A mdadm bug fix update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

El-errata: ELBA-2021-9566 Oracle Linux 7 mdadm bug fix update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2021-9566

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2021-9566.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
mdadm-4.1-8.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/mdadm-4.1-8.0.1.el7_9.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[4.1-8.0.1]
- imsm: limit support to first NVMe namespace [Orabug: 32564199]
- imsm: nvme multipath support [Orabug: 32564199]
- Grow: Block reshape when exernal metadata and write intent bitmap [Orabug: 32564199]
- Create: Block automatic enabling bitmap for external metadata [Orabug: 32564199]
- imsm: Update subarray for write intent bitmap [Orabug: 32564199]
- Add "bitmap" to allowed command line values [Orabug: 32564199]
- imsm: Adding a spare to an existing array with bitmap [Orabug: 32564199]
- imsm: write intent bitmap support [Orabug: 32564199]
- Enable bitmap support for external metadata [Orabug: 32564199]
- Modify mdstat parsing for volumes with the bitmap [Orabug: 32564199]

[4.1.8]
- mdcheck start timer starts failure
- Resolves rhbz#1830736

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