Add pvpanic driver to Ubuntu 15.10 virtual kernel

[Patricia Gaughen]

GCE's Ubuntu 15.10 images lack the pvpanic driver. The driver is useful for detecting guest panics, and we would like to see it added to the Ubuntu 15.10 virtual kernel.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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

apport-collect 1537923

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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-2.16

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linux (4.4.0-2.16) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1539090
  * SAUCE: hv: hv_set_ifconfig -- convert to python3
    - LP: #1506521
  * SAUCE: dm: introduce a target_ioctl op to allow target specific ioctls
    - LP: #1538618

  [ Colin Ian King ]

  * SAUCE: ACPI / tables: Add acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr option to force 32
    bit FADT addresses (LP: #1529381)
    - LP: #1529381

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up): apparmor: fix for failed mediation of socket that is
    being shutdown
    - LP: #1446906

  [ Mahesh Salgaonkar ]

  * SAUCE: Powernv: Remove the usage of PACAR1 from opal wrappers
    - LP: #1537881
  * SAUCE: powerpc/book3s: Fix TB corruption in guest exit path on HMI
    interrupt.
    - LP: #1537881
  * SAUCE: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix soft lockups in KVM on HMI for time
    base errors
    - LP: #1537881

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * SAUCE: arm64: errata: Add -mpc-relative-literal-loads to erratum
    #843419 build flags
    - LP: #1533009
  * [Config] MFD_TPS65217=y && REGULATOR_TPS65217=y
  * [Config] disable ARCH_ZX (ZTE ZX Soc)

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: (noup) cxlflash: a couple off by one bugs"
  * SAUCE: (no-up) Update bnx2x firmware to 7.12.30.0
    - LP: #1536719
  * SAUCE: drop obsolete bnx2x firmware
  * SAUCE: i40e: Silence 'may be used uninitialized' warnings
    - LP: #1536474
  * [Config] CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=y for amd64 lowlatency
    - LP: #1534647
  * [Config] Add pvpanic to virtual flavour
    - LP: #1537923
  * [Config] CONFIG_INTEL_PUNIT_IPC=m, CONFIG_INTEL_TELEMETRY=m
    - LP: #1520457

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * i40evf: fix compiler warning of unused variable
    - LP: #1536474
  * intel: i40e: fix confused code
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: remove unused tunnel parameter
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Change BUG_ON to WARN_ON in service event complete
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: remove BUG_ON from feature string building
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: remove BUG_ON from FCoE setup
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Workaround fix for mss < 256 issue
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Add a stat to track how many times we have to do a force
    WB
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Move the saving of old link info from handle_link_event to
    link_event
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Add comment to #endif
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: clean up error messages
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40evf: handle many MAC filters correctly
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: return the number of enabled queues for ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: rework the functions to configure RSS with similar parameters
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: create a generic configure rss function
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Bump version to 1.4.2
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: add new fields to store user configuration
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: rename rss_size to alloc_rss_size in i40e_pf
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Fix RS bit update in Tx path and disable force WB
    workaround
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: prefetch skb data on transmit
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40evf: rename VF adapter s...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-wily' to 'verification-done-wily'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Patricia Gaughen (gaughen)]

Brad - fix is verified.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.2.0-30.35

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linux (4.2.0-30.35) wily; urgency=low

  [ Seth Forshee ]

  * SAUCE: cred: Add clone_cred() interface
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Use mounter's credentials instead of selectively
    raising caps
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.*
    xattrs
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Be more careful about copying up sxid files
    - LP: #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Propogate nosuid from lower and upper mounts
    - LP: #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576

linux (4.2.0-29.34) wily; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1543167

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: apparmor: fix sleep from invalid context"
    - LP: #1542049

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "af_unix: Revert 'lock_interruptible' in stream receive code"
    - LP: #1540731

linux (4.2.0-28.33) wily; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1540634

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * CONFIG: CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BCM63XX is not set

  [ J. R. Okajima ]

  * SAUCE: ubuntu: aufs: tiny, extract a new func xino_fwrite_wkq()
    - LP: #1533043
  * SAUCE: ubuntu: aufs: for 4.3, XINO handles EINTR from the dying process
    - LP: #1533043

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up): apparmor: fix for failed mediation of socket that is
    being shutdown
    - LP: #1446906
  * SAUCE: apparmor: fix sleep from invalid context
    - LP: #1539349

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add pvpanic to virtual flavour
    - LP: #1537923

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "ACPI / LPSS: allow to use specific PM domain during ->probe()"
    - LP: #1540532
  * tools: Add a "make all" rule
    - LP: #1536370
  * vf610_adc: Fix internal temperature calculation
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: lpc32xx_adc: fix warnings caused by enabling unprepared clock
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio:ad5064: Make sure ad5064_i2c_write() returns 0 on success
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: ad5064: Fix ad5629/ad5669 shift
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio:ad7793: Fix ad7785 product ID
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: adc: vf610_adc: Fix division by zero error
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Improve reliability of mmc_select_hs200()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Fix HS setting in mmc_select_hs400()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Move mmc_switch_status()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Improve reliability of mmc_select_hs400()
    - LP: #1536370
  * crypto: qat - don't use userspace pointer
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: si7020: Swap data byte order
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: adc: xilinx: Fix VREFN scale
    - LP: #1536370
  * ipmi: Start the timer and thread on internal msgs
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/i915: quirk backlight present on Macbook 4, 1
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/i915: get runtime PM reference around GEM set_caching IOCTL
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/radeon: Disable uncacheable CPU mappings of GTT with RV6xx
    - LP: #1536370
  *...