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linux-hwe-5.11 package

  1. Hirsute (21.04)
  2. Bug #1958228
  3. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1958228

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Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza) wrote :

[ Impact ]
Commit 35e8d405b009 "fs: export an inode_update_time helper" (upstream commit e60feb445fce9e51c1558a6aa7faf9dd5ded533b), applied to hirsure:linux via upstream stable broke the build of aufs. The function 'update_time()' is used by aufs and was exported before by a SAUCE patch (0d3312035010 "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Import aufs driver").

[ Fix ]
The proposed fix is to patch aufs to use the new function name. There is no functional change.

[ Test ]
Build a 5.11 kernel with AUFS enabled.

[ Where problems could occur ]
By keeping the new function name, if any other internal or external module is using 'update_time()' their build will also fail. This will need to be address case-by-case.