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virtualbox-dkms: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type]

Bug #1642163 reported by rumseed
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virtualbox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Nominated for Xenial by Daniel van Vugt

Bug Description

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-1.2-generic 4.9.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.9.0-1-generic
Date: Wed Nov 16 07:31:01 2016
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:5.1.8-dfsg-6build1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.1.8/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1054:33: error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (278 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

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rumseed (rumseed) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

Looks like virtualbox-source needs to be installed to avoid that build issue.

Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

@dino99, yesterday linux4.9 reached zesty, so I'll fix it in a few seconds

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
importance: Undecided → High
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/5.1.8-dfsg-7~build1@dino99, yesterday linux4.9
please test zesty-proposed in a few minutes (~1 hour)

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

The upgrade is fine (source not installed, as usual).
Thanks LOB

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

thanks to you!

sorry for the long wait for this fix, but I always hope about a new upstream release, and kernel breaks various times in RC releases, so it would require a lot of uploads probably useless for most people (and time consuming)

G.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to
- build
+ build [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible
+ pointer type]
summary: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to
- build [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible
- pointer type]
+ build with kernel 4.9 [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’
+ from incompatible pointer type]
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build with kernel 4.9 [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type]

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 5.1.10-dfsg-2

---------------
virtualbox (5.1.10-dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Gianfranco Costamagna, Peter Meiser ]
  * Major rewrite of the guest-additions GL library handling

  [ Gianfranco Costamagna ]
  * Cherry-pick upstream fixes for xorg 1.19 (Closes: #845644)
    - remove vboxvideo_drv_system.so, obsolete and useless
      (according to upstream ticket 16052)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:48:42 +0100

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - virtualbox-dkms 5.1.8-dfsg-6build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to
- build with kernel 4.9 [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’
- from incompatible pointer type]
+ virtualbox-dkms: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error:
+ passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type]
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