From: jbernard@debian.org (Jon Bernard)
Subject: [lttng-dev] Debian 3.16.7-ckt9-2 issue with lttng-modules kmem probe
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:59:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150424165935.GA5843@helmut> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <844104542.35292.1429823245769.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com> wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> It appears that lttng-modules cannot build on the
> Debian kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt9-2 (2015-04-13)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux.
>
> It appears that their exported kmem.h header differs from
> the upstream stable branch, but AFAIK there is no Debian-specific
> version number available to distinguish between upstream stable
> and the Debian kernel.
Indeed. The only distinguishing characteristic I see is EXTRAVERSION
defined to '-ckt9'. I haven't had a chance to try yet, but could that
be acceptable?
> We have been hit by this in the past for Ubuntu kernels, and the
> solution has been to introduce a UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI define
> into their kernels, which can be used to follow their own kernel
> versions.
>
> Do you think we could ask Debian to do the same ?
I'm happy to ask, the argument is certainly sound.
--
Jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-24 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1082981755.35270.1429823095435.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2015-04-23 21:07 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2015-04-24 16:59 ` Jon Bernard [this message]
2015-04-24 17:45 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2015-04-24 19:40 ` Jon Bernard
2015-04-27 14:35 ` Jon Bernard
2015-04-27 15:06 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2015-04-27 15:25 ` Jon Bernard
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20150424165935.GA5843@helmut \
--to=jbernard@debian.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox