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Latest version: 4.4.0-21.37
Release: xenial (16.04)
Level: base
Repository: main

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Changelog

Version: 4.4.0-21.37 2016-04-19 20:06:30 UTC

  linux (4.4.0-21.37) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1571791

  * linux: MokSBState is ignored (LP: #1571691)
    - SAUCE: (noup) MODSIGN: Import certificates from UEFI Secure Boot
    - SAUCE: (noup) efi: Disable secure boot if shim is in insecure mode
    - SAUCE: (noup) Display MOKSBState when disabled

Source diff to previous version
1571691 linux: MokSBState is ignored

Version: 4.4.0-18.34 2016-04-08 19:06:58 UTC

  linux (4.4.0-18.34) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1566868

  * [i915_bpo] Fix RC6 on SKL GT3 & GT4 (LP: #1564759)
    - SAUCE: i915_bpo: drm/i915/skl: Fix rc6 based gpu/system hang
    - SAUCE: i915_bpo: drm/i915/skl: Fix spurious gpu hang with gt3/gt4 revs

  * CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP not enabled in armhf generic kernel (LP: #1566283)
    - [Config] CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP=y

  * [Feature] Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (LP: #1397880)
    - perf/x86/cqm: Fix CQM handling of grouping events into a cache_group
    - perf/x86/cqm: Fix CQM memory leak and notifier leak
    - x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_*
    - Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
    - x86/topology: Create logical package id
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add Intel Memory B/W Monitoring enumeration and init
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add memory bandwidth monitoring event management
    - perf/x86/mbm: Implement RMID recycling
    - perf/x86/mbm: Add support for MBM counter overflow handling

  * User namespace mount updates (LP: #1566505)
    - SAUCE: quota: Require that qids passed to dqget() be valid and map into s_user_ns
    - SAUCE: fs: Allow superblock owner to change ownership of inodes with unmappable ids
    - SAUCE: fuse: Don't initialize user_id or group_id in mount options
    - SAUCE: cgroup: Use a new super block when mounting in a cgroup namespace
    - SAUCE: fs: fix a posible leak of allocated superblock

  * [arm64] kernel BUG at /build/linux-StrpB2/linux-4.4.0/fs/ext4/inode.c:2394!
    (LP: #1566518)
    - arm64: Honour !PTE_WRITE in set_pte_at() for kernel mappings
    - arm64: Update PTE_RDONLY in set_pte_at() for PROT_NONE permission

  * [Feature]USB core and xHCI tasks for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus (SSP) support
    for Alpine Ridge on SKL (LP: #1519623)
    - usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices
    - usb: set USB 3.1 roothub device speed to USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS
    - usb: show speed "10000" in sysfs for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus devices
    - usb: add device descriptor for usb 3.1 root hub
    - usb: Support USB 3.1 extended port status request
    - xhci: Make sure xhci handles USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS devices.
    - xhci: set roothub speed to USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS for USB3.1 capable controllers
    - xhci: USB 3.1 add default Speed Attributes to SuperSpeedPlus device capability
    - xhci: set slot context speed field to SuperSpeedPlus for USB 3.1 SSP devices
    - usb: Add USB3.1 SuperSpeedPlus Isoc Endpoint Companion descriptor
    - usb: Parse the new USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus Isoc endpoint companion descriptor
    - usb: Add USB 3.1 Precision time measurement capability descriptor support
    - xhci: refactor and cleanup endpoint initialization.
    - xhci: Add SuperSpeedPlus high bandwidth isoc support to xhci endpoints
    - xhci: cleanup isoc tranfers queuing code
    - xhci: Support extended burst isoc TRB structure used by xhci 1.1 for USB 3.1
    - SAUCE: (noup) usb: fix regression in SuperSpeed endpoint descriptor parsing

  * wrong/missing permissions for device file /dev/prandom (prng.ko)
    (LP: #1558275)
    - s390/crypto: provide correct file mode at device register.

