As a general rule, the kernel internal interface changes all the time and it cannot take into account out of tree module.
It's the responsibility of the maintainers of these modules to keep up with upstream changes. -- 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/2053101 Title: Backported rename of GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN to GENHD_FL_NO_PART breaks existing modules Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in linux source package in Jammy: Won't Fix Bug description: 3rd party kernel modules for Ubuntu 20.04 break due to the recently backported change of renaming GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN to GENHD_FL_NO_PART linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049 still uses GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN which the 3rd party kernel modules use, while linux- gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051 has brought the rename to GENHD_FL_NO_PART in. This is a breaking change and should not have been backported. The 3rd party modules have been updated for newer kernels on 22.04, but can't be updated on 20.04 with this breaking change. $ grep GENHD_FL_NO_PART /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049/include/linux/genhd.h /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051/include/linux/genhd.h /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049/include/linux/genhd.h: * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN`` (0x0200): partition scanning is disabled. /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049/include/linux/genhd.h: * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN``. /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049/include/linux/genhd.h:#define GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN 0x0200 /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1049/include/linux/genhd.h: !(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN); /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051/include/linux/genhd.h: * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART`` (0x0200): partition support is disabled. /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051/include/linux/genhd.h: * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART``. /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051/include/linux/genhd.h:#define GENHD_FL_NO_PART 0x0200 /usr/src/linux-gcp-5.15-headers-5.15.0-1051/include/linux/genhd.h: return disk_max_parts(disk) > 1 && !(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART); $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Release: 20.04 $ apt policy linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gcp linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gcp: Installed: 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 Candidate: 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 Version table: *** 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 500 500 http://australia-southeast1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gcp 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1-gcp 5.15.136 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-1051-gcp x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Wed Feb 14 12:07:11 2024 ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-signed-gcp-5.15 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2023-05-07 (282 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2053101/+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
