linux-azure: 4.15.0-1018.18~16.04.1 -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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kernel-stable-master-bug: 1782173
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

Our testing looks good.

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

(Our testing on 4.15.0-1017, that is)

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Testing looks good, only kept back by NBS status which is not a kernel issue.

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Decided to not wait for this to get kernels released.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.15.0-1018.18~16.04.1

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linux-azure (4.15.0-1018.18~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1018.18~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1782186)

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1018.18 -proposed tracker (LP: #1782178)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-29.31 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-29.31 -proposed tracker (LP: #1782173)
  * [SRU Bionic][Cosmic] kernel panic in ipmi_ssif at msg_done_handler
    (LP: #1777716)
    - ipmi_ssif: Fix kernel panic at msg_done_handler
  * Update to ocxl driver for 18.04.1 (LP: #1775786)
    - misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister()
    - powerpc: Add TIDR CPU feature for POWER9
    - powerpc: Use TIDR CPU feature to control TIDR allocation
    - powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation
    - ocxl: Rename pnv_ocxl_spa_remove_pe to clarify it's action
    - ocxl: Expose the thread_id needed for wait on POWER9
    - ocxl: Add an IOCTL so userspace knows what OCXL features are available
    - ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs
    - ocxl: Fix missing unlock on error in afu_ioctl_enable_p9_wait()
  * Critical upstream bugfix missing in Ubuntu 18.04 - frequent Xorg crash after
    suspend (LP: #1776887)
    - ocxl: Document the OCXL_IOCTL_GET_METADATA IOCTL
  * Hard LOCKUP observed on stressing Ubuntu 18 04 (LP: #1777194)
    - powerpc: use NMI IPI for smp_send_stop
    - powerpc: Fix smp_send_stop NMI IPI handling
  * IPL: ppc64_cpu --frequency hang with INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on
    CPUs/tasks on w34 and wsbmc016 with 920.1714.20170330n (LP: #1773964)
    - rtc: opal: Fix OPAL RTC driver OPAL_BUSY loops
  * [Regression] EXT4-fs error (device sda2): ext4_validate_block_bitmap:383:
    comm stress-ng: bg 4705: bad block bitmap checksum (LP: #1781709)
    - SAUCE: Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: fix ext4_validate_inode_bitmap: comm
      stress-ng: Corrupt inode bitmap"
    - SAUCE: ext4: check for allocation block validity with block group locked

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-28.30 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-28.30 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781433)
  * Cannot set MTU higher than 1500 in Xen instance (LP: #1781413)
    - xen-netfront: Fix mismatched rtnl_unlock
    - xen-netfront: Update features after registering netdev

linux-azure (4.15.0-1017.17) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1017.17 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781066)

  * [Hyper-V] Please set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD to "m" (LP: #1780309)
    - [Config] linux-azure: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD=m

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-27.29 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-27.29 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781062)
  * [Regression] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_validate_inode_bitmap:99:
    comm stress-ng: Corrupt inode bitmap (LP: #1780137)
    - SAUCE: ext4: fix ext4_validate_inode_bitmap: comm stress-ng: Corrupt inode
      bitmap

linux-azure (4.15.0-1016.16) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1016.16 -proposed tracker (LP: #1780117)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-26.28 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-26.28 -proposed tracker (LP: #1780112)
  * failure to boot with linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic (LP: #1779827) // Cloud-
    init causes potentially huge boot delays with 4.15 kernels (LP: #1780062)
    - random: Make getrandom() ready earlier
...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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