** Summary changed: - compilation due to "peermem" module + compilation errors due to "peermem" module
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960256 Title: compilation errors due to "peermem" module Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Installed with the following: apt-get install --no-install-recommends nvidia-driver-470 nvidia- modprobe libnvidia-cfg1-470 libnvidia-common-470 libnvidia-compute-470 libnvidia-decode-470 libnvidia-encode-470 libnvidia-extra-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470 libnvidia-gl-470 libnvidia-ifr1-470 nvidia-compute- utils-470 nvidia-dkms-470 nvidia-driver-470 nvidia-kernel-common-470 nvidia-kernel-source-470 nvidia-utils-470 xserver-xorg-video- nvidia-470 Seems to generate /var/crash/nvidia-dkms-470.0.crash (tail -20): /usr/bin/ld.bfd -m elf_x86_64 -z max-page-size=0x200000 -r -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o […] { echo /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm.o […] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-format.o; echo; } > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm.mod make -f ./scripts/Makefile.modpost sed 's/ko$/o/' /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/modules.order | scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i ./Module.symvers -I /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/Module.symvers -e /usr/src/ofa_kernel/default/Module.symvers -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/Module.symvers -s -T - FATAL: parse error in symbol dump file scripts/Makefile.modpost:93: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 Makefile:1675: recipe for target 'modules' failed make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-97-generic' Makefile:80: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2 DKMSKernelVersion: 5.4.0-97-generic Date: Mon Feb 7 11:32:36 2022 Package: nvidia-dkms-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 PackageVersion: 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Title: nvidia-dkms-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build It is added: # dkms status -k `uname -r` iser, 4.7: added kernel-mft-dkms, 4.13.0, 5.4.0-97-generic, x86_64: installed knem, 1.1.3.90mlnx1: added mlnx-ofed-kernel, 4.7: added nvidia, 470.103.01: added rshim, 1.8, 5.4.0-97-generic, x86_64: installed srp, 4.7: added However, doing a build gets: dkms build nvidia/470.103.01 Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... applying patch disable_fstack-clash-protection_fcf-protection.patch...patching file Kbuild Hunk #1 succeeded at 82 (offset 11 lines). Building module: cleaning build area... unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=5.4.0-97-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/5.4.0-97-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd modules.........(bad exit status: 2) ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-dkms-470.0.crash' Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-97-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/make.log for more information. Which I suspect is related to the "peermem" module: { echo /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o [...] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-format.o; echo; } > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm.mod /usr/bin/ld.bfd -m elf_x86_64 -z max-page-size=0x200000 -r -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem/nvidia-peermem.o { echo /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem/nvidia-peermem.o; echo; } > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem.mod make -f ./scripts/Makefile.modpost sed 's/ko$/o/' /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/modules.order | scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i ./Module.symvers -I /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/Module.symvers -e /usr/src/ofa_kernel/default/Module.symvers -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/Module.symvers -s -T - FATAL: parse error in symbol dump file scripts/Makefile.modpost:93: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 Makefile:1675: recipe for target 'modules' failed make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-97-generic' Makefile:80: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2 (END) This does not seem to be supported on (unpatched?) 5.4 kernels per this thread I found: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2106512#p2106512 Downloading and running "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.103.01.run" directly also fails, UNLESS the following options is used: --no-peermem Do not install the nvidia-peermem kernel module. This kernel module provides support for peer-to-peer memory sharing with Mellanox HCAs (Host Channel Adapters) via GPUDirect RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access). BUT only when the Nvidia installer did NOT dry to register into DMKS, because otherwise it got: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem/nvidia-peermem.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia.o ld -r -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-interface.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-pci.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01 /build/nvidia/nv-acpi.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-cray.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-dma.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-i2c.o /var/lib/dkms/nvi dia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-p2p.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-pat.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-procfs.o / var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-procfs-utils.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-usermap.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-vm.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01 /build/nvidia/nv-vtophys.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/os-interface.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/os-mlock.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/os-pci.o /var/li b/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/os-registry.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/os-usermap.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-modeset-interface.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.1 03.01/build/nvidia/nv-pci-table.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-kthread-q.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-memdbg.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-ibmnp u.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-report-err.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-rsync.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-msi.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103. 01/build/nvidia/nv-caps.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv-frontend.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nv_uvm_interface.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nvlink_lin ux.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/nvlink_caps.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/procfs_nvswitch.o /var/lib/dkms/n vidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia/i2c_nvswitch.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c: In function 'plane_req_config_update': /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c:89:9: warning: unused variable 'ret' [-Wunused-variable] int ret = 0; ^~~ /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c: In function 'nv_drm_plane_atomic_set_property': /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c:371:32: warning: unused variable 'nv_drm_plane_state' [-Wunused-variable] struct nv_drm_plane_state *nv_drm_plane_state = ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c: In function '__will_generate_flip_event': /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c:96:23: warning: unused variable 'primary_plane' [-Wunused-variable] struct drm_plane *primary_plane = crtc->primary; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-drm.o ld -r -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-modeset.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-peermem.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/470.103.01/build/nvidia-uvm.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 5 modules FATAL: parse error in symbol dump file scripts/Makefile.modpost:93: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 Makefile:1675: recipe for target 'modules' failed make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-97-generic' Makefile:80: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2 So it seems that attempts to install the driver: * either via the Ubuntu package, or * via the Nvidia shell installer fail when it tries to install via DKMS, because DKMS does not (has not way?) to tell the build infrastructure to not build "peermem" sub- module. Doing a "bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.103.01.run --no-peermem" and NOT hooking it into DKMS allows for the driver to be built. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: nvidia-driver-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-97.110~18.04.1-generic 5.4.162 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-97-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.27 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 7 11:57:39 2022 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/+bug/1960256/+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
