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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/3.8.3.md b/doc/release-notes/3.8.3.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b3785bf3fbd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/3.8.3.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +# Release notes for Gluster 3.8.3 + +This is a bugfix release. The [Release Notes for 3.8.0](3.8.0.md), +[3.8.1](3.8.1.md) and [3.8.2](3.8.2.md) contain a listing of all the new +features that were added and bugs fixed in the GlusterFS 3.8 stable release. + +## Out of Order release to address a severe usability regression + +Due to a major regression that was not caught and reported by any of the +testing that has been performed, this release is done outside of the normal +schedule. + +The main reason to release 3.8.3 earlier than planned is to fix [bug +1366813](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366813): + +> On restarting GlusterD or rebooting a GlusterFS server, only the bricks of +> the first volume get started. The bricks of the remaining volumes are not +> started. This is a regression caused by a change in GlusterFS-3.8.2. +> +> This regression breaks automatic start of volumes on rebooting servers, and +> leaves the volumes inoperable. GlusterFS volumes could be left in an +> inoperable state after upgrading to 3.8.2, as upgrading involves restarting +> GlusterD. +> +> Users can forcefully start the remaining volumes, by doing running the +> `gluster volume start <name> force` command. + +## Bugs addressed + +A total of 24 patches have been merged, addressing 21 bugs: + +- [#1357767](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1357767): Wrong XML output for Volume Options +- [#1362540](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1362540): glfs_fini() crashes with SIGSEGV +- [#1364382](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1364382): RFE:nfs-ganesha:prompt the nfs-ganesha disable cli to let user provide "yes or no" option +- [#1365734](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365734): Mem leak in meta_default_readv in meta xlators +- [#1365742](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365742): inode leak in brick process +- [#1365756](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365756): [SSL] : gluster v set help does not show ssl options +- [#1365821](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365821): IO ERROR when multiple graph switches +- [#1365864](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365864): gfapi: use const qualifier for glfs_*timens() +- [#1365879](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365879): [libgfchangelog]: If changelogs are not available for the requested time range, no proper error message +- [#1366281](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366281): glfs_truncate missing +- [#1366440](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366440): [AFR]: Files not available in the mount point after converting Distributed volume type to Replicated one. +- [#1366482](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366482): SAMBA-DHT : Crash seen while rename operations in cifs mount and windows access of share mount +- [#1366489](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366489): "heal info --xml" not showing the brick name of offline bricks. +- [#1366813](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1366813): Second gluster volume is offline after daemon restart or server reboot +- [#1367272](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1367272): [HC]: After bringing down and up of the bricks VM's are getting paused +- [#1367297](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1367297): Error and warning messages related to xlator/features/snapview-client.so adding up to the client log on performing IO operations +- [#1367363](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1367363): Log EEXIST errors at DEBUG level +- [#1368053](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1368053): [geo-rep] Stopped geo-rep session gets started automatically once all the master nodes are upgraded +- [#1368423](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1368423): core: use <sys/sysmacros.h> for makedev(3), major(3), minor(3) +- [#1368738](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1368738): gfapi-trunc test shouldn't be .t |