Kernel patches for FSP dump

Bug #1359423 reported by bugproxy
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Andy Whitcroft
Utopic
Fix Released
Medium
Andy Whitcroft

Bug Description

---Problem Description---
A few kernel patches are needed for FSP dump to work on PowerNV host. Kindly include the attached backported patches into Ubuntu 14.10. These correspond to the below upstream commits:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=14c4000a88afaaa2d0877cc86d42a74fde0f35e0
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b09c2ec4082c63584491f35df2cb530ee8ca312d

Machine Type = POWER8

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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : Patch 1

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tags: added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-115059 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1410
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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : Patch 2

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Luciano Chavez (lnx1138)
affects: ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu)
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1359423

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
tags: added: ppc64el
tags: added: kernel-da-key
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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : Comment bridged from LTC Bugzilla

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-08-21 08:31 EDT-------
apport collection n/a

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

These look like simple enough changes. Queued for the next Utopic upload.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.16.0-10.15

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linux (3.16.0-10.15) utopic; urgency=low

  [ dann frazier ]

  * [debian] Fix regression with ABI subversions and backport

  [ Feng Kan ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) irqchip:gic: change access of gicc_ctrl register to read
    modify write.
    - LP: #1357527
  * SAUCE: (no-up) arm64: optimized copy_to_user and copy_from_user
    assembly code
    - LP: #1358949

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * SAUCE: bcache: prevent crash on changing writeback_running
    - LP: #1357295

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] CONFIG_XFRM_STATISTICS=y
  * [Config] CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM=y
  * [Config] CONFIG_SENSORS_IBMPOWERNV=m
    - LP: #1353005
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1359783

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * intel_idle: Broadwell support
    - LP: #1256170
  * powerpc/book3s: Add basic infrastructure to handle HMI in Linux.
    - LP: #1357108
  * powerpc/powernv: Invoke opal call to handle hmi.
    - LP: #1357108
  * powerpc/book3s: handle HMIs for cpus in nap mode.
    - LP: #1357108
  * powerpc/book3s: Fix endianess issue for HMI handling on napping cpus.
    - LP: #1357108
  * powerpc: Add smp_mb() to arch_spin_is_locked()
    - LP: #1358569
  * powerpc: Add smp_mb()s to arch_spin_unlock_wait()
    - LP: #1358569
  * hwmon: (powerpc/powernv) hwmon driver for power, fan rpm, voltage and
    temperature
    - LP: #1353005
  * tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/peeksiginfo.c: add PAGE_SIZE definition
    - LP: #1358855
  * printk: Add function to return log buffer address and size
    - LP: #1359423
  * powerpc/powernv: Interface to register/unregister opal dump region
    - LP: #1359423
  * bcache: fix crash on shutdown in passthrough mode
    - LP: #1357295
  * bcache: fix uninterruptible sleep in writeback thread
    - LP: #1357295

  [ Vinayak Kale ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) dt-bindings: Add Potenza PMU binding
    - LP: #1357527
  * SAUCE: (no-up) arm64: dts: Add PMU node for APM X-Gene Storm SOC
    - LP: #1357527
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:34:33 -0600

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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