I manage 300+ machines that run openafs that has a dkms built kernel
module like the nvidia module that needs to be built. I also manage
dozens of nvidia gpu servers where users have sudo access and can
install anything they want. Here is a snippet of what I found. Note this
is for 16.04 systems but 14.04 systems running the 4.4.0-116 kernel will
have similar problems:
Short story, if your machine is not using the Ubuntu supplied gcc you
will have issues with afs and nvidia built kernel modules or any dkms
built kernel modules. Longer story below.
NOTE! this problem affects at least, openafs, nvidia, virtual box or
any dkms built module. I am going to forward this info to
gr...@cs.unc.edu. This started with the latest Ubuntu 4.4.0-116
kernel version.
Looking through that bug and testing took me hours. The short story is
the machines having issues with openafs.ko module are ones that have
the Ubuntu toolchain ppa that has a gcc compiler suite that does not
support the "retpoline" feature which was recently put in to fix the
Spectre security issue. The nvidia module will also have issues.
The machines using the Ubuntu supplied gcc compiler are the ones that
are not having issues. But, host olympia was a special case.
The compiler that works, using "gcc -v"
gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9)
The ones that don't work like host bvisionserver8:
gcc version 5.4.1 20160904
You can use "apt-cache policy gcc" to show what repo the compiler
comes from. WARNING, /usr/bin/gcc is a link to /usr/bin/gcc-5, the gcc
package is a meta package and you need to query gcc-5. If you query
gcc it shows coming from the standard Ubuntu repo but /usr/bin/gcc-5
is coming from the toolchain repo.
A good gcc-5 shows:
----------------------------
classroom:55% apt-cache policy gcc-5
gcc-5:
Installed: 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9
Candidate: 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9
Version table:
*** 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main
amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main
amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
5.3.1-14ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
The bad compilers show:
----------------------------------
bvisionserver8:/> apt-cache policy gcc-5
gcc-5:
Installed: 5.4.1-2ubuntu1~16.04
Candidate: 5.4.1-2ubuntu1~16.04
Version table:
*** 5.4.1-2ubuntu1~16.04 500
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu
xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main
amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main
amd64 Packages
5.3.1-14ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
And you can see
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-toolchain-r-ubuntu-test-xenial.list
repo is configure on those machines.
On a good machine modinfo openafs shows that retpoline is turned on in
the vermagic: line:
classroom:56% modinfo openafs
filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/updates/dkms/openafs.ko
license: http://www.openafs.org/dl/license10.html
srcversion: 4E1BEB8CE16072EF8E64542
depends:
vermagic: 4.4.0-116-generic SMP mod_unload modversions retpoline
And not turned on a bad machine:
bvisionserver8:/> modinfo openafs
filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/updates/dkms/openafs.ko
license: http://www.openafs.org/dl/license10.html
srcversion: 66044F5DC18AA3288DB22FF
depends:
vermagic: 4.4.0-116-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750937
Title:
4.4.0-116 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers (on 14.04 and
16.04) by an insufficient compiler!
Status in gcc:
New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Running fine with nvidia-384 until this kernel update came along.
When booted into the new kernel, got super low resolution and nvidia-
settings was missing most of its functionality - could not change
resolution.
Rebooted into 4.4.0-112 kernel and all was well.
The root cause of the problem has been found to be installing the -116
kernel without a sufficiently updated version of gcc. In my case, my
system received the gcc update AFTER the kernel update.
Uninstalling the -116 kernel and reinstalling it with the updated
version of gcc solved the problem for me.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135~14.04.1-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 384.111 Tue Dec 19 23:51:45
PST 2017
GCC version: gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3)
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed Feb 21 19:23:39 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1c82] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:6253]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-03 (1086 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20150218.1)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M11AD
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic
root=UUID=5a88d2a1-0a24-415b-adc2-28435b13248a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0302
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M11AD
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0302:bd08/15/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnM11AD:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnM11AD:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: M11AD
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20160425-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 21 18:48:14 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4
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