qemu-kvm in zesty proposed failed with KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR failed error
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is a potential regression for ARM64 qemu-kvm package (1:2.8+
With qemu-kvm updated from 1:2.8+dfsg-
Unexpected error in kvm_device_access() at /build/
qemu-
QEMU Aborted
Steps:
1. Deploy a ARM64 zesty system
2. git clone https:/
3. cd kvm-unit-tests
4. ./configure; make
5. sudo ./run_tests -v
6. Enable proposed and upgrade the qemu-kvm package, repeat step 5
$ dpkg -l | grep qemu
ii ipxe-qemu 1.0.0+git-
ii qemu-block-
ii qemu-kvm 1:2.8+dfsg-
ii qemu-system-arm 1:2.8+dfsg-
ii qemu-system-common 1:2.8+dfsg-
ii qemu-utils 1:2.8+dfsg-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: linux-image-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-40-generic aarch64
AlsaDevices:
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Nov 24 11:12 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 24 11:12 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.8
Architecture: arm64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CurrentDmesg:
Date: Fri Nov 24 11:26:56 2017
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
MachineType: Cavium ThunderX CRB
PciMultimedia:
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
0 EFI VGA
1 astdrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.164.1
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.11
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 0
dmi.chassis.vendor: Cavium
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: ThunderX CRB
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Cavium
summary: |
- qemu-kvm in proposed failed with KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR failed error + qemu-kvm in zesty proposed failed with KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR failed error |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
This likely is due to the major backport action in bug 1710019.
This SRU is stalled anyway by disagreement of kernel and hwe - so I've asked to cancel it from -proposed and take some time to take a look.
Thanks for the report - it helped to catch that before being released.