Public bug reported:

alanr@ibmlaptop:/var/log$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release:        12.04

Running this kernel after a recent update.
Linux ibmlaptop 3.2.0-41-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 25 03:27:11 UTC 2013 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

After upgrading, kvm can't start my VM that uses bridging.  Tracked it
down as noted below:


WHAT I DID:
I did a  sudo depmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-41-generic/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
              (this appears to succeed - no messages and 0 exit code)
and a $ sudo insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-41-generic/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko

WHAT I EXPECTED:
I expected the bridge module to load.

WHAT I GOT:
insmod: error inserting 
'/lib/modules/3.2.0-41-generic/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko': -1 Unknown symbol 
in module

Looking at the syslog, I got the unknown symbol messages below:

May  9 17:38:30 ibmlaptop kernel: [ 6162.081081] bridge: Unknown symbol 
stp_proto_register (err 0)
May  9 17:38:30 ibmlaptop kernel: [ 6162.081143] bridge: Unknown symbol 
stp_proto_unregister (err 0)
what started me down this path:

WHAT I DID:
Started a virtual machine with bridging enabled using Virtual Machine Manager

WHAT I GOT:
Error starting domain: Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device
Details:
Error starting domain: Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 45, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 66, in tmpcb
    callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1120, in startup
    self._backend.create()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 551, in create
    if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
libvirtError: Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device


WHAT I EXPECTED:
For the VM to start like it did before the upgrade.
All the things above came from further investigation of this problem.


Uncertain if this is related, but , there appear to be a lot of broken symbols 
in this kernel:
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968648] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_clear_guest_page (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968654] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_disable_largepages (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968662] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_exit (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968666] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_init (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968670] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_enable_efer_bits (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968675] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_fast_pio_out (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968679] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_get_spte_hierarchy (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968685] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
gfn_to_page (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968695] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_get_msr_common (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968702] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__kvm_set_memory_region (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968709] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_vcpu_uninit (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968713] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_emulate_halt (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968717] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_apic_base (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968723] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_define_shared_msr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968729] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_xcr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968737] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_write_guest_virt_system (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968742] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_find_cpuid_entry (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968746] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_task_switch (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968750] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_read_guest_virt (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968754] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_enable_tdp (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968760] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
x86_emulate_instruction (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968765] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__tracepoint_kvm_cr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968770] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968774] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_disable_tdp (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968779] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_require_cpl (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968785] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_lmsw (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968790] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_lapic_set_eoi (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968797] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_memory_region (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968803] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_queue_exception (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968808] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_after_handle_nmi (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968814] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_write_guest_page (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968821] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
fx_init (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968827] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__tracepoint_kvm_page_fault (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968832] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__tracepoint_kvm_inj_virq (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968836] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_cpu_has_interrupt (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968840] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_before_handle_nmi (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968846] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_emulate_wbinvd (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968850] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_cr3 (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968858] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_get_cr8 (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968862] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_x86_ops (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968868] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_vcpu_cache (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968872] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_dr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968877] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_emulate_hypercall (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968882] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__tracepoint_kvm_msr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968887] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_spurious_fault (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968895] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_write_tsc (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968899] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968905] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_get_guest_memory_type (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968910] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_cr4 (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968914] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_release_page_clean (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968918] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_cr0 (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968923] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_cr8 (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968927] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_get_dr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968932] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_page_fault (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968939] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_reset_context (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968944] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_vcpu_on_spin (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968949] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_read_guest (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968954] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_rebooting (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968958] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_get_rflags (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968963] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_queue_exception_e (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968968] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
is_error_page (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968973] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
__tracepoint_kvm_exit (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968977] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_emulate_cpuid (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968984] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_vcpu_init (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968990] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
handle_mmio_page_fault_common (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968994] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.968998] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_invlpg (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969003] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_msr_common (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969007] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_set_shared_msr (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969012] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_inject_page_fault (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969016] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_release_page_dirty (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969021] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_complete_insn_gp (err 0)
May  9 15:58:39 ibmlaptop kernel: [  170.969026] kvm_intel: Unknown symbol 
kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes (err 0)

And many more...

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: kernel-bug

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  Cannot load bridge module: missing symbols

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