Activity log for bug #1899604

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2020-10-13 09:35:45 Andrea Righi bug added bug
2020-10-13 09:37:12 Andrea Righi attachment added dm-writeboost-dkms-fix-build-error-with-linux-5.8.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dm-writeboost/+bug/1899604/+attachment/5421651/+files/dm-writeboost-dkms-fix-build-error-with-linux-5.8.debdiff
2020-10-13 12:31:26 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags patch
2020-10-14 07:11:06 Andrea Righi attachment added dm-writeboost-dkms-fix-build-error-with-linux-5.8.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dm-writeboost/+bug/1899604/+attachment/5422032/+files/dm-writeboost-dkms-fix-build-error-with-linux-5.8.debdiff
2020-10-30 12:27:13 Timo Aaltonen nominated for series Ubuntu Focal
2020-10-30 12:27:13 Timo Aaltonen bug task added dm-writeboost (Ubuntu Focal)
2020-10-30 12:27:19 Timo Aaltonen dm-writeboost (Ubuntu): status New Invalid
2020-10-30 12:31:14 Andrea Righi description The following build error is reported when building this module with the new linux-hwe-5.8: In file included from /var/lib/dkms/dahdi/2.11.1~dfsg-1ubuntu6/build/drivers/dahdi/oct612x/oct612x-user.c:27: /var/lib/dkms/dahdi/2.11.1~dfsg-1ubuntu6/build/include/dahdi/kernel.h:960:18: error: field ‘registration_time’ has incomplete type 960 | struct timespec registration_time; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Impact] The following build error is reported when building this module with the new linux-hwe-5.8: [Test case] $ sudo apt install
2020-10-30 12:35:05 Andrea Righi description [Impact] The following build error is reported when building this module with the new linux-hwe-5.8: [Test case] $ sudo apt install [Impact] The following build error is reported when building this module with the new linux-hwe-5.8: /var/lib/dkms/dm-writeboost/2.2.9/build/dm-writeboost-daemon.c:62:13: error: too many arguments to function ‘blkdev_issue_flush’ 62 | int err = blkdev_issue_flush(wb->cache_dev->bdev, GFP_NOIO, NULL); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Test case] $ sudo apt install dm-writeboost-dkms Build error in reported in the build log. [Fix] Fix by applying 2 patches from the groovy dkms module to properly support a 5.8 kernel. [Regression potential] The source code for the 5.4 kernel remains the same, so there is no regression potential. The new changes are all conditionals and they are all applied to the 5.8 kernel.
2020-11-03 14:06:21 Andy Whitcroft dm-writeboost (Ubuntu Focal): status New Fix Committed
2020-11-03 14:06:22 Andy Whitcroft bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2020-11-03 14:06:24 Andy Whitcroft bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2020-11-03 14:06:27 Andy Whitcroft tags patch patch verification-needed verification-needed-focal
2020-11-13 17:25:46 Kleber Sacilotto de Souza tags patch verification-needed verification-needed-focal patch verification-done-focal verification-needed
2020-11-16 10:47:45 Launchpad Janitor dm-writeboost (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2020-11-16 10:47:48 Łukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team