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Please build linux kernel with CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD
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Description
Is this a new report?
Yes
System Info
Void 7.0.0-30-generic x86_64 GenuineIntel notuptodate r
Package(s) Affected
linux-6.18_1 linux6.18-6.18.48_1
Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?
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Expected behaviour
Loading kernel modules with busybox's modprobe should work.
Please build linux kernel with CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD to let the kernel read the zstd compressed kernel modules.
# grep ZST /boot/config-6.18.48_1
CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_KERNEL_ZSTD is not set
CONFIG_RD_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD is not set
# CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_ZSTD is not set
CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y
CONFIG_ZRAM_BACKEND_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_ZRAM_DEF_COMP_ZSTD is not set
CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ZSTD=y
CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ZSTD is not set
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ZSTD=y
CONFIG_ZSTD_COMMON=y
CONFIG_ZSTD_COMPRESS=y
CONFIG_ZSTD_DECOMPRESS=y
CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_ZSTD=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED_ZSTD is not set
Actual behaviour
Loading kernel modules with busybox's modprobe fails because modprobe does not have zstd support:
# busybox modprobe ext4
[ 7.470059] Invalid ELF header magic: != ELF
[ 7.470729] Invalid ELF header magic: != ELF
modprobe: 'kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko.zst': invalid module format
Steps to reproduce
Run the busybox test on void: https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut/pull/2697
test/test.sh void:latest 15
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linux-6.18_1 and linux6.18-6.18.48_1 package configuration, comparing it with /boot/config-6.18.48_1 and the requested CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD setting. Run test/test.sh void:latest 15, and consider the work done when BusyBox modprobe can load the zstd-compressed ext4 module without an invalid module format error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100