[Planetlab-users] FW: New kernel and related packages ready for testing

[Paul B. <pau...@pl...>]

The latest planetlab kernel, along with packages listed below have just
been deployed to all working planetlab nodes.

initscripts-7.14-3_planetlab.i386.rpm
linux-2.4.22-r3_planetlab.i386.rpm
linux-headers-2.4.22-r3_planetlab.i386.rpm
lkcdutils-4.1-3_planetlab.i386.rpm
plkmod-2.0.1-2.4.22_r3_planetlab.i386.rpm
vr-tools-0.14-1_planetlab.i386.rpm
vserver-0.29-2_planetlab.i386.rpm
vsh-2.05.2-3_planetlab.i386.rpm
vtune_driver-918-2.4.22_r3_planetlab.i386.rpm

The upgrade provides the following capabilities:

1) Linux Kernel

   Upgraded vserver patch to 1.22 including:

     * bugfix tasklist_lock/uts_sem issue
     * bugfix in tcp_ipv4_addr_conflict()
     * critical bugfix SMP deadlock, dyn.
     * bugfix dyn. wraparound lockup
     * bugfix in vroot device
     * small bugfix in switch_user_struct()
     * fixed compat quota capability
     * changed vmalloc to kmalloc
     * added syscall switch
     * added send signal to context
     * included vroot device vr0.14
     * included reboot userspace helper
     * limit/kill syscall templates
     * dynamic id range moved to 49152-
     * block static use of dyn. ctx id
     * three levels of cleanup and restructuring
     * x86_64, parisc, and ppc64 support

   Bug fix enabling read only bind mounts

   Enabled panic reboot after 15 minutes, when kernel panics 
   during initialization.

   Security fix for the do_remap exploit.

2) Linux Kernel Crash Dump

   Fixed error in packaging which could prevent crash dumps being 
   generated.

3) Plkmod 

   Ported to vserver 1.22 and gcc 3.2

4) vtune_driver 

   Re-compilation for kernel - no changes

5) vserver tools

   Upgraded to 0.29 including the following:

   * support for new syscall
   * bug fix in ULIMIT handling
   * security fix for capability handling

6) VR tools 

   Upgraded to 0.14 to match vroot device now included as standard
   part of vserver kernel patch

7) vsh

   Upgraded to vservers 1.22 syscall

   Re-built as a static binary to remove dependencies on libraries 
   installed within the vserver

8) vserver-init

   Bug fix which prevented rc.vinit scripts from being executed on
   startup.

Regards

Paul Brett
PlanetLab Support
Email: pau...@pl...
Tel No: +1 503 712 4520