OpenVMS ALPRTPA01_071 Alpha V7.1 CTDRIVER ECO Summary

TITLE: OpenVMS ALPRTPA01_071 Alpha V7.1 CTDRIVER ECO Summary
 
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PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  SYS$CTDRIVER.EXE

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPRTPA01_071
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  306 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V7.1, V7.1-1H1, V7.1-1H2
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Re-boot Supported:  Yes
     Installation Rating:  INSTALL_3 - To be installed on all systems
                                       running the listed versions of
                                       OpenVMS which are experiencing the
                                       problems described. 
     Kit Dependencies:

     The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE installation
     of this kit: 

          None 

     In order to receive all the corrections listed in this kit, the
     following remedial kits should also be installed: 

     None 



ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for CTDRIVER on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 through V7.1-1H2. 
This kit addresses the following problems: 

  o  When an I/O error occurred, an attempt to remove the current I/O
     Request Packet (IRP) was done.  If a buffer was associated with this
     IRP, then the buffer was deallocated.  Before the IRP itself was
     removed, the caller was returned and the IRP was untouched (left
     hanging), which made the piece of memory unusable.  Over a period
     of time, the memory leak (loss) of nonpaged pool in the system could
     be exhausted.  The system would need to be rebooted in order for the
     memory to become usable again. 

     The problem occurred when the connection was broken between a client
     and a server for a message over one buffer in length. 

  o  The problem could be an ACCVIO resulting in a process hang or a 
     system crash.  The user could see corruption of the upper bits
     (R9/R10 registers) in several different ways, depending on the use
     of registers. 


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.  If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, they must 
also be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s).  

If it is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at 
this time, a rolling re-boot may be performed.


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Files on this server are as follows:

»alprtpa01_071.README
»alprtpa01_071.CHKSUM
»alprtpa01_071.CVRLET_TXT
»alprtpa01_071.a-dcx_axpexe