sles12 sp3 virtualbox tools build problem

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Hi All,
SP2 was working fine. opensuse with roughly the same kernel is working fine, although ships with the tools. Am I missing something? Errors look like this:

grep: /lib/modules/4.4.82-6.3-default/build/include/linux/version.h: No such file or directory
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/4.4.82-6.3-default/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 -j1 modules
make -C /usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3-obj/x86_64/default KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3 \
-f /usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/Makefile modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo >&2; \
echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo >&2 " Run ‘make oldconfig && make prepare’ on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo >&2 ; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/…

BUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(memobj_r0drv_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxguest)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/.tmp_memobj-r0drv-linux.o
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeLockUser’:
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘get_user_pages’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
papVMAs); /* vmas */
^
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:98:0,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/include/linux/mm.h:1264:6: note: expected ‘long unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct task_struct ’
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘get_user_pages’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
papVMAs); / vmas */
^
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:98:0,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/include/linux/mm.h:1264:6: note: expected ‘long unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct mm_struct ’
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘get_user_pages’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
papVMAs); / vmas */
^
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:98:0,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/include/linux/mm.h:1264:6: note: expected ‘struct page *’ but argument is of type ‘int’
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: warning: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
papVMAs); / vmas */
^
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:98:0,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/include/linux/mm.h:1264:6: note: expected ‘struct vm_area_struct *’ but argument is of type ‘int’
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages’
papVMAs); / vmas */
^
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:98:0,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/include/linux/mm.h:1264:6: note: declared here
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/scripts/Makefile.build:259: recipe for target ‘/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o’ failed
make[4]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-4.4.82-6.3/Makefile:1431: recipe for target ‘module/tmp/vbox.0’ failed
make[3]: *** [module/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
Makefile:150: recipe for target ‘sub-make’ failed
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:24: recipe for target ‘__sub-make’ failed
make[1]: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.footer:85: recipe for target ‘vboxguest’ failed
make: *** [vboxguest] Error 2
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.

2

A common problem, particularly since I presume you just installed and
maybe applied patches, is around rebooting after doing anything with the
kernel. If you change the kernel suddenly the filesystem stuff is all
using kernel-new but, at least until you reboot, you are using kernel-old.
Be sure to reboot and that the output from ‘uname -a’ exactly matches the
kernel modules installed and used by whatever products needing to use or
compile kernel code or other modules.

–
Good luck.

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It’s not that old chestnut ab.

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A virtualbox update to 5.1.28 fixed the issues I was having with the build on 5.1.26. At the time of release of SLES12 SP3, VB 5.1.26 was the latest - I updated to it before trying the install the first time. :slight_smile:

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On 15/09/17 08:14, leh015 wrote:
[color=blue]

A virtualbox update to 5.1.28 fixed the issues I was having with the
build on 5.1.26. At the time of release of SLES12 SP3, VB 5.1.26 was the
latest - I updated to it before trying the install the first time. :)[/color]

Thanks for taking the time to report back.

Looking at the changelog for VirtualBox 5.1[1] I’m guessing it’s “Linux
hosts / guests: fixes for Linux 4.4 of openSUSE Leap 42.3 (bug #16966)”
that fixed it though your earlier comment “opensuse with roughly the
same kernel is working fine” makes me wonder whether perhaps you are
using a version of openSUSE with kernel <= 4.4.74? The linked bug[2]
suggests issue is with kernel >= 4.4.76.

HTH.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
[2] https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16966

Simon
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Linux linux.suse 4.4.85-22-default #1 SMP Fri Sep 1 14:21:21 UTC 2017 (0c39a1f) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So I guess not. However I think the opensuse VM was running the Suse package of VB tools. I had not built them. Anyway, time to update its tools and patch it, now that I have actually turned it on to look for you.

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On 18/09/17 01:44, leh015 wrote:
[color=blue]

Linux linux.suse 4.4.85-22-default #1 SMP Fri Sep 1 14:21:21 UTC 2017
(0c39a1f) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So I guess not. However I think the opensuse VM was running the Suse
package of VB tools. I had not built them. Anyway, time to update its
tools and patch it, now that I have actually turned it on to look for
you.[/color]

Well I guess not all bug descriptions are 100% accurate!

Thanks.

Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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