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Kernel 6.8 Test Week
Date 2024-03-24 to 2024-03-31
Time all week
Website QA/Test Days
Matrix #test-day:fedoraproject.org
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Can't make the date?
If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?[edit]

This Test Day will focus on the 6.8 Linux kernel. The primary aim is to test it with Fedora 39.

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion:

You can chat with us on IRC. See the infobox on top of the page to learn the right IRC channel.

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

  • A fully updated F39 test day image or 39 Workstation/Server installation, either on bare metal or VM (please make sure you have no important data on that installation, things might go wrong -- don't do this on your production machine!)
  • The 6.8 kernel for an existing installation from F39 koji (see below) or kernel-stabilization copr if not using the test day image. (koji is recommended for secure boot users).
  • Enough free space on storage.

Koji download instructions[edit]

Download Koji[edit]

Kernel builds can be downloaded from Koji using a command-line tool.

Fedora Workstation[edit]

Install Koji on Fedora Workstation if not installed: 

sudo dnf install koji

Fedora Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT[edit]

Install Koji in a toolbox: 

toolbox create
toolbox enter
sudo dnf install koji

Or directly on the host: 

rpm-ostree install koji

And reboot.

List available kernel builds[edit]

You can list available kernel builds with: 

koji list-builds --package=kernel --after="2024-03-22" --pattern "kernel-6.8*"

Download kernel[edit]

Download the RPMs for the 6.8 kernel build you want to test to a test directory, for example kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39: 

mkdir -p ~/work/kernel_test
cd ~/work/kernel_test
koji download-build --arch=$(uname -m) kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39

Install kernel[edit]

Fedora Workstation[edit]

Update your kernel: 

sudo dnf update kernel-*.rpm

And reboot.

Fedora Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT[edit]

If not done so already, download the kernel:

Download the RPMs for the 6.8 kernel build you want to test to a test directory, for example kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39: 

mkdir -p ~/work/kernel_test
cd ~/work/kernel_test
koji download-build --arch=$(uname -m) kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39

Override the kernel: 

rpm-ostree override replace kernel-modules-core-6*.rpm kernel-core-6*.rpm kernel-modules-6*.rpm kernel-6*.rpm kernel-modules-extra-6*.rpm

And reboot.

How to test?[edit]

Run the tests[edit]

  1. Follow the instructions in this test case. For users running the test day image, the tests are pre-installed in /home/liveuser/kernel-tests/.
  2. Visit the result page and enter your result in the 'Regression' column by clicking Enter result.
  3. If there are any other result columns, click on the column title links to see the tests that need to be run: most column titles are links to a specific test case. Follow the instructions there, then enter your results by clicking the Enter result button for the test.
  4. While the results from the regression tests are interesting, we are also interested in your overall experience with the new kernels.

Reporting bugs[edit]

Note to Virtualbox users: By default, the insert_leap_second test will fail, this is because Virtualbox syncs the guest time with the host in the middle of the test. This is not a kernel or test suite failure, it is a Virtualbox design issue. It should skip this test if your kernel-tests repo has been updated since 2021-09-12.

If you have problems with any of the tests, have a look in the results page. Please include the vulnerability output at the end of the test suite in the comments.

If you don't see it, please file a new bug to Bugzilla, probably against kernel component. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC #fedora-test-day or #fedora-qa and we will help you.

Revert override on Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite[edit]

If you are a Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite user, you can revert the override and use the stable kernels again. Run the following command to revert it back: 

rpm-ostree override reset kernel-modules kernel-modules-extra kernel-core kernel kernel-modules-core

And reboot.

Test Results[edit]

Regression Test[edit]

