[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
I think this is fixed based on the status of bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1811785. I will wait to close this bug until I can verify the fix in focal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Possible to provide nfit kmod with fix? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Khaled, could you build a test kernel 4.15.0-60-generic with fix please? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Tested latest ndctl version 66 with ubuntu 4.15.0-60-generic Still the same issue. Do I need a kernel fix? root@srl-mds2:~# module load ndctl/66 root@srl-mds2:~# which ndctl /cm/shared/apps/ndctl/66/bin/ndctl root@srl-mds2:~# ldd /cm/shared/apps/ndctl/66/bin/ndctl linux-vdso.so.1 (0x77ffa000) libndctl.so.6 => /cm/shared/apps/ndctl/66/usr/lib/libndctl.so.6 (0x77985000) libdaxctl.so.1 => /cm/shared/apps/ndctl/66/usr/lib/libdaxctl.so.1 (0x7777d000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x77576000) libjson-c.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjson-c.so.3 (0x7736b000) libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x77167000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x76d76000) libudev.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x76b58000) libkmod.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkmod.so.2 (0x76941000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x77dd5000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x76739000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7651a000) root@srl-mds2:~# ndctl create-namespace --mode fsdax --map dev -e namespace0.0 -f -vvv enable_labels:1029: region0: failed to initialize labels namespace_reconfig:1061: region0: no idle namespace seed failed to reconfigure namespace: No such device -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Seeing this on bionic with 4.15.0-60-generic x86_64 kernel.
Any movement on this issue?
root@srl-mds2:~# uname -ar
Linux srl-mds2 4.15.0-60-generic #67-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 22 16:55:30 UTC 2019
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@srl-mds2:~# ndctl list
[
{
"dev":"namespace1.0",
"mode":"raw",
"size":206158430208,
"sector_size":512,
"blockdev":"pmem1",
"numa_node":1
},
{
"dev":"namespace0.0",
"mode":"raw",
"size":206158430208,
"sector_size":512,
"blockdev":"pmem0",
"numa_node":0
}
]
root@srl-mds2:~# ndctl create-namespace -e "namespace0.0" -m fsdax -f -vvv
enable_labels:945: region0: failed to initialize labels
namespace_reconfig:977: region0: no idle namespace seed
failed to reconfigure namespace: No such device
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Title:
[SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Status in The Dell-poweredge project:
New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
[Impact]
Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N
[Test Case]
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS &
NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers.
2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04
3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated.
4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy.
Actual results:
No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces.
If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces.
Expected results:
namespace creation should be possible
[Regression Potential]
The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is.
[Other Info]
Additional Info:
* Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also.
* Upstream bug report -
https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78
* Upstream kernel patch:
https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html
Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels.
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Sujith, What is the other issue and have you identified the other patches required to completely get the namespace modification functionality working? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
This is a kernel issue and we have seen this with upstream kernels and verified the fixes on upstream kernels. I expect bionic kernel 4.15 and above kernels to display this defect. Although I have not tried applying only the kernel fix on bionic, the test kernel shared above shows that original defect is resolved, however another one has popped up. This indicates that a few more patches are required to get the complete namespace modification functionality working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Has this been tested with Disco (19.04) or Cosmic (18.10)? IOW does this issue with ndctl only exist in Bionic, or does it carry forward? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
This bug was erroneously marked for verification in bionic; verification is not required and verification-needed-bionic is being removed. ** Tags removed: verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: kernel-fixup-verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
Another issue pops-up, looks like there are a few nvdimm patches that require backporting: # ndctl create-namespace -e "namespace0.0" -m fsdax -f -vvv libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (256 byte) labels libndctl: ndctl_dimm_enable: nmem0: failed to enable libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: sizeof_namespace_index: nmem0: label area (1024) too small to host (128 byte) labels libndctl: ndctl_dimm_enable: nmem0: failed to enable enable_labels:945: region0: failed to initialize labels namespace_reconfig:977: region0: no idle namespace seed failed to reconfigure namespace: No such device root@ubuntu:~# ndctl -v 61.2+ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
I have built a bionic test kernel with those fixes (+2 others needed for backporting) for testing. The kernel can be found at: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kmously/1811660/kernel-kmously-96d0cc8-l7Et/ @Sujith Pandel can you please confirm of this kernel fixes the problem or not? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1811660] Re: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N
** Description changed: + [Impact] + Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N + + [Test Case] + Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible + + [Regression Potential] + + The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. + + + [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 - * Upstream kernel patch: + * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811660 Title: [SRU] Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N Status in The Dell-poweredge project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Users are unable to modify or create namespaces over NVDIMM-N [Test Case] Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers. 2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04 3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated. 4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy. Actual results: No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces. If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces. Expected results: namespace creation should be possible [Regression Potential] The Regression Risk is low, Intel not impacted but Dell is. [Other Info] Additional Info: * Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also. * Upstream bug report - https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78 * Upstream kernel patch: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-poweredge/+bug/1811660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
