[LTCTest] vfio_pci not loaded on Ubuntu 16.10 by default

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== Comment: #0 - SRIKANTH B. AITHAL <email address hidden> - 2016-10-26 01:40:39 ==
---Problem Description---
vfio_pci is not loaded by default on Ubuntu 16.10 host boot. All VFIO related tasks would fail without that module. For instance I was trying to boot guest with QEMU directly and it was failing complaining "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id" not present.

root@c158f2u09os:~# lsmod | grep -i vfio
root@c158f2u09os:~# modprobe vfio_pci <-- need to load explicitly
root@c158f2u09os:~# lsmod | grep -i vfio
vfio_pci 51735 0
irqbypass 5567 1 vfio_pci
vfio_iommu_spapr_tce 14567 0
vfio_virqfd 4859 1 vfio_pci
vfio 31351 2 vfio_iommu_spapr_tce,vfio_pci
vfio_spapr_eeh 3441 2 vfio_iommu_spapr_tce,vfio_pci

Either
> we need to have these modules loaded by kernel by default
or
> we need to update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ppc64el/CommonQuestions telling customers to load vfio_pci module explicitly before attempting any vfio tasks.

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---uname output---
Linux c158f2u09os 4.8.0-26-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 14:41:40 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

Machine Type = 8247-22L

---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured

---Steps to Reproduce---
 1. After booting into Ubuntu 16.10, see if vfio_pci modules are loaded:
root@c158f2u09os:~# lsmod | grep -i vfio
2. After that we need to manually load vfio_pci
root@c158f2u09os:~# modprobe vfio_pci
root@c158f2u09os:~#

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2016-October/080625.html

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2016-October/080626.html

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-yakkety' to 'verification-done-yakkety'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-11-21 02:56 EDT-------
Verified. The issue is fixed on 16.10

# cat /boot/config-4.8.0-28-generic | grep -i VFIO
# CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1 is not set
CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE=y
CONFIG_VFIO_SPAPR_EEH=y
CONFIG_VFIO_VIRQFD=y
CONFIG_VFIO=y
CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_MMAP=y
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_INTX=y
CONFIG_KVM_VFIO=y

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

As per comment #5, I'm tagging this bug as verified -- I've done the same check for the xenial kernel.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-lts-xenial has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-51.72

---------------
linux (4.4.0-51.72) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1644611

  * 4.4.0-1037-snapdragon #41: kernel panic on boot (LP: #1644596)
    - Revert "dma-mapping: introduce the DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN attribute"
    - Revert "powerpc: implement the DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN attribute"
    - Revert "nvme: use the DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN attribute"

linux (4.4.0-50.71) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1644169

  * xenial 4.4.0-49.70 kernel breaks LXD userspace (LP: #1644165)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) fuse: Allow user namespace mounts by
      default"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) fs: Don't remove suid for CAP_FSETID for
      userns root"
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: fs: Don't remove suid for
      CAP_FSETID in s_user_ns""
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) fs: Allow superblock owner to change
      ownership of inodes"
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: fs: Allow superblock owner to
      change ownership of inodes with unmappable ids""
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) security/integrity: Harden against
      malformed xattrs"
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: ima/evm: Allow root in s_user_ns
      to set xattrs""
    - Revert "(namespace) dquot: For now explicitly don't support filesystems
      outside of init_user_ns"
    - Revert "(namespace) quota: Handle quota data stored in s_user_ns in
      quota_setxquota"
    - Revert "(namespace) quota: Ensure qids map to the filesystem"
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: quota: Convert ids relative to
      s_user_ns""
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: quota: Require that qids passed
      to dqget() be valid and map into s_user_ns""
    - Revert "(namespace) vfs: Don't create inodes with a uid or gid unknown to
      the vfs"
    - Revert "(namespace) vfs: Don't modify inodes with a uid or gid unknown to
      the vfs"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) fuse: Translate ids in posix acl xattrs"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) posix_acl: Export
      posix_acl_fix_xattr_userns() to modules"
    - Revert "(namespace) vfs: Verify acls are valid within superblock's
      s_user_ns."
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: fs: Update posix_acl support to
      handle user namespace mounts""
    - Revert "(namespace) fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into
      s_user_ns"
    - Revert "(namespace) Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which
      don't map into s_user_ns""
    - Revert "(namespace) mnt: Move the FS_USERNS_MOUNT check into sget_userns"

