APPLIED: [SRU][H][PATCH 0/1] Fix aufs build on 5.11 kernels (LP#1958228)

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Tue Jan 18 12:12:54 UTC 2022


On 18.01.22 11:52, Kleber Sacilotto de Souza wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1958228
>
> [ Impact ]
> Commit 35e8d405b009 "fs: export an inode_update_time helper" (upstream commit
> e60feb445fce9e51c1558a6aa7faf9dd5ded533b), applied to hirsure:linux via upstream
> stable broke the build of aufs. The function 'update_time()' is used by aufs and
> was exported before by a SAUCE patch (0d3312035010 "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Import aufs
> driver").
>
> [ Fix ]
> The proposed fix is to patch aufs to use the new function name. There is no
> functional change.
>
> [ Test ]
> Build a 5.11 kernel with AUFS enabled.
>
> [ Where problems could occur ]
> By keeping the new function name, if any other internal or external module is
> using 'update_time()' their build will also fail. This will need to be addressed
> case-by-case.
>
> J. R. Okajima (1):
>    UBUNTU: SAUCE: aufs: v5.16-rc1, use inode_update_time helper
>
>   fs/aufs/vfsub.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Applied to hirsute:linux.

Thanks,
Kleber




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