Bug 199131
| Summary: | Unexpected kernel-API changes after updating from 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 to 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Dmitry Butskoy <dmitry> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Dave Jones <davej> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 5 | CC: | pfrields, wtogami |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2006-09-11 01:46:45 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Additional info: The changes was inspired by the newest linux-2.6-xen.patch ... "gso_size" above appears in 2.6.18 ... It seems that linux-2.6-xen.patch was generated by running "diff" with the 2.6.17 source and some Xen-modified 2.6.18 source (instead of some "Xen-modified 2.6.17 source"). There is no stable kernel API across releases upstream, and hence, there isn't one in Fedora either. |
Description of problem: There are some unexpected kernel-API changes in 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5. Compare file "include/linux/skbuff.h" from kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.{2139|2145} and from 2157. At least "struct skb_shared_info" was changed (tso_size --> gso_size etc.) Some 3rd-party network card modules cannot be compiled easy any more because of this. IMHO it is not a good idea to do any API changes in the *same* kernel version (2.6.17). As these changes was for support Xen kernels only, maybe #ifdef them someway? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5