TSC_DEADLINE incorrectly disabled inside virtual guests

This requires two commits, 594a30fb12424717a41c62323d2a8bf167dbccad and cc6afe2240298049585e86b1ade85efc8a7f225d, which are already upstream and will be included in the 4.14 kernel; so this SRU is required only for artful, as b-series will have the needed patches already.

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

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!

Previous kernel version:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-93:~$ uname -a
Linux ip-172-31-9-93 4.13.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 11 18:35:14 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-93:~$ dmesg|grep TSC
[ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[ 0.000000] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x2000014 (or later)

-proposed kernel version:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-93:~$ uname -a
Linux ip-172-31-9-93 4.13.0-17-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 6 10:04:08 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-93:~$ dmesg|grep TSC
[ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[ 0.071013] TSC deadline timer enabled

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.13.0-17.20

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linux (4.13.0-17.20) artful; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.13.0-17.20 -proposed tracker (LP: #1728927)

  [ Seth Forshee ]
  * thunderx2 ahci errata workaround needs additional delays (LP: #1724117)
    - SAUCE: ahci: thunderx2: stop engine fix update

  * usb 3-1: 2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1 (LP: #1708499)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Add sample rate quirk for Plantronics C310/C520-M

  * Plantronics Blackwire C520-M - Cannot get freq at ep 0x1, 0x81
    (LP: #1709282)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Add sample rate quirk for Plantronics C310/C520-M

  * TSC_DEADLINE incorrectly disabled inside virtual guests (LP: #1724912)
    - x86/apic: Silence "FW_BUG TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata" on CPUs
      without the feature
    - x86/apic: Silence "FW_BUG TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata" on
      hypervisors

  * x86/apic: Update TSC_DEADLINE quirk with additional SKX stepping
    (LP: #1724612)
    - x86/apic: Update TSC_DEADLINE quirk with additional SKX stepping

  * [Artful] Add support for Dell/Wyse 3040 audio codec (LP: #1723916)
    - SAUCE: ASoC: rt5670: Add support for Wyse 3040

  * [Artful] Some Dell Monitors Doesn't Work Well with Dell/Wyse 3040
    (LP: #1723915)
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Workaround for DP DPMS D3 on Dell monitor

  * [Artful] Support headset mode for DELL WYSE (LP: #1723913)
    - SAUCE: ALSA: hda/realtek - Add support headset mode for DELL WYSE

  * Touchpad and TrackPoint Dose Not Work on Lenovo X1C6 and X280 (LP: #1723986)
    - SAUCE: Input: synaptics-rmi4 - RMI4 can also use SMBUS version 3
    - SAUCE: Input: synaptics - Lenovo X1 Carbon 5 should use SMBUS/RMI
    - SAUCE: Input: synaptics - add Intertouch support on X1 Carbon 6th and X280

  * Artful update to v4.13.8 stable release (LP: #1724669)
    - USB: dummy-hcd: Fix deadlock caused by disconnect detection
    - MIPS: math-emu: Remove pr_err() calls from fpu_emu()
    - MIPS: bpf: Fix uninitialised target compiler error
    - mei: always use domain runtime pm callbacks.
    - dmaengine: edma: Align the memcpy acnt array size with the transfer
    - dmaengine: ti-dma-crossbar: Fix possible race condition with dma_inuse
    - NFS: Fix uninitialized rpc_wait_queue
    - nfs/filelayout: fix oops when freeing filelayout segment
    - HID: usbhid: fix out-of-bounds bug
    - crypto: skcipher - Fix crash on zero-length input
    - crypto: shash - Fix zero-length shash ahash digest crash
    - KVM: MMU: always terminate page walks at level 1
    - KVM: nVMX: fix guest CR4 loading when emulating L2 to L1 exit
    - usb: renesas_usbhs: Fix DMAC sequence for receiving zero-length packet
    - pinctrl/amd: Fix build dependency on pinmux code
    - iommu/amd: Finish TLB flush in amd_iommu_unmap()
    - device property: Track owner device of device property
    - Revert "vmalloc: back off when the current task is killed"
    - fs/mpage.c: fix mpage_writepage() for pages with buffers
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Kill stray URB at exiting
    - ALSA: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a port
    - ALSA: seq: Fix copy_from_user() call inside lock
    - ALSA: caiaq: Fix stray URB at probe error path
    - ALSA: li...