Device shutdown notification for CAPI Flash cards

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-06-16 18:40 EDT-------
I have two requests.

1. Can you please backport below commit from upstream ?

9526f36026f778e82b5175249443854c03b2e660 cxlflash: Fix regression issue with re-ordering patch

This commit fixes a regression issue with the patch that I see in Xenial SRU - Commit 6ded8b3cbd9a ("cxlflash: Unmap problem state area before detaching
master context"). Please backport this patch to Xenial SRU.

2. I'm submitting the patch series that was sent upstream as NOUP/SAUCE request. Here is the link to upstream submission.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=146603458019991&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=146603459319993&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=146603461020012&w=2

I'm also attaching these three patches as attachment cut against xenial/master-next plus the patch 9526f36026f778e82b5175249443854c03b2e660 cxlflash: Fix regression issue with re-ordering patch.

So please apply it on top of the backported patch.

------- Comment on attachment From <email address hidden> 2016-06-16 18:43 EDT-------

These patches are requested for Xenial SRU point release 16.04.1. They are in the process of getting upstreamed.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-06-22 13:17 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #6)
> Created attachment 109540 [details]
> Set of 3 proposed patches for Xenial SRU Point release 16.04.1
>
> These patches are requested for Xenial SRU point release 16.04.1. They are
> in the process of getting upstreamed.

FYI that these have been approved for 4.8 and are in the SCSI maintainers 'misc' branch:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git

61f7d21 cxlflash: Shutdown notify support for CXL Flash cards
4fecd27 cxlflash: Add device dependent flags
894ef44 cxlflash: Fix to drain operations from previous reset

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2016-June/078524.html

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-06-24 10:45 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #9)
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2016-June/078524.html

Tim - Thanks for the update.

This was kind of buried above, but we also need this commit picked up as well to avoid a regression:

9526f36026f778e82b5175249443854c03b2e660 (cxlflash: Fix regression issue with re-ordering patch)

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-30.49

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linux (4.4.0-30.49) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1597897

  * FCP devices are not detected correctly nor deterministically (LP: #1567602)
    - scsi_dh_alua: Disable ALUA handling for non-disk devices
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use vpd_pg83 information
    - scsi_dh_alua: improved logging
    - scsi_dh_alua: sanitze sense code handling
    - scsi_dh_alua: use standard logging functions
    - scsi_dh_alua: return standard SCSI return codes in submit_rtpg
    - scsi_dh_alua: fixup description of stpg_endio()
    - scsi_dh_alua: use flag for RTPG extended header
    - scsi_dh_alua: use unaligned access macros
    - scsi_dh_alua: rework alua_check_tpgs() to return the tpgs mode
    - scsi_dh_alua: simplify sense code handling
    - scsi: Add scsi_vpd_lun_id()
    - scsi: Add scsi_vpd_tpg_id()
    - scsi_dh_alua: use scsi_vpd_tpg_id()
    - scsi_dh_alua: Remove stale variables
    - scsi_dh_alua: Pass buffer as function argument
    - scsi_dh_alua: separate out alua_stpg()
    - scsi_dh_alua: Make stpg synchronous
    - scsi_dh_alua: call alua_rtpg() if stpg fails
    - scsi_dh_alua: switch to scsi_execute_req_flags()
    - scsi_dh_alua: allocate RTPG buffer separately
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use separate alua_port_group structure
    - scsi_dh_alua: use unique device id
    - scsi_dh_alua: simplify alua_initialize()
    - revert commit a8e5a2d593cb ("[SCSI] scsi_dh_alua: ALUA handler attach should
      succeed while TPG is transitioning")
    - scsi_dh_alua: move optimize_stpg evaluation
    - scsi_dh_alua: remove 'rel_port' from alua_dh_data structure
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use workqueue for RTPG
    - scsi_dh_alua: Allow workqueue to run synchronously
    - scsi_dh_alua: Add new blacklist flag 'BLIST_SYNC_ALUA'
    - scsi_dh_alua: Recheck state on unit attention
    - scsi_dh_alua: update all port states
    - scsi_dh_alua: Send TEST UNIT READY to poll for transitioning
    - scsi_dh_alua: do not fail for unknown VPD identification

linux (4.4.0-29.48) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1597015

  * Wireless hotkey fails on Dell XPS 15 9550 (LP: #1589886)
    - intel-hid: new hid event driver for hotkeys
    - intel-hid: fix incorrect entries in intel_hid_keymap
    - intel-hid: allocate correct amount of memory for private struct
    - intel-hid: add a workaround to ignore an event after waking up from S4.
    - [Config] CONFIG_INTEL_HID_EVENT=m

