[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2015-01-07 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage notificati

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2015-01-07 Thread engelsma
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage n

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-20 Thread willmo
** Tags removed: verification-needed-utopic ** Tags added: verification-done-utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-19 Thread Brad Figg
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- utopic' to 'verification-done-utopic'. If verification is not done by 5 working days from t

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-17 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/linux-lts-utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-10 Thread Brad Figg
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage no

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-10 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-09 Thread Stefan Freyr
I've downloaded the Utopic test kernel and verified that all cores work when I boot up on it. So it seems to fix the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using a

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-09 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Thanks for the pointer to the patch, willmo. Now I understand why the bug existed in Utopic and not in upstream 3.16.6. Utopic has the following SAUCE commit: commit 8ee41919feea10de065e3102de4cbf0c57fc60ea Author: Dave Hansen Date: Thu Sep 18 12:33:34 2014 -0700 UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86, sche

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-09 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
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[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-09 Thread willmo
I'm attaching the patch for the cherry-pick of the upstream fix. I tried to do it in proper Ubuntu kernel format. :-) Is there anything else you need to get this into Utopic? ** Patch added: "0001-sched-x86-Fix-up-typo-in-topology-detection.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lin

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-05 Thread willmo
Yep, that fixed it. stress -c 8 is now using all 8 CPUs. Please cherry- pick upstream commit 728e5653e6fdb into Utopic. :-) Just for posterity, I'm attaching some instructive dmesg output. This is obtained by booting with the sched_debug parameter, switching the printk level to DEBUG, and offlinin

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-05 Thread willmo
** Attachment added: "dmesg-fixed-3.16.0-26.35-upstream-728e5653.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1386473/+attachment/4274375/+files/dmesg-fixed-3.16.0-26.35-upstream-728e5653.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-04 Thread willmo
I'm reasonably sure the problematic change is this one: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu- utopic.git;a=commit;h=8ee41919feea10de065e3102de4cbf0c57fc60ea It was fixed upstream: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c?id=728e5653e6

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-12-02 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Can you confirm upstream 3.16.6 still does in fact fix this bug: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.16.6-utopic/ If it does, then I'll compare what is in the Ubuntu kernel versus the Upstream kernel that may be causing this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-11-30 Thread willmo
I'm having the same problem on a 2008 Mac Pro with dual Xeon E5462s, and kernel 3.16.0-25.33. Was working fine on 14.04. Very suspicious that we all have dual quad-core Clovertown or Harpertown Xeons. Let me know if you need additional info. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-11-25 Thread Stefan Freyr
Sorry... I was out of commission for a while. Now it seems that this kernel has made it through to the official repository and I just installed it and I have the same results as PE Norris above. The latest official kernel does not fix this problem. -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-11-22 Thread PE Norris
I can't speak for the OP, but I was hit by this bug with an almost identical CPU setup (Xeon x5355) and the kernel in proposed doesn't resolve the issue for me. The upstream utopic kernel link posted at #7 however does fix it. My symptoms are identical. -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-11-13 Thread Joseph Salisbury
The 3.16.5, 3.16.6 and 3.16.7 upstream updates are now in the Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33 kernel which is available in the -proposed repository. Would it be possible for you to test this latest kernel and post back if it resolves this bug? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentat

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-29 Thread Stefan Freyr
Great news! Thanks. Any idea when a new stable kernel will be pushed to the repos? Also... do you have any idea what's causing this? I'm curious :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13864

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-29 Thread Joseph Salisbury
That is good news. That means Utopic will get the fix through the normal stable update process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-29 Thread Stefan Freyr
I installed 13.16.6 and it uses all cores. The bug is not present in that kernel version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-29 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Can you also give the latest 3.16 upstream stable kernel a test? This will tell us if the fix in mainline already made it's way into stable updates: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.16.6-utopic/ ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New *

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-28 Thread Stefan Freyr
I managed to install the rc1 kernel and this problem seems to be fixed there! I will add the appropriate tag. Is there any ETA for the 3.18 kernel release in utopic? ** Tags removed: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: I

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-28 Thread Stefan Freyr
I installed the 3.18-rc2 packages but when I tried to boot into it I got an error message saying that it couldn't find the root device. I compared the ID of the root device in the boot options for the 3.18 kernel to the ones in the 3.16 kernel and couldn't find any differences. It seems to be refer

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-28 Thread Stefan Freyr
** Tags added: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386473 Title: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: h

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-28 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.18 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix t

[Bug 1386473] Re: Not using all cores after upgrade to 14.10

2014-10-27 Thread Stefan Freyr
Just verified that downgrading the kernel to 3.13.0 fixed the problem. However, this is not a viable solution since many of the dkms modules (specifically nvidia and vboxhost) will not compile properly and therefore had to be disabled in order to get the system to boot. -- You received this bug n