[ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: Do not update kmod RPM newer major revision kernels

Ilya Maximets i.maximets at ovn.org
Mon Mar 22 11:58:05 UTC 2021


On 2/9/21 8:47 PM, Greg Rose wrote:
> The ovs-kmod-manage.sh script will run weak-updates even on newer
> release kernels installing a non-compatible or un-runnable kernel
> module.
> 
> Update the script to never install weak-updates onto kernels with
> newer major release versions.
> 
> VMware-BZ: #2717283
> Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  rhel/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-kmod-manage.sh | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rhel/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-kmod-manage.sh b/rhel/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-kmod-manage.sh
> index f147857e4..66b09472a 100644
> --- a/rhel/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-kmod-manage.sh
> +++ b/rhel/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-kmod-manage.sh
> @@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ kmod_versions=()
>  kversion=$(rpm -ql ${rpmname} | grep '\.ko$' | \
>             sed -n -e 's/^\/lib\/modules\/\(.*\)\/extra\/.*$/\1/p' | \
>             sort | uniq)
> +
> +IFS='.\|-' read installed_major installed_minor installed_patch \
> +    installed_major_rev installed_minor_rev installed_extra <<<"${kversion}"
> +
> +if [ "$installed_major_rev" -lt "$major_rev" ]; then
> +    echo Not installing RPM with major revision "$installed_major_rev" \
> +to kernel with greater major revision "$major_rev.  Exiting"

I fixed formatting here a bit and applied to master.  Thanks!

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.


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