GemStone/S 64 Bit Release Notes

Overview

Supported Platforms

• Platforms for Version 3.7.5

• GemBuilder for Smalltalk (GBS) Versions

• VSD Version

• GemBuilder for Java

• Rowan and Jadeite

  • Jadeite for Pharo with Rowan

  • Jadeite for Pharo without Rowan

1. Installation and Distribution Changes

• Updated shared library versions

• Installation using APT packages

  • Added .deb distributions

  • GemStone PPA

2. Support for log rotation for application log files

• Image Changes

  • Added method GsFile >> reopen

  • Added class GsLog

  • Added class LogRotateNotification

• Log rotation process

  • Example handler

3. Changes in Tranlog Restore

• GcReclaim threads for tranlog restore

• Tranlog restore does not continue if session terminated

• One-step restore and commitRestore

• Bug Fixes related to Restore

  • Excess ReclaimGem threads incorrectly left running after restore

  • Computation of STN_MAX_GC_RECLAIM_SESSIONS could overwrite STN_NUM_GC_RECLAIM_SESSIONS

4. ParallelDo: distributed asynchronous parallel object processing

• ParallelDo Requirements

• Using ParallelDo to process objects

• Example

5. External Session Changes

• GsTsExternalSession improved handling of String/Unicode string results

• GsTsExternalSession bugs fixed

  • Compile problems when GsTsExternalSession executed source in Utf8

  • Error during GciError >> signalCompileError when compile error occurred in GsTsExternalSession

  • Force flushing of OOPs in the remote session’s export set

  • Added setGemTrace:

  • Other added GsTsExternalSession method

• Detached Execution changes and bug fixes

  • Detached execution Gem now logs out when execution string completes

  • Detach execution Gem did not handle DEBUGGEM

  • Insufficient information for errors in remote execution

  • Detached execution handled compiler errors still printed to log

6. DateAndTime and DateTime changes and bug fixes

• DateAndTimeANSI now abstract

• Creating a DateAndTime

• Converting between DateAndTime and DateTime

• Extracting Date from DateAndTime

• Change in handling of DateAndTime creation on the cusp of daylight saving time

• Incorrect values in DateTime instance creation out-of-range error

• DateAndTime creation with negative partial offsets handled incorrectly

• Unreliable methods disabled

• Added methods related to Time Zone transitions

7. Other image changes

• Finding reference paths to classes

  • findReferencePath* added to PrivateObject

• Added method to find all instances with a single reference

• Added method to search GsBitmap by class

• Configuring the AdminGem

• Added System class informational methods

  • Added methods to get information on session locks

  • More information in System currentSessionNames

  • Added methods for cache information

• ClassOrganizer support for class categories

• Other added image methods

  • Class >> subclass:instVarNames:classVars:inDictionary:

  • GsFile class >> contentsOfServerDirectory:

  • GsHostProcess >> forkAndDetach

  • Locale >> beCurrent

  • Random >> boolean

  • Add fullBackup method variants

  • System class >> stoneCacheStatisticWithOffset:

• Rowan-related image changes and bug fix

  • Changes in STON support

  • Behavior>>removeSelector:ifAbsent: did not complete removal in a Rowan repository

8. Deprecated and removed methods

• Un-deprecated method

• DateTime removed/deprecated methods

  • Methods that are newly deprecated:

  • Disabled methods that send deprecated:

