Activity log for bug #1766754

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2018-04-25 01:39:40 paulcd2000 bug added bug
2018-04-25 17:21:09 paulcd2000 description Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap: Installed: 3.1-3 Candidate: 3.1-3 Version table: *** 3.1-3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2018-04-25 18:32:10 Tyler Hicks description Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status [Impact] systemtap cannot be used in Ubuntu 18.04 due to kernel ABI incompatibilities with the 4.15 based kernel. [Test Case] Load an example systemtap script to verify that it can be built and used with the Ubuntu 18.04 kernel. [Regression Potential] Low regression potential since the package does not currently work as-is. [Original Bug Report] Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2018-04-25 18:33:46 Tyler Hicks description [Impact] systemtap cannot be used in Ubuntu 18.04 due to kernel ABI incompatibilities with the 4.15 based kernel. [Test Case] Load an example systemtap script to verify that it can be built and used with the Ubuntu 18.04 kernel. [Regression Potential] Low regression potential since the package does not currently work as-is. [Original Bug Report] Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status [Impact] systemtap cannot be used in Ubuntu 18.04 due to kernel ABI incompatibilities with the 4.15 based kernel. The upstream kernel changes are: - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7eeb6b893bd28c68b6d664de1d3120e49b855cdb - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d3a024abbc43827785 [Test Case] Load an example systemtap script to verify that it can be built and used with the Ubuntu 18.04 kernel. [Regression Potential] Low regression potential since the package does not currently work as-is. [Original Bug Report] Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2018-04-25 20:39:26 Tyler Hicks attachment added stap-bad.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemtap/+bug/1766754/+attachment/5127252/+files/stap-bad.txt
2018-04-25 20:41:30 Tyler Hicks description [Impact] systemtap cannot be used in Ubuntu 18.04 due to kernel ABI incompatibilities with the 4.15 based kernel. The upstream kernel changes are: - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7eeb6b893bd28c68b6d664de1d3120e49b855cdb - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d3a024abbc43827785 [Test Case] Load an example systemtap script to verify that it can be built and used with the Ubuntu 18.04 kernel. [Regression Potential] Low regression potential since the package does not currently work as-is. [Original Bug Report] Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status [Impact] systemtap cannot be used in Ubuntu 18.04 due to kernel ABI incompatibilities with the 4.15 based kernel. The upstream kernel changes are: - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7eeb6b893bd28c68b6d664de1d3120e49b855cdb - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d3a024abbc43827785 [Test Case] Load an example systemtap script to verify that it can be built and used with the Ubuntu 18.04 kernel. $ sudo stap -v -e 'probe kernel.function("proc_dostring") {printf("proc_dostring() called\n"); exit()}' In another terminal, execute 'cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname' and the stap command should print "proc_dostring() called" and exit. See the stap-bad.txt and stap-good.txt attachments for example output. [Regression Potential] Low regression potential since the package does not currently work as-is. [Original Bug Report] Per https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22158 , Systemtap 3.1 is broken on kernel versions > 4.14. It looks like they're aware of this in the debian package : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892995 . With Bionic Beaver about to ship with kernel 4.15 and systemtap 3.1-3, systemtap will be unusable on the LTS of Ubuntu. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 $ uname -a Linux appliance 4.15.0-19-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 22 00:03:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy systemtap systemtap:   Installed: 3.1-3   Candidate: 3.1-3   Version table:  *** 3.1-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2018-04-25 20:42:39 Tyler Hicks attachment added stap-good.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemtap/+bug/1766754/+attachment/5127253/+files/stap-good.txt
2018-04-25 21:13:30 Tyler Hicks systemtap (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2018-04-25 21:13:33 Tyler Hicks systemtap (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2018-04-25 21:13:35 Tyler Hicks systemtap (Ubuntu): assignee Tyler Hicks (tyhicks)
2018-04-25 22:54:14 Launchpad Janitor systemtap (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released