731
        113454-13 ufs       bug 4865731 and 4860789
        113334-03 udfs      bug 4865731
        113328-02 tmpfs     bug 4865731 and 4860183
        112971-05 cachefs   bug 4865731
        112955-02 autofs    bug 4865731
        112874-19 libc      bug 4810810
        112233-10 kernel    bug 4810810, 4785321, 4785304, and 4808811
 
Please also note that in order to debug the rnode correctly, the recompiled
kadb needs to be applied to your system.  This module is contained in
patch 112233-04 (and newer).

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, January 3, 2005