  * The Front MIC jack can't work on a HP desktop machine (LP: #1564712)
    - ALSA: hda - fix front mic problem for a HP desktop

  * HP Notebook Probook 440 G3 HDA Intel PCH horrible sounds while booting
    (LP: #1556228)
    - ALSA: hda - Apply reboot D3 fix for CX20724 codec, too

  * please provide mmc-modules udeb (LP: #1565765)
    - [Config] Add mmc block drivers to d-i

  * linux: Enforce signed module loading when UEFI secure boot (LP: #1566221)
    - Add secure_modules() call
    - PCI: Lock down BAR access when module security is enabled
    - x86: Lock down IO port access when module security is enabled
    - ACPI: Limit access to custom_method
    - asus-wmi: Restrict debugfs interface when module loading is restricted
    - Restrict /dev/mem and /dev/kmem when module loading is restricted
    - acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel parameter when module loading is restricted
    - kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module loading restrictions
    - x86: Restrict MSR access when module loading is restricted
    - [Config] CONFIG_EFI_SECURE_BOOT_SIG_ENFORCE=n
    - Add option to automatically enforce module signatures when in Secure Boot mode
    - efi: Make EFI_SECURE_BOOT_SIG_ENFORCE depend on EFI
    - efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit
    - hibernate: Disable in a signed modules environment

  * [Hyper-V] Additional PCI passthrough commits (LP: #1565967)
    - PCI: Add fwnode_handle to x86 pci_sysdata
    - PCI: Look up IRQ domain by fwnode_handle
    - [Config] CONFIG_PCI_HYPERV=m
    - PCI: hv: Add paravirtual PCI front-end for Microsoft Hyper-V VMs

  * [Bug]Lenovo Yoga 260 and Carbon X1 4th gen freeze on HWP enable
    (LP: #1559923)
    - ACPI / processor: Request native thermal interrupt handling via _OSC

  * Sync kernel zfs 0.6.5.6 - align with zfsutils-linux and spl packages
    (LP: #1564591)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update spl to 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu1, zfs to 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu3

  * [Ubuntu 16.04.1] RELEASE and ACQUIRE atomics on Power (LP: #1556096)
    - atomics: Allow architectures to define their own __atomic_op_* helpers
    - powerpc: atomic: Implement atomic{, 64}_*_return_* variants
    - powerpc: atomic: Implement acquire/release/relaxed variants for xchg
    - powerpc: atomic: Implement acquire/release/relaxed variants for cmpxchg

  * fix for do_tools_cpupower when cross-compiling (LP: #1564206)
    - [Debian] cpupower uses non-standard CROSS

  * ISST:LTE: Regression: roselp2 Oops in kernel during setup io (LP: #1546439)
    - SAUCE: block: partition: initialize percpuref before sending out KOBJ_ADD

  * Unable to migrate container (LP: #1563921)
    - SAUCE: cgroup mount: ignore nsroot=

  * [Hyper-V] patch inclusion in 16.04 for NIC hot add/remove (LP: #1563688)
    - hv_

