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Backport VMW_PVRDMA PPN64 patch

Bug #1832782 reported by Adit Ranadive on 2019-06-13

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Debian)	New	Unknown	debbugs #930501
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi,

Can this kernel patch [1] for VMCI be backported to Ubuntu Bionic and later?

Here is the commit log:

commit 8aa04ad3b39396e315b23448c56d5465200fa777
Author: Adit Ranadive <email address hidden>
Date: Sat Jan 26 05:09:36 2019 +0000

RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Support upto 64-bit PFNs

Update the driver to use the new device capability to report 64-bit UAR
PFNs.

Thanks,
Adit

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8aa04ad3b39396e315b23448c56d5465200fa777
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: gdm 2010 F.... pulseaudio
adit 3290 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: gdm 2010 F.... pulseaudio
adit 3290 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5e12ac9f-b7e5-46f1-aa2a-0091eb5cb723
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-06 (219 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
IwConfig:
eno1 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

docker0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision T3600
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-51-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-51.55-generic 4.15.18
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-51-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-51-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.173.6
RfKill:

Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-51-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 08HPGT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd08/09/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionT3600:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn08HPGT:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision T3600
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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