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charset=\"utf-8\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "base64", "Errors-To": "kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com", "Sender": "\"kernel-team\" <kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com>" }, "content": "BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2141536\n\nSRU Justification:\n\n[Impact]\n\nSome PowerPC tests from Ubuntu_kernel_selftests keep timing out.\n\n[Fix]\n\nBackport upstream patchset:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20241106130453.1741013-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au\n\n[Test Plan]\n\nRunning all the kernel selftests for the PowerPC platform to see if they still\ntimes out.\n\n[Where problems could occur]\n\nThe patches may introduce new test failures due to improved error detection\nthat may reveal previously passing tests now fail.\n\n[Other Info]\n\nN/A\n\nMichael Ellerman (4):\n selftests/powerpc: Lower run time of count_stcx_fail test\n selftests/powerpc: Give all tests 2 minutes timeout\n selftests/powerpc: Return errors from all tests\n selftests/powerpc: Detect taint change in mitigation patching test\n\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dexcr/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings | 2 +-\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/lib/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mce/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_attributes/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_sysparm/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/count_stcx_fail.c | 3 ---\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/settings | 1 +\n .../selftests/powerpc/security/mitigation-patching.sh | 8 ++++----\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/sigfuz.c | 2 +-\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/settings | 1 +\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/syscalls/settings | 1 +\n .../selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-force-tm.c | 2 +-\n .../testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-sigreturn-nt.c | 3 +--\n tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vphn/settings | 1 +\n 27 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dexcr/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/lib/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mce/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_attributes/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_sysparm/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/syscalls/settings\n create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vphn/settings" }