linux: 3.5.0-18.29 -proposed tracker

[Luis Henriques]

This bug is for tracking the 3.5.0-18.29 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, 18. October 2012 16:58 UTC
kernel-stable-Prepare-package-end:Friday, 19. October 2012 17:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-start:Friday, 19. October 2012 17:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-end:Saturday, 20. October 2012 14:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-start:Monday, 22. October 2012 13:31 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-end:Tuesday, 30. October 2012 19:30 UTC
kernel-stable-Certification-testing-start:Tuesday, 30. October 2012 19:30 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-start:Tuesday, 30. October 2012 19:31 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-start:Tuesday, 30. October 2012 19:31 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-end:Thursday, 01. November 2012 11:16 UTC
kernel-stable-Certification-testing-end:Monday, 05. November 2012 12:30 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-start:Monday, 05. November 2012 14:45 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-end:Monday, 05. November 2012 14:45 UTC
kernel-stable-phase:Released
kernel-stable-phase-changed:Monday, 05. November 2012 19:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-end:Monday, 05. November 2012 19:15 UTC

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

All builds are complete, packages in this bug can be copied to -proposed.

Derivative packages from packages here can be worked on, the following tracking bugs were opened for them:
linux-ti-omap4 - bug 1068731
linux-armadaxp - bug 1068733

It was not possible to create or handle the tracking bugs for the following packages (their tracking bugs based on this update must be handled manually):
linux-lts-quantal (precise)

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Copied to -proposed and overrides mangled.

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

The linux-lts-quantal (precise) tracking bug has been manually created: bug #1069865

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

I assume the dreaded ext4 data loss bug that's been floating around the interwebs today will invalidate this upload (and its rebases), given that I'm led to believe it was backported to 3.5.7, which this update includes.

Further info here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/690

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Hrm, reading to the end of the thread, Ted now seems unsure of the cause. Still, if it WAS 3.5.7 that blew up the world, we might want to keep this update on ice for a bit while it's sorted out.

[Herton R. Krzesinski (herton)]

yes, I also think it's wise to wait to release this update until the ext4 issue is sorted out, and see what action we have to take, if any.

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

So far, the Ted is still unsure about the cause of the issue but it looks like it's only triggered with some quite uncommon (and, apparentely, unsafe) mount options. Here's a link to the latest update from Ted:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/117091380454742934025/posts/f5a1eHxUzSh

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

All bugs verified; moving into testing.

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

Regarding comment #4 (about the ext4 corruption bug), it is now clear that this is not a real issue for us. This bug seems to occur only on non-standard ext4 mounting options such as enabling checksums. These options, wich are actually not recommended (as a checksum mismatch is actually a problematic state), are not enabled by default in Ubuntu.

[John Johansen (jjohansen)]

No CVEs

[Sylvain Pineau (sylvain-pineau)]

The Hardware Certification team won't test this kernel as we don't have (yet) a relevant pool of certified systems for quantal.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

No regressions observed

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Released to updates.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-18.29

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linux (3.5.0-18.29) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [Luis Henriques]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1068224

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [packaging] do not fail secure copy on older kernels
  * SAUCE: efivarfs: efivarfs_file_read ensure we free data in error paths
    - LP: #1063061
  * SAUCE: efivars: efivarfs_create() ensure we drop our reference on inode
    on error
    - LP: #1063061
  * SAUCE: efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() fix inode reference counts
    - LP: #1063061
  * SAUCE: efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() ensure we free our temporary
    name
    - LP: #1063061
  * SAUCE: efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() ensure we clean up correctly on
    error
    - LP: #1063061
  * [Config] add fs/udf to linux-image to support DVD/CD formats in virtual
    instances
    - LP: #1066921

  [ Jeremy Kerr ]

  * SAUCE: efi: Handle deletions and size changes in efivarfs_write_file
    - LP: #1063061
  * SAUCE: efivarfs: Implement exclusive access for {get, set}_variable
    - LP: #1063061

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * SAUCE: input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad list additional contributors

  [ Kyle Fazzari ]

  * SAUCE: input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad fix lost sync upon palm contact
    - LP: #1048258
  * SAUCE: input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad fix taps turning into hardware
    clicks
    - LP: #1064086

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: ext4: fix crash when accessing /proc/mounts
    concurrently"
    - LP: #1066176
  * Revert "SAUCE: ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix detection of ALC271X codec"
    - LP: #1066176

  [ Lee, Chun-Yi ]

  * SAUCE: efi: add efivars kobject to efi sysfs folder
    - LP: #1063061

  [ Matt Fleming ]

  * SAUCE: efivarfs: Add documentation for the EFI variable filesystem
    - LP: #1063061

  [ Matthew Garrett ]

  * SAUCE: efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem
    - LP: #1063061

  [ Sarveshwar Bandi ]

  * SAUCE: bridge: Pull ip header into skb->data before looking into ip
    header.
    - LP: #1065150

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "drm/i915: correctly order the ring init sequence"
    - LP: #1066176
  * vfs: dcache: fix deadlock in tree traversal
    - LP: #1063761
  * dm mpath: only retry ioctl when no paths if queue_if_no_path set
    - LP: #1063761
  * dm: handle requests beyond end of device instead of using BUG_ON
    - LP: #1063761
  * dm table: clear add_random unless all devices have it set
    - LP: #1063761
  * dm verity: fix overflow check
    - LP: #1063761
  * usb: gadget: make g_printer enumerate again
    - LP: #1063761
  * usb: gadget: initialize the strings in tcm_usb_gadget properly
    - LP: #1063761
  * USB: option: blacklist QMI interface on ZTE MF683
    - LP: #1063761
  * USB: ftdi_sio: add TIAO USB Multi-Protocol Adapter (TUMPA) support
    - LP: #1063761
  * USB: qcaux: add Pantech vendor class match
    - LP: #1063761
  * usb: host: xhci: Fix Null pointer dereferencing with 71c731a for
    non-x86 systems
    - LP: #1063761
  * USB: serial: fix up bug with missing {}
    - LP: #1063761
  * staging: speakup_soft: Fix reading of init string
    - LP: #1063761
  * tty: keyboard.c: Remove locking from vt_get_leds.
  ...

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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