Patch-ID# 113987-12
Keywords: nfs prgetpsinfo32 nfs3err_jukebox automountd nfs database
Synopsis: SunOS 5.9_x86: nfs Patch
Date: Nov/19/2004


Install Requirements: Install in Single User Mode                      
                      Reconfigure immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9_x86

SunOS Release: 5.9_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 113318

Topic: SunOS 5.9_x86: nfs Patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

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

Changes incorporated in this version: 4932305 4987169 5016808

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 115250-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

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

Problem Description:

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 113987-11)
 
4903465 advancing mtime triggers looping calls to nfs_purge_caches()
 
(from 113987-10)
 
4865982 find command is much slower in Solaris 9 than Solaris 8
 
(from 113987-09)
 
4736706 Crash dump due to NULL pointer dereference in module nfs
 
(from 113987-08)
 
4865731 VOP_READDIR returns uninitialized data on most filesystems
 
(from 113987-07)
 
        This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the changes introduced in Solaris Update s9u5 feature point
        patch 115250-01.
 
(from 113987-06)
 
4407669 spurious cache invalidation on large writes
 
(from 113987-05)
 
4768760 automountd hangs if NFS threads receive NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX
 
(from 113987-04)
 
4774462 Improve nfs access cache lock(nfs_acache_lock) performance
 
(from 113987-03)
 
4816496 mmap() fails for file with an advisory lock on entire file.
 
(from 113987-02)
 
4680195 Panic/race condition in destroy_rtable()
 
(from 113987-01)
 
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 115250-01)
 
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 4664740 (nfs extremely slow on SunBlade
        1000s and 2000s), please install the following patches on your system:
 
        112234-04 (or newer)
        113974-01 (or newer)
        113987-01 (or newer)
 
NOTE 2: To get the complete NFS Database Acceleration feature. please
        install the following patches:
 
        114232-03 (or newer) rpcmod, nfsd and lockd patch
        114563-06 (or newer) ufs patch
        112233-09 (or newer) Kernel Update patch
        114973-02 (or newer) nfssrv patch
        115672-01 (or newer) mntinfo patch
 
NOTE 3: To get the complete fix for Atlas support: bugs 4810810, 4865731,
        4860183, 4860789, 4785321, 4785304, and 4808811 please install
        the following patches (or newer):
 
        116050-01 fdfs      bug 4865731
        116048-01 hsfs      bug 4865731
        114719-02 pcfs      bug 4865731
        114563-09 ufs       bug 4865731 and 4860789
        113108-01 udfs      bug 4865731
        113107-01 tmpfs     bug 4865731 and 4860183
        113987-08 nfs       bug 4865731
        114240-02 cachefs   bug 4865731
        116053-01 autofs    bug 4865731
        113109-01 xmemfs    bug 4865731
        114432-06 libc      bug 4810810
        112234-10 kernel    bug 4810810, 4785321, 4785304, and 4808811
 
NOTE 4: In order to debug the rnode correctly, the recompiled kadb needs
        to be applied to your system. This  module is contained in the
        following patch:
        112234-04 (and newer)

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, November 19, 2004