Branch b1_6

b=19453
i=adilger
i=girish

fix wrong initialization of xattr entry in the ea in inode patch.
Only RHEL4 & SLES9 are concerned.

diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index 59c9056..9634e4f 100644 (file)
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tbd Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 
 Severity   : enhancement
 Bugzilla   : 18775
-Descriptoin: improve lctl set/get_param
+Description: improve lctl set/get_param
 Details    : handle the bad options, support more than one arguments,
             add '-F' option to append the indicator to the parameters.
 
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ Description: MMP check in ext3_remount() fails without displaying any error
 Details    : When multiple mount protection fails during remount, proper error
              should be returned
 
+Severity   : critical, only with RHEL4/SLES9 MDS
+Bugzilla   : 19453
+Description: user xattr corruption
+Details    : setting extended attributes can corrupt other attributes stored in
+            the inode body. Both user & lustre internal (LOV EA) attributes
+            are concerned. In the latter case, the lustre filesystem can be
+            damaged.
+
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 2009-01-15 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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