SRU request submitted: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-June/093488.html
** Description changed: + == SRU Justification == + IBM is requesting these patches in Bionic. ocxl (opencapi) is a relatively + new driver which was added to Ubuntu 18.04; It's specific to POWER9 systems. + + == Regression Potential == + Medium. There are 10 patches, but all are limited to powerpc and the ocxl driver. + + == Test Case == + A test kernel was built with these patches and tested by IBM. + + ---Problem Description--- Update to ocxl driver - + ---uname output--- 4.15.0-22-generic - + ---Additional Hardware Info--- - opencapi adapter needed + opencapi adapter needed - Machine Type = any POWER9 system - + Machine Type = any POWER9 system + ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured - == Comment: #1 - Frederic Barrat <frederic.bar...@fr.ibm.com> - 2018-06-05 03:46:00 == ocxl (opencapi) is a relatively new driver which was added to Ubuntu 18.04; It's specific to POWER9 systems. We'd like to add the following 9 commits for Ubuntu 18.04.1: The following 2 patches are already in the main linux tree: 474cca5fd894de99afc69274e8b25524ae62d7ee misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister() e7666d046ac0eda535282a5fd3b188f31d0f4afd ocxl: Document the OCXL_IOCTL_GET_METADATA IOCTL The remaining commits are in the powerpc-next tree and will be merged in the next merge window (i.e. in a week or so). See https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/log/?h=next 819844285ef2b5d15466f5b5062514135ffba06c powerpc: Add TIDR CPU feature for POWER9 3449f191ca9be1a6ac9757b8ab55f239092362e5 powerpc: Use TIDR CPU feature to control TIDR allocation 71cc64a85d8d99936f6851709a07f18c87a0adab powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation 19df39581ce99eb1fcfb119945810c9c5bc3f8d4 ocxl: Rename pnv_ocxl_spa_remove_pe to clarify it's action e948e06fc63a1c1e36ec4c8e5c510b881ff19c26 ocxl: Expose the thread_id needed for wait on POWER9 02a8e5bc1c06045f36423bd9632ad9f40da18d3f ocxl: Add an IOCTL so userspace knows what OCXL features are available 721c551d31fb441ff3be701ad3be14cf6e0aca3f ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs Another commit ID to add to the list (fixes a commit from previous list), from the 'next' tree: 2e5c93d6bb2f7bc17eb82748943a1b9f6b068520 ocxl: Fix missing unlock on error in afu_ioctl_enable_p9_wait() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775786 Title: Update to ocxl driver for 18.04.1 Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Bug description: == SRU Justification == IBM is requesting these patches in Bionic. ocxl (opencapi) is a relatively new driver which was added to Ubuntu 18.04; It's specific to POWER9 systems. == Regression Potential == Medium. There are 10 patches, but all are limited to powerpc and the ocxl driver. == Test Case == A test kernel was built with these patches and tested by IBM. ---Problem Description--- Update to ocxl driver ---uname output--- 4.15.0-22-generic ---Additional Hardware Info--- opencapi adapter needed Machine Type = any POWER9 system ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured == Comment: #1 - Frederic Barrat <frederic.bar...@fr.ibm.com> - 2018-06-05 03:46:00 == ocxl (opencapi) is a relatively new driver which was added to Ubuntu 18.04; It's specific to POWER9 systems. We'd like to add the following 9 commits for Ubuntu 18.04.1: The following 2 patches are already in the main linux tree: 474cca5fd894de99afc69274e8b25524ae62d7ee misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister() e7666d046ac0eda535282a5fd3b188f31d0f4afd ocxl: Document the OCXL_IOCTL_GET_METADATA IOCTL The remaining commits are in the powerpc-next tree and will be merged in the next merge window (i.e. in a week or so). See https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/log/?h=next 819844285ef2b5d15466f5b5062514135ffba06c powerpc: Add TIDR CPU feature for POWER9 3449f191ca9be1a6ac9757b8ab55f239092362e5 powerpc: Use TIDR CPU feature to control TIDR allocation 71cc64a85d8d99936f6851709a07f18c87a0adab powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation 19df39581ce99eb1fcfb119945810c9c5bc3f8d4 ocxl: Rename pnv_ocxl_spa_remove_pe to clarify it's action e948e06fc63a1c1e36ec4c8e5c510b881ff19c26 ocxl: Expose the thread_id needed for wait on POWER9 02a8e5bc1c06045f36423bd9632ad9f40da18d3f ocxl: Add an IOCTL so userspace knows what OCXL features are available 721c551d31fb441ff3be701ad3be14cf6e0aca3f ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs Another commit ID to add to the list (fixes a commit from previous list), from the 'next' tree: 2e5c93d6bb2f7bc17eb82748943a1b9f6b068520 ocxl: Fix missing unlock on error in afu_ioctl_enable_p9_wait() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1775786/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
