Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.42-rc1

Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Mar 2026 10:40:28 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Sumanth, looong64 porters,

* Karel Zak <[email protected]> [260226 14:53]:
>The util-linux release v2.42-rc1 is now available at
>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.42/
[..]
>lsmem:
>    - display global memmap on memory parameter (by Sumanth Korikkar)

It appears the test for this is run on looong64 and fails there (failing the
entire build), at least in the Debian build infra.
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=util-linux&arch=loong64&ver=2.42%7Erc1-1&stamp=1772312955&raw=0

See below for log output excerpts.

Thanks,
Chris


log snippets:

================= O/E diff ===================
--- /build/reproducible-path/util-linux-2.42~rc1/tests/output/lsmem/lsmem-s390-zvm-6g	2026-02-28 21:08:31.577617951 +0000
+++ /build/reproducible-path/util-linux-2.42~rc1/tests/expected/lsmem/lsmem-s390-zvm-6g	2026-02-18 11:33:47.804188659 +0000
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -237,6 +242,7 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -256,3 +262,4 @@
  Memory block size:                256M
  Total online memory:              4.8G
  Total offline memory:             1.3G
+Memmap on memory parameter:         no
==============================================

...

--- /build/reproducible-path/util-linux-2.42~rc1/tests/expected/lsmem/lsmem-x86_64-16g	2026-02-18 11:33:47.804978102 +0000
+++ /build/reproducible-path/util-linux-2.42~rc1/tests/output/lsmem/lsmem-x86_64-16g	2026-02-28 21:08:31.887234145 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -199,7 +196,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -523,7 +519,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -563,7 +558,6 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
  
  ---
  
@@ -603,4 +597,3 @@
  Memory block size:                128M
  Total online memory:               16G
  Total offline memory:               0B
-Memmap on memory parameter:         no
}}}-diff

  FAILED (lsmem/lsmem-x86_64-16g)
========= script: /build/reproducible-path/util-linux-2.42~rc1/tests/ts/lsmem/lsmem =================