Public bug reported: There is a bug on hardware transactional memory on Ubuntu 17.04 that is hard to reproduce but I was able to create a testcase that reproduces it easily:
https://github.com/leitao/htm_torture/tree/master/narrow The fix for this problem was already accepted in the kernel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=f48e91e87e67b56bef63393d1a02c6 ** Affects: ubuntu-power-systems Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Manoj Iyer (manjo) Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-154775 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin--- ** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-154775 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin--- ** Changed in: ubuntu Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage) ** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu) -- 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/1691477 Title: Hardware transaction memory corruption Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There is a bug on hardware transactional memory on Ubuntu 17.04 that is hard to reproduce but I was able to create a testcase that reproduces it easily: https://github.com/leitao/htm_torture/tree/master/narrow The fix for this problem was already accepted in the kernel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=f48e91e87e67b56bef63393d1a02c6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1691477/+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
