linux-lts-xenial: 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 -proposed tracker

[Kamal Mostafa]

This bug is for tracking the 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 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
kernel-stable-Prepare-package-start:Thursday, 07. April 2016 16:19 UTC
kernel-stable-master-bug:1566868
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phase: Uploaded

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-lts-xenial - 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1

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linux-lts-xenial (4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1567538

  * [i915_bpo] Fix RC6 on SKL GT3 & GT4 (LP: #1564759)
    - SAUCE: i915_bpo: drm/i915/skl: Fix rc6 based gpu/system hang
    - SAUCE: i915_bpo: drm/i915/skl: Fix spurious gpu hang with gt3/gt4 revs

  * CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP not enabled in armhf generic kernel (LP: #1566283)
    - [Config] CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP=y

  * [Feature] Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (LP: #1397880)
    - perf/x86/cqm: Fix CQM handling of grouping events into a cache_group
    - perf/x86/cqm: Fix CQM memory leak and notifier leak
    - x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_*
    - Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
    - x86/topology: Create logical package id
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add Intel Memory B/W Monitoring enumeration and init
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add memory bandwidth monitoring event management
    - perf/x86/mbm: Implement RMID recycling
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add support for MBM counter overflow handling

  * User namespace mount updates (LP: #1566505)
    - SAUCE: quota: Require that qids passed to dqget() be valid and map into s_user_ns
    - SAUCE: fs: Allow superblock owner to change ownership of inodes with unmappable ids
    - SAUCE: fuse: Don't initialize user_id or group_id in mount options
    - SAUCE: cgroup: Use a new super block when mounting in a cgroup namespace
    - SAUCE: fs: fix a posible leak of allocated superblock

  * [arm64] kernel BUG at /build/linux-StrpB2/linux-4.4.0/fs/ext4/inode.c:2394!
    (LP: #1566518)
    - arm64: Honour !PTE_WRITE in set_pte_at() for kernel mappings
    - arm64: Update PTE_RDONLY in set_pte_at() for PROT_NONE permission

  * [Feature]USB core and xHCI tasks for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus (SSP) support
    for Alpine Ridge on SKL (LP: #1519623)
    - usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices
    - usb: set USB 3.1 roothub device speed to USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS
    - usb: show speed "10000" in sysfs for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus devices
    - usb: add device descriptor for usb 3.1 root hub
    - usb: Support USB 3.1 extended port status request
    - xhci: Make sure xhci handles USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS devices.
    - xhci: set roothub speed to USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS for USB3.1 capable controllers
    - xhci: USB 3.1 add default Speed Attributes to SuperSpeedPlus device capability
    - xhci: set slot context speed field to SuperSpeedPlus for USB 3.1 SSP devices
    - usb: Add USB3.1 SuperSpeedPlus Isoc Endpoint Companion descriptor
    - usb: Parse the new USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus Isoc endpoint companion descriptor
    - usb: Add USB 3.1 Precision time measurement capability descriptor support
    - xhci: refactor and cleanup endpoint initialization.
    - xhci: Add SuperSpeedPlus high bandwidth isoc support to xhci endpoints
    - xhci: cleanup isoc tranfers queuing code
    - xhci: Support extended burst isoc TRB structure used by xhci 1.1 for USB 3.1
    - SAUCE: (noup) usb: fix regression in SuperSpeed endpoint descriptor parsing

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