User-Visible OpenAFS Changes
+OpenAFS 1.5.75 (2010-07-07)
+
+ All platforms
+
+ * Prevent rx_rpc_stats global lock from being a bottleneck.
+
+ * Path MTU discovery is now provided to allow traffic to pass networks
+ with sub-1500 byte MTUs and poor fragment handling.
+
+ * Further reduce Rx NAT ping transmission when enabled.
+
+ * Update Kerberos 5-based token handling in rxkad from upstream
+ Heimdal. (127554)
+
+ * Update version numbers emitted during build to reflect what is
+ actually being built.
+
+ * Add "-human" switch for human-readable units in fs diskfree and
+ listquota. (124529)
+
+ * vos provides reasons for locked volumes when known.
+
+ * Do not count retransmission and ping acks as non-idle for Rx
+ connections.
+
+ * Rx: provide service-specific data getter and setter routines.
+
+ * Update build-time Kerberos detection.
+
+ * Updated userspace AFS client.
+
+ * Beginning of a modernized test suite.
+
+ * Additional documentation.
+
+ * Updated documentation, notably the Administrators Guide.
+
+ * Substantial code cleanup.
+
+ All server platforms
+
+ * Update handling of vnode allocation failures.
+
+ * DAFS: allow salvaging volumes not known to the fileserver, to allow
+ cleanup of data not attached to a current volume.
+
+ * Properly handle volumes slated for destruction.
+
+ * Handle volumes with many files properly.
+
+ * Force core file generation in bosserver by overriding default
+ resource limits when possible.
+
+ * Update vlclient and vldb_check.
+
+ * Avoid potentially corrupting a volume on creation if files are left
+ from previous failed cleanup.
+
+ * Note volume changed during salvage as needed.
+
+ * DAFS: do not assume invalid addresses are in fileserver address hash
+ table.
+
+ * Avoid tying up fileserver threads with volumes that are being taken
+ offline.
+
+ * Do not set inUse on volumes for non-DAFS other than in fileserver.
+
+ * Break origin's callback on target of rename operation.
+
+ * Avoid unneeded parent directory link updates during some rename
+ operations.
+
+ * Do not open /dev/console for writing in the fileserver.
+
+ * DAFS: avoid spurious restarts when binary restarts are configured.
+
+ * Avoid spurious and unneeded calls to sync(), which can slow down the
+ fileserver.
+
+ Microsoft Windows
+
+ * Revised SMB QuerySecurityInfo to address issues caused by MS10-020
+ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980232)
+
+ * Prevent use of the AFSCache file contents if mapped to a new
+ address.
+
+ * Make fs newcell include behavior compatible with the non-Windows
+ version.
+
+ * Provide a registry option (FreelanceImportCellServDB) to pre-create
+ mount points in the AFS root for all cells in CellServDB.
+
+ * Fix a memory leak in the cm_FreeServerList() routine.
+
+ * Reduce privilege when reading registry CellServDB.
+
+ * Add support for RPC Pipe Service NetWkstaGetInfo levels needed for
+ Windows 7.
+
+ * Prevent overflow when computing quota percentage in Explorer Shell.
+ (126846)
+
+ * Generate meaningful errors for ACL operations on freelance AFS root.
+
+ * Fix error handling on InlineBulkStatus RPCs.
+
+ * Show configuration pages for all types of MSI installations.
+
+ * Improve freemount AFS root directory handling and operations.
+
+ * Properly validate GetVolumeStatus pioctl responses.
+
+ * Commit file length changes and dirty buffers when flushing a file.
+
+ All UNIX client platforms
+
+ * Update version of files for disk cache.
+
+ * Do not call afs_FlushVCBs with xvcache lock held, to improve
+ parallelization.
+
+ * Add mariner log messages for creating and removing files.
+
+ * Don't hold xvcache lock while creating symlinks, to improve
+ parallelization.
+
+ * Provide -dynroot-sparse mode to not show all cells in CellServDB in
+ dynroot mode.
+
+ * Avoid a potential crash in aklog in linked cell handling.
+
+ * Log MTU-caused packet retransmission.
+
+ * Prevent crashes caused be fs checkservers while cache is being set
+ up.
+
+ * fs getserverprefs now has a buffer large enough for the default
+ CellServDB.
+
+ * Report server address when logging warnings.
+
+ * Avoid panic in GetCapabilities when cell is not known.
+
+ * Lock process name and id for advisory lock warnings when possible.
+
+ * Handle need for allocating additional Rx packets.
+
+ * Properly handle errors from InlineBulkStatus operations.
+
+ * Fix errors returned from fcntl() on readonly files locked for write.
+
+ * Flush pending changes to the server on LOCK_EX unlock.
+
+ * Reflect length changes as a result of callbacks even when file is
+ open for write.
+
+ * Avoid hanging due to error exit when attempting to store a large
+ file to a non-largefile fileserver.
+
+ * Recover from afs_GetVolSlot errors.
+
+ FreeBSD
+
+ * Bugfixes for kernel VFS and network routines.
+
+ IRIX
+
+ * Provide makesname().
+
+ Linux
+
+ * Avoid syscall probes when keyrings are present, by default. (125215)
+
+ * Remove "Big Kernel Lock" from VFS operations.
+
+ * Use filehandles for all Linux 2.6 versions to avoid need for matched
+ afsd. (127530)
+
+ * Updated RPM packaging.
+
+ * Fix dkms configuration provided with RPMs.
+
+ * Hold reference on pages during background I/O for cache bypass.
+
+ * Fix cache bypass handling of non-largefile fileservers.
+
+ * Protect truncate_inode_pages mappings with mutex or semaphore as
+ needed.
+
+ * Fix pagevec use in cache bypass. (127505)
+
+ * Updates for 2.6.35
+
+ MacOS
+
+ * Improve launchd configuration.
+
+ * Avoid hanging on recursive cache file lock acquisition when user
+ notification is enabled.
+
+ * Fix and re-enable bulkstat mode.
+
+ OpenBSD
+
+ * Build updates.
+
+ Solaris
+
+ * Precluding unmount while AFS is busy.
+
+ * Avoid deadlocking when releasing the VFS object.
+
+ * Stop network interface poller in kernel on AFS shutdown.
+
+ * Avoid issues with lookups on empty directory names. (127356)
+
+
OpenAFS 1.5.74 (2010-04-22)
All platforms
file server, if VNOVNODE is received, mark all buffers as invalid
without further attempts to contact the file server.
-
+
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