linux-azure: 4.18.0-1008.8 -proposed tracker

[Stefan Bader]

This bug is for tracking the <version to be filled> upload package. This bug will contain status and testing results related to that upload.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow
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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1811406
phase: Release
phase-changed: Wednesday, 06. February 2019 16:09 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

Testing has started.

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

Tests completed successfully.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.18.0-1008.8

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linux-azure (4.18.0-1008.8) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.18.0-1008.8 -proposed tracker (LP: #1811415)

  * Cosmic update: 4.18.19 upstream stable release (LP: #1810820)
    - [Config] Update config after 4.18.0-14.15 rebase

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts

  [ Ubuntu: 4.18.0-14.15 ]

  * linux: 4.18.0-14.15 -proposed tracker (LP: #1811406)
  * CPU hard lockup with rigorous writes to NVMe drive (LP: #1810998)
    - blk-wbt: Avoid lock contention and thundering herd issue in wbt_wait
    - blk-wbt: move disable check into get_limit()
    - blk-wbt: use wq_has_sleeper() for wq active check
    - blk-wbt: fix has-sleeper queueing check
    - blk-wbt: abstract out end IO completion handler
    - blk-wbt: improve waking of tasks
  * To reduce the Realtek USB cardreader power consumption (LP: #1811337)
    - mmc: core: Introduce MMC_CAP_SYNC_RUNTIME_PM
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Don't runtime resume the device while changing led
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Re-work runtime PM support
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Re-work card detection/removal support
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Add missing pm_runtime_disable() in probe function
    - misc: rtsx_usb: Use USB remote wakeup signaling for card insertion detection
    - memstick: Prevent memstick host from getting runtime suspended during card
      detection
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Use ms_dev() helper
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Support runtime power management
  * Support non-strict iommu mode on arm64 (LP: #1806488)
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Fix race handling in split_blk_unmap()
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Implement flush_iotlb_all hook
    - iommu/dma: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu: Add "iommu.strict" command line option
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/arm-smmu: Support non-strict mode
  * [Regression] crashkernel fails on HiSilicon D05 (LP: #1806766)
    - efi: honour memory reservations passed via a linux specific config table
    - efi/arm: libstub: add a root memreserve config table
    - efi: add API to reserve memory persistently across kexec reboot
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Change initialization ordering for LPIs
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Simplify LPI_PENDBASE_SZ usage
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Split property table clearing from allocation
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Move pending table allocation to init time
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Keep track of property table's PA and VA
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allow use of pre-programmed LPI tables
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Use pre-programmed redistributor tables with kdump
      kernels
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Check that all RDs have the same property table
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Register LPI tables with EFI config table
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allow use of LPI tables in reserved memory
    - arm64: memblock: don't permit memblock resizing until linear mapping is up
    - efi/arm: Defer persistent reservations until after paging_init()
 ...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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

[zaed (zaedtawfeq)]

thanks please fix it for me , good job.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.18.0-1008.8

---------------
linux-azure (4.18.0-1008.8) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.18.0-1008.8 -proposed tracker (LP: #1811415)

  * Cosmic update: 4.18.19 upstream stable release (LP: #1810820)
    - [Config] Update config after 4.18.0-14.15 rebase

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts

  [ Ubuntu: 4.18.0-14.15 ]

  * linux: 4.18.0-14.15 -proposed tracker (LP: #1811406)
  * CPU hard lockup with rigorous writes to NVMe drive (LP: #1810998)
    - blk-wbt: Avoid lock contention and thundering herd issue in wbt_wait
    - blk-wbt: move disable check into get_limit()
    - blk-wbt: use wq_has_sleeper() for wq active check
    - blk-wbt: fix has-sleeper queueing check
    - blk-wbt: abstract out end IO completion handler
    - blk-wbt: improve waking of tasks
  * To reduce the Realtek USB cardreader power consumption (LP: #1811337)
    - mmc: core: Introduce MMC_CAP_SYNC_RUNTIME_PM
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Don't runtime resume the device while changing led
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Re-work runtime PM support
    - mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: Re-work card detection/removal support
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Add missing pm_runtime_disable() in probe function
    - misc: rtsx_usb: Use USB remote wakeup signaling for card insertion detection
    - memstick: Prevent memstick host from getting runtime suspended during card
      detection
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Use ms_dev() helper
    - memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Support runtime power management
  * Support non-strict iommu mode on arm64 (LP: #1806488)
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Fix race handling in split_blk_unmap()
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Implement flush_iotlb_all hook
    - iommu/dma: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu: Add "iommu.strict" command line option
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Add support for non-strict mode
    - iommu/arm-smmu: Support non-strict mode
  * [Regression] crashkernel fails on HiSilicon D05 (LP: #1806766)
    - efi: honour memory reservations passed via a linux specific config table
    - efi/arm: libstub: add a root memreserve config table
    - efi: add API to reserve memory persistently across kexec reboot
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Change initialization ordering for LPIs
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Simplify LPI_PENDBASE_SZ usage
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Split property table clearing from allocation
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Move pending table allocation to init time
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Keep track of property table's PA and VA
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allow use of pre-programmed LPI tables
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Use pre-programmed redistributor tables with kdump
      kernels
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Check that all RDs have the same property table
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Register LPI tables with EFI config table
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allow use of LPI tables in reserved memory
    - arm64: memblock: don't permit memblock resizing until linear mapping is up
    - efi/arm: Defer persistent reservations until after paging_init()
 ...