linux: 4.4.0-98.121 -proposed tracker

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

The snap test results can be found here: https://trello.com/c/4viFAQeq/98-pc-kernel-44098103-88 No regressions found

4.4.0-98.121 - generic
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on fozzie
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 17 failed on michael, 30 failed on onza, 21 failed on archytas, 32 failed on amaura
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, bug 1718925

Issue to note in arm64:
  rtc - Update IRQs not supported on starmie
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pmu, gicv2-ipi, gicv2-active failed
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - failed with test 079

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 5 failed on onza (smap, hypercall, msr, tsc, taskswitch2)
  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 (bug 1723904), emulator failed (bug 1723914)

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_kvm_unit_tests - all 3 tests passed after re-test

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_kvm_unit_tests - selftest-setup and intercept failed, bug 1726225
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before
  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_kvm_unit_tests - all 3 tests passed after re-test

4.4.0-98.121 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  hwclock - failed on fozzie, minus 0.1 second, looks like a glitch
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 30 failed on onza, 32 failed on amaura, 21 failed on archytas, 20 failed on michael
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, bug 1718925

Issue to note in i386:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on onza
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 5 failed on onza (smap, hypercall, msr, tsc, taskswitch2)

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/xenial/4.4.0-98.121/xenial-proposed-published.html

1678477 no hardware available anymore, verified on zesty
1718886 Kleber tried building it, has some network problems, unrelated
1720466 hard to test without a new installer
1718397 test kernel fixed it, IBM bug
1693369 test kernel fixed it, IBM bug

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-98.121

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linux (4.4.0-98.121) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-98.121 -proposed tracker (LP: #1722299)

  * Controller lockup detected on ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with P440 Controller
    (LP: #1720359)
    - scsi: hpsa: limit transfer length to 1MB

  * [Dell Docking IE][0bda:8153] Realtek USB Ethernet leads to system hang
    (LP: #1720977)
    - r8152: fix the list rx_done may be used without initialization

  * Add installer support for Broadcom BCM573xx network drivers. (LP: #1720466)
    - d-i: Add bnxt_en to nic-modules.

  * snapcraft.yaml: add dpkg-dev to the build deps (LP: #1718886)
    - snapcraft.yaml: add dpkg-dev to the build deps

  * Support setting I2C_TIMEOUT via ioctl for i2c-designware (LP: #1718578)
    - i2c: designware: Use transfer timeout from ioctl I2C_TIMEOUT

  * 5U84 - ses driver isn't binding right - cannot blink lights on 1 of the 2
    5u84 (LP: #1693369)
    - scsi_transport_sas: add function to get SAS endpoint address
    - ses: fix discovery of SATA devices in SAS enclosures
    - scsi: sas: provide stub implementation for scsi_is_sas_rphy
    - scsi: ses: Fix SAS device detection in enclosure

  * multipath -ll is not showing the disks which are actually multipath
    (LP: #1718397)
    - fs: aio: fix the increment of aio-nr and counting against aio-max-nr

  * Support Dell Wireless DW5819/5818 WWAN devices (LP: #1721455)
    - SAUCE: USB: serial: qcserial: add Dell DW5818, DW5819

  * CVE-2017-10911
    - xen-blkback: don't leak stack data via response ring

  * implement 'complain mode' in seccomp for developer mode with snaps
    (LP: #1567597)
    - seccomp: Provide matching filter for introspection
    - seccomp: Sysctl to display available actions
    - seccomp: Operation for checking if an action is available
    - seccomp: Sysctl to configure actions that are allowed to be logged
    - seccomp: Selftest for detection of filter flag support
    - seccomp: Action to log before allowing

  * implement errno action logging in seccomp for strict mode with snaps
    (LP: #1721676)
    - seccomp: Provide matching filter for introspection
    - seccomp: Sysctl to display available actions
    - seccomp: Operation for checking if an action is available
    - seccomp: Sysctl to configure actions that are allowed to be logged
    - seccomp: Selftest for detection of filter flag support
    - seccomp: Filter flag to log all actions except SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW

  * [Xenial] update OpenNSL kernel modules to 6.5.10 (LP: #1721511)
    - SAUCE: update OpenNSL kernel modules to 6.5.10

  * Xenial update to 4.4.90 stable release (LP: #1721550)
    - cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect.
    - mac80211: flush hw_roc_start work before cancelling the ROC
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix race and leak in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce()
    - tracing: Fix trace_pipe behavior for instance traces
    - tracing: Erase irqsoff trace with empty write
    - md/raid5: fix a race condition in stripe batch
    - md/raid5: preserve STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST in break_stripe_batch_list
    - scsi: scsi_transport_iscsi: fix the issue that iscsi_if_rx doesn't parse
      nlms...

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