linux (4.4.0-49.70) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1640921

  * Infiniband driver (kernel module) needed for Azure (LP: #1641139)
    - SAUCE: RDMA Infiniband for Windows Azure
    - [Config] CONFIG_HYPERV_INFINIBAND_ND=m
    - SAUCE: Makefile RDMA infiniband driver for Windows Azure
    - [Config] Add hv_network_direct.ko to generic inclusion list
    - SAUCE: RDMA Infiniband for Windows Azure is dependent on amd64...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.8.0-28.30

---------------
linux (4.8.0-28.30) yakkety; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1641083

  * lxc-attach to malicious container allows access to host (LP: #1639345)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (noup) ptrace: being capable wrt a process requires
      mapped uids/gids"
    - (upstream) mm: Add a user_ns owner to mm_struct and fix ptrace permission
      checks

  * [Feature] AVX-512 new instruction sets (avx512_4vnniw, avx512_4fmaps)
    (LP: #1637526)
    - x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features

  * zfs: importing zpool with vdev on zvol hangs kernel (LP: #1636517)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update zfs to 0.6.5.8-0ubuntu4.1

  * Move some device drivers build from kernel built-in to modules
    (LP: #1637303)
    - [Config] CONFIG_TIGON3=m for all arches
    - [Config] CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=m, CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=m

  * I2C touchpad does not work on AMD platform (LP: #1612006)
    - pinctrl/amd: Configure GPIO register using BIOS settings

  * guest experiencing Transmit Timeouts on CX4 (LP: #1636330)
    - powerpc/64: Re-fix race condition between going idle and entering guest
    - powerpc/64: Fix race condition in setting lock bit in idle/wakeup code

  * QEMU throws failure msg while booting guest with SRIOV VF (LP: #1630554)
    - KVM: PPC: Always select KVM_VFIO, plus Makefile cleanup

  * [Feature] KBL - New device ID for Kabypoint(KbP) (LP: #1591618)
    - SAUCE: mfd: lpss: Fix Intel Kaby Lake PCH-H properties

  * hio: SSD data corruption under stress test (LP: #1638700)
    - SAUCE: hio: set bi_error field to signal an I/O error on a BIO
    - SAUCE: hio: splitting bio in the entry of .make_request_fn

  * cleanup primary tree for linux-hwe layering issues (LP: #1637473)
    - [Config] switch Vcs-Git: to yakkety repository
    - [Packaging] handle both linux-lts* and linux-hwe* as backports
    - [Config] linux-tools-common and linux-cloud-tools-common are one per series
    - [Config] linux-source-* is in the primary linux namespace
    - [Config] linux-tools -- always suggest the base package

  * SRU: sync zfsutils-linux and spl-linux changes to linux (LP: #1635656)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update spl to 0.6.5.8-2, zfs to 0.6.5.8-0ubuntu4 (LP:
      #1635656)

  * [Feature] SKX: perf uncore PMU support (LP: #1591810)
    - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add Skylake server uncore support
    - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Remove hard-coded implementation for Node ID mapping
      location
    - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Handle non-standard counter offset

  * [Feature] Purley: Memory Protection Keys (LP: #1591804)
    - x86/pkeys: Add fault handling for PF_PK page fault bit
    - mm: Implement new pkey_mprotect() system call
    - x86/pkeys: Make mprotect_key() mask off additional vm_flags
    - x86/pkeys: Allocation/free syscalls
    - x86: Wire up protection keys system calls
    - generic syscalls: Wire up memory protection keys syscalls
    - pkeys: Add details of system call use to Documentation/
    - x86/pkeys: Default to a restrictive init PKRU
    - x86/pkeys: Allow configuration of init_pkru
    - x86/pkeys: Add self-tests

  * kernel invalid ...