GemStone/S 64 Bit Release Notes

Overview

Supported Platforms

• Platforms for Version 3.7.1

• GemBuilder for Smalltalk (GBS) Versions

• VSD Version

1.1 Administrative Changes

• Updated Library Versions

• Distribution changes

  • gcisup_ts.hf

  • GemStone now includes Rowan v3.x as well as Rowan v2.x

• Linux on ARM now supported for production use

  • Native code on Linux/ARM

• Native code on Mac

• Preliminary Support for Raspberry Pi for Development

• Tranlogging Changes

• Extent pregrow on ZFS file systems

• Configurable location of services.dat lookup file

  • Added startnetldi -Q argument

• startnetldi now requires port to match GEMSTONE_NRS_ALL

• Solo logins temporary files renamed

• Upgrade for customer-defined special classes

• Simplified finding reference path methods

• Added Repository analysis methods

• Backup and Restore Changes

  • Backup, Restore and other scans report progress

  • Performance improvement in restoring a zipped tranlog

  • restoreFromBackups:threads: now accepts filename

• Hot Standby-related changes and bug fixes

  • Tranlog position may have been inconsistent between master and slave

  • failOverStatus now includes if logreceiver is connected

• Avoid running out of stack while handling an AlmostOutOfStack error

  • GEM_MAX_SMALLTALK_STACK_DEPTH maximum changed

• Utility Changes

  • startstone, pageaudit -W to disable cache warming

  • Added Topaz SET commands

  • gemnetobject script cleanup

• GCI Changes

  • GciTsAddOopsToNsc

  • GciTsFetchNamedOops

  • GciTsFetchVaryingOops

  • GciTsStoreIdxOops

  • GciTsStoreNamedOops

1.2 GemStone Smalltalk Changes

• Instance-variable specific dbTransient feature

  • Behavior class definition changed

  • SessionTemps no longer stubs contents

• TreeDictionary and TreeSet added

• Now possible to step into accessor methods

• ProfMonitor object creation profiling enhancements and bug fixes

  • Object creation profiling now includes profiling of some kernel classes

  • ProfMonitor object creation profiling reported sample count incorrectly

• Avoiding performance impact of process host statistics

• FileSystem changes and bug fixes

  • ZnStream, ZnCharacterEncoder hierarchy changes; ZnObject removed

  • Manual flush no longer required for FileReference write streams

  • Directory creation errors were FsEACCES, now FilePermissionDenied

  • Added FileSystem-related methods

  • FileSystem iteration over NFS-mounted directories may miss reporting some files

  • Symlinked directories and files omitted from results

• GsTsExternalSession forkAndDetachBlock:

  • Added GCI flag

• GsTestCase added methods

• IndexManager new methods

• Reporting tranlog positions

• Other added and moved methods

  • allInstances

  • Array >> pairsDo:

  • Behavior >> extractSelector:

  • BlockClosure >> doWhileFalse:

  • CharacterCollection >> substringsSpace

  • Duration >> asMilliseconds

  • Integer >> >> shiftAmount

  • SmallInteger >> permutedHashA:c:d:

  • String >> evaluateInContext:

  • System class >> waitForDebugWithAbort

• Removed methods

1.3 Changes in Encrypted extents, tranlogs, and backups

• Support for up to 24 encryption keys

  • System class >> repositoryPublicKey renamed

• Path requirements and -K

• Utility Changes related to encrypted DBFs

  • copydbf argument changes

  • copydbf may have prompted for passphrase

  • copydbf -X, -Y output filenames did not include extension

  • updatesecuredbf argument changes

  • updatesecuredbf output modified

  • startstone argument changes

Sending #value to special resulted in SEGV

startstone recovery may fail with tranlogs on raw partitions

Stone may shutdown on checkpoint when tranlog disks are full

Garbage collection issues

• Performance regression in markForCollection

• markForCollectionWait: with argument of -1 gets prim failure

• reclaimAll may fail to reclaim some dead

C mutex deadlock possible from ProfMonitor/SIGUSR1

NetLDI issues

• NetLDI shutdown timing issue resulted in unable to restart

• netldid executes without $GEMSTONE but does not function

GsSecureSocket instance method did not properly used chained certificate file

GsSocket >> writeWillNotBlockWithin: does not handle nil returned by writeWillNotBlock

Unicode string copyReplaceAll:with:, insertAll:at:, broken with String arguments

Collection issues

• Array >> replaceFrom:to:with:startingAt: may not have copied elements correctly

• Dictionary become: does not update internal variables

Numeric and Time related issues

• Strings with leading '-0.' lose sign when converted using asNumber or Number fromString/Stream:

• Duration new created an uninitialized instance

Issues related to upgrade

• upgradeImage reports success even if upgrade fails

• Excessive attempts to start AdminGem during upgrade

• copydbf returns wrong version for secondary extents after upgrade

• Session methods must be disabled for upgrade

• Upgrade created instances of ObsoleteMetaclass

GsNMethod >> recompileFromSource loses method category

perform:withArguments: may crash on bad arguments

Spurious OutOfMemory when in-memory pom_gen scavenge fails

Fileout format reverted to older style in v3.7

GsExternalSession >> executeString: fails if attempting to return an empty String

defaultGemNRSFromCurrent may be incorrect

GLASS/Seaside auto-migrate may error after GC operation

ensure blocks in superDoit scripts do not execute on error

Issues with GsProcess terminate

• Overlapping terminate request semantics

• SEGV when a terminated GsProcess is sent terminate

Gem failed to respond to SIGTERM on 1-core VM

CodeModificaton required to list Pragmas with session methods enabled

waitstone may return before Stone is ready to accept logins

Array with:* primitive failure error reports incorrect