Build fails on intrepid amd64, error: too many arguments to function 'smp_call_function'

[Tim Kornhammar]

Distribution: Ubuntu Intrepid
Version: 30
Architecture: amd64

"""
# Build the vboxdrv module:
for i in generic server ; do \
  mkdir /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-$i ; \
  tar jxfC /usr/src/virtualbox-ose.tar.bz2 /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-$i;\
  export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-$i; \
  /usr/bin/make -C /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-$i/modules/virtualbox-ose; \
 done
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose'
/usr/bin/make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic SUBDIRS=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose SRCROOT=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
 echo; \
 echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
 echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
 echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
 echo; \
 /bin/false)
mkdir -p /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/.tmp_versions/*
/usr/bin/make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose
  gcc -Wp,-MD,/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic/include -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/ -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/include -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DUSE_NEW_OS_INTERFACE_FOR_MM -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
In file included from /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:35:
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/SUPDRV.h:99:30: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c: In function 'supdrvOSGipResume':
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:1331: error: too many arguments to function 'smp_call_function'
make[3]: *** [/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic'
make[1]: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-generic/modules/virtualbox-ose'
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose'
/usr/bin/make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server SUBDIRS=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose SRCROOT=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
 echo; \
 echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
 echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
 echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
 echo; \
 /bin/false)
mkdir -p /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/.tmp_versions/*
/usr/bin/make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose
  gcc -Wp,-MD,/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server/include -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/ -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/include -I/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DUSE_NEW_OS_INTERFACE_FOR_MM -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
In file included from /var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:35:
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/SUPDRV.h:99:30: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c: In function 'supdrvOSGipResume':
/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:1331: error: too many arguments to function 'smp_call_function'
make[3]: *** [/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server'
make[1]: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/cache/prevu/src/28496/source/debian/build-server/modules/virtualbox-ose'
make: *** [build_vboxdrv] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
"""

[Matthias Kestenholz (mk-spinlock)]

Disclaimer: I'm no kernel hacker, I just want to get virtualbox up and running again.

The quick fix for me was changing #include <asm/semaphore.h> to #include <linux/semaphore.h> and removing the third parameter (0 /* retry */,) from all those places where compiling failed because of too many arguments (esp. smp_call_function, I don't remember the other function names)

[Matthias Kestenholz (mk-spinlock)]

The attached patch is obviously not very clean and not nice at all (It should take the linux version into account instead of replacing things all over the place breaking the source for older kernels) but it works for linux-image-2.6.27-2-generic. It might be a starting point for other people, though.

Note: I'm not even sure this is the correct fix. The only tests I have done with it were compiling the module, insmoding it and booting windows xp inside the VM...

[Matthias Kestenholz (mk-spinlock)]

Argh, I should think before posting.

This bug is fixed in VirtualBox 1.6.6 as per the posting here: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1962

[Sami Haahtinen (ressu)]

Lets link this bug to the upstream bug

[Sami Haahtinen (ressu)]

Confirming this bug, also verifying that the patch works as a temporary fix.

[Jeremy Wilkins (wjeremy)]

Confirmed. Seems to be problems building with the new 2.6.27 kernel, because it was working on 2.6.26.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

does this ever occur in lucid or later? The upstream ticket is closed as fix released.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Matthias Kestenholz (mk-spinlock)]

I haven't seen this problem in years now, I completely forgot about it.

I'd say this can be closed for good.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Marking as fixed as per last comment from Matthias.