OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 116959-21


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Keywords: security rpc cluster failover kcontrol nfsv2 udp dnlc strlen cfork i/o deadlock panic
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 127721-02 SunOS 5.8: nfs and rpcmod patch
Date: Dec/04/2007


Install Requirements: After installing this patch on an active boot environment, the system will be in a potentially inconsistent state until a reboot is performed. Unless
otherwise specified in the Special Install Instructions below, it is normally safe to apply further patches prior to initiating the reboot due to the relatively small footprint of the patch utilities. Normal operations must not be resumed until after the reboot is performed.
Use Single User Mode (run level S) when installing this patch on an active boot environment. An alternative may be specified in the Special Install Instructions.

Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 116960

Topic: SunOS 5.8: nfs and rpcmod patch
	*********************************************************************
	NOTE: This patch may contain one or more OEM-specific platform ports.
	      See the appropriate OEM_NOTES file within the patch for
	      information specific to these platforms.
	      DO NOT INSTALL this patch on an OEM system if a corresponding
	      OEM_NOTES file is not present (or is present, but instructs not
	      to install the patch), unless the OEM vendor directs otherwise.
	*********************************************************************


Relevant Architectures: sparc

Bugs fixed with this patch:

Sun CR # Bug #
404429514936850
419374814976595
424918714991869
427698415001185
429352815007419
430688015012687
433134615022700
433877015025937
434974415030477
435334915031865
435604015032907
435644015033065
436269415035329
436843915037390
439140115045357
439247715045676
440089715048387
440090015048389
440766915050485
440917515051006
441438915052748
441529715053030
441740715053724
442797115057246
446548815066690
448676415074057
449225515075774
449503215076576
451261615082561
451784015084206
465336115100439
465831615101757
466474015103440
468019515106676
470603615112738
472557415117561
472803415118208
473670615120597
476876015130329
477446215132139
485798615158527
485952815158931
488098615164912
489993315170784
493230515179791
494599715183169
497687515191752
498536515194150
498716915194689
501680815202372
508254015221551
510501015228489
626224915262567
627286515266763
632959315289189
634243015294347
635911615301282
653414715383849
658883515414390


Changes incorporated in this version: 4859528

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 108727-26

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch: 108528-29 (or greater)

Obsoleted by: 127721-02

Files included with this patch:

/kernel/fs/nfs
/kernel/fs/sparcv9/nfs
/kernel/strmod/rpcmod
/kernel/strmod/sparcv9/rpcmod
/kernel/sys/nfs
/kernel/sys/rpcmod
/kernel/sys/sparcv9/nfs
/kernel/sys/sparcv9/rpcmod
/usr/include/nfs/nfs.h
/usr/include/nfs/rnode.h
/usr/include/sys/avl.h
/usr/include/sys/avl_impl.h

Problem Description:

4859528 svc_poll can loop forever not giving up the cpu
 
(from 116959-20)
 
4728034 race between rmm_open() and rmm_wput() can end in panic
 
(from 116959-19)
 
4985365 several systems are panicking in xdrmblk_init
6359116 mir_svc_start()/svc_queuereq() deadlock part II
6588835 vold fails to re-mount CDROM (possible cause is NFS patch 116959-17)
 
(from 116959-18)
 
4391401 network lock manager leaves port in a detached bound state after rst
        packet from an NFS server
 
(from 116959-17)
 
4706036 rename over NFS is slow and CPU intensive
 
(from 116959-16)
 
6534147 vulnerability in the NFS ACL code may lead to kernel panic
 
(from 116959-15)
 
6272865 race condition between SIGKILL and /proc PCAGENT
6329593 pr_wait_die() can hang while waiting for SIGKILL to be processed
 
(from 116959-14)
 
6342430 NFS client doesn't notice change of file in the server because of fix
        for bugID 4407669
 
(from 116959-13)
 
6262249 negative filehandle length can cause nfs3_mount system call to panic
 
(from 116959-12)
 
4512616 nfsd refuses to restart and refuses to die
 
(from 116959-11)
 
4653361 rpc need not break chain of mblk
 
(from 116959-10)
 
5105010 VOP_PATHCONF incorrectly calculates maxfilesize, causing problems for
        cachefs
 
(from 116959-09)
 