  * cgroupfs mounts can hang (LP: #1588056)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) mqueue: Super blocks must be owned by the
      user ns which owns the ipc ns"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: kernfs: Do not match superblock in another user
      namespace when mounting"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: cgroup: Use a new super block when mounting in a
      cgroup namespace"
    - (namespace) bpf: Use mount_nodev not mount_ns to mount the bpf filesystem
    - (namespace) bpf, inode: disallow userns mounts
    - (namespace) ipc: Initialize ipc_namespace->user_ns early.
    - (namespace) vfs: Pass data, ns, and ns->userns to mount_ns
    - SAUCE: (namespace) S...

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-31.50

---------------
linux (4.4.0-31.50) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1602449

  * nouveau: boot hangs at blank screen with unsupported graphics cards
    (LP: #1602340)
    - SAUCE: drm: check for supported chipset before booting fbdev off the hw

linux (4.4.0-30.49) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1597897

  * FCP devices are not detected correctly nor deterministically (LP: #1567602)
    - scsi_dh_alua: Disable ALUA handling for non-disk devices
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use vpd_pg83 information
    - scsi_dh_alua: improved logging
    - scsi_dh_alua: sanitze sense code handling
    - scsi_dh_alua: use standard logging functions
    - scsi_dh_alua: return standard SCSI return codes in submit_rtpg
    - scsi_dh_alua: fixup description of stpg_endio()
    - scsi_dh_alua: use flag for RTPG extended header
    - scsi_dh_alua: use unaligned access macros
    - scsi_dh_alua: rework alua_check_tpgs() to return the tpgs mode
    - scsi_dh_alua: simplify sense code handling
    - scsi: Add scsi_vpd_lun_id()
    - scsi: Add scsi_vpd_tpg_id()
    - scsi_dh_alua: use scsi_vpd_tpg_id()
    - scsi_dh_alua: Remove stale variables
    - scsi_dh_alua: Pass buffer as function argument
    - scsi_dh_alua: separate out alua_stpg()
    - scsi_dh_alua: Make stpg synchronous
    - scsi_dh_alua: call alua_rtpg() if stpg fails
    - scsi_dh_alua: switch to scsi_execute_req_flags()
    - scsi_dh_alua: allocate RTPG buffer separately
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use separate alua_port_group structure
    - scsi_dh_alua: use unique device id
    - scsi_dh_alua: simplify alua_initialize()
    - revert commit a8e5a2d593cb ("[SCSI] scsi_dh_alua: ALUA handler attach should
      succeed while TPG is transitioning")
    - scsi_dh_alua: move optimize_stpg evaluation
    - scsi_dh_alua: remove 'rel_port' from alua_dh_data structure
    - scsi_dh_alua: Use workqueue for RTPG
    - scsi_dh_alua: Allow workqueue to run synchronously
    - scsi_dh_alua: Add new blacklist flag 'BLIST_SYNC_ALUA'
    - scsi_dh_alua: Recheck state on unit attention
    - scsi_dh_alua: update all port states
    - scsi_dh_alua: Send TEST UNIT READY to poll for transitioning
    - scsi_dh_alua: do not fail for unknown VPD identification

linux (4.4.0-29.48) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1597015

  * Wireless hotkey fails on Dell XPS 15 9550 (LP: #1589886)
    - intel-hid: new hid event driver for hotkeys
    - intel-hid: fix incorrect entries in intel_hid_keymap
    - intel-hid: allocate correct amount of memory for private struct
    - intel-hid: add a workaround to ignore an event after waking up from S4.
    - [Config] CONFIG_INTEL_HID_EVENT=m

  * cgroupfs mounts can hang (LP: #1588056)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: (namespace) mqueue: Super blocks must be owned by the
      user ns which owns the ipc ns"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: kernfs: Do not match superblock in another user
      namespace when mounting"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: cgroup: Use a new super block when mounting in a
      cgroup namespace"
    - (name...