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Bug 1909441 - kmod packages for Driver Update Program built for RHEL 8 need fixing due to symvers.gz move
Summary: kmod packages for Driver Update Program built for RHEL 8 need fixing due to s...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Driver Update Disk
Version: 8.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Eugene Syromiatnikov
QA Contact: Ziqian SUN (Zamir)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-12-20 00:47 UTC by Akemi Yagi
Modified: 2021-02-23 13:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-02-09 13:26:29 UTC
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Description Akemi Yagi 2020-12-20 00:47:53 UTC 
All kmod packages provided as DUP in RHEL-8 need fixing because symvers.gz has been moved. 

kmod-redhat-bnxt_en.x86_64             1.10.0_dup8.1-2.el8_1           
kmod-redhat-btusb.x86_64               0.8_4.18.0_80.23_dup8.0-4.el8_0 
kmod-redhat-btusb-firmware.x86_64      21.10.0.6_dup8.0-4.el8_0       
kmod-redhat-ice.x86_64                 0.8.2_k_dup8.2-1.el8_2         
kmod-redhat-ice-firmware.x86_64        1.3.4.0_dup8.2-1.el8_2         
kmod-redhat-ionic.x86_64               4.18.0.210_dup8.2-2.el8_2      
kmod-redhat-iwlwifi.x86_64             4.18.0_107_dup8.0-5.el8_0      
kmod-redhat-iwlwifi-devel.x86_64       4.18.0_107_dup8.0-5.el8_0      
kmod-redhat-iwlwifi-firmware.x86_64    20190516_dup8.0-5.el8_0        
kmod-redhat-mlx5_core.x86_64           5.0_0_dup8.2-2.el8_2           
kmod-redhat-mlx5_core-devel.x86_64     5.0_0_dup8.2-2.el8_2           

In RHEL-8, symvers.gz was moved from /boot to /lib/modules as shown in the kernel changelog:

* Mon Aug 13 2018 Herton R. Krzesinski <herton> [4.18.0-1.el8]

- [rpmspec] Copy symvers.gz to /lib/modules (Eugene Syromiatnikov) [1609695]

The %posttrans section of the kernel spec file has the following:

                # The same check as in weak-modules: we assume that the kernel present
                # if the symvers file exists.
                if [ -e "/boot/symvers-$k.gz" ]; then
                        /usr/bin/dracut -f "$tmp_initramfs" "$k" || exit 1
                        cmp -s "$tmp_initramfs" "$dst_initramfs"
                        if [ "$?" = 1 ]; then
                                mv "$tmp_initramfs" "$dst_initramfs"
                        else
                                rm -f "$tmp_initramfs"
                        fi
                fi

This issue was originally reported by an ELRepo user:

https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1060

As shown in our bug tracker, we (ELRepo) propose to fix this by changing the line:

if [ -e "/boot/symvers-$k.gz" ]; then

to

if [ -e "$k_dir/symvers.gz" ]; then
Comment 1 Akemi Yagi 2020-12-20 00:58:43 UTC 
Oops, %posttrans section of the kmod spec, not kernel spec.
Comment 4 Eugene Syromiatnikov 2021-02-09 13:26:29 UTC 
Summary: the issue is fixed in the ddiskit script used to generate DUPs, an additional testing step is to be added to check that the issue won't re-appear in future DUPs.  The issue in the following released RHEL 8 DUPs has been handled as follows:
 * kmod-redhat-btusb-0.8_4.18.0_80.23_dup8.0-4.el8_0: not updated, the change didn't meet the criteria to push an update to RHEL 8.0;
 * kmod-redhat-iwlwifi-4.18.0_107_dup8.0-5.el8_0: not updated, the change didn't meet the criteria to push an update to RHEL 8.0;
 * kmod-redhat-bnxt_en-1.10.0_dup8.1-2.el8_1: not updated, the change didn't meet the criteria to push an update to RHEL 8.1;
 * kmod-redhat-ice-0.8.2_k_dup8.2-1.el8_2: an updated kmod-redhat-ice-0.8.2_k_dup8.2-2.el8_2[1] has been released;
 * kmod-redhat-ionic-4.18.0.210_dup8.2-2.el8_2: an updated kmod-redhat-ionic-4.18.0.210_dup8.2-3.el8_2[2] has been released;
 * kmod-redhat-mlx5_core-5.0_0_dup8.2-2.el8_2: an updated kmod-redhat-mlx5_core-5.0_0_dup8.2-3.el8_2[3] has been released;
 * kmod-redhat-ena-2.1.0K_dup8.3-1.el8_3: an update that includes the fix is planned to be released in the future;
 * kmod-redhat-oracleasm-2.0.8-1.el8_3: not updated, the kmod is not used during early boot;
 * kmod-redhat-mpt3sas-35.101.00.00_dup8.3-1.el8_3: the package has been released with the %posttrans script fix already present.

ISOs haven't been updated as those are primarily used during installation where the issue is not manifested.

A KB article[4] has been prepared to cover the issue, provide a workaround, and point to the updates where possible (it seems to be not yet published, though).

I am closing the issue as fixed;  if you think that any further action is needed, feel free to re-open it.

[1] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0212
[2] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0211
[3] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0213
[4] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5681371
Comment 5 Phil Perry 2021-02-09 13:37:46 UTC 
Thanks for the update.

I do not have permissions to access the KB article you link (https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5681371) even when logged in with RH account. Error is:


Access Denied

You do not have permission to access the page you requested.


Please could you fix the permissions.
Comment 6 Eugene Syromiatnikov 2021-02-23 13:46:24 UTC 
(In reply to Phil Perry from comment #5)
> Thanks for the update.
> 
> I do not have permissions to access the KB article you link
> (https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5681371) even when logged in with RH
> account. Error is:
> 
> 
> Access Denied
> 
> You do not have permission to access the page you requested.
> 
> 
> Please could you fix the permissions.

It is published now, my apologies for the delay.
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