** Description changed:
- Issue found on B-ibm-gt-4.15.0-1116.127
+ [Impact]
+ rdpru test in ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests is to check if the RDPRU instruction can
be intercepted by the Hypervisor.
+
+ RDPRU is one of the new instruction set extensions of AMD "Zen 2" CPUs
+ that is for reading a
This hardware is an AMD system, codename Rome, Second generation Epyc
Fix:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9d40b85bb46a99bc95dad3a07787da93b0a018e9
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0cb8410b90e78948984f35f2c4d50c2c0b7ee675
With patched kernel, the rdpru flag will be available in
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => Confirmed
