[Acked/CMT] [Unstable][PATCH 0/6] Add support for ZFS debug symbols

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 09:25:58AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1840704
> 
> The ZFS kernel modules aren't built with debug symbols,
> which introduces problems/issues for debugging/support.
> 
> Patches are required in:
> 
> 1) linux kernel packaging, to add infrastructure to
>    enable/build/strip/package debug symbols on DKMS.
>    (this is sufficient with zfs-linux now in Eoan.)
> 
> 2) zfs-linux and spl-linux, for the stable releases,
>    which need a few patches to enable debug symbols
>    (add option './configure --enable-debuginfo' and
>    '(ZFS|SPL)_DKMS_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO' to dkms.conf.)
> 
> Initially submitting the kernel patchset for Unstable,
> for review/feedback.  It backports nicely into B/D/E,
> should it be accepted; for X (doesn't use DKMS builds)
> a simpler patch for the moment (until it does) works.
> 
> The zfs/spl-linux patches are ready, to be submitted
> once the approach used by the kernel package settles.
> 
> Mauricio Faria de Oliveira (6):
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: Remove hardcoded $(pkgdir) in debug symbols handling
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: Handle debug symbols for modules in extras too
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: Check/link modules with debug symbols after DKMS
>     modules
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: Warn about modules without debug symbols
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: dkms-build: new parameter for debug package
>     directory
>   UBUNTU: [Debian]: dkms-build: zfs: support for debug symbols
> 
>  debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk             | 50 ++++++++++++---------
>  debian/scripts/dkms-build                   | 44 +++++++++++++++++-
>  debian/scripts/dkms-build--nvidia-N         |  5 ++-
>  debian/scripts/dkms-build--virtualbox-guest |  5 ++-
>  4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
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Other than the rather vile zfs specific additions which I think we would
prefer to have as a callout helper like the postinstall one, it all
looks fine.

Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>

-apw