[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2019-12-27 Thread Po-Hsu Lin
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- 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/1777338 Title: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2019-07-24 Thread Brad Figg
** Tags added: cscc -- 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/1777338 Title: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-09-10 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-34.37 --- linux (4.15.0-34.37) bionic; urgency=medium * linux: 4.15.0-34.37 -proposed tracker (LP: #1788744) * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2018-08-09 (LP: #1786352) - MIPS: c-r4k: Fix data corruption related to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-29 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags removed: verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-28 Thread Adam Novak
I don't seem to have access to change the tag, but I can confirm that 4.15.0-34-generic from -proposed solves the problem. So the tag should be verification-done-bionic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-28 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- bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-27 Thread Kleber Sacilotto de Souza
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- 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/1777338 Title: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-14 Thread Joseph Salisbury
SRU request submitted: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-August/094683.html ** Description changed: + == SRU Justification == + Mainline commit 1f50ddb4f418 introduced a regression. That commit added + speculative_store_bypass_ht_init() to the per-CPU initialization sequence. +

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-13 Thread Adam Novak
OK, I have tested the provided kernel and it works for me under Xen. Thank you for fixing the bug! I look forward to seeing this in the real releases. [anovak@octagon ~]$ uname -a Linux octagon 4.15.0-31-generic #34~lp1777338 SMP Tue Aug 7 14:57:12 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux On Mon,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-13 Thread Joseph Salisbury
The hashes are: 63d7e9ca7710792e1603953b0ec14337 linux-image- unsigned-4.15.0-31-generic_4.15.0-31.34~lp1777338_amd64.deb 8cca692f07f9edbb56dec15375bc9979 linux- modules-4.15.0-31-generic_4.15.0-31.34~lp1777338_amd64.deb df24a98ec4769f33a9831a5aaeb9f437 linux-modules-

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-11 Thread Adam Novak
Thanks for preparing this kernel; I am downloading it now. What are the expected hashes of the files, so that I can verify the insecure downloads? On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Joseph Salisbury wrote: > I built a test kernel with commit 74899d92e3dc7671a8017b3146dcd4735f3b. > The test

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-07 Thread Joseph Salisbury
I built a test kernel with commit 74899d92e3dc7671a8017b3146dcd4735f3b. The test kernel can be downloaded from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~jsalisbury/lp1777338 Can you test this kernel and see if it resolves this bug? If this kernel also fixes the bug, I'll submit an SRU request. Note

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-05 Thread Adam Novak
OK, I grabbed commit 74899d92e3dc7671a8017b3146dcd4735f3b "x86/xen: Add call of speculative_store_bypass_ht_init() to PV paths" from g...@github.com:torvalds/linux.git and cherry-picked it on top of the tag Ubuntu-4.15.0-29.31, and built the kernel, and now it boots fine as dom0! I think that

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-08-05 Thread Adam Novak
I've been advised by Juergen Gross that not having "x86/xen: Add call of speculative_store_bypass_ht_init() to PV paths" from the mainline kernel might contribute to this problem. I am trying to pull that in now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages,

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-28 Thread Adam Novak
I'm not finding any kernel packages in bionic-proposed; maybe they were released already? I've installed and tested 4.15.0-29 from the normal repos; it has the same null pointer dereference at address 8 issue. On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 09:17 Joseph Salisbury wrote: > Thanks for finishing up the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-24 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Thanks for finishing up the bisect! Would it be possible for you to test the proposed kernel and post back if it resolves this bug? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! -- You received this bug

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-22 Thread Adam Novak
OK, I have finished the bisect. 3f6a3b035f91a22c0d3bd27630bf61eac9c8cf6c is the first bad commit. I tested it and it displays the problem, and I tested abd39ac1da07b433fc570332ee9ad938b5071760 right before it and that one boots fine. On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Adam Novak wrote: > That one

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-21 Thread Adam Novak
That one works. On to 5856293c78e552c012835e667d66775bba20b4f7. I suspect 3f6a3b035f91 and abd39ac1da07 may be the real problem, since the CPU I am using is an AMD Ryzen chip, and those are tinkering specifically with how the kernel handles those. On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Adam Novak

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-20 Thread Adam Novak
OK, I tried that one and it still exhibited the issue. I'm going to try 91762b4035d9da8c266e2cb3dbc552052434bbf0 next. On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Adam Novak wrote: > Thanks! > > I have tested this kernel; it doesn't work, so the problem is between > fc8704280f2ada9f61f08a2d5adc0dab169cc207

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-20 Thread Adam Novak
Thanks! I have tested this kernel; it doesn't work, so the problem is between fc8704280f2ada9f61f08a2d5adc0dab169cc207 and 8eca6add0defde203282476d7969a7c13bbd7d91. I've gotten set up with a kernel build environment; I think I can finish the git bisect myself, but looking at the commits in that

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-17 Thread Joseph Salisbury
I built the next test kernel, up to the following commit: fc8704280f2ada9f61f08a2d5adc0dab169cc207 The test kernel can be downloaded from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~jsalisbury/lp1777338 Can you test that kernel and report back if it has the bug or not? I will build the next test kernel based on

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-08 Thread Adam Novak
OK, I've tested this kernel, and it works just fine under Xen, from what I can tell. The system comes up just fine: Linux octagon 4.15.0-23-generic #26~lp1777338Commit8eca6add0 SMP Wed Jun 27 15:50:08 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The offending commit must be later. On Thu, Jul 5,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-05 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Here are the md5sum hashes of the files needed to install the test kernel: d5f16dcf0080db1268d3b3477c911cd7 linux-image- unsigned-4.15.0-23-generic_4.15.0-23.26~lp1777338Commit8eca6add0_amd64.deb 1d7504d8e691ba64d552a2d507179882 linux-

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-07-02 Thread Adam Novak
Hello, Thanks for putting this together. I tried to get the kernels you built, but I'm having trouble establishing a secure (https) connection to kernel.ubuntu.com. It looks like the server might not offer https. Can you give me the expected hashes of the files so I can verify the downloads?

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-27 Thread Joseph Salisbury
I started a kernel bisect between v4.15.0-22 and v4.15.0-23. The kernel bisect will require testing of about 7-10 test kernels. I built the first test kernel, up to the following commit: 8eca6add0defde203282476d7969a7c13bbd7d91 The test kernel can be downloaded from:

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-23 Thread Adam Novak
I updated my BIOS and tested the -24 kernel, as was recommended. It definitely doesn't work any better. It still has the null dereference problem, and then it prints a bunch of smp_call_function_too_many errors, apparently forever. On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 08:11 Joseph Salisbury wrote: > Can you

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-20 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
Also a good idea to update the BIOS. -- 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/1777338 Title: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-19 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Can you see if this issue exists in the 4.15.0-24 kernel: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/15010188 Note about installing test kernels: • If the test kernel is prior to 4.15(Bionic) you need to install the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages. •

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-18 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Package changed: linux-signed (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1777338] Re: Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" message

2018-06-17 Thread Adam Novak
This also affects the mainline kernel build 4.17.0-041700.201806041953 that I was testing for another bug. I've attached a photo of the screen with the issue occurring, in that version. Booting not under Xen seems to work around the issue, and the system comes up, but that's not useful for me