Patch-ID# 117351-38 NOTE: *********************************************************************** READ THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") IN THE LEGAL_LICENSE.TXT FILE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS, PROMPTLY DESTROY THE UNUSED SOFTWARE. *********************************************************************** Keywords: security kernel drv pm cde framebuffer openboot debugging bufsize Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: kernel patch Date: May/22/2006 Install Requirements: Reboot immediately after patch is installed Install in Single User Mode Solaris Release: 8_x86 SunOS Release: 5.8_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 117350 Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: kernel patch Relevant Architectures: i386 BugId's fixed with this patch: 4025675 4028137 4272659 4272667 4293005 4324361 4367751 4380667 4401917 4402270 4421305 4423453 4520934 4525533 4527582 4630734 4643312 4643339 4715927 4745648 4788692 4802594 4802646 4817079 4830628 4833860 4849610 4853971 4860955 4860976 4861945 4865856 4878802 4887700 4893666 4894477 4914079 4927647 4941431 4942492 4944039 4946459 4946504 4946686 4947970 4953382 4953966 4958313 4959637 4969038 4974557 4979787 4981108 4994422 5017148 5026502 5031470 5035198 5050686 5054052 5059254 5059920 5062387 5065051 5070270 5084503 5086284 5103805 6198906 6206732 6210001 6210881 6229754 6266921 6278650 6285960 6294464 6324745 6330765 6339942 6350363 6361360 6395178 Changes incorporated in this version: 6266921 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 116898-01 116902-02 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: 108529-29 117001-05 (or greater) Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /kernel/drv/log /kernel/genunix /kernel/mach/pcplusmp /kernel/sys/doorfs /kernel/sys/kaio /platform/i86pc/kernel/mmu/mmu32 /platform/i86pc/kernel/mmu/mmu36 /platform/i86pc/kernel/unix /usr/include/sys/aio_impl.h /usr/include/sys/archsystm.h /usr/include/sys/callb.h /usr/include/sys/conf.h /usr/include/sys/door_data.h /usr/include/sys/epm.h /usr/include/sys/log.h /usr/include/sys/pit.h /usr/include/sys/stream.h /usr/include/sys/strsubr.h /usr/include/sys/strtty.h /usr/include/sys/sunddi.h /usr/include/sys/systm.h /usr/include/sys/uadmin.h /usr/include/sys/x86_archext.h /usr/include/vm/anon.h /usr/include/vm/page.h /usr/include/vm/seg_map.h /usr/kernel/drv/pm /usr/kernel/drv/ptm /usr/lib/adb/smap /usr/lib/mdb/kvm/genunix.so /usr/platform/i86pc/include/sys/clock.h /usr/platform/i86pc/include/sys/psm_types.h /usr/platform/i86pc/include/sys/smp_impldefs.h Problem Description: 6266921 /dev/conslog should be clonable (from 117351-37) 4028137 serial line hangs and gets "link down" message 4527582 need Solaris DDI function to determine if thread is in proc_exit 4947970 possible clock thread deadlock 5084503 deadlock between pause_cpus() and mutex_vector_enter() (from 117351-36) 6278650 Race on siron_pending leads to hang (from 117351-35) 4402270 the CPUSTAT tool prints incorrect values for the TICK register on SunBlade1000 4401917 cpustat and cputrack print negative tick values 6395178 Fix the 'wx hdrchk' error for cpc_ultra.h in solaris 8 (from 117351-34) 6229754 segspt_reclaim() panics the system because pplist is NULL (from 117351-33) 4324361 onerror=umount on shared file systems will panic system soon after error 4942492 ufs_vget() forcibly umounts check broken 4969038 System panics after forceful unmount of FS 6206732 swap thread hangs in anon_array_enter while holding the p_lock 6350363 anon_array_try_enter needs to initialize sobj->sync_cv 6330765 procfs pagedata can panic machine. 6324745 vmem memory leak in the procfs PAGEDATA subsystem. 6339942 popen(3C) still isn't MT-safe 6361360 race condition in cfork() (from 117351-32) 6294464 machine hung with threads spinning in thread_lock()on a CPU dispatch lock that never gets released. (from 117351-31) 4745648 cluster node panics because mdboot takes too much time 5031470 doors don't like being both a server and client (race in door_call/door_results) (from 117351-30) 6285960 qnextless is not checked while multiplexing (from 117351-29) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-28) 4715927 smd_free[] is woefully undersized, suffers from false sharing (from 117351-27) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-26) 6210881 When there is memory pressure dnlc not setting dca_dircache to DC_RET_LOW_MEM (from 117351-25) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-24) 4887700 specfs snode can have a reference to a deleted dip (from 117351-23) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-22) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-21) 4946504 process is receiving STREAMS messages out of sequence 5103805 cpu_dontsteal shouldn't protect migrating threads 4946686 cpu_dontsteal should only protect curthread 4979787 disp_anywork shouldn't be tempted by bound threads (from 117351-20) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-19) 4994422 WARNING: Time of Day clock error: reason [Jumped by 0x79]. 