Source diff to previous version
1564759 [i915_bpo] Fix RC6 on SKL GT3 \u0026 GT4
1566283 CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP not enabled in armhf generic kernel
1397880 [Feature] Memory Bandwidth Monitoring
1566505 User namespace mount updates
1566518 [arm64] kernel BUG at /build/linux-StrpB2/linux-4.4.0/fs/ext4/inode.c:2394!
1519623 [Feature]USB core and xHCI tasks for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus (SSP) support for Alpine Ridge on SKL
1558275 wrong/missing permissions for device file /dev/prandom (prng.ko)
1564712 The Front MIC jack can't work on a HP desktop machine
1556228 HP Notebook Probook 440 G3 HDA Intel PCH horrible sounds while booting
1565765 please provide mmc-modules udeb
1566221 linux: Enforce signed module loading when UEFI secure boot
1565967 [Hyper-V] Additional PCI passthrough commits
1559923 [Bug]Lenovo Yoga 260 and Carbon X1 4th gen freeze on HWP enable
1564591 Sync kernel zfs 0.6.5.6 - align with zfsutils-linux and spl packages
1556096 [Ubuntu 16.04.1] RELEASE and ACQUIRE atomics on Power
1564206 fix for do_tools_cpupower when cross-compiling
1546439 ISST:LTE: Regression: roselp2 Oops in kernel during setup io
1563921 Unable to migrate container
1563688 [Hyper-V] patch inclusion in 16.04 for NIC hot add/remove
1547231 /proc/$pid/maps performance regression
1398274 [Feature] TPM2.0 kernel support
1461365 [Feature]intel_idle driver support for Knights Landing
1563485 cxlflash: Backport upstream cxlflash commits and submitting a noup patch to Xenial

Version: 4.4.0-17.33 2016-04-05 18:07:10 UTC

  linux (4.4.0-17.33) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1563441

  * ISST-LTE: pVM:high cpus number need a high crashkernel value in kdump
    (LP: #1560552)
    - SAUCE: (noup) ppc64 boot: Wait for boot cpu to show up if nr_cpus limit is
      about to hit.

  * Predictable naming mechanism is leading to issues in DLPAR operations of
    NICs (LP: #1560514)
    - SAUCE: (noup) powerpc/pci: Assign fixed PHB number based on device-tree
      properties

  * ThunderX: support alternative phy implementations (LP: #1562968)
    - net: thunderx: Cleanup PHY probing code.
    - [Config] CONFIG_MDIO_CAVIUM=m
    - phy: mdio-octeon: Refactor into two files/modules
    - [Config] CONFIG_MDIO_THUNDER=m
    - phy: mdio-thunder: Add driver for Cavium Thunder SoC MDIO buses.
    - phy: mdio-cavium: Add missing MODULE_* annotations.
    - net: cavium: For Kconfig THUNDER_NIC_BGX, select MDIO_THUNDER.
    - phy: mdio-thunder: Fix some Kconfig typos
    - [d-i] Add phy drivers for Cavium ThunderX to nic-modules udeb

  * linux: exclude ZONE_DEVICE from GFP_ZONE_TABLE (LP: #1563293)
    - Revert "mm: CONFIG_NR_ZONES_EXTENDED"
    - mm: exclude ZONE_DEVICE from GFP_ZONE_TABLE

  * lots of printk to serial console can hang system for long time
    (LP: #1534216)
    - printk: set may_schedule for some of console_trylock() callers

  * [i915_bpo] Update i915 backport driver (LP: #1560395)
    - SAUCE: i915_bpo: Update to drm-intel-next-fixes-2016-03-16
    - PM / runtime: Add new helper for conditional usage count incrementation
    - drm/core: Add drm_for_each_encoder_mask, v2.
    - drm/atomic-helper: Implement subsystem-level suspend/resume

  * [Hyper-V] VM Sockets (LP: #1541585)
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Cleanup vmbus_set_event()
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Add vendor and device atttributes
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid infinite loop in init_vp_index()
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid scheduling in interrupt context in vmbus_initiate_unload()
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: don't manipulate with clocksources on crash
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: add a helper function to set a channel's pending send size
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: define the new offer type for Hyper-V socket (hvsock)
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: vmbus_sendpacket_ctl: hvsock: avoid unnecessary signaling
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: define a new VMBus message type for hvsock
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: add a hvsock flag in struct hv_driver
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: add a per-channel rescind callback
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: add an API vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister()
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Eliminate the spin lock on the read path
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Give control over how the ring access is serialized
    - drivers/hv: Move VMBus hypercall codes into Hyper-V UAPI header
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: don't loose HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED messages
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid wait_for_completion() on crash
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: remove code duplication in message handling
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload()
    - Drivers: hv: util: Pass the channel information during the init call
    - Drivers: hv: utils: Remove util transport handler from list if registration fails
    - Revert "Drivers: hv: vmbus: Support handling messages on multiple CPUs"
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Support handling messages on multiple CPUs

