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Bug#884094: register_key_type symbol missing, ABI counter not incremented



On Mon, 2017-12-11 at 11:48 +0100, Sergio Gelato wrote:
> Package: linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64
> Version: 4.9.65-3
> Severity: important
> Affects: openafs-modules-dkms
> 
> debian/patches/debian/keys-limit-abi-change-in-4.9.59.patch renames
> register_key_type to register_key_type_2 without bumping the ABI counter,
> breaking OpenAFS kernel modules (package openafs-modules-dkms) built
> against 4.9.51.
> 
> Symptom:
> [   35.911739] openafs: Unknown symbol register_key_type (err 0)
> and the module fails to load.

Sorry, I didn't realise this was used by out-of-tree modules (I do
usually check).  I don't think there's any good way to deal with this
now, other than to force a rebuild of the module.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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Stevenson

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