linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1799411
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2 - gcp
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in gcp:
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed brk_near_huge (bug 1653597), 1 killed by signal, 3 bad config
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed due to no KVM support
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) quotactl01 failed (bug 1790028) getrandom02/inotify09 timeouted on slow machine (bug 1782758) statx05 (bug 1798524) fanotify10 (bug 1802454)

Skipped / blacklisted:
 * ubuntu_ltp
 * ubuntu_seccomp
 * ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2

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linux-gcp (4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799424)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Package] add support for specifying the primary makefile

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-1024.25 ]

  * linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1024.25 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799416)
  * Keyboard backlight sysfs sometimes is missing on Dell laptops (LP: #1797304)
    - [Config] disable CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM/WMI
  * Linux: insufficient shootdown for paging-structure caches (LP: #1798897)
    - [Config] CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE=y
  * linux: 4.15.0-39.42 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799411)
  * Linux: insufficient shootdown for paging-structure caches (LP: #1798897)
    - mm: move tlb_table_flush to tlb_flush_mmu_free
    - mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition
    - mm/tlb, x86/mm: Support invalidating TLB caches for RCU_TABLE_FREE
    - [Config] CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE=y
  * Ubuntu18.04: GPU total memory is reduced (LP: #1792102)
    - Revert "powerpc/powernv: Increase memory block size to 1GB on radix"
  * arm64: snapdragon: reduce boot noise (LP: #1797154)
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: DRM_MSM=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: SND*=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable DRM_I2C_ADV7511_CEC
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable VIDEO_ADV7511, VIDEO_COBALT
  * [Bionic] CPPC bug fixes (LP: #1796949)
    - ACPI / CPPC: Update all pr_(debug/err) messages to log the susbspace id
    - cpufreq: CPPC: Don't set transition_latency
    - ACPI / CPPC: Fix invalid PCC channel status errors
  * regression in 'ip --family bridge neigh' since linux v4.12 (LP: #1796748)
    - rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg header
  * screen displays abnormally on the lenovo M715 with the AMD GPU (Radeon Vega
    8 Mobile, rev ca, 1002:15dd) (LP: #1796786)
    - drm/amd/display: Fix takover from VGA mode
    - drm/amd/display: early return if not in vga mode in disable_vga
    - drm/amd/display: Refine disable VGA
  * arm64: snapdragon: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c:271
    reserve_memblock_reserved_regions (LP: #1797139)
    - SAUCE: arm64: Fix /proc/iomem for reserved but not memory regions
  * The front MIC can't work on the Lenovo M715 (LP: #1797292)
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix the problem of the front MIC on the Lenovo M715
  * Keyboard backlight sysfs sometimes is missing on Dell laptops (LP: #1797304)
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Correct some style warnings
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Rename dell-smbios source to dell-smbios-base
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together
    - [Config] CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM=y, CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI=y
  * rpi3b+: ethernet not working (LP: #1797406)
    - lan78xx: Don't reset the interface on open
  * 87cdf3148b11 was never backported to 4.15 (LP: #1795653)
    - xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto
  * [Ubuntu18.04][Power9][DD2.2]package installation segfaults inside debian
    chroot env in P9 KV...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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