Patch-ID# 113471-08
Keywords: lgroup apis truss anon ppgsz
Synopsis: SunOS 5.9: Miscellaneous SunOS Commands Patch
Date: Aug/09/2004


Install Requirements: Install in Single User Mode                      
                      Reboot immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9

SunOS Release: 5.9

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 114433

Topic: SunOS 5.9: Miscellaneous SunOS Commands Patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4254013 4533078 4533108 4533712 4630754 4638608 4644346 4648171 4668520 4686454 4845974 4921661 4950966 5016934

Changes incorporated in this version: 5016934

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 115484-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/bin/adb
/usr/bin/cputrack
/usr/bin/gcore
/usr/bin/mdb
/usr/bin/newtask
/usr/bin/nohup
/usr/bin/pargs
/usr/bin/pcred
/usr/bin/pfiles
/usr/bin/pflags
/usr/bin/pldd
/usr/bin/plimit
/usr/bin/pmap
/usr/bin/ppgsz
/usr/bin/prctl
/usr/bin/preap
/usr/bin/prex
/usr/bin/prstat
/usr/bin/prun
/usr/bin/ps
/usr/bin/psig
/usr/bin/pstack
/usr/bin/pstop
/usr/bin/ptime
/usr/bin/ptree
/usr/bin/pwait
/usr/bin/pwdx
/usr/bin/savecore
/usr/bin/setuname
/usr/bin/sort
/usr/bin/sparcv7/ppgsz
/usr/bin/sparcv7/prstat
/usr/bin/sparcv7/pstack
/usr/bin/sparcv7/truss
/usr/bin/sparcv9/ppgsz
/usr/bin/sparcv9/prstat
/usr/bin/sparcv9/pstack
/usr/bin/sparcv9/truss
/usr/bin/tnfxtract
/usr/bin/truss
/usr/bin/uptime
/usr/bin/w
/usr/lib/isaexec
/usr/lib/rcap/rcapd
/usr/sadm/lib/wbem/rds
/usr/sbin/lockstat
/usr/sbin/prtconf
/usr/sbin/swap
/usr/sbin/sysdef
/usr/sbin/whodo
/usr/ucb/ps

Problem Description:

5016934 pstack reports that libc.so.1's _msgrcv() calls user application code directly
 
(from 113471-07)
 
4921661 prstat -L gives bogus totals when using cpu/pset filters
 
(from 113471-06)
 
4950966 prstat -m is incorrect for microstate accounting
 
(from 113471-05)
 
4686454 getrusage is much slower on Solaris than competitive boxes
 
(from 113471-04)
 
4668520 anon option for ppgsz needed
 
(from 113471-03)
 
        This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the changes introduced in Solaris Update s9u5 feature point
        patch  115484-01
 
(from 113471-02)
 
4254013 need a better mechanism to detect multi-threaded user stack overflow
4533712 makecontext breaks in 64-bit mode
 
(from 113471-01)
 
4533108 Need way for LWP to give hint about memory that it will be using heavily
4533078 PSARC 2002/030 - madv.so.1(1)
4630754 Changes to mpss.so.1(1) for PSARC 2002/030
4638608 mpss.so.1 needs I18N
4648171 madvise(3C) returns EINVAL when it should return ENOMEM
4644346 madvise(3C) returns ENOMEM when it should return EINVAL
 
(from 115484-01)
 
4845974 lgroup APIs needed for observability and performance optimization

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
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 7-9 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:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE 1: To get the complete NUMA Advise feature, please install the
        following patches:
 
        112233-03 (or newer) KU
        113467-01 (or newer) seg_drv/seg_mapdev
        113470-01 (or newer) winlock
        113472-01 (or newer) madv/mpss
 
NOTE 2: To get the complete Stack Update feature, please install the following
        patches:
 
        112874-13 (or newer) libc.so.1 patch
        112839-03 (or newer) libthread.so.1 patch
        112233-05 (or newer) KU patch
        113275-02 (or newer) procfs patch
 
NOTE 3: To get the complete Lgroup APIs feature, please install the
        following patches:
 
        112874-17 (or newer) libc patch
        115675-01 (or newer) liblgrp patch
        112233-09 (or newer) Kernel Update patch
 
NOTE 4: To get the complete fix for bug 4686454, please install the
         following patches, in addition to this patch:
 
         112874-21 (or newer) libc patch
         112233-11 (or newer) ku patch

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, August 9, 2004