  • Removed DateAndTime methods

  • Moved DateAndTime methods

• Other removed methods

9. Changes in utilities

• Split tranlogs using startlogsender have changes in file permissions

• New utility script to validate configuration files

  • Added validate_config script

  • Added System method

• largememorypages and SHR_PAGE_CACHE_NUM_PROCS

  • SHR_PAGE_CACHE_NUM_PROCS now required for remote cache calculations

• New shared library to support statprom utility

• Topaz Changes

  • Added topaz -P command line argument

  • Topaz -I did not correctly handle echo when error occurred

  • ExitClientError handling

  • Automatic resultcheck

  • New superdoit variant for topaz scripting

  • New environment variable GS_TOPAZ_ERROR_LOG_WITH_PID

10. Control over log file names

• Examples

  • Example 1. Stone log filename only

  • Example 2. GEMSTONE_CHILD_LOG_PATTERN

  • Example 3. Gem log filename

11. Configuration parameter changes

• Remote cache reconnect over unreliable network

  • Added configuration parameter

  • Added cache statistics

• Statmonitor data file location for GEM_STATMONITOR_ARGS

• Removed Configuration Parameter

12. Netldi Changes

• NetLDI reports number and duration of PAM calls

  • Examples

• Netldi added ability to record statistics for VSD

• Added Netldi-specific statistics

13. Cache Statistics Changes

• Netldi statistics

• Aliases for GcAdmin sessions stats offsets were incorrect

• New stat for total Gem memory use

• Added and removed statistics for huge memory pages

14. Changes in GCI errors

• Added Errors

• Removed Errors

15. X509-Secured GemStone Changes and Bug Fixes

• startHostAgent log file specification

• Reconnect script for mid-cache HostAgent

• X509 mid-level cache startup now fails without required configuration

• GsX509Parameters now support quietLogin flag

• X509-Secured GemStone bug fixes

  • Mid-level caches failed to improve performance in X509 configuration

  • Mid-level cache warming failed to completely warm the cache

  • X509-secured GemStone did not calculate default large page size

  • HostAgent >> startLeafCache did not respect timeout

  • SEGV in HostAgent after session logout during heavy use of InterSessionSignal

  • Fatal error in HostAgent can leave stuck commit token

  • Error in mid-cache HostAgent if connection to a leaf host was lost

  • Using -E could have resulted in starthostagent failing to connect

  • After mid cache HostAgent died, Gem errored

  • Socket leak in HostAgent on mid-level cache node

  • SEGV in HostAgent on mid cache upon no more slots free condition

  • stophostagent during remote cache warming may leave warmer gem running

Risk of corruption after restart during large commit record backlog

After tranlog full condition, risk of missing logout record

If Stone killed while opening new tranlog, restart may fail

Risk of SEGV if SIGTERM during commit

Printing the Smalltalk stacks did not handle fatal errors properly

Upgrade cleared Deprecated action

GsObjectSecurityPolicy dynamicInstanceVariables failed on an upgraded repository

SymbolGem may get commit conflicts in administrative update during user login

When stopstone was prompting for input, it did not respond to Control-C

ProfMonitor profiling object creation may crash gem

Small memory leak on host password validation failure

Risk of lostOT during reclaimAll

In-memory garbage collection not aggressive enough

Warming leaf caches could have caused commit record backlog

With GEM_REMOTE_COMMIT and mid-cache, commits broken

Performance of GsSecureSocket secureAccept and close

Copydbf on backup could miss reporting oldest tranlog required

Issues related to Hot Standby

• Risk of Gem protocol error if session is signaled after logsenderSessionId

• stoplogreceiver may have silently failed to stop the logreceiver

• Restarting tranlog restore after a stopContinuousRestore has risk of error requiring Stone restart

GsFile issues

• GsFile opening with mode 'ab+' did not allow read positioning.

• GsFile open with nil path or mode failed to set error message

GciTsLogin() not thread safe from a GCI main program

Parser did not always correctly handle true, false, nil, and self as selectors

Configuration file update could be incorrect when adding an extent

NRS precedence incorrect for remote Gem

If listen on :: fails, Netldi will only listen on localhost

Passivate of subnormal LargeIntegers was incorrect

roundedHalfToEven sent to NaN or Infinity gets stack overflow

Symbol GC may leave internal buckets without back reference

Issues related to continueTransaction

• Incorrect conflict results after a failed continueTransaction

• continueTransaction does not clear a dirty write lock

Restore from backup did not clear NotTranloggedGlobals

After mid-level cache restarted, gems may fail to connect

Deleting a UserProfileGroup may fail on upgraded repository with few security policies

systemLocksDetailedReport did not handle in-logout sessions

Seaside scripts invoked deleted method

Incorrect FileReference printOn: output

PrimitiveNumber cache statistic incorrect for MFC

Wrong error message for invalid TimeZone lookup

Some Page Cache stats not correct on remote caches