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Bug 1894978

Summary: kmod-kvdo does not work with the latest 8.4.0 kernel
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Andy Walsh <awalsh>
Component: kmod-kvdoAssignee: Andy Walsh <awalsh>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Filip Suba <fsuba>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.4CC: allison.karlitskaya, awalsh, christopher.roskelley, cwei, fsuba, lmiksik, mmarusak, mpitt
Target Milestone: rcFlags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Target Release: 8.0   
Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-77.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 14:39:44 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Andy Walsh 2020-11-05 14:06:53 UTC
Description of problem:
The latest available build of kmod-kvdo depends on kernel-4.18.0-187.el8, but that is not available in the 8.3.0 environment.  Additionally, this Bug will be used for any kABI compatibility issues that arise through the 8.3.0 release.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-74.el8
kernel-4.18.0-242.el8

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install rhel-8.4.0
2. Try to install kmod-kvdo

Actual results:
:: [ 04:00:23 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'insmod /lib/modules/4.18.0-240.10.el8.aarch64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko'
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/4.18.0-240.10.el8.aarch64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko: Unknown symbol in module
:: [ 04:00:23 ] :: [   FAIL   ] :: Command 'insmod /lib/modules/4.18.0-240.10.el8.aarch64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko' (Expected 0, got 1)
:: [ 04:00:23 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'dmesg'
[  246.063396] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_prefetch (err 0)
[  246.152076] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_mark_buffer_dirty (err 0)
[  246.153421] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_read (err 0)
[  246.154564] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_client_destroy (err 0)
[  246.155903] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_get_block_data (err 0)
[  246.157185] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_client_create (err 0)
[  246.158491] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_release (err 0)
[  246.159878] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers (err 0)
[  246.161269] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_new (err 0)
[  246.162334] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_set_sector_offset (err 0)

Expected results:
uds and kvdo modules load via modprobe.

Additional info:
This is the 8.4 version of 1812069.

Comment 3 Andy Walsh 2020-11-06 14:25:32 UTC
kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-75.el8 has been generated to address kernel-4.18.0-242.el8.

Comment 4 Andy Walsh 2020-12-03 14:14:12 UTC
kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-75.el8 does not work with kernel-4.18.0-255.el8.  A new build of kmod-kvdo has been generated and will be in the next nightly compose.  kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-76.el8 is the NVR for that build.

Comment 5 Andy Walsh 2020-12-03 14:34:34 UTC
*** Bug 1904034 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Martin Pitt 2020-12-15 15:34:18 UTC
This affects CentOS 8 stream s well, I cloned this bug as bug 1907968

Comment 7 Matej Marušák 2021-02-14 09:08:17 UTC
Our CI hasn't seen this now for 21 days, so it seems to be fixed now.

Comment 8 Andy Walsh 2021-02-14 22:17:04 UTC
This BZ exists to allow me to quickly address the problem if/when it occurs again.  I do not intend to close it until the release has been completed just in case it does come up again.

Comment 14 Andy Walsh 2021-03-05 15:45:06 UTC
kernel-4.18.0-294.el8 introduced some symbol changes to dm-bufio, requiring a kmod-kvdo rebuild.  A new build is in the works.  The updated NVR is kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-77.el8.


:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'uname -a'
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-294.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 3 11:49:08 EST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   PASS   ] :: Command 'uname -a' (Expected 0, got 0)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'find /lib/modules -name kvdo.ko'
/lib/modules/4.18.0-293.el8.x86_64/weak-updates/kmod-kvdo/vdo/kvdo.ko
/lib/modules/4.18.0-255.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/vdo/kvdo.ko
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   PASS   ] :: Command 'find /lib/modules -name kvdo.ko' (Expected 0, got 0)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'modinfo uds'
modinfo: ERROR: Module uds not found.
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   FAIL   ] :: Command 'modinfo uds' (Expected 0, got 1)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'dmesg -c > /dev/null'
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   PASS   ] :: Command 'dmesg -c > /dev/null' (Expected 0, got 0)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'insmod /lib/modules/4.18.0-255.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko'
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/4.18.0-255.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko: Unknown symbol in module
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   FAIL   ] :: Command 'insmod /lib/modules/4.18.0-255.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko' (Expected 0, got 1)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [  BEGIN   ] :: Running 'dmesg'
[  146.940433] uds: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[  146.943006] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_prefetch (err 0)
[  146.943976] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_mark_buffer_dirty (err 0)
[  146.945060] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_read (err 0)
[  146.945969] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_client_destroy (err 0)
[  146.947001] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_get_block_data (err 0)
[  146.948051] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_client_create (err 0)
[  146.949082] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_release (err 0)
[  146.950038] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers (err 0)
[  146.951268] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_new (err 0)
[  146.952262] uds: Unknown symbol dm_bufio_set_sector_offset (err 0)
:: [ 02:26:54 ] :: [   PASS   ] :: Command 'dmesg' (Expected 0, got 0)
Exiting with failure due to module/kernel incompatibility

Comment 21 Filip Suba 2021-04-01 14:48:50 UTC
Verified with kmod-kvdo-6.2.4.26-77.el8.

Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 14:39:44 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (kmod-kvdo bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1588