[meta-virtualization] [PATCH] kernel: forcedly load nf_conntrack_ipv6 to work around kernel module loading failure

[Bruce Ashfield]

I almost always let patches sit for 3 or more days to allow people
time to comment.

this is now merged

Bruce
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:01 PM He Zhe <zhe.he at windriver.com> wrote:
>
> Kindly ping.
>
> Zhe
>
> On 2018年09月26日 19:26, zhe.he at windriver.com wrote:
> > From: He Zhe <zhe.he at windriver.com>
> >
> > In the v4.18 kernel, there is a problem with the locking and init sequence of
> > the kernel modules. This would cause nf_conntrack_ipv6 failed to be loaded.
> >
> > In kernel v4.19, nf_conntrack_ipv6 has been merged to nf_conntrack and the
> > problematic code has gone. This patch just works around by forcedly loading
> > nf_conntrack_ipv6.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he at windriver.com>
> > ---
> >  recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
> > index c09b07c..5d3cbc6 100644
> > --- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
> > +++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
> > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
> >           "
> >  KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc', '', d)}"
> >
> > -KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
> > +KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "nf_conntrack_ipv6 openvswitch"
> >  KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'kvm', '', d)}"
> >
> >  # aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
>


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