Looks like the above errors are disappeared after install kernel-devel. However, it still fails further.

make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
  LD      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-4KuO5v/kmodsrc/built-in.o
  CC      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-4KuO5v/kmodsrc/offsets.o
cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fno-var-tracking-assignments"
make[1]: *** [/tmp/ksplice-tmp-4KuO5v/kmodsrc/offsets.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/tmp/ksplice-tmp-4KuO5v/kmodsrc] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
Child exited with status 2
Failed during: make -rR -C /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64/ksplice/build M=/tmp/ksplice-tmp-4KuO5v/kmodsrc KSPLICE_KID=dy0woc4d KSPLICE_VERSION=0.9.9 map_printk=ffffffff81502c55 KSPLICE_STANDALONE=1

Looks like the above error are fixed by upgrading GCC to gcc-4.4.1-13.x86_64. But, it still fail later.

# ksplice-create --patch=printk.patch rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64
Starting kernel builds (this process might take a long time)...
rm ksplice-revert-stamp
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
  COMBINE /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64/vmlinux.o
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
  LD      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/built-in.o
  CC      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/offsets.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/ksplice.o
/tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/ksplice.c: In function 'check_task':
/tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/ksplice.c:3208: error: 'const struct thread_struct' has no member named 'ip'
make[1]: *** [/tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc/ksplice.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
Child exited with status 2
Failed during: make -rR -C /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64/ksplice/build M=/tmp/ksplice-tmp-ghWNrw/kmodsrc KSPLICE_KID=6nut544u KSPLICE_VERSION=0.9.9 map_printk=ffffffff81502c55 KSPLICE_STANDALONE=1

> ksplice.c:3208: error: 'const struct thread_struct' has no member named 'ip'

This was fixed in ksplice.git commit c59aacc.

The above error is indeed disappeared using the latest git version. However, it fails later.

  ...
  COMBINE arch/x86/lib/built-in.o
  COMBINE arch/x86/lib/lib.a
  COMBINE /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64/vmlinux.o
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
  LD      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/built-in.o
  CC      /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/offsets.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice.o
  RMSYMS  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice-rmsyms.o
/tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice.o: Unknown section type: __mcount_loc
ksplice: died at objmanip.c:2902
Child exited with signal 6
Failed during: /usr/local/libexec/ksplice-objmanip /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice.o /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice.o.rmsyms rmsyms
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/itab.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/input.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/decode.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/syn.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/syn-intel.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/syn-att.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/x86/libudis86/udis86.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice-ky0gpynu.o
ld: /tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice-rmsyms.o: No such file: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [/tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc/ksplice-ky0gpynu.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31-2.fc12.x86_64'
Child exited with status 2
Failed during: make -rR -C /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.31/linux-2.6.31.x86_64/ksplice/build M=/tmp/ksplice-tmp-DQhqBz/kmodsrc KSPLICE_KID=ky0gpynu KSPLICE_VERSION=0.9.9 map_printk=ffffffff81502c55 KSPLICE_STANDALONE=1

Because, I have no idea, why this is happen, I have contact the upstream for asking for a solution of your reported issue.

I have retry to contact upstream for this issue.

Propose for F12 blocker. Would like to have a functional Ksplice in F12.

1.) ksplice was never an official feature of Fedora.

2.) For futher information a log of my last test you may find at:

http://www.herr-schmitt.de/pub/skplice/output

Perhaps someone have a idea how to fix this issue.

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle.
Changing version to '12'.

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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Reset to rawhide bacause bug sill exist and I have not got any feedback from upstream.

(In reply to comment #8)

> Perhaps someone have a idea how to fix this issue.    

I found this report while looking for suggestions when the RMSYMS
step failed for me on RH5.  For what it's worth, it worked when I
used the system gcc (4.1.2) rather than the 4.4 version I was
picking up in the ksplice run originally.  Perhaps that's a
helpful pointer even though it wasn't on Fedora?

Discussed at today's blocker meeting. We agreed this is not a blocker: it's not a critical package, or an accepted official feature, and it doesn't affect any of the release criteria.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Final_Release_Criteria



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