** Changed in: zfs-linux (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided => High
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to zfs-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1976248 Title: Revert PPC get_user workaround Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Impish: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux source package in Impish: Won't Fix Status in linux source package in Jammy: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux source package in Jammy: New Status in linux source package in Kinetic: Won't Fix Status in zfs-linux source package in Kinetic: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] * A change of kernel symbol license allows to drop a PPC specific workaround in zfs-dkms to use the regular (better) code paths. * See details in: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs- linux/tree/debian/patches/4900-ppc-get-user-workaround.patch https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009242 [Test Plan] * linux: apply https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9e5c3e9e75162f845880535957b7fd0b4637d23 * zfs-dkms: revert https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs- linux/tree/debian/patches/4900-ppc-get-user-workaround.patch * Build on kernel with zfs module on ppc * Ensure that zfs.ko successfully loads and works * Test that root on zfs installations work on ppc (however, Ubuntu currently doesn't provide an installation method to achieve this, so this bit of verification might be hard to complete) [Where problems could occur] * linux: the patch only changes the symbol licensing and the potential tainteness status of the kernel, without any observable user or kernel space impacts * zfs-dkms: The PPC workaround patch is known to be buggy, and the new arch-independent codepath may now use optimized codepaths inside kernel resulting in a different behavior as observed by user-space (operation successful, EFAULT not returned) matching the behavior of all other architectures. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1976248/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp