IJ33704: PREFETCH NEEDS TO CHECK THE RELATIVE DIR PATH TO THE FILESET

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• fileset path is taking the chars count to read the actual
  mount path from a given directory path. If the directory
  mount has the same chars till the count then prefetch starts
  processing successfully.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• fileset path is taking the chars count to read the actual
  mount path from a given directory path. If the directory
  mount has the same chars till the count then prefetch starts
  processing successfully.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.0.5  PTF 9
  To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and
  their respective fix solutions refer to page
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale_
  apars.html
  Benefits of the solution:
  Prefetch will be taking the exact dirpath of the fileset.
  
  Problem trigger:
  prefetch starts working on an invalid
  path where the dir path doesn't
  belong to the same fileset.
  
  Symptom: dirpath is not getting failed.
  
  Platforms affected: All Linux OS environments
  Functional Area affected: AFM
  Customer Impact: low
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels