linux-azure: 4.15.0-1013.13 -proposed tracker

[Stefan Bader]

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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1772927
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1013.13 - azure
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in x86_64 (azure):
  ebizzy - failed on Standard_A0, passed on the rest
  libhugetlbfs - Unable to build libghugetlbfs test on 4.15 Bionic (bug 1765279)
  monotonic_time - tsc failed on some instances, clock failed on Standard_E4s_v3, Standard_E64-16s(bug 1774959), passed on the rest
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - Unable to boot Xenial cloud image on Bionic ARM64 ThunderX / Azure (bug 1765668)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - test skipped due to no KVM support, vmx_control will crash E4 nodes (bug 1747892)
  ubuntu_ltp - test disabled on azure
  ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test - failed on Basic_A1, Standard_A0 (bug 1765035) and B1s, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-tests package is not available in Bionic (bug 1758255)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - failed with setup task, but the test itself has passed
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - sysfs caused kernel oopsed on some instances (bug 1757057), DCCP retesting on Standard_DS4_V2
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)
  ubuntu_zfs_smoke_test - RETESTING
  ubuntu_zram_smoke_test - zram module missing (bug 1762756)

Skipped / blacklisted:
  * ubuntu_quota_smoke_test
  * ubuntu_ramfs_stress
  * ubuntu_seccomp
  * ubuntu_vfat_stress

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Manual override: no verification outstanding apart from those accepted for the main kernel.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2

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linux-azure (4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772940)

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1013.13 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772930)

  * Switch Build-Depends: transfig to fig2dev (LP: #1770770)
    - [Config] update Build-Depends: transfig to fig2dev

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-23.25 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-23.25 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772927)
  * arm64 SDEI support needs trampoline code for KPTI (LP: #1768630)
    - arm64: mmu: add the entry trampolines start/end section markers into
      sections.h
    - arm64: sdei: Add trampoline code for remapping the kernel
  * Some PCIe errors not surfaced through rasdaemon (LP: #1769730)
    - ACPI: APEI: handle PCIe AER errors in separate function
    - ACPI: APEI: call into AER handling regardless of severity
  * qla2xxx: Fix page fault at kmem_cache_alloc_node() (LP: #1770003)
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix session cleanup for N2N
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused argument from qlt_schedule_sess_for_deletion()
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize session deletion by using work_lock
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize session free in qlt_free_session_done
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Don't call dma_free_coherent with IRQ disabled.
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix warning in qla2x00_async_iocb_timeout()
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Prevent relogin trigger from sending too many commands
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free bug after firmware timeout
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fixup locking for session deletion
  * Several hisi_sas bug fixes (LP: #1768974)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: dt-bindings: add an property of signal attenuation
    - scsi: hisi_sas: support the property of signal attenuation for v2 hw
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix the issue of link rate inconsistency
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix the issue of setting linkrate register
    - scsi: hisi_sas: increase timer expire of internal abort task
    - scsi: hisi_sas: remove unused variable hisi_sas_devices.running_req
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix return value of hisi_sas_task_prep()
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Code cleanup and minor bug fixes
  * [bionic] machine stuck and bonding not working well when nvmet_rdma module
    is loaded (LP: #1764982)
    - nvmet-rdma: Don't flush system_wq by default during remove_one
    - nvme-rdma: Don't flush delete_wq by default during remove_one
  * Warnings/hang during error handling of SATA disks on SAS controller
    (LP: #1768971)
    - scsi: libsas: defer ata device eh commands to libata
  * Hotplugging a SATA disk into a SAS controller may cause crash (LP: #1768948)
    - ata: do not schedule hot plug if it is a sas host
  * ISST-LTE:pKVM:Ubuntu1804: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU follow by CPU
    ATTEMPT TO RE-ENTER FIRMWARE! (LP: #1767927)
    - powerpc/powernv: Handle unknown OPAL errors in opal_nvram_write()
    - powerpc/64s: return more carefully from sreset NMI
    - powerpc/64s: sreset panic if there is no debugger or crash dump handlers
  * fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race (LP: #1765564)
    - fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race
  * Hang on network interface removal in Xen virtual machine...

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

Tested, looks good.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.15.0-1013.13

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linux-azure (4.15.0-1013.13) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1013.13 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772930)

  * Switch Build-Depends: transfig to fig2dev (LP: #1770770)
    - [Config] update Build-Depends: transfig to fig2dev

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-23.25 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-23.25 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772927)
  * arm64 SDEI support needs trampoline code for KPTI (LP: #1768630)
    - arm64: mmu: add the entry trampolines start/end section markers into
      sections.h
    - arm64: sdei: Add trampoline code for remapping the kernel
  * Some PCIe errors not surfaced through rasdaemon (LP: #1769730)
    - ACPI: APEI: handle PCIe AER errors in separate function
    - ACPI: APEI: call into AER handling regardless of severity
  * qla2xxx: Fix page fault at kmem_cache_alloc_node() (LP: #1770003)
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix session cleanup for N2N
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused argument from qlt_schedule_sess_for_deletion()
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize session deletion by using work_lock
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize session free in qlt_free_session_done
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Don't call dma_free_coherent with IRQ disabled.
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix warning in qla2x00_async_iocb_timeout()
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Prevent relogin trigger from sending too many commands
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free bug after firmware timeout
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fixup locking for session deletion
  * Several hisi_sas bug fixes (LP: #1768974)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: dt-bindings: add an property of signal attenuation
    - scsi: hisi_sas: support the property of signal attenuation for v2 hw
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix the issue of link rate inconsistency
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix the issue of setting linkrate register
    - scsi: hisi_sas: increase timer expire of internal abort task
    - scsi: hisi_sas: remove unused variable hisi_sas_devices.running_req
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix return value of hisi_sas_task_prep()
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Code cleanup and minor bug fixes
  * [bionic] machine stuck and bonding not working well when nvmet_rdma module
    is loaded (LP: #1764982)
    - nvmet-rdma: Don't flush system_wq by default during remove_one
    - nvme-rdma: Don't flush delete_wq by default during remove_one
  * Warnings/hang during error handling of SATA disks on SAS controller
    (LP: #1768971)
    - scsi: libsas: defer ata device eh commands to libata
  * Hotplugging a SATA disk into a SAS controller may cause crash (LP: #1768948)
    - ata: do not schedule hot plug if it is a sas host
  * ISST-LTE:pKVM:Ubuntu1804: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU follow by CPU
    ATTEMPT TO RE-ENTER FIRMWARE! (LP: #1767927)
    - powerpc/powernv: Handle unknown OPAL errors in opal_nvram_write()
    - powerpc/64s: return more carefully from sreset NMI
    - powerpc/64s: sreset panic if there is no debugger or crash dump handlers
  * fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race (LP: #1765564)
    - fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race
  * Hang on network interface removal in Xen virtual machine (LP: #1771620)
    - xen-netfront: Fix hang on device removal
  * HiSilicon HNS NIC names...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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