linux: 4.4.0-97.120 -proposed tracker

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

4.4.0-97.120 - generic
Regression test CMPL.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/tracker-index.html

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 29 failed on amaura, 11 failed on archytas, 27 failed on onza, 17 failed on michael, 10 failed on daedalus
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, bug 1718925

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400, bug 1716603, or a bug to test case
  rtc - Update IRQs not supported on starmie
  ubuntu_fan_smoke_test - network issue
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - gicv2-ipi, gicv2-active failed on both nodes
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - network issue on starmie
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - failed with test 079

Issue to note in i386:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on fozzie
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container

Issue to note in ppc64le:
  rtc - Update IRQs not supported.
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - spapr_hcall failed, bug 1712803, sprs failed
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, bug 1718925

Issue to note in s390x (Ubuntu on LPAR):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before
  libhugetlbfs - 10 failed, 7 killed by signal, 1 bad configuration
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - passed after re-test
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

Issue to note in s390x (zKVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before
  libhugetlbfs - 10 failed, 7 killed by signal, 1 bad configuration
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before, not regression
  libhugetlbfs - IOError: [Errno 524] Unknown error 524, issue seen before
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

4.4.0-97.120 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/tracker-index.html

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on onza
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 11 failed on archytas, daedalus, 27 failed on onza, 17 failed on michael, 28 failed on amaura
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, bug 1718925

Issue to note in i386:
  None

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/xenial/4.4.0-97.120/xenial-proposed-published.html

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-97.120

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linux (4.4.0-97.120) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-97.120 -proposed tracker (LP: #1718149)

  * blk-mq: possible deadlock on CPU hot(un)plug (LP: #1670634)
    - [Config] s390x -- disable CONFIG_{DM, SCSI}_MQ_DEFAULT

  * Xenial update to 4.4.87 stable release (LP: #1715678)
    - irqchip: mips-gic: SYNC after enabling GIC region
    - i2c: ismt: Don't duplicate the receive length for block reads
    - i2c: ismt: Return EMSGSIZE for block reads with bogus length
    - ceph: fix readpage from fscache
    - cpumask: fix spurious cpumask_of_node() on non-NUMA multi-node configs
    - cpuset: Fix incorrect memory_pressure control file mapping
    - alpha: uapi: Add support for __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__
    - CIFS: remove endian related sparse warning
    - wl1251: add a missing spin_lock_init()
    - xfrm: policy: check policy direction value
    - drm/ttm: Fix accounting error when fail to get pages for pool
    - kvm: arm/arm64: Fix race in resetting stage2 PGD
    - kvm: arm/arm64: Force reading uncached stage2 PGD
    - epoll: fix race between ep_poll_callback(POLLFREE) and ep_free()/ep_remove()
    - crypto: algif_skcipher - only call put_page on referenced and used pages
    - Linux 4.4.87

  * Xenial update to 4.4.86 stable release (LP: #1715430)
    - scsi: isci: avoid array subscript warning
    - ALSA: au88x0: Fix zero clear of stream->resources
    - btrfs: remove duplicate const specifier
    - i2c: jz4780: drop superfluous init
    - gcov: add support for gcc version >= 6
    - gcov: support GCC 7.1
    - lightnvm: initialize ppa_addr in dev_to_generic_addr()
    - p54: memset(0) whole array
    - lpfc: Fix Device discovery failures during switch reboot test.
    - arm64: mm: abort uaccess retries upon fatal signal
    - x86/io: Add "memory" clobber to insb/insw/insl/outsb/outsw/outsl
    - arm64: fpsimd: Prevent registers leaking across exec
    - scsi: sg: protect accesses to 'reserved' page array
    - scsi: sg: reset 'res_in_use' after unlinking reserved array
    - drm/i915: fix compiler warning in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
    - Linux 4.4.86

  * Xenial update to 4.4.85 stable release (LP: #1714298)
    - af_key: do not use GFP_KERNEL in atomic contexts
    - dccp: purge write queue in dccp_destroy_sock()
    - dccp: defer ccid_hc_tx_delete() at dismantle time
    - ipv4: fix NULL dereference in free_fib_info_rcu()
    - net_sched/sfq: update hierarchical backlog when drop packet
    - ipv4: better IP_MAX_MTU enforcement
    - sctp: fully initialize the IPv6 address in sctp_v6_to_addr()
    - tipc: fix use-after-free
    - ipv6: reset fn->rr_ptr when replacing route
    - ipv6: repair fib6 tree in failure case
    - tcp: when rearming RTO, if RTO time is in past then fire RTO ASAP
    - irda: do not leak initialized list.dev to userspace
    - net: sched: fix NULL pointer dereference when action calls some targets
    - net_sched: fix order of queue length updates in qdisc_replace()
    - mei: me: add broxton pci device ids
    - mei: me: add lewisburg device ids
    - Input: trackpoint - add new trackpoint firmware ID
    - Input: elan_i2c...

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