linux-hwe: 4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1 -proposed tracker

[Stefan Bader]

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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1797061
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/xenial/4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1/xenial-4.15-proposed-published.html

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 29 failed on amaura, 13 failed on michael, 24 failed on pepe
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  ubuntu_lxc - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - passed after re-run
  xfstests - btrfs generic/176 timed out, xfs generic/438 timed out

32 / 44 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_aufs_smoke_test, ubuntu_blktrace_smoke_test, ubuntu_docker_smoke_test, ubuntu_fan_smoke_test, ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test, ubuntu_loop_smoke_test, ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test, ubuntu_nbd_smoke_test, ubuntu_quota_smoke_test, ubuntu_squashfs_smoke_test, ubuntu_stress_smoke_test, ubuntu_zram_smoke_test
Issue to note in i386:
  aiostress - passed after re-run
  ebizzy - passed after re-run
  fs_mark - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed to build (bug 1798007)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  xfstests - xfs generic/103 timed out, mount point in use

4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1 - generic
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_cts_kernel - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 29 failed on amaura, 17 failed on gummo, 14 failed on michael, 25 failed on pepe
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  ubuntu_lxc - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - passed after re-run
  xfstests - btrfs generic/176 timed out, xfs generic/451 timed out

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400 (bug 1716603)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - unable to create KVM with uvtool (bug 1749427)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pmu on starmie (bug 1751000) gicv2-ipi on thunderX gicv2-mmio on thunderX gicv2-mmio-up on thunderX gicv2-mmio-3p on thunderX gicv2-active on thunderX timer on thunderX gicv2-ipi on moonshots gicv2-mmio-up on moonshots gicv2-mmio-3p on moonshots
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  ubuntu_lxc - passed after re-run
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - revio failed (bug 1798566)
  xfstests - btrfs generic/176 timed out

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed to build (bug 1798007)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  xfstests - xfs generic/112 timed out

Issue to note in ppc64le (P8):
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - should be skipped
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - unable to create KVM with uvtool (bug 1755118)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) fallocate05 (bug 1783880) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - passed after re-run
  xfstests - btrfs generic/176 timed out

Note: the missing smoke test in i386 lowlatency is caused by bug 1793464

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-hwe - 4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1

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linux-hwe (4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-hwe: 4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1797076)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-38.41 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-38.41 -proposed tracker (LP: #1797061)
  * Silent data corruption in Linux kernel 4.15 (LP: #1796542)
    - block: add a lower-level bio_add_page interface
    - block: bio_iov_iter_get_pages: fix size of last iovec
    - blkdev: __blkdev_direct_IO_simple: fix leak in error case
    - block: bio_iov_iter_get_pages: pin more pages for multi-segment IOs

linux-hwe (4.15.0-37.40~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-hwe: 4.15.0-37.40~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1795579)

  * Improvements to the kernel source package preparation (LP: #1793461)
    - Packaging: update-from-master: allow rebase to be skipped

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-37.40 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-37.40 -proposed tracker (LP: #1795564)
  * hns3: enable ethtool rx-vlan-filter on supported hw (LP: #1793394)
    - net: hns3: Add vlan filter setting by ethtool command -K
  * hns3: Modifying channel parameters will reset ring parameters back to
    defaults (LP: #1793404)
    - net: hns3: Fix desc num set to default when setting channel
  * hisi_sas: Add SATA FIX check for v3 hw (LP: #1794151)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Add SATA FIS check for v3 hw
  * Fix potential corruption using SAS controller on HiSilicon arm64 boards
    (LP: #1794156)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: add memory barrier in task delivery function
  * hisi_sas: Reduce unnecessary spin lock contention (LP: #1794165)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Tidy hisi_sas_task_prep()
  * Add functional level reset support for the SAS controller on HiSilicon D06
    systems (LP: #1794166)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: tidy host controller reset function a bit
    - scsi: hisi_sas: relocate some common code for v3 hw
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Implement handlers of PCIe FLR for v3 hw
  * HiSilicon SAS controller doesn't recover from PHY STP link timeout
    (LP: #1794172)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: tidy channel interrupt handler for v3 hw
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Fix the failure of recovering PHY from STP link timeout
  * getxattr: always handle namespaced attributes (LP: #1789746)
    - getxattr: use correct xattr length
  * Fix unusable NVIDIA GPU after S3 (LP: #1793338)
    - PCI: Reprogram bridge prefetch registers on resume
  * Fails to boot under Xen PV: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at
    edc21fd9 (LP: #1789118)
    - x86/EISA: Don't probe EISA bus for Xen PV guests
  * qeth: use vzalloc for QUERY OAT buffer (LP: #1793086)
    - s390/qeth: use vzalloc for QUERY OAT buffer
  * SRU: Enable middle button of touchpad on ThinkPad P72 (LP: #1793463)
    - Input: elantech - enable middle button of touchpad on ThinkPad P72
  * Dell new AIO requires a new uart backlight driver (LP: #1727235)
    - SAUCE: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: new backlight driver for DELL AIO
    - updateconfigs for Dell UART backlight driver
  * [Ubuntu] s390/crypto: Fix return code checking in cbc_paes_crypt.
    (LP: #1794294)
    - s390/crypto: Fix return code checking in cbc_paes_crypt()
  * hns3: Retrieve RoCE MSI-X config fro...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

The package has been published and the bug is being set to Fix Released