** Description changed: + SRU Justification + + Impact: Users attempting to build our xenial kernel tree with fuse as a + module get an error that current_in_userns in undefined. This is because + that symbol is not exported to modules. + + Fix: Export the symbol. This is done in the upstream patches, but that + never got backported to xenial. + + Regression Potential: Virtually zero. + + --- ERROR: "current_in_userns" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined! /root/linux-4.4.0/scripts/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 /root/linux-4.4.0/Makefile:1112: recipe for target 'modules' failed make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/build/build-generic' Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/linux-4.4.0' debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk:70: recipe for target '/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/stamps/stamp-build-generic' failed make: *** [/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/stamps/stamp-build-generic] Error 2 Confirmed working using the following diff: https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2016-April/msg00388.html
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1617550 Title: Kernel Build Fails for Fuse Module Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: Users attempting to build our xenial kernel tree with fuse as a module get an error that current_in_userns in undefined. This is because that symbol is not exported to modules. Fix: Export the symbol. This is done in the upstream patches, but that never got backported to xenial. Regression Potential: Virtually zero. --- ERROR: "current_in_userns" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined! /root/linux-4.4.0/scripts/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 /root/linux-4.4.0/Makefile:1112: recipe for target 'modules' failed make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/build/build-generic' Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/linux-4.4.0' debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk:70: recipe for target '/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/stamps/stamp-build-generic' failed make: *** [/root/linux-4.4.0/debian/stamps/stamp-build-generic] Error 2 Confirmed working using the following diff: https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2016-April/msg00388.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1617550/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp