This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 6.14.0-1006.6
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linux-gcp (6.14.0-1006.6) plucky; urgency=medium
* plucky/linux-gcp: 6.14.0-1006.6 -proposed tracker (LP: #2106486)
* Null pointer dereference in gVNIC driver (LP: #2106281)
- gve: unlink old napi only if page pool exists
* GCP kernels need CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=m (not =y) (LP: #2105142)
- [Packaging] gcp: Make virtio_balloon loadable
-- Paolo Pisati <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:10:13
+0200
** Changed in: linux-gcp (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
GCP kernels need CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=m (not =y)
Status in linux-gcp package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
SRU Justification
[Impact]
Google requested that the virtio_balloon module be made loadable,
rather than built-in. This is to support disabling the module at
runtime, which is specified as possible in their documentation:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/dynamic-resource-
management#disabling_the_virtio_memory_balloon_device
[Fix]
Change CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON to build the driver as a loadable module
rather than a built-in, drivers/virtio/* is already in the inclusion
list, so the driver will be included in the main modules package.
[Test Plan]
List files in the linux-modules package and verify that
virtio_balloon.ko is there.
[Regression potential]
The regression potential is very low since the module will still be
included with all cloud installations and a user has to manually
disable it to get different behavior.
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