linux-lts-xenial: 4.4.0-143.169~14.04.2 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

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
-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1814647
phase: Release
phase-changed: Friday, 15. March 2019 15:34 UTC
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/trusty/4.4.0-143.169~14.04.2/trusty-4.4-proposed-published.html

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-lts-xenial - 4.4.0-143.169~14.04.2

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linux-lts-xenial (4.4.0-143.169~14.04.2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * linux-lts-xenial: 4.4.0-143.169~14.04.2 -proposed tracker (LP: #1814649)

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

  * signing: only install a signed kernel (LP: #1764794)
    - [Config] linux-headers common package is in the linux namespace

  * linux-buildinfo: pull out ABI information into its own package
    (LP: #1806380)
    - [Packaging] drop redundant = from define statements
    - [Config] resync flavour-control.stub

  [ Ubuntu: 4.4.0-143.169 ]

  * linux: 4.4.0-143.169 -proposed tracker (LP: #1814647)
  * x86/kvm: Backport fixup and missing commits (LP: #1811646)
    - KVM: x86: avoid vmalloc(0) in the KVM_SET_CPUID
    - kvm: nVMX: VMCLEAR an active shadow VMCS after last use
    - X86/nVMX: Properly set spec_ctrl and pred_cmd before merging MSRs
    - KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR
      path as unlikely()
    - kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported
    - KVM: SVM: Add MSR-based feature support for serializing LFENCE
    - KVM: X86: Allow userspace to define the microcode version
    - KVM: x86: SVM: Call x86_spec_ctrl_set_guest/host() with interrupts disabled
    - KVM: VMX: fixes for vmentry_l1d_flush module parameter
    - kvm: svm: Ensure an IBPB on all affected CPUs when freeing a vmcb
    - kvm: vmx: Scrub hardware GPRs at VM-exit
    - SAUCE: [Fix] x86/KVM/VMX: Add L1D flush logic
    - SAUCE: KVM: Move code fragments, cleanup and re-indent
  * linux-buildinfo: pull out ABI information into its own package
    (LP: #1806380)
    - [Packaging] limit preparation to linux-libc-dev in headers
    - [Packaging] commonise debhelper invocation
    - [Packaging] ABI -- accumulate abi information at the end of the build
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add basic build information
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add firmware information to the flavour ABI
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add compiler information to the flavour ABI
    - [Packaging] buildinfo -- add buildinfo support to getabis
    - [Config] buildinfo -- add retpoline version markers
    - [Packaging] getabis -- handle all known package combinations
    - [Packaging] getabis -- support parsing a simple version
  * signing: only install a signed kernel (LP: #1764794)
    - [Packaging] update to Debian like control scripts
    - [Packaging] switch to triggers for postinst.d postrm.d handling
    - [Packaging] signing -- switch to raw-signing tarballs
    - [Packaging] signing -- switch to linux-image as signed when available
    - [Packaging] printenv -- add signing options
    - [Packaging] fix invocation of header postinst hooks
    - [Packaging] signing -- add support for signing Opal kernel binaries
    - [Debian] Use src_pkg_name when constructing udeb control files
    - [Debian] Dynamically determine linux udebs package name
    - [Packaging] handle both linux-lts* and linux-hwe* as backports
    - [Config] linux-source-* is in the primary linux namespace
    - [Packaging] lookup the upstream tag
    - [Packaging] zf...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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