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[SRU] virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build [error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here (not in a function)]

Bug #1411507 reported by Mahesh on 2015-01-16

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	virtualbox (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
	Trusty	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

[Impact]

* User can't install and build virtualbox-guest-dkms kernel module

[Test Case]

* Install it. Ensure that it installs with a 3.16 and 3.13 kernel.

[Regression Potential]

* None (this needs to be done almost at each kernel release)
* Upstream "ifdefs" the new code, so there is no regression.

[Other Info]

After updates installed I got this error

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.16.0-29-generic
Date: Fri Jan 16 10:53:05 2015
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.3.10-dfsg-1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.3.10/build/vboxsf/regops.c:577:20: error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here (not in a function)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-06 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.3.10-dfsg-1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mahesh (mahesh-balumuri) wrote on 2015-01-16:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (10.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.DpkgList.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.ModInfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-01-16

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2015-01-19

summary:

virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel module
- failed to build
+ failed to build [error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here (not in
+ a function)]

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2015-01-19: Re: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build [error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here (not in a function)]

debdiff Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain)

Hi Mahesh, where did you get kernel 3.16?

anyway please test virtualbox from my ppa:costamagnagianfranco/locutusofborg-ppa

thanks

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2015-01-19:

I'm testing it right now in a vm

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2015-01-19:

debdiff-v2 Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain)

I'm testing it right now in a vm, I had to add a new part of the patch, to fix the next build failure.

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2015-01-19:

Confirming, with the debdiff-v2 virtualbox builds correctly.

However I would like to also add this
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-virtualbox/virtualbox.git/commit/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vboxvideo_drm.c?id=c923f4d32f4c80cf283dd3a53e109335a8e8d9f8

to fix another build failure when 3.18 will be backported to trusty

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2015-01-19:

Uploaded. Sitting in the queue now:

virtualbox (4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

* Add support for Virtualbox host kernel modules on Linux 3.16
- 39-add-support-for-linux-3-16.patch (LP: #1411507).

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	New → Fix Committed

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2015-01-19:

Please fill out the rest of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates on the bug report.

Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) on 2015-01-19

summary:	- virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel module - failed to build [error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here (not in - a function)] + [SRU] virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1: virtualbox-guest kernel + module failed to build [error: 'generic_file_aio_read' undeclared here + (not in a function)]
description:	updated

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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote on 2015-01-21: Please test proposed package

Hello Mahesh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

description:	updated
tags:	added: verification-needed

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2015-01-21:

tested on a clean trusty VM, working flawlessly

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-01-28:

#10

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1

---------------
virtualbox (4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

* Add support for Virtualbox host kernel modules on Linux 3.16
- 39-add-support-for-linux-3-16.patch (LP: #1411507).
-- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:48:09 +0100

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote on 2015-01-28: Update Released

#11

The verification of the Stable Release Update for virtualbox has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Chris J Arges (arges) on 2015-01-28