GNU bug report logs - #49933
[PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: util-linux: Disable unreliable ioctl_ns test

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauermann <at> kolabnow.com>
Cc: 49933 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#49933] [PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: util-linux: Disable unreliable ioctl_ns test
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:56:23 +0200

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Maxime Devos schreef op zo 08-08-2021 om 11:06 [+0200]:
> +                              ;; The lsns tests can fail due to ioctl(_, NS_GET_USERNS)
> +                              ;; returning ENOTTY, indicating this kernel does not
> +                              ;; support user namespaces.  Curiously, this test can fail
> +                              ;; on i686 even if the same test passes on x86_64 on the
> +                              ;; same machine.  See <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49933>;.

This happend with a 5.10.47 kernel.  According to ioctl_ns(2), NS_GET_USERNS
is available since Linux 4.9.  I wonder if this happens on i686 kernels as well,
and if some extra things needs to be enabled in the kernel configuration.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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