linux-hwe: 4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1 -proposed tracker

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/xenial/4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1/xenial-4.13-proposed-published.html

4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod tend to fail on onibi
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 25 failed on amaura, 8 failed on michael (apic, vmware_backdoors, vmx, vmx_interrupt, vmx_controls, vmx_eoi_bitmap_ioapic_scan, vmx_apic_passthrough, vmx_apic_passthrough_thread), 21 failed on pepe
  xfstests - test case issue, patch failed to apply

Issue to note in i386:
  monotonic_time - gtod tend to fail on onibi
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed to build (bug 1765366)
  xfstests - test case issue, patch failed to apply

4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1 - generic
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod tend to fail on onibi
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 25 failed on amaura, 8 failed on michael, 21 failed on pepe
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu failed (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container)
  xfstests - test case issue, patch failed to apply

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400 (bug 1716603)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - unable to create KVM with uvtool (bug 1749427)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pmu on starmie (bug 1751000) gicv2-ipi and gicv2-active on starmie pmu on ms10-34-mcdivittB0-kernel (bug 1751000)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - timed out on starmie, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - 192 failed on starmie, passed on the rest
  xfstests - xfs/438 timed out

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed to build (bug 1765366)
  xfstests - test case issue, patch failed to apply

MISSING RESULT FROM POWER8 - testing node out-of-order

This bug was fixed in the package linux-hwe - 4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1

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linux-hwe (4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-hwe: 4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1761462)

  * 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 broken on ThunderX-based Gigabyte nodes (LP: #1758375)
    - drivers/fbdev/efifb: Allow BAR to be moved instead of claiming it

  * Intel i...

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