4976875 under some circumstances using ln and mv file vanished
 
(from 116959-08)
 
4945997 nfsd intermittently chokes with unexpected TLI event (0x20) on
        connection-oriented
 
(from 116959-07)
 
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 116959-06)
 
4880986 "KRPC: record fragment from client of size .." does occur with the
        fix 4385671
 
(from 116959-05)
 
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 116959-04)
 
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 116959-03)
 
4353349 customer NFS-mounts an Oracle filesystem on E10k mount point, cannot
        umount
 
(from 116959-02)
 
4306880 NFS performance not scaled due to limitations on the clnt request handle
        cache
 
(from 116959-01)
 
4899933 SunCluster needs i/f to disable clnt_cots_min_tout connection failure
        delay
 
(from 108727-26)
 
4736706 crash dump due to NULL pointer dereference in module nfs
 
(from 108727-25)
 
4407669 spurious cache invalidation on large writes
 
(from 108727-24)
 
4768760 automountd hangs if NFS threads receive NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX
 
(from 108727-23)
 
4774462 improve NFS access cache lock (nfs_acache_lock) performance
 
(from 108727-22)
 
4680195 panic/race condition in destroy_rtable()
 
(from 108727-21)
 
4664740 NFS extremely slow on SunBlade 1000s and 2000s
 
(from 108727-20)
 
4044295 NFS hangs waiting for locked page
 
(from 108727-19)
 
4465488 ps/prgetpsinfo32 hangs if NFS server doesn't respond
4725574 locking succeeded when the file is mapped
 
(from 108727-18)
 
4658316 need to revamp the fix for bugid 4356440 to work with other operating
        systems
 
(from 108727-17)
 
4415297 incorrect use of CALLB_CPR_SAFE_END() macro
 
(from 108727-16)
 
4427971 mnttab corruption when using direct automount still shows up with
        patch 110700
 
(from 108727-15)
 
4495032 NFS may lose async write blocks in rare conditions
 
(from 108727-14)
 
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 108727-13)
 
4492255 close(2) may return EAGAIN on "nocto" NFS-mounted filesystems
 
(from 108727-12)
 
4400897 NFS multi-client open same file and write almost same time cause invalid
        result
 
(from 108727-11)
 
4356440 Solaris 8 NFS server doesn't reflect POSIX standard for open(O_TRUNC)
 
(from 108727-10)
 
4486764 system panics when nfsstat -m is run during unmount
 
(from 108727-09)
 
4414389 system crashes with heavy i/o on NFS-mounted filesystems
 
(from 108727-08)
 
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 108727-07)
 
4417407 NFS client writes don't get committed when writing to large files over
        NFS v3
 
(from 108727-06)
 
4349744 close(2) returns EAGAIN on Solaris8 NFS client
 
(from 108727-05)
 
4338770 applications hang due to hanging lstat system calls
 
(from 108727-04)
 
4331346 diskless client soft hangs during boot, probably due to NFS deadlock
 
(from 108727-03)
 
4193748 BAD TRAP panic in strlen()
4249187 multi-threaded process deadlock during cfork, NFS reads/writes
 
(from 108727-02)
 
4293528 need Enhanced DNLC support in Solaris
 
(from 108727-01)
 
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 7-10 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:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE 1:  To get the complete fix for bugid 4658316 (need to revamp the fix
         for bugid 4356440 to work with other operating systems), please
         also install the following patch on the server:
 
         112220-02 (or greater)  /kernel/misc/nfssrv patch
 
NOTE 2:  To get the complete fix for bugid 4664740 (NFS extremely slow on
         SunBlade 1000s and 2000s), please also install the following patch:
 
         114160-01 (or greater)  avl_tree, avl_node and rnode patch
 
NOTE 3:  To get the complete fix for bugid 4945997 (nfsd intermittently
         chokes with unexpected TLI event), please also install the
         following patch:
 
         109783-03 (or greater)  /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd and /usr/lib/nfs/lockd patch
 
NOTE 4:  To get the complete fix for bugid 6272865 (race condition between
         SIGKILL and /proc PCAGENT) and 6329593 (pr_wait_die() can hang while
         waiting for SIGKILL to be processed), please also install the
         following patch:
 
         117350-41 (or greater)  kernel patch


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