  * [Bug]SKL-H boot hang when c8+c9+c10 enabled by intel_idle driver
    (LP: #1559918)
    - intel_idle: prevent SKL-H boot failure when C8+C9+C10 enabled

  * ixgbe: Update to Fortville SW5 release (LP: #1562326)
    - net: add tc offload feature flag
    - net: tc: helper functions to query action types
    - sctp: Rename NETIF_F_SCTP_CSUM to NETIF_F_SCTP_CRC
    - net: rework ndo tc op to consume additional qdisc handle parameter
    - net: rework setup_tc ndo op to consume general tc operand
    - net: sched: add cls_u32 offload hooks for netdevs
    - net: ixgbe: add support for tc_u32 offload
    - net: ixgbe: abort with cls u32 divisor groups greater than 1

  * Bring fm10k up to Fortville SW5 (LP: #1562310)
    - net: add netif_is_team_master helper
    - net: add netif_is_team_port helper
    - net: add netif_is_lag_master helper
    - net: add netif_is_lag_port helper
    - ethtool: correctly ensure {GS}CHANNELS doesn't conflict with GS{RXFH}
    - fm10k: don't reinitialize RSS flow table when RXFH configured

  * [Feature]Always Running Timer (ART) to System Time translation
    (LP: #1519625)
    - time: Verify time values in adjtimex ADJ_SETOFFSET to avoid overflow
    - timekeeping: Provide internal function __ktime_get_real_seconds
    - timekeeping: Cap adjustments so they don't exceed the maxadj value
    - clocksource: Make clocksource validation work for all clocksources
    - time: Add cycles to nanoseconds translation
    - time: Add timekeeping snapshot code capturing system time and counter
    - time: Remove duplicated code in ktime_get_raw_and_real()
    - time: Add driver cross timestamp interface for higher precision time synchronization
    - time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices
    - time/timekeeping: Work around false positive GCC warning
    - x86/tsc: Always Running Timer (ART) correlated clocksource
    - ptp: Add PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE for driver crosstimestamping
    - [Config] CONFIG_E1000E_HWTS=y
    - e1000e: Adds hardware supported cross timestamp on e1000e nic

  * x-gene2: add SoC v2 support to clock (LP: #1561604)
    - clk: xgene: Add SoC and PMD PLL clocks with v2 hardware

  * [Bug]Disable multi-record PEBS on Merom (LP: #1559914)
    - perf/x86: Move perf_event.c ............... => x86/events/core.c
    - perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd.c ........... => x86/events/amd/core.c
    - perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd_ibs.c ....... => x86/events/amd/ibs.c
    - perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd_iommu.[ch] .. => x86/events/amd/iommu.[ch]
    - perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd

1560552 ISST-LTE: pVM:high cpus number need a high crashkernel value in kdump
1560514 Predictable naming mechanism is leading to issues in DLPAR operations of NICs
1562968 ThunderX: support alternative phy implementations
1563293 linux: exclude ZONE_DEVICE from GFP_ZONE_TABLE
1534216 lots of printk to serial console can hang system for long time
1560395 [i915_bpo] Update i915 backport driver
1541585 [Hyper-V] Hyper-V Sockets
1559918 [Bug]SKL-H boot hang when c8+c9+c10 enabled by intel_idle driver
1562326 ixgbe: Update to Fortville SW5 release
1562310 Bring fm10k up to Fortville SW5
1519625 [Feature]Always Running Timer (ART) to System Time translation
1561604 x-gene2: add SoC v2 support to clock
1559914 [Bug]Disable multi-record PEBS on Merom
1520139 [Feature] Enable I2C on Broxton-P



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