POWER9: Improve CAS negotiation

Leann,

Can you please have the Kernel team evaluate this for inclusion.

                    Michael

On 03/08/2017 08:49 AM, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> bugproxy (bugproxy) has assigned this bug to you for Ubuntu:
>
> Dear Canonical,
>
> Could you please add the following patches into Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04.2
> (4.8) ? It improves Virtualization on POWER9.
>
> commit 014d02cbf16b3106dc8e93281d2a9c189751ed5e
> Author: Suraj Jitindar Singh <email address hidden>
> Date: Tue Feb 28 17:03:48 2017 +1100
>
> powerpc: Update to new option-vector-5 format for CAS
>
> commit 12cc9fd6b2d8ee307a735b3b9faed0d17b719463
> Author: Suraj Jitindar Singh <email address hidden>
> Date: Tue Feb 28 17:03:47 2017 +1100
>
> powerpc: Parse the command line before calling CAS
>
> ** Affects: ubuntu
> Importance: Undecided
> Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team)
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-152362 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1704

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Michael Hohnbaum
OIL Program Manager
Power (ppc64el) Development Project Manager
Canonical, Ltd.

This branch has patches for both LP#1670800 as well as LP#1671169 since they are somewhat interrelated.

git://kernel.ubuntu.com/rtg/ubuntu-yakkety.git power9-lp1670800

Test kernel at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~rtg/power9-lp1670800/

Thanks Tim.

I tested it on one of my power9 machines, and the kernel solves this issue.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.10.0-13.15

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linux (4.10.0-13.15) zesty; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1671614

  * ehci-platform needed in usb-modules udeb (LP: #1671589)
    - d-i: add ehci-platform to usb-modules

  * irqchip/gic-v3-its: Enable cacheable attribute Read-allocate hints
    (LP: #1671598)
    - irqchip/gic-v3-its: Enable cacheable attribute Read-allocate hints

  * iommu: Fix static checker warning in iommu_insert_device_resv_regions
    (LP: #1671599)
    - iommu: Fix static checker warning in iommu_insert_device_resv_regions

  * QDF2400: Fix panic introduced by erratum 1003 (LP: #1671602)
    - arm64: Avoid clobbering mm in erratum workaround on QDF2400

  * QDF2400 PCI ports require ACS quirk (LP: #1671601)
    - PCI: Add ACS quirk for Qualcomm QDF2400 and QDF2432

  * tty: pl011: Work around QDF2400 E44 stuck BUSY bit (LP: #1671600)
    - tty: pl011: Work around QDF2400 E44 stuck BUSY bit

  * CVE-2017-2636
    - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf

  * Sync virtualbox to 5.1.16-dfsg-1 in zesty (LP: #1671470)
    - ubuntu: vbox -- Update to 5.1.16-dfsg-1

 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Thu, 09 Mar 2017 06:16:24 -0700

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-yakkety' to 'verification-done-yakkety'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-yakkety' to 'verification-failed-yakkety'.

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 - 4.8.0-49.52

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linux (4.8.0-49.52) yakkety; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.8.0-49.52 -proposed tracker (LP: #1684427)

  * [Hyper-V] hv: util: move waiting for release to hv_utils_transport itself
    (LP: #1682561)
    - Drivers: hv: util: move waiting for release to hv_utils_transport itself

linux (4.8.0-48.51) yakkety; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.8.0-48.51 -proposed tracker (LP: #1682034)

  * [Hyper-V] hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg()
    (LP: #1681893)
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg()

linux (4.8.0-47.50) yakkety; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.8.0-47.50 -proposed tracker (LP: #1679678)

  * CVE-2017-6353
    - sctp: deny peeloff operation on asocs with threads sleeping on it

  * CVE-2017-5986
    - sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf

  * vfat: missing iso8859-1 charset (LP: #1677230)
    - [Config] NLS_ISO8859_1=y

  * [Hyper-V] pci-hyperv: Use device serial number as PCI domain (LP: #1667527)
    - net/mlx4_core: Use cq quota in SRIOV when creating completion EQs

  * Regression: KVM modules should be on main kernel package (LP: #1678099)
    - [Config] powerpc: Add kvm-hv and kvm-pr to the generic inclusion list

  * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 ADT test failure with linux-lts-xenial
    4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 (LP: #1664912)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix link auditing failure due to, uninitialized var

  * regession tests failing after stackprofile test is run (LP: #1661030)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * Permission denied and inconsistent behavior in complain mode with 'ip netns
    list' command (LP: #1648903)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * unexpected errno=13 and disconnected path when trying to open /proc/1/ns/mnt
    from a unshared mount namespace (LP: #1656121)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: null profiles should inherit parent control flags

  * apparmor refcount leak of profile namespace when removing profiles
    (LP: #1660849)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix ns ref count link when removing profiles from policy

  * tor in lxd: apparmor="DENIED" operation="change_onexec"
    namespace="root//CONTAINERNAME_<var-lib-lxd>" profile="unconfined"
    name="system_tor" (LP: #1648143)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Fix no_new_privs blocking change_onexec when using stacked
      namespaces

  * apparmor oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails (LP: #1660840)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails

  * apparmor auditing denied access of special apparmor .null fi\ le
    (LP: #1660836)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Don't audit denied access of special apparmor .null file

  * apparmor label leak when new label is unused (LP: #1660834)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix label leak when new label is unused

  * apparmor reference count bug in label_merge_insert() (LP: #1660833)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix reference count bug in label_merge_insert()

  * apparmor's raw_data file in securityfs is sometimes truncated (LP: #1638996)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix replacement race in reading rawdata

  * unix domain socket cross permission check failing with n...