Ubuntu 18.04 - wrong cpu-mf counter number

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SRU Justification:
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[Impact]

* wrong cpu-mf counter number of LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS

[Fix]

* 81507f38d427ebed3291a3c153a798937c998140 81507f38 "s390/cpum_cf: correct counter number of LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS"

[Test Case]

* inspect the counter number of the LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS (virtual) file

* cat /sys/devices/cpum_cf/events/LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS

* returns 'event=0x00e9', but should be 'event=0x00e8'

* event is only available on z14 and higher, hence Canonical can only do regression testing - IBM the functional verification

[Regression Potential]

* very minimal, patch just changes one hex number in one code line

* change is limited to z14 (and higher) hardware counters only

[Other Info]

* fix/patch got upstream accepted with 4.16

* hence it's already in (cosmic and) disco and eoan and only need to be applied to bionic 4.15
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Kernel:
Linux t35lp11 4.15.0-64-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 13:15:19 UTC 2019 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux

Description/Reproduction:
The cpu-mf counter LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS has the wrong number.

# cat /sys/devices/cpum_cf/events/LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS
event=0x00e9

should be event=0x00e8

Fix already available:
commit 81507f38d427ebed3291a3c153a798937c998140

[Frank Heimes (fheimes)]

Kernel SRU request submitted:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2019-October/thread.html#104595

Changing status to 'In Progress'.

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

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-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

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> 2019-10-24 06:08 EDT-------
Bug has been fixed in bionic-proposed kernel updates.

# uname -r
4.15.0-67-generic

# cat /sys/devices/cpum_cf/events/LAST_HOST_TRANSLATIONS
event=0x00e8

[Frank Heimes (fheimes)]

Thanks for the verification, Andre - tags are adjusted ...
Now it's just a matter until the SRU cycle is completed and kernel moved from the proposed to the release pocket.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-69.78

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linux (4.15.0-69.78) bionic; urgency=medium

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2019-11-13 04:06 EDT-------
IBM bugzilla status: closed, Fix Released with bionic