TITLE: Tru64 UNIX Performance improvement to times(3) system call Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1B-2/PK4 SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: T64KIT0023584-V51BB25-E-20040913 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 6.59MB Kit Applies To: HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 37209 6750 /usr/bin/cksum results: 1128945978 6912000 MD5 results: 3ec0513eeb05a27456524c266632f67e SHA1 results: ea9a208f9e8e18156a6ede351ae600def2a2944f ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 that contains solutions to the following problem(s): An enhancement has been made to the times(3) function that improves performance on subsequent systems calls for the same process by internally caching information. An additional enhancement has been to proc(4) such that the creation time field returned by a stat(2) call contains a process's actual creation time instead of the current system time. The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to installing patches on your system. The patches in this ERP kit will also be available in the next mainstream patch kit - HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-3. INSTALLATION NOTES: 1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining capability. 2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any other ERP available at this time for this product version. 3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs) which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is blocked by any of your installed CSPs. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES: You must have installed HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-2/PK4 prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. SUPERSEDE INFORMATION: None KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR T64KIT0023584-V51BB25-E-20040913: [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All Rights reserved. This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology of Hewlett-Packard Company. Possession, use, or copying of this software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor. Release Notes This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the Tru64 UNIX V5.1B patches contained in this kit. For information about installing or removing patches, baselining, and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation Instructions document. 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o QXCM1000187435 * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1B T64V51BB25AS0004-20040616.tar (BL25) This kit includes a patch which requires system reboot. The patches in this kit are being released early for general customer use. Refer to the Release Notes for a summary of each patch and installation prerequisites. Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system: > mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1 > cd /tmp/CSPkit1 > > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar > cd patch_kit > ./dupatch 2 Special Instructions There are no special instructions for Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Patch C858.00 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit Tru64 UNIX V5.1B PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C858.00 Enhance /proc and improve times(3) 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Patch C858.00 ./shlib/.upd..libc.so CHECKSUM: 37976 2338 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./shlib/.upd..libc_r.so CHECKSUM: 37976 2338 SUBSET: OSFBASE540 ./sys/BINARY/procfs.mod CHECKSUM: 09079 264 SUBSET: OSFBIN540 ./usr/ccs/lib/libc.a CHECKSUM: 37367 2714 SUBSET: OSFCMPLRS540 ./usr/ccs/lib/libc_r.a CHECKSUM: 37367 2714 SUBSET: OSFCMPLRS540 This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process. Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.