OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 108727-14
Keywords: nfs ls nfsv2 udp hang DNLC strlen cfork crashes heavy i/o
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108727-15 SunOS 5.8: /kernel/fs/nfs and /kernel/fs/sparcv9/nfs patch
Date: Mar/01/2002

Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch is available for x86 as patch 108728

Topic: SunOS 5.8: /kernel/fs/nfs and /kernel/fs/sparcv9/nfs patch
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	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.
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	NOTE:	Refer to Special Install Instructions section for 
		IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4193748 4249187 4276984 4293528 4331346 4338770 4349744 4356040 4356440 4392477 4400897 4400900 4409175 4414389 4417407 4486764 4492255 4517840

Changes incorporated in this version: 4392477 4517840

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

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/rnode.h

Problem Description:

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 5.8 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) return 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:
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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 7-8 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:
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Reboot the system after patch installation.
 
	NOTE:   To get the complete support for Enhanced DNLC, one
                needs to install the following patches:
 
		108528-01 (or newer)	kernel update patch
		108966-01 (or newer)    /kernel/fs/ufs and
					/kernel/fs/sparcv9/ufs patch

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, May 10, 2002

