Re: kmod-openafs package for kernel 4.18.0-305.el8 does not build

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 11:15:27PM +0000, Alex Tayts wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> It seems like AFS kernel module does not build for the latest RedHat kernel. I am trying to build one with mock in pretty much default configuration and get an error:
> 
> 
> $ /usr/bin/mock --uniqueext=mockbuild -r rhel-8-x86_64 --arch x86_64 --resultdir /tmp/rhel-8-x86_64 --no-clean -D 'build_modules 1' --verbose -D 'build_userspace 0' -D 'build_dkmspkg 0' -D 'build_authlibs 0' -D 'kauth_support 0' -D 'krb5support 0' -D 'kernvers 4.18.0-305.el8' --rebuild /usr/src/afs/openafs-1.8.7-1.src.rpm
> 
> ...
> 
>   CC [M]  /builddir/build/BUILD/openafs-1.8.7/src/libafs/MODLOAD-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64-SP/osi_export.o
> 
> /builddir/build/BUILD/openafs-1.8.7/src/libafs/MODLOAD-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64-SP/osi_vfsops.c: In function 'afs_fill_super':
> 
> /builddir/build/BUILD/openafs-1.8.7/src/libafs/MODLOAD-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64-SP/osi_vfsops.c:124:14: error: 'struct backing_dev_info' has no member named 'name'
> 
>      sb->s_bdi->name = "openafs";
> 
>               ^~
> 
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:315: /builddir/build/BUILD/openafs-1.8.7/src/libafs/MODLOAD-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64-SP/osi_vfsops.o] Error 1
> 
> No such issues when building kmod-openafs for 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3 and older kernel versions. Did anyone have success with the package build of the afs module for 4.18.0-305.el8 kernel?

RedHat pulled in some kernel changes that we have to adapt to.

The fixes should already be present on the openafs-stable-1_8_x branch in
git, and a 1.8.8pre1 should be coming soon.

-Ben