APPLIED/cmt: [Unstable][PATCH 0/6] Add support for ZFS debug symbols

Seth Forshee seth.forshee at canonical.com
Thu Sep 26 19:38:17 UTC 2019


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.

Applied to eoan/master-next, with an extra patch to move the
zfs-specific part of dkms-build to a configure hook as suggested by
Andy. Thanks!



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