update to build for 4.19

[Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo]

[Impact]
dm-writeboost-dkms won't build with bionic/linux-hwe-edge 5.0.

[Test case]
Test that the dkms now builds with 5.0 kernel and still builds with 4.15 kernel.

[Regression potential]
The module may not build anymore on older kernels, that has been tested.
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dm-writeboost-dkms fails to build on linux 4.19.

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1801975

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)]

Tested to build against 4.18 and 4.19.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package dm-writeboost - 2.2.9-1ubuntu1

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dm-writeboost (2.2.9-1ubuntu1) disco; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - Adding DEP8 functional test case
  * Fix building for linux 4.19 (LP: #1801975)
  * Fix calling dm_kcopyd_zero on linux 4.19 (LP: #1801975)

dm-writeboost (2.2.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release [June 2018].
    + fixed build on Linux 4.15 and 4.17 (Closes: #892064).
  * Standards-Version: 4.1.4.
  * Vcs URLs to Salsa.

 -- Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:41:49 -0200

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Hello Thadeu, or anyone else affected,

Accepted dm-writeboost into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dm-writeboost/2.2.8-1ubuntu3~18.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The fix for this bug has been awaiting testing feedback in the -proposed repository for bionic for more than 90 days. Please test this fix and update the bug appropriately with the results. In the event that the fix for this bug is still not verified 15 days from now, the package will be removed from the -proposed repository.

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

dkms install -m dm-writeboost -v 2.2.8 -k 5.0.0-23-generic

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j2 KERNELRELEASE=5.0.0-23-generic all KERNEL_TREE=/lib/modules/5.0.0-23-generic/build V=1...(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/dm-writeboost-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.0.0-23-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/dm-writeboost/2.2.8/build/make.log for more information.

dpkg -l|grep dm-write
ii dm-writeboost-dkms 2.2.8-1ubuntu3~18.04.2

dkms status dm-writeboost
dm-writeboost, 2.2.8, 4.15.0-55-generic, x86_64: installed
dm-writeboost, 2.2.8, 5.0.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for dm-writeboost has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package dm-writeboost - 2.2.8-1ubuntu3~18.04.2

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dm-writeboost (2.2.8-1ubuntu3~18.04.2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Fix building for linux 4.19 (LP: #1801975)

 -- Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:06:11 -0300