Bug#1040178: Kernel modules will not build, missing asm/orc_header.h

[Richard A Burton]

Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms

Version: 525.116.04-1


Setting up nvidia-kernel-dkms (525.116.04-1) ...
Removing old nvidia-current-525.116.04 DKMS files...
Deleting module nvidia-current-525.116.04 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new nvidia-current-525.116.04 DKMS files...
Building for 6.3.0-1-amd64
Building initial module for 6.3.0-1-amd64
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/525.116.04/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-kernel-dkms (--configure):
 installed nvidia-kernel-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver:
 nvidia-driver depends on nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 525.116.04-1) | nvidia-kernel-525.116.04 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.116.04 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.116.04; however:
  Package nvidia-kernel-dkms is not configured yet.
  Package nvidia-kernel-525.116.04 is not installed.
  Package nvidia-kernel-dkms which provides nvidia-kernel-525.116.04 is not configured yet.
  Package nvidia-open-kernel-525.116.04 is not installed.
  Package nvidia-open-kernel-525.116.04 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.37-3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-kernel-dkms
 nvidia-driver
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Build log ends with errors such as:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/525.116.04/build/nvidia-drm.mod.c:10:10: fatal error: asm/orc_header.h: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <asm/orc_header.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

[Andreas Beckmann]

which version of linux-kbuild-6.3 do you have installed?
(dpkg -l linux-kbuild-6.3)


Andreas

[Richard A Burton]

Fully updated sid, on amd64.

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name             Version      Architecture Description
+++-================-============-============-===================================

ii  linux-kbuild-6.3 6.3.11-1     amd64        Kbuild infrastructure for Linux 6.3

[Andreas Beckmann]

as a workaround please downgrade linux-kbuild-6.3 to the version from
testing (6.3.7-1)

Andreas

[Andreas Beckmann]

Control: reassign -1 linux-kbuild-6.3 6.3.11-1
Control: retitle -1 linux-kbuild-6.3: missing Breaks: linux-headers-6.3.0-1-common, ...
Control: affects -1 + nvidia-kernel-dkms
Control: severity -1 serious

[resending, the previous attempt didn't have the bug in To/Cc]

This error can be easily be reproduced by installing
linux-headers-amd64 and dkms-test-dkms in sid.
Can be reproduced in testing by installing these packages
from testing and only linux-kbuild-6.3 from sid.

DKMS make.log for dkms_test-1.0 for kernel 6.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64)
Sun Jul 2 22:41:19 UTC 2023
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.3.0-1-amd64'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/dkms_test/1.0/build/dkms_test.o
MODPOST /var/lib/dkms/dkms_test/1.0/build/Module.symvers
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/dkms_test/1.0/build/dkms_test.mod.o
/var/lib/dkms/dkms_test/1.0/build/dkms_test.mod.c:10:10: fatal error: asm/orc_header.h: No such file or directory

10 | #include <asm/orc_header.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.3.0-1-common/scripts/Makefile.modfinal:29: /var/lib/dkms/dkms_test/1.0/build/dkms_test.mod.o] Error 1
make: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.3.0-1-common/Makefile:1967: modules] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.3.0-1-amd64'

Another instance of this bug is the dkms autopkgtest regression on amd64:
https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/d/dkms/35086312/log.gz

My suggestion is to add Breaks against these packages:

linux-headers-6.3.0-1-common (<< 6.3.11)
linux-headers-6.3.0-1-common-rt (<< 6.3.11)
linux-headers-6.3.0-0-common (<< 6.3.11)
linux-headers-6.3.0-0-common-rt (<< 6.3.11)

These can be removed for Linux 6.4, but maybe 6.4 needs
in linux-kbuild-6.4 similar Breaks against

linux-headers-6.4.0-0-common (<< $ver)
linux-headers-6.4.0-0-common-rt (<< $ver)

if a similar change as the one in 6.3.0-2 is yet to be
applied to 6.4.


This needs to be fixed before linux 6.3.0-2-* can migrate to testing,
otherwise it will break dkms module building for everyone still having
linux-headers-6.3.0-1-* installed (which is probably for the currently
running kernel).


Andreas

[Bastian Blank]

Control: reassign -1 dkms

On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 10:53:19AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2023-07-04 16:13:56 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> > This needs to be fixed before linux 6.3.0-2-* can migrate to testing,
> > otherwise it will break dkms module building for everyone still having
> > linux-headers-6.3.0-1-* installed (which is probably for the currently
> > running kernel).

> On one of my machines, the upgrade was fine, but this is because the
> NVIDIA kernel module wasn't rebuilt for the 6.3.0-1 kernel (despite
> I have autoinstall_all_kernels="1" in /etc/dkms/framework.conf). So
> I suppose that this bug would affect the machine only if the NVIDIA
> packages are upgraded.

This is dkms failing to build a module for an incompatible kernel.
Nothing can be done by the kernel to fix this as the kernel internal
interfaces are not stable, the module needs to be upgrade accordingly to
support the new interface.

Bastian

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