Rhba-2009:1328: Bug Fix And Enhancement Update - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual

Chapter 1. Package Updates
Users of Xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

1.242.3. RHBA-2009:1328: bug fix and enhancement update

Updated xen packages that fix several bugs and add enhancements are now available.
The xen packages contain tools for managing the virtual machine monitor in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Virtualization.
These updated packages fix the following bugs:
• fix CPUs pinning in guest's configuration after save/restore sequence
• kernel command line could not be edited in IA64 PV guests during boot
• disallow migration for domains with attached PCI devices
• give memory back to dom0 if autoballooning failed
• credit scheduler parameters were not preserved during guest restart
• exclusively used devices could be attached to more than one guest at a time
• allow HVM guests creation under tight memory conditions
• migration of PV guests could hang on failure
• xend and xendomains init scripts returned wrong exit codes
• vfb and vkbd entries were not removed from xenstore after destroying a guest
• saving a guest reported success even if the operation failed
• the "xm console" documentation was updated to mention Ctrl-] sequence which escapes from
xenconsole (BZ#454611
• creating a guest could fail under heavy I/O in dom0
• serialize iptables calls in hotplug scripts
• HVM guests suffered from missing clock interrupts
• P-V guests could not be rebooted after restarting xend
• Xen network-bridge script didn't work when source address was specified for default route
1837
(BZ#475249 )
• passing out-of-range identification of an IDE disk caused a guest to misbehave or crash
1838
(BZ#475433 )
• bogus MAC address was allowed to be specified for a virtual NIC
• data corruption occurred on guests with virtual SCSI disks larger than 1TB
• HVM guests suffered from time skews
• avoid SCSI device data corruptions on HVM guests with >4GB RAM
262
(BZ#428691
1831
)
(BZ#460410
(BZ#480689
(BZ#228890
(BZ#249791
1822
(BZ#334821
1823
(BZ#345271 )
(BZ#345321
1826
(BZ#419771
1827
)
1828
(BZ#430904
1830
(BZ#451675
1832
(BZ#456926 )
1833
)
1834
(BZ#465116 )
1835
BZ#474579
(BZ#468971 ,
(BZ#476611
1841
)
(BZ#480843
1820
)
1821
)
)
1824
)
1825
(BZ#345441 )
)
)
1829
(BZ#439182 )
)
1836
)
1839
)
1840
(BZ#479339 )
1842
)