5062387 Virtual TOD on serengeti doesn't call tod_validate(). 5065051 The current fix for bugid 4850672 isn't enough 6198906 page retire can cause large pages to be lost and DR to hang (from 117351-18) 6210001 System panics in aio_cleanup_exit routine while running ismstress with DR (from 117351-17) 4941431 aio race condition leads to hang 5059920 Idle loop is not scalable on large systems 4802594 Idle loop degrades IO performance on large psets 5054052 disp_getwork() is greedy and negatively impacts dispatch latency 5086284 pm scan should not be run from a timeout (from 117351-16) 4865856 race condition over q_ptr between udp module and kernel 5026502 intense UFS dir activity results in duplicated entries & rename() failures 5050686 Solaris mutexes should be made more efficient under contention (from 117351-15) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-14) 4293005 spurious call to as_pageunlock() (from 117351-13) 4643339 IP service is exclusive, causing severe performance problems 5035198 fcntl file locking does not honor sleeping writer policy (from 117351-12) 4525533 putnext() may limit stack usage 4643312 interim performance improvements needed in fsflushd 4849610 Pages with 0 translations should be freed more aggressively 4953382 creating large files in /tmp produces I/O storm to swap device 4958313 panic: pp->p_vnode == NULL !IS_VMODSORT(pp->p_vnode) !hat_ismod(pp) 4802646 assertion failed: (vp->v_flag & VISSWAP) == 0, ...fsflush.c, line 248 4927647 pty loses last output before close/exit 4981108 System panics while unmounting the lofs (from 117351-11) 4830628 MP x86 platforms show load average of 0.3 or greater on idle system 4272659 non-intel CPU features are not properly detected 4272667 minor optimizations in x86 locore 4367751 psrinfo -v reports about 10% error on a machine with two Pentium III 933MHz CPUs 4380667 psrinfo: Improper CPU type identification and speed indication, AMD 4421305 drv_usecwait inaccurate and inconsistent on x86 4423453 PIT is incorrectly programmed virtually everywhere 4630734 drv_usecwait is not accurate when CPU frequency changes 4861945 cyclics should use local APIC timers on x86 4894477 Need gethrtime_unscaled that really works for x86 4853971 gettimeofday and gethrtime don't always completely agree on Intel 4953966 frequency of programmable interrupt timer (PIT) is hard coded to a wrong value 4974557 fix to 4630734 causes ddivs timing test to fail on x86 5059254 panic: dispatcher invoked from high-level interrupt handler 5070270 gettimeofday can return a negative tv_usec 4878802 apic_addspl() might return without enabling interrupt. (from 117351-10) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-09) 4025675 Can't set a variable that begins with an underscore in /etc/system 5017148 t_lockp/t_disp_queue pointing to CPU Y when thread is TS_ONPROC on CPU X (from 117351-08) 4944039 System panics with decr_upcount-off the end (from 117351-07) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-06) This revision is to maintain the same patch revision number as its counterpart sparc architecture patch. No new bug fixes are included. (from 117351-05) 4946459 Unable to release memory during the DR operation. 4959637 Deadlock between devmap_ctxto thread and devmap_ctx_rele thread. (from 117351-04) 4860976 Large memory causes overflow of bfreelist->b_bufsize (from 117351-03) 4860955 page removal causes a good page to be removed after DR operation 4893666 page_retire does not update retired page list in some cases (from 117351-02) 4817079 open/close of /dev/log leaks kernel memory 4833860 unsetting of TP_STOPPING can result in hung process (from 117351-01) 4788692 pm_power_has_changed should not take the power lock (from 116898-01) 4914079 CDE freezes with framebuffer power management if OpenBoot debugging is enabled (from 116902-02) 4941431 aio race condition leads to hang (from 116902-01) 4520934 large file POSIX aio breaks when 32 bit app runs on 64 bit kernel. 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 7-10 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: ----------------------------- Perform patch installation in single user mode. Reboot system immediately after patch installation. NOTE 1: To get the complete fix for bugid 4643339 (IP service is exclusive, causing severe performance problems), please also install the following patch: 116966-05 (or greater) ip/arp/tcp/udp patch NOTE 2: To get the complete fix for bugid 4324361 (onerror=umount on shared file systems will panic system soon after error), please also install the following patch: 116951-08 (or greater) ufs patch NOTE 3: To get the complete fix for bugid 4028137 (serial line hangs and gets "link down" message), please also install the following patch: 109459-04 (or greater) ldterm patch No other serial port drivers incorporate the fix for this bug in this OS release. README -- Last modified date: Monday, May 22, 2006