Bugfix release 5.0.3

[simonmichal]

Dear XRootD community,

I'm planning to cut the 5.0.3 with backports of bugfixes from the master branch, I'm creating this issue so we have a place where we can discuss the upcoming release.

The stable branch has been already updated:
https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/tree/stable-5.0.x

Here's the full list of new commits in the upcoming release (so far):
85e5be2 [XrdCl] Fix group ownership print out in extended stat.
1f2d48f [XrdPosix] Fix _STAT_VER problem on Fedora rawhide.
13e26a7 [Server] Make sure unlinkat() takes into account symlinks and space freed.
9908f1f Update notes on statlib loading patch.
a75663a [Server] Add missing return that breaks loading of the oss.statlib.
1555d03 Update notes on SEGV patch when doring async I/O on TLS links.
e5724d7 [Server] Prevent SEGV upon poller error on TLS links doing async I/O.
adba036 Update notes on auth+TLS buggines patch.
96343d5 [TLS] Avoid bad behaviour when authentication fails on a TLS connnection.
ba1222d [Server] Corect comments.
c45633a Update notes on owner/group correction.
f7ab851 [Server] Report correct owner/group in extended status.
775f15a [Server] Use better format for an error message.
3e47a53 Update notes on TLS id test.
6fad290 [Server] Correct TLS identification test for authentication protocol.
deb8fa8 Update notes on checksum manager always getting the env for get and calc.
f57c448 [Server] Pass the environment+secEntity to checksm manager. Fixes #1294
8041253 Update notes on SEGV patch for query checksum.
686663c [Server] Avoid SEGV when checksum response is invalid.

Please let me know if there are any other bugfixes that need backporting to 4.12.5.

Cheers,
Michal

[simonmichal]

Following commits have been added to the stable branch:
558bc52 [XrdPosix] Complete fedora:rawhide stat patch.
65fc588 [Docs] Update release notes for 5.0.3.

the tentative release notes are available at:
https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/blob/stable-5.0.x/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt

[simonmichal]

I just tagged v5.0.3-rc1, we would like to fast track the procedure and cut the final release by Wednesday. Please let me know in case there is a show stopper!

[simonmichal]

Dear All,

The XRootD 5.0.3 bugfix release has been tagged. Please follow the link below for more details:
http://xrootd.org/2020/11/11/announcement_5_0_3.html

Sincerely,
Michal

[olifre]

Dear @simonmichal ,

fully my bad for not noticing it earlier — the bugfix in:

• 062cd42 — [Server] Fix memory leak of 64MB per checksum request. Fixes Memory leak / hoard with XRootD 5.0.2 (in checksumming code?) #1291
• 32b786e — Update notes on memory leak patch for checksumsi processing.

is actually the issue hitting us most with 5.0.x right now, since it requires us to restart XRootD every ~2 hours (if heavy transfers of small files are ongoing, it easily leaks a few GB in minutes).

Of course, it will not be in 5.0.3 anymore, but could we please schedule that for a future 5.0.x release (or 5.1.0 if that is earlier)? Thanks in advance, and sorry for not noticing earlier that this was not part of stable-5.0.x yet!

Cheers,
Oliver