Warning message "Could not determine valid watermarks for inherited state" on boot with B-4.15

[Po-Hsu Lin]

[Impact]
Warning message found in dmesg after boot to the desktop:
[ 2.458131] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2.458132] Could not determine valid watermarks for inherited state
[ 2.458196] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 184 at /build/linux-LfLFRN/linux-4.15.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:14537 intel_modeset_init+0xfcf/0x1010 [i915]
[ 2.458196] Modules linked in: i915(+) crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel pcbc i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper aesni_intel syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt e1000e fb_sys_fops aes_x86_64 ahci crypto_simd glue_helper cryptd drm libahci sdhci_pci ptp sdhci pps_core wmi video
[ 2.458209] CPU: 2 PID: 184 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.15.0-140-generic #144-Ubuntu
[ 2.458210] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Latitude 7250/0N248W, BIOS A15 12/26/2016
[ 2.458252] RIP: 0010:intel_modeset_init+0xfcf/0x1010 [i915]
[ 2.458253] RSP: 0018:ffffb2f741e879b0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 2.458255] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9bb980b10000 RCX: ffffffff85c63aa8
[ 2.458256] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000096 RDI: 0000000000000247
[ 2.458256] RBP: ffffb2f741e87a40 R08: 00000000000002ed R09: 0000000000000004
[ 2.458257] R10: 0000000000000040 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff9bb980c9e400
[ 2.458258] R13: ffff9bb980e18400 R14: 00000000ffffffea R15: ffff9bb980b10358
[ 2.458260] FS: 00007f77eb758680(0000) GS:ffff9bb99f500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 2.458261] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 2.458261] CR2: 000055c29ae999e8 CR3: 0000000401508003 CR4: 00000000003606e0
[ 2.458263] Call Trace:
[ 2.458298] i915_driver_load+0xa73/0xe60 [i915]
[ 2.458331] i915_pci_probe+0x42/0x70 [i915]
[ 2.458334] local_pci_probe+0x47/0xa0
[ 2.458336] pci_device_probe+0xf1/0x1d0
[ 2.458339] driver_probe_device+0x395/0x4a0
[ 2.458341] __driver_attach+0xcc/0xf0
[ 2.458343] ? driver_probe_device+0x4a0/0x4a0
[ 2.458346] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[ 2.458348] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[ 2.458349] bus_add_driver+0x1c7/0x270
[ 2.458351] ? 0xffffffffc05b9000
[ 2.458352] driver_register+0x60/0xe0
[ 2.458353] ? 0xffffffffc05b9000
[ 2.458356] __pci_register_driver+0x5a/0x60
[ 2.458387] i915_init+0x5c/0x5f [i915]
[ 2.458390] do_one_initcall+0x52/0x1a0
[ 2.458392] ? __vunmap+0xb5/0xe0
[ 2.458395] ? _cond_resched+0x19/0x40
[ 2.458397] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x167/0x1d0
[ 2.458400] ? do_init_module+0x27/0x211
[ 2.458402] do_init_module+0x5f/0x211
[ 2.458405] load_module+0x16bd/0x1f30
[ 2.458408] ? ima_post_read_file+0x96/0xa0
[ 2.458411] SYSC_finit_module+0xfc/0x120
[ 2.458413] ? SYSC_finit_module+0xfc/0x120
[ 2.458415] SyS_finit_module+0xe/0x10
[ 2.458418] do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130
[ 2.458419] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x41/0xa6
[ 2.458421] RIP: 0033:0x7f77eb260639
[ 2.458422] RSP: 002b:00007ffdeca5fd78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
[ 2.458423] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055c29ae761e0 RCX: 00007f77eb260639
[ 2.458424] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007f77eaf3f105 RDI: 0000000000000012
[ 2.458425] RBP: 00007f77eaf3f105 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffdeca5fe90
[ 2.458425] R10: 0000000000000012 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 2.458426] R13: 000055c29ae65870 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 000055c29ae761e0
[ 2.458428] Code: e9 46 fc ff ff 48 c7 c6 f7 cd 76 c0 48 c7 c7 4f c1 76 c0 e8 54 e1 1a c4 0f 0b e9 73 fe ff ff 48 c7 c7 40 26 78 c0 e8 41 e1 1a c4 <0f> 0b e9 4b fe ff ff 48 c7 c6 04 ce 76 c0 48 c7 c7 4f c1 76 c0
[ 2.458447] ---[ end trace d6878199e768615f ]---

Upstream bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105992
Possible fix: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd4cd03c81010dcd4e6f0e02e4c15f44aefe12d1
Test kernel: https://people.canonical.com/~phlin/kernel/watermark/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-140-generic 4.15.0-140.144
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-140.144-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-140-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: sam 2618 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sam 2618 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 29 23:47:38 2021
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3a922472-e01e-42fa-a61d-7d7f645e3672
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-12 (1356 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 7250
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-140-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--gnome--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-140-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-140-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.173.19
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-07-23 (980 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A15
dmi.board.name: 0N248W
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X02
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2016:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude7250:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N248W:rvrX02:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude 7250
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

This test kernel is not working.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.