linux-gcp: 4.13.0-1013.17 -proposed tracker

4.13.0-1013.17 - gcp
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in gcp:
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed , 1 killed by signal, 3 bad config
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - test disabled
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container)
  ubuntu_zram_smoke_test - Module zram not found (bug 1757937)

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.13.0-1013.17

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linux-gcp (4.13.0-1013.17) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-gcp: 4.13.0-1013.17 -proposed tracker (LP: #1761461)

  * retpoline hints: primary infrastructure and initial hints (LP: #1758856)
    - [Config] retpoline -- switch to new format for gcp

  [ Ubuntu: 4.13.0-39.44 ]

  * linux: 4.13.0-39.44 -proposed tracker (LP: #1761456)
  * intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-
    image-4.13.0-37-generic) (LP: #1759920) // CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2
    Intel) // CVE-2017-5754
    - x86/mm: Reinitialize TLB state on hotplug and resume
  * intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-
    image-4.13.0-37-generic) (LP: #1759920) // CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 Intel)
    - Revert "x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current
      thread"
    - x86/speculation: Use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier in context switch
  * DKMS driver builds fail with: Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please
    install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel (LP: #1760876)
    - [Packaging] include the retpoline extractor in the headers
  * retpoline hints: primary infrastructure and initial hints (LP: #1758856)
    - [Packaging] retpoline-extract: flag *0xNNN(%reg) branches
    - x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool
    - x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool on 32bit
    - x86/paravirt, objtool: Annotate indirect calls
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- add safe usage hint support
    - [Packaging] retpoline-check -- only report additions
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- widen indirect call/jmp detection
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- elide %rip relative indirections
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- clear hint information from packages
    - KVM: x86: Make indirect calls in emulator speculation safe
    - KVM: VMX: Make indirect call speculation safe
    - x86/boot, objtool: Annotate indirect jump in secondary_startup_64()
    - SAUCE: early/late -- annotate indirect calls in early/late initialisation
      code
    - SAUCE: vga_set_mode -- avoid jump tables
    - [Config] retpoline -- switch to new format
    - [Packaging] retpoline hints -- handle missing files when RETPOLINE not
      enabled
    - [Packaging] final-checks -- remove check for empty retpoline files
  * retpoline: ignore %cs:0xNNN constant indirections (LP: #1752655)
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- elide %cs:0xNNNN constants on i386
  * zfs system process hung on container stop/delete (LP: #1754584)
    - SAUCE: Fix non-prefaulted page deadlock (LP: #1754584)
  * zfs-linux 0.6.5.11-1ubuntu5 ADT test failure with linux 4.15.0-1.2
    (LP: #1737761)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update zfs to 0.6.5.11-1ubuntu3.2
  * AT_BASE_PLATFORM in AUXV is absent on kernels available on Ubuntu 17.10
    (LP: #1759312)
    - powerpc/64s: Fix NULL AT_BASE_PLATFORM when using DT CPU features
  * btrfs and tar sparse truncate archives (LP: #1757565)
    - Btrfs: move definition of the function btrfs_find_new_delalloc_bytes
    - Btrfs: fix reported number of inode blocks after buffered append writes
  * efifb brok...

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