bionic/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1038.40 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

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
packages:
  main: linux-gcp
  meta: linux-meta-gcp
  signed: linux-signed-gcp
phase: Testing
phase-changed: Monday, 29. July 2019 12:24 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true
reason:
  automated-testing: Ongoing -- testing in progress
  security-signoff: Pending -- waiting for signoff
  verification-testing: Ongoing -- testing in progress
trackers:
  bionic/linux-gcp/gcp-kernel: bug 1837601
  xenial/linux-gcp: bug 1837605
variant: debs

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1038.40 - gcp
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in gcp:
  tsc - failed to build (bug 1831584)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed due to no KVM support
  ubuntu_ltp - proc01 (bug 1829849) binfmt_misc02 (bug 1822246) memcg_max_usage_in_bytes (bug 1829979) memcg_stat (bug 1829983) memcg_use_hierarchy (bug 1829989) memcg_usage_in_bytes (bug 1829984) memcg_test_3 (bug 1836694) cgroup_fj_* failure caused by memcg_test_3 (bug 1836694) getaddrinfo_01 (bug 1829995) crypto_user02 (bug 1837543) ltp_acpi (bug 1829982)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fanotify09-2 (bug 1804594) msgstress03 (bug 1797341) sync_file_range02 (bug 1819116)

Skipped / blacklisted:
 * libhugetlbfs
 * ubuntu_seccomp

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1040.42

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linux-gcp (4.15.0-1040.42) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1040.42 -proposed tracker (LP: #1839272)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-58.64 ]

  * unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000002c (IP:
    iget5_locked+0x9e/0x1f0) (LP: #1838982)
    - Revert "ovl: set I_CREATING on inode being created"
    - Revert "new primitive: discard_new_inode()"

linux-gcp (4.15.0-1039.41) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-57.63 ]

  * CVE-2019-1125
    - x86/cpufeatures: Carve out CQM features retrieval
    - x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into a new scattered features word
    - x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
    - x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
    - x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ
    - x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - update dkms package versions

linux-gcp (4.15.0-1038.40) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1038.40 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837608)

  * hibmc-drm Causes Unreadable Display for Huawei amd64 Servers (LP: #1762940)
    - [Config] Remove CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC

  * zfs/spl build in conjunction with the kernel from DKMS source (LP: #1807378)
    - [Packaging] gcp: Add dkms build dependencies

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-56.62 ]

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-56.62 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837626)
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync git-ubuntu-log
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts
  * CVE-2019-2101
    - media: uvcvideo: Fix 'type' check leading to overflow
  * hibmc-drm Causes Unreadable Display for Huawei amd64 Servers (LP: #1762940)
    - [Config] Set CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC to arm64 only
    - SAUCE: Make CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC depend on ARM64
  * Bionic: support for Solarflare X2542 network adapter (sfc driver)
    (LP: #1836635)
    - sfc: make mem_bar a function rather than a constant
    - sfc: support VI strides other than 8k
    - sfc: add Medford2 (SFC9250) PCI Device IDs
    - sfc: improve PTP error reporting
    - sfc: update EF10 register definitions
    - sfc: populate the timer reload field
    - sfc: update MCDI protocol headers
    - sfc: support variable number of MAC stats
    - sfc: expose FEC stats on Medford2
    - sfc: expose CTPIO stats on NICs that support them
    - sfc: basic MCDI mapping of 25/50/100G link speeds
    - sfc: support the ethtool ksettings API properly so that 25/50/100G works
    - sfc: add bits for 25/50/100G supported/advertised speeds
    - sfc: remove tx and MCDI handling from NAPI budget consideration
    - sfc: handle TX timestamps in the normal data path
    - sfc: add function to determine which TX timestamping method to use
    - sfc: use main datapath for HW timestamps if available
    - sfc: only enable TX timestamping if the adapter is licensed for it
    - sfc: MAC TX timestamp handling on the 8000 series
    - sfc: on 8000 series use TX queues for TX timestamps
    - sfc: only advertise TX timestamping if we have the license for it
    - sfc: simplify RX datapath timestamping
    - sfc: ...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1

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linux-gcp (4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1839270)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-1040.42 ]

  * bionic/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1040.42 -proposed tracker (LP: #1839272)
  * unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000002c (IP:
    iget5_locked+0x9e/0x1f0) (LP: #1838982)
    - Revert "ovl: set I_CREATING on inode being created"
    - Revert "new primitive: discard_new_inode()"

linux-gcp (4.15.0-1039.41~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-1039.41 ]

  * CVE-2019-1125
    - x86/cpufeatures: Carve out CQM features retrieval
    - x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into a new scattered features word
    - x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
    - x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
    - x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ
    - x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - update dkms package versions

linux-gcp (4.15.0-1038.40~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1038.40~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837605)

  * zfs/spl build in conjunction with the kernel from DKMS source (LP: #1807378)
    - [Packaging] Add dkms build dependencies

  * hibmc-drm Causes Unreadable Display for Huawei amd64 Servers (LP: #1762940)
    - [Packaging] remove hibmc-drm from built modules list

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-1038.40 ]

  * bionic/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1038.40 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837608)
  * hibmc-drm Causes Unreadable Display for Huawei amd64 Servers (LP: #1762940)
    - [Config] Remove CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC
  * zfs/spl build in conjunction with the kernel from DKMS source (LP: #1807378)
    - [Packaging] gcp: Add dkms build dependencies
  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-56.62 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837626)
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync git-ubuntu-log
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts
  * CVE-2019-2101
    - media: uvcvideo: Fix 'type' check leading to overflow
  * hibmc-drm Causes Unreadable Display for Huawei amd64 Servers (LP: #1762940)
    - [Config] Set CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC to arm64 only
    - SAUCE: Make CONFIG_DRM_HISI_HIBMC depend on ARM64
  * Bionic: support for Solarflare X2542 network adapter (sfc driver)
    (LP: #1836635)
    - sfc: make mem_bar a function rather than a constant
    - sfc: support VI strides other than 8k
    - sfc: add Medford2 (SFC9250) PCI Device IDs
    - sfc: improve PTP error reporting
    - sfc: update EF10 register definitions
    - sfc: populate the timer reload field
    - sfc: update MCDI protocol headers
    - sfc: support variable number of MAC stats
    - sfc: expose FEC stats on Medford2
    - sfc: expose CTPIO stats on NICs that support them
    - sfc: basic MCDI mapping of 25/50/100G link speeds
    - sfc: support the ethtool ksettings API properly so that 25/50/100G works
    - sfc: add bits for 25/50/100G supported/advertised speeds
    - sfc: remove tx and MCDI handling from NAPI budget consideration
    - sfc: handle TX timestamps in the norma...