Comment 3 for bug 1266737

I tested by upgrading my kernel using "apt-get dist-upgrade " command. I tried the same scenario that is mentioned in the bug after upgrade.

This is the state on my guest

root@ubuntu:~# dpkg --list | grep linux
ii libselinux1:ppc64el 2.2.1-1ubuntu2 ppc64el SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-0 3.13.0-0.15 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-0-generic 3.13.0-0.15 ppc64el Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on PowerPC 64el SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-1 3.13.0-1.16 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-1-generic 3.13.0-1.16 ppc64el Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on PowerPC 64el SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 3.13.0.1.3 ppc64el Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-headers-virtual 3.13.0.1.3 ppc64el Transitional package.
ii linux-image-3.13.0-0-generic 3.13.0-0.15 ppc64el Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on PowerPC 64el SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-1-generic 3.13.0-1.16 ppc64el Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on PowerPC 64el SMP
ii linux-image-virtual 3.13.0.1.3 ppc64el This package will always depend on the latest minimal generic kernel image.
ii linux-virtual 3.13.0.1.3 ppc64el Minimal Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11 ppc64el Miscellaneous system utilities
root@ubuntu:~#

But still I am seeing the same issue again on my guest.

Setting up perlbrew (0.66-1) ...
Setting up perlindex (1.606-1) ...
Generating index (this may take a while)...[ 1468.347473] sda: WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.
 done.
Setting up perlmagick (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu2) ...
Setting up perlprimer-doc (1.1.21-1) ...
Setting up perltidy (20120701-1) ...