4.3.20 -- ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

[KernelU]

Virtualbox additions 4.3.20 fails to build using gcc 4.9.2 and the 3.19 kernel:

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  gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.dirops.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/include -I./arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated  -Iinclude -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -m64 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 --param=allow-store-data-races=0 -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fstack-protector-strong -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-var-tracking-assignments -g -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=date-time -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -Wno-declaration-after-statement -fshort-wchar -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/VBoxGuestMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.19.0-rc1-00011-g53262d1-dirty/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxsf/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxsf/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxsf/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HGCM -DIN_MODULE -DIN_GUEST_R0 -DRT_NO_EXPORT_SYMBOL -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE  -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(dirops)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxsf)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/dirops.o /tmp/vbox.0/dirops.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/dirops.c:19:0:
/tmp/vbox.0/dirops.c: In function ‘sf_getdent’:
/tmp/vbox.0/dirops.c:129:29: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’
     sf_g = GET_GLOB_INFO(dir->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
                             ^
/tmp/vbox.0/vfsmod.h:144:60: note: in definition of macro ‘GET_GLOB_INFO’
 # define GET_GLOB_INFO(sb)       ((struct sf_glob_info *) (sb)->s_fs_info)
                                                            ^
/tmp/vbox.0/dirops.c:135:16: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’
     inode = dir->f_dentry->d_inode;
                ^
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/vbox.0/dirops.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/dirops.o] Error 1
Makefile:1381: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/vbox.0' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.footer:79: recipe for target 'vboxsf' failed
make: *** [vboxsf] Error 2

[loukingjr]

The 3.19 kernel isn't in release yet.

[KernelU]

The 3.19 kernel isn't in release yet.

That is not a useful or big thought reply, people will run into the problem eventually. The sooner it gets fixed the better.

About the issue: dentry structure changed. I managed to patch it and it works. See the readme from Torvalds: people must stop using dentry completely in its next version.

[loukingjr]

The point was it's hardly surprising that the modules don't build on a RC kernel released 6 days ago. Or is 6 days too long to wait for VirtualBox to support 3.19? Not to mention 4.3.20 was released a month before.

[dr-claw]

Hello. I'm hitting this problem too. The content of /var/log/vboxadd-install.log is almost identical to what is posted above. I am trying to install Kubuntu 15.04 as a guest.

The host is Kubuntu 14.10 running VirtualBox 4.3.18 .

On the guest, I've installed these packages:

gcc
autoconf
automake
build-essential
module-assistant
linux-headers-`uname -r`
dkms
xorg-dev

Yet the guest tools installer program keeps telling me the kernel headers aren't installed and fails with the same error message as listed above. Perhaps there is another package I am missing? Or does anybody have any other suggestions?

Thanks

[dr-claw]

Part of the problem was that I needed to update to a version of Virtual Box better than what is provided by default with Kubuntu. This page:

xmodulo.c o m / how-to-install-or-upgrade-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-or-debian. h t m l

was very helpful. I've updated Virutal Box to 4.3.28 . But I also needed to remove the old version of Virtual Box

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apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt

and also once I rebooted the guest, I also still had the .iso file for the 4.3.18 version mounted to the guest, so I needed to go into the Virtual Box settings for the guest and change the .iso file mounted to the virtual CDROM.

Hope this helps anybody else who's stuck.

[dr-claw]

(remove the extra spaces in the U R L above).

[J-P]

With the latest release of Ubuntu LTS 14.04.03, Virtualbox Guest Additions do not build anymore, for the same reason as described above.

[loukingjr]

With the latest release of Ubuntu LTS 14.04.03, Virtualbox Guest Additions do not build anymore, for the same reason as described above.

Which version of VirtualBox are you using? On what host? I just downloaded and installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 and the guest additions installed without a problem.

[subuta]

With the latest release of Ubuntu LTS 14.04.03, Virtualbox Guest Additions do not build anymore, for the same reason as described above.

I am experiencing this issue too, although for me the term "anymore" doesn't apply as I am new to Guest Additions on an Ubuntu guest.