After switching to latest linux-hardened, problem with running powertop

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I just switched to linux-hardened installed via akm and I am having trouble with powertop:

sudo powertop 
modprobe cpufreq_stats failedFailed to mount debugfs!
exiting...

sudo modprobe cpufreq_stats
modprobe: FATAL: Module cpufreq_stats not found in directory /lib/modules/5.9.14.a-1-hardenedx86?64 GNU&Linux

uname -a
Linux eos-cinnamon 5.9.14.a-1-hardened #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:25:31 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
inxi -Fxxxz

System: Kernel: 5.9.14.a-1-hardened x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.2 tk: GTK 3.24.24
info: plank wm: muffin dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82A2 v: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 serial: Chassis: type: 10
v: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ serial: UEFI: LENOVO
v: DMCN34WW date: 08/17/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 32.3 Wh condition: 60.5/60.7 Wh (100%) volts: 15.6/15.4 model: Sunwoda L19D4PF4 type: Li-poly
serial: status: Discharging cycles: 60
CPU: Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1
L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 57504
Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/1800 MHz boost: disabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397
6: 1396 7: 1397 8: 1397 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1396 13: 1397 14: 1396 15: 1397 16: 1397
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1002:1636
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-4:4 chip ID: 04f2:b6cb serial:
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
s-dpi: 96
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.39.0 5.9.14.a-1-hardened LLVM 11.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1
chip ID: 1002:1637
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5 chip ID: 1022:15e2
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 03:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.14.a-1-hardened
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 8086:2723
IF: wlan0 state: up mac:
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives: Local Storage: total: 983.68 GiB used: 59.80 GiB (6.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TD9TNG-L3A0B size: 953.87 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
serial: rev: 80050C10 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Generic model: MassStorageClass size: 29.81 GiB serial: rev: 2402
scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / size: 50.00 GiB used: 17.87 GiB (35.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
ID-2: /home size: 50.00 GiB used: 17.87 GiB (35.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 10.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p10
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 512.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 32.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 408 Uptime: 2h 02m wakeups: 1697 Memory: 15.08 GiB used: 4.70 GiB (31.2%) Init: systemd v: 247
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1036 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.0 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.1.09

Please tell me if I need to provide more info.
I would appreciate to get any help to resolve this.

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Have you installed the headers as well?
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/linux-hardened-headers/

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Yes, I have. I installed both the kerne and the headers using akm:

akm

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Then I assume it has something to do with Restricting module loading, see here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Security#Kernel_hardening

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Right. I took a look at that before but I couldnā€™t know for sure if this particular module was not included. I was at the Github page as well but frankly that is way above my head.

https://github.com/anthraxx/linux-hardened

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I found this:

Could this be ā€œincorporatedā€ somehow into the kernel without breaking the whole thing?

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Iā€™m guessing, as linux-hardened (in stable repos) is newer than linux, that could cause issues?
If you convert pacman.conf to use all testing repos, does it still cause trouble?

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Would that mean that I need to upgrade all the packages to the versions in testing?

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Donā€™t.
I just tested it and it didnā€™t helpā€¦

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Thanks!
I was about to!
:relieved:

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I am actually running also testing repos, and for a long time they have been without problems. But admittedly they are slightly more prone to problems than stable repos.

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I thought to make a snapshot of the system and switch over but since you have already tested and the issue persists with the hardened perhaps I wonā€™t do this for now.

I am beginning to think that the failed module might have to do with the ā€œRestricting module loadingā€ that was mentioned above by Leon.

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Switching back to linux, powertop runs normally.

Another thing, while in hardened, I tried to add my user to wireshark group but I couldnā€™t. I got something like the following: ncdu didnā€™t terminate correctly: signal [11]

Back in linux, no problem adding my user to this group.

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Are you part of the Testing team too? If not, join it, then you can help Sign Off packages that work. :wink:

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Are there any admission conditions?
Not that I am technically apt to do so, but Iā€™ve got a machine I could dedicate to this. Just for fun and if it could be of any help, then even much better.

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Not really, just a general ability to spot broken things:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Testing_Team

More testers is always better. :wink:

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General ability to breaking things! Thatā€™s me!
:sweat_smile:

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No, Iā€™m using testing repo mostly to see whatā€™s coming, and if there are any problems ahead. I also try to actually use the testing repos to be at the bleeding edgeā€¦

But thanks for the suggestion, Iā€™ll look into it. :smile:

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In order to switch to Testing repo, do I need to just un-comment those related entries in pacman.conf? Or I need to comment out those related to the ā€œStableā€ as well? Extra and multilib included?

:drop_of_blood: :hocho:

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Simply uncomment those testing repos. As they are written before the stable repos in pacman.conf, they ā€overrideā€ the stable repos. Note that stable repos should not be commented out.

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