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freeipmi package

ipmi-locate causes synchronous external abort on ARM

Bug #1499838 reported by Newell Jensen
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freeipmi (Debian)
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freeipmi (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Newell Jensen
Precise
Won't Fix
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Trusty
Fix Released
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Vivid
Fix Released
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Wily
Fix Released
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Newell Jensen

Bug Description

ipmi-locate throws a synchronous external abort error on Cavium Thunder crb ARM64 hardware.

A fix for this is needed because other programs, such as MAAS (where it was first noticed), rely upon it. The strace log (see attached below) shows the error.

[Test Case]

To reproduce this bug, you will need:

1. Have access to Cavium Thunder crb arm64 hardware (I have not tested this on other arm64 systems but those could work as well) and have Ubuntu with ipmi-locate installed.
2. Run the strace command as shown above.

[Regression Potential]

Although unlikely, if any regressions were to manifest it would most likely be with/without ARM systems and how these C preprocessor directives are compiled into or out of the binaries. Both x86 and arm64 systems have been tested with the patch and no regressions surfaced.

See original description
Newell Jensen (newell-jensen)
Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Newell Jensen (newell-jensen)
dann frazier (dannf)
Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in freeipmi (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Newell Jensen (newell-jensen) wrote :

Patch attached

description: updated
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Newell Jensen (newell-jensen) wrote :

strace log

description: updated
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "ipmi-locate.diff" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
Newell Jensen (newell-jensen)
Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Wily):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package freeipmi - 1.1.5-3ubuntu7

---------------
freeipmi (1.1.5-3ubuntu7) wily; urgency=medium

  * Don't probe the legacy SMBIOS address in /dev/mem on ARM platforms.
    (LP: #1499838)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:31:28 -0600

Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Wily):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Newell, or anyone else affected,

Accepted freeipmi into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeipmi/1.1.5-3ubuntu3.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote :

Hello Newell, or anyone else affected,

Accepted freeipmi into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeipmi/1.1.5-3ubuntu6.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

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dann frazier (dannf) wrote :

I've verified this no longer crashes on arm64, and that the output of ipmi-locate on an x86 system (with a BMC) is identical before and after this update.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package freeipmi - 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.3

---------------
freeipmi (1.1.5-3ubuntu3.3) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Don't probe the legacy SMBIOS address in /dev/mem on ARM platforms.
    (LP: #1499838)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:49:49 -0600

Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for freeipmi has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package freeipmi - 1.1.5-3ubuntu6.1

---------------
freeipmi (1.1.5-3ubuntu6.1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Don't probe the legacy SMBIOS address in /dev/mem on ARM platforms.
    (LP: #1499838)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:45:19 -0600

Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in freeipmi (Debian):
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in freeipmi (Debian):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

Changed in freeipmi (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Won't Fix
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