Include backport of vmware stable TSC patchset
Bug #319945 reported by
Stefan Bader
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Stefan Bader | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Stefan Bader | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Stefan Bader |
Bug Description
This is a tracking bug for the mailing list request to include backported vmware patches.
I had to give you a heads up on some patches that we would want you to
consider for your ubuntu hardy and intrepid tree.
These patches fix some of the TSC related bugs which occur only in a
virtualized environment. The reason they are important for VMware is
because we rely on TSC as the primary clocksource for timekeeping rather
than a paravirtualized clocksource.
So these patches are pretty important for correct timekeeping under
VMware.
Can you please pick these patches for the next kernel update/release.
They are in the x86 tree right now and should be merged during the
2.6.29 merge cycle.
Changed in linux: | |
assignee: | nobody → stefan-bader-canonical |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux: | |
assignee: | nobody → stefan-bader-canonical |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
assignee: | nobody → stefan-bader-canonical |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → In Progress |
To post a comment you must log in.
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.28-7.18
---------------
linux (2.6.28-7.18) jaunty; urgency=low
[ Alok Kataria ]
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature HYPERVISOR feature bit
bit
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: add X86_FEATURE_
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: Hypervisor detection and get tsc_freq
from hypervisor
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: Add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature
bit.
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: Skip verification by the watchdog for
TSC clocksource.
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: VMware: Fix vmware_get_tsc code
- LP: #319945
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: vmware: look for DMI string in the
product serial key
- LP: #319945
[ Andy Whitcroft ]
* SAUCE: toshiba_acpi -- pull in current -dev version of driver
- LP: #269831
* SAUCE: toshiba_acpi -- add acpi hotkey kernel thread
- LP: #269831
* move toshiba laptops back from tlsup to toshiba_acpi
- LP: #269831
[ Aneesh Kumar K.V ]
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Fix the delalloc context ac_status GROUP_INFO_ NEED_INIT_ BIT during resize block_bitmap( ) and mark_diskspace_ used() inode_bitmap( ) and ext4_new_inode() blocks_ counter
writepages to allocate blocks at the right offset.
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: avoid ext4_error when
mounting a fs with a single bg
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Don't overwrite
allocation_
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Add blocks added during
resize to bitmap
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Use
EXT4_
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: cleanup mballoc header
files
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: don't use blocks freed but
not yet committed in buddy cache init
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Fix race between
read_
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Fix the race between
read_
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Use new buffer_head flag
to check uninit group bitmaps initialization
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: mark the blocks/inode
bitmap beyond end of group as used
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Don't allow new groups to
be added during block allocation
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Init the complete page
while building buddy cache
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Fix s_dirty_
if block allocation failed with nodelalloc
[ Hannes Eder ]
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.29) x86: vmware - fix sparse warnings
- LP: #319945
[ Luke Yelavich ]
* hid modules have hyphens instead of underscores in their names
[ Mark Fasheh ]
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) jbd2: Add BH_JBDPrivateStart
[ Theodore Ts'o ]
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: Add support for non-native da_writepages warnings
signed/unsigned htree hash algorithms
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y update) ext4: tone down
ext4_
* SAUCE: (revert before 2.6.28.y...