[Samba] [Announce] CTDB 2.5.1 available for download

[Amitay Isaacs]

Hi,

Since CTDB tree has been merged in Samba tree, any new CTDB development
would be done in Samba tree.  Till combined Samba+CTDB is released, CTDB
fixes would be released as minor releases starting with 2.5.1.

Amitay.


Changes in CTDB 2.5.1
=====================

Important bug fixes
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* The locking code now correctly implements a per-database active
  locks limit.  Whole database lock requests can no longer be denied
  because there are too many active locks - this is particularly
  important for freezing databases during recovery.

* The debug_locks.sh script locks against itself.  If it is already
  running then subsequent invocations will exit immediately.

* ctdb tool commands that operate on databases now work correctly when
  a database ID is given.

* Various code fixes for issues found by Coverity.

Important internal changes
--------------------------

* statd-callout has been updated so that statd client information is
  always up-to-date across the cluster.  This is implemented by
  storing the client information in a persistent database using a new
  "ctdb ptrans" command.

* The transaction code for persistent databases now retries until it
  is able to take the transaction lock.  This makes the transation
  semantics compatible with Samba's implementation.

* Locking helpers are created with vfork(2) instead of fork(2),
  providing a performance improvement.

* config.guess has been updated to the latest upstream version so CTDB
  should build on more platforms.


Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
===============================

Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #ctdb IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

All bug reports should be filed under CTDB product in the project's
Bugzilla database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


Download Details
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The source code can be downloaded from:

      http://ftp.samba.org/pub/ctdb/

Git repository

       git://git.samba.org/ctdb.git
       http://git.samba.org/?p=ctdb.git;a=summary  (Git via web)

CTDB documentation

        https://ctdb.samba.org/