bionic/linux-hwe-5.4: 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1 -proposed tracker

[Kelsey Skunberg]

This bug will contain status and test results related to a kernel source (or snap) as stated in the title.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow

-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1905300
packages:
  lrm: linux-restricted-modules-hwe-5.4
  main: linux-hwe-5.4
  meta: linux-meta-hwe-5.4
  signed: linux-signed-hwe-5.4
phase: Complete
phase-changed: Tuesday, 01. December 2020 18:22 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true
reason: {}
trackers:
  bionic/linux-gkeop-5.4: bug 1903173
variant: debs
versions:
  lrm: 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1
  main: 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1
  meta: 5.4.0.56.62~18.04.50
  signed: 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1

[Kevin Yeh (kevinyeh)]

Leveraging results from 5.4.0-55, no regression were observed, results are available here:
https://trello.com/c/aP7p4y2E/1074-bionic-hwe-linux-image-540-55-generic-540-556118041

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1 - generic
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

36 / 61 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_aufs_smoke_test, ubuntu_blktrace_smoke_test, ubuntu_boot, ubuntu_docker_smoke_test, ubuntu_fan_smoke_test, ubuntu_ftrace_smoke_test, ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test, ubuntu_loop_smoke_test, ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test, ubuntu_nbd_smoke_test, ubuntu_overlayfs_smoke_test, ubuntu_qrt_apparmor, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_aslr_collisions, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_hardening, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_panic, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security, ubuntu_quota_smoke_test, ubuntu_squashfs_smoke_test, ubuntu_stress_smoke_test, ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test, ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs, ubuntu_zfs_smoke_test, ubuntu_zram_smoke_test
Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_bpf - timeout on lagalla (bug 1874029)
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - pmtu.sh failed without error message in net (bug 1887661) psock_snd.sh in net (bug 1892213) ip6gretap / erspan / ip6erspan in rtnetlink.sh from net (bug 1896448) seccomp_bpf failed to build (bug 1896420)
  ubuntu_ltp - proc01 (bug 1829849) ksm03 ksm03_1 ksm04 ksm04_1 failed with file close (bug 1884742) cpuset_hotplug (bug 1834006) memcg_max_usage_in_bytes (bug 1829979) memcg_stat (bug 1829983) memcg_usage_in_bytes (bug 1829984) memcg_use_hierarchy (bug 1829989) getaddrinfo_01 (bug 1829995) crypto_user02 (bug 1837543) tpci (bug 1878389) cve-2020-11494 ETIMEDOUT (bug 1906334)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - move_pages12 failed with new lib (bug 1906220)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-device-add-remove (bug 1884024)

47 / 55 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_boot, ubuntu_bpf, ubuntu_ltp, ubuntu_ltp_syscalls, ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs, ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic
Issue to note in arm64:
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - memory-hotplug not executable on arm64 (bug 1892816) pmtu.sh failed without error message in net (bug 1887661) psock_snd.sh in net (bug 1892213) ip6gretap / erspan / ip6erspan in rtnetlink.sh from net (bug 1896448)
  ubuntu_lxc - failed to fetch GPG key

45 / 55 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_boot, ubuntu_ltp, ubuntu_qrt_apparmor, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_aslr_collisions, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_hardening, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_panic, ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security, ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs
Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_bpf - test_maps FAIL:failed to create hashmap on i386
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - pmtu.sh failed without error message in net (bug 1887661) psock_snd.sh in net (bug 1892213) ip6gretap / erspan / ip6erspan in rtnetlink.sh from net (bug 1896448)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - hyperv_connections / hyperv_stimer / hyperv_synic timeout on i386 (bug 1892855) vmexit* on i386 (bug 1822235)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - move_pages12 failed with new lib (bug 1906220) futex_wake04 on i386 (bug 1892165)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-device-add-remove (bug 1884024)
  ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test - Failed on 5.4 (bug 1844493)

11 / 57 tests were run, missing: aio_dio_bugs, aiostress, ebizzy, fs_mark, fsx, iperf, ipv6connect, rmaptest, rtc, signaltest, synctest, ubuntu_aufs_smoke_test, ubuntu_blkdev_directio, ubuntu_blktrace_smoke_test, ubuntu_boot, ubuntu_bpf, ubuntu_btrfs_kernel_fixes, ubuntu_cts...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-hwe-5.4 - 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1

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linux-hwe-5.4 (5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux-hwe-5.4: 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1905312)

  [ Ubuntu: 5.4.0-56.62 ]

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-56.62 -proposed tracker (LP: #1905300)
  * CVE-2020-4788
    - selftests/powerpc: rfi_flush: disable entry flush if present
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses
    - selftests/powerpc: entry flush test

linux-hwe-5.4 (5.4.0-55.61~18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux-hwe-5.4: 5.4.0-55.61~18.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1903174)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update update.conf

  * *-tools-common packages descriptions have typo "PGKVER" (LP: #1898903)
    - [Packaging] Fix typo in -tools template s/PGKVER/PKGVER/

  [ Ubuntu: 5.4.0-55.61 ]

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-55.61 -proposed tracker (LP: #1903175)
  * Update kernel packaging to support forward porting kernels (LP: #1902957)
    - [Debian] Update for leader included in BACKPORT_SUFFIX
  * Avoid double newline when running insertchanges (LP: #1903293)
    - [Packaging] insertchanges: avoid double newline
  * EFI: Fails when BootCurrent entry does not exist (LP: #1899993)
    - efivarfs: Replace invalid slashes with exclamation marks in dentries.
  * CVE-2020-14351
    - perf/core: Fix race in the perf_mmap_close() function
  * raid10: Block discard is very slow, causing severe delays for mkfs and
    fstrim operations (LP: #1896578)
    - md: add md_submit_discard_bio() for submitting discard bio
    - md/raid10: extend r10bio devs to raid disks
    - md/raid10: pull codes that wait for blocked dev into one function
    - md/raid10: improve raid10 discard request
    - md/raid10: improve discard request for far layout
    - dm raid: fix discard limits for raid1 and raid10
    - dm raid: remove unnecessary discard limits for raid10
  * Bionic: btrfs: kernel BUG at /build/linux-
    eTBZpZ/linux-4.15.0/fs/btrfs/ctree.c:3233! (LP: #1902254)
    - btrfs: drop unnecessary offset_in_page in extent buffer helpers
    - btrfs: extent_io: do extra check for extent buffer read write functions
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill BUG_ON() in __btrfs_free_extent()
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill the BUG_ON() in insert_inline_extent_backref()
    - btrfs: ctree: check key order before merging tree blocks
  * Ethernet no link lights after reboot (Intel i225-v 2.5G) (LP: #1902578)
    - igc: Add PHY power management control
  * Undetected Data corruption in MPI workloads that use VSX for reductions on
    POWER9 DD2.1 systems (LP: #1902694)
    - powerpc: Fix undetected data corruption with P9N DD2.1 VSX CI load emulation
    - selftests/powerpc: Make alignment handler test P9N DD2.1 vector CI load
      workaround
  * [20.04 FEAT] Support/enhancement of NVMe IPL (LP: #1902179)
    - s390: nvme ipl
    - s390: nvme reipl
    - s390/ipl: support NVMe IPL kernel parameters
  * uvcvideo: add mapping for HEVC payloads (LP: #1895803)
    - media: uvcvideo: Add mapping for HEVC payloads
  * Focal update: v5.4.73 upstream stable release (LP: #1902115)
   ...

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

All tasks have been completed and the bug is being set to Fix Released