linux-azure-edge: 4.14.0-1002.2 -proposed tracker

[Marcelo Cerri]

This bug is for tracking the 4.14.0-1002.2 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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phase: Promoted to proposed
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

I have finished the review on this kernel, it's currently waiting on the lttng issue (bug 1739591).

Here is the report, I will mark this task as Incomplete first. Status should be changed after the investigation on that bug.

4.14.0-1002.2 - azure
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in x86_64 (azure):
  ebizzy - failed on Standard_A0, passed on the rest
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed (brk_near_huge, bug 1653597), Killed by signal 1, bad config 3, passed on the rest
  monotonic_time - all three tests (or just tsc test) failed on some instances, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - passed but some test failed
  ubuntu_ltp - test disabled
  ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test - DKMS module issue, bug 1739591
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu failed (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container, Failed creating ubuntu-cloud container due to too many open files), passed on the rest
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - bug 1727290
  ubuntu_zfs_smoke_test - kernel-smoke-test-scrub failed on Standard_B1s only, passed on the rest

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure-edge - 4.14.0-1003.3

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linux-azure-edge (4.14.0-1003.3) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux-azure-edge: 4.14.0-1003.3 -proposed tracker (LP: #1741962)

  * ubuntu/xr-usb-serial didn't get built in zesty and artful (LP: #1733281)
    - ubuntu: Only build ubuntu/xr-usb-serial when USB is enabled

  * CVE-2017-5754
    - [Config] azure-edge: CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y

  [ Ubuntu: 4.14.0-16.19 ]

  * linux: 4.14.0-16.19 -proposed tracker (LP: #1741920)
  * Miscellaneous upstream changes
    - x86/mm: Set MODULES_END to 0xffffffffff000000
    - x86/mm: Map cpu_entry_area at the same place on 4/5 level
    - x86/kaslr: Fix the vaddr_end mess
    - x86/events/intel/ds: Use the proper cache flush method for mapping ds
      buffers
    - x86/tlb: Drop the _GPL from the cpu_tlbstate export
    - x86/alternatives: Add missing '\n' at end of ALTERNATIVE inline asm
    - x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

  [ Ubuntu: 4.14.0-15.18 ]

  * linux: 4.14.0-15.18 -proposed tracker (LP: #1741501)
  * [0cf3:e010] QCA6174A XR failed to pair with bt 4.0 device (LP: #1741166)
    - SAUCE: Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for 0cf3:e010
  * [Zesty/Artful] On ARM64 PCIE physical function passthrough guest fails to
    boot (LP: #1732804)
    - vfio/pci: Virtualize Maximum Read Request Size
  * elantech touchpad of Lenovo L480/580 failed to detect hw_version
    (LP: #1733605)
    - SAUCE: Input: elantech - add new icbody type 15
  * External HDMI monitor failed to show screen on Lenovo X1 series
    (LP: #1738523)
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Disable writing of TMDS_OE on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 series
  * Bionic update to v4.14.12 stable release (LP: #1741496)
    - exec: Weaken dumpability for secureexec
    - capabilities: fix buffer overread on very short xattr
    - x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors
    - x86/pti: Make sure the user/kernel PTEs match
    - x86/dumpstack: Fix partial register dumps
    - x86/dumpstack: Print registers for first stack frame
    - x86/pti: Switch to kernel CR3 at early in entry_SYSCALL_compat()
    - x86/process: Define cpu_tss_rw in same section as declaration
    - Revert "xfrm: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in xfrm_state_find."
    - rtc: m41t80: m41t80_sqw_set_rate should return 0 on success
    - rtc: m41t80: fix m41t80_sqw_round_rate return value
    - rtc: m41t80: avoid i2c read in m41t80_sqw_recalc_rate
    - rtc: m41t80: avoid i2c read in m41t80_sqw_is_prepared
    - rtc: m41t80: remove unneeded checks from m41t80_sqw_set_rate
    - Linux 4.14.12

  [ Ubuntu: 4.14.0-14.17 ]

  * linux: 4.14.0-14.17 -proposed tracker (LP: #1741139)
  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Debian] autoreconstruct - add resoration of execute permissions
  * hisi_sas: driver robustness fixes (LP: #1739807)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix internal abort slot timeout bug
    - scsi: hisi_sas: us start_phy in PHY_FUNC_LINK_RESET
    - scsi: hisi_sas: fix NULL check in SMP abort task path
    - scsi: hisi_sas: complete all tasklets prior to host reset
  * Falkor erratum 1041 needs workaround (LP: #1738497)
    - arm64: Define cputype macros for Falkor CPU
    - arm64: Add ...