User Profile Regression References
Kurtbw
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ HP ProBook 450 G2, Intel Core i5-4210U
Kurtbw HP ProBook 450 G2, Intel i5-4210U, 8 GB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Performance suite took five hours 50 minutes or so to run.
Minegame Ytb Fedora Workstation 39, Hp 240 G7, Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4000 CPU @ 1.10GHz
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ ./runtest.sh (default test) : OK ./runtest.sh (performance test) : OK
Minegame Ytb Fedora Workstation 39, qemu/kvm (virtmanager), Hp 240 G7, Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4000 CPU @ 1.10GHz
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ ./runtest.sh (default test) : OK ./runtest.sh (performance test) : OK
Promethee21 Toshiba Satellite Pro L630 (PSK01E-01100TFR), Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 M 370, 8 GB RAM
Pass pass
Valmerax ASUS ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI + i5-13400F + Intel Arc A770 + 16Go RAM DDR5 5600mhz + 1To NVME gen 4 + Fedora Workstation 39 + Gnome 45.5 + Wayland + Kernel 6.8.2-200.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default test suite : PASS Performance test suite : PASS
adriend X470 GAMING PRO + AMD Ryzen 5 2600X + AMD Radeon RX560 + Fedora Workstation 39 + GNOME + Wayland
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ ./runtests.sh -t performance + Microphone USB BIRD UM1 : OK + Logitech Momo Racing : OK
alciregi Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.A1.Flex
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Vulnerability status: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/gather_data_sampling:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/reg_file_data_sampling:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/retbleed:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_rstack_overflow:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: CSV2, BHB /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort:Not affected
ariesxf kerneltest-6.8.1.iso AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 32GiB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance: PASSED
bittin Fedora 39 - Kernel testing iso: https://jforbes.fedorapeople.org/testweek/kerneltest-6.8.2.iso
Pass pass
bittin Thinkpad Edge (2013) - Fedora 40 Beta
Warning warn
bojan T450s with kernel kernel-6.8.2-200.fc39
Fail fail
[1]
  1. ↑ RHBZ #2272596 OOPS on boot, related to bluetooth. Does not happen with the latest Rawhide kernel 6.9.0-0.rc2.20240402git026e680b0a08.24.fc41.x86_64.
bretth 6.8.1-201.fc39 (KVM)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests ok
bretth 6.8.1-300.fc40 (KVM)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests ok
brianmcarey Framework 13 i5-1240P | kernel 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Passed Regression tests
celsotavaresdev Fedora Workstation 39, Lenovo ThinkPad 8, Intel(R) Atom(TM) Z3770 (4) @ 1.46GHz, 2GiB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default : PASSED Performance : PASSED
charn Lenovo Thinkpad T14s, AMD Ryzen 7840U, Fedora 39, UEFI, Secure Boot, luks+btrfs
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ 6.8.3-200.fc39.x86_64 Default and performance tests pass OK. Suspend and resume working.
  2. ↑ 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64 Default and performance tests pass OK. Suspend and resume working.
clnetbox CLEVO PB70 series
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39
clnetbox Fedora Linux 40 Workstation (KVM)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40
derekenz VirtualBox 7.0.12 AMD Ryzen 5 5600 G
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Both tests passed.
dtma KVM,x86_64,kerneltest-6.8.1.iso,Intel i5-3570K
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Both tests passed
ersen 6.8.1-300.fc40 (KVM)
Pass pass
farribeiro Host: KVM/QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (pc-q35-7.2) CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K (8) @ 3.99 GHz Memory: 2.82 GiB
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - PASSED REGRESSION TESTS
  2. ↑ kernel-6.8.0-63.fc40.1.x86_64 - PASSED REGRESSION TESTS
farribeiro Host: KVM/QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (pc-q35-7.2) CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U (4) @ 2.49 GHz Memory: 2.82 GiB
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ 6.8.1-300.fc40 regression and performance passed
  2. ↑ 6.8.1-201.fc39 regression and performance passed
g6avk 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64 > Work Station - Ryzen5 5600g/AMDGPU 400 Series Chipset, (UEFI) Secure boot. SSD's > RAID1 (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ The enabled Default and Performance tests pass OK. spectre-meltdown-checker OK
g6avk 6.8.2-200.fc39.x86_64 > Work Station - Ryzen5 5600g/AMDGPU 400 Series Chipset, (UEFI) Secure boot. SSD's > RAID1 (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ The enabled Default and Performance tests pass OK
galileo Intel® Core™ i7-4771, 16GiB
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ RHBZ #2264249 Tested with 6.8.2-200.fc39.x86_64. The bug I've listed is one that started with 6.7.
garrmcnu Test image on VM (KVM)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default and performance tests passed
geraldosimiao F40 KDE at Acer Aspire V3-571 / i7-3632QM
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
[3]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64 - PASSED REGRESSION TESTS
  2. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - PASSED REGRESSION TESTS
  3. ↑ kernel-6.8.0-63.fc40.1.x86_64 - PASSED REGRESSION TESTS
gkamathe HP ProLiant DL360p G8, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz
Pass pass
hricky CPU: Intel i7-4790, Kernel: Linux 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
hricky Hardware Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4, Kernel: 6.8.1-201.fc39.aarch64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default and performance PASS
imabug Fedora 39 Kernel 6.8.1-201 Xeon W3690 nVidia GTX 1660 Ti
Pass pass
imabug Fedora 39 Kernel 6.8.2-200 Dell Precision 3620 Xeon E3-1240 nVidia Quadro P1000
Pass pass
imabug Fedora 39 Kernel 6.8.2-200 Xeon W3690 nVidia GTX 1660 Ti
Pass pass
itrymybest80 kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
jeffiscow Gnome Boxes kerneltest-6.8.2.iso Memory: 4194304 KiB CPUs: 12
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ 1. default and performance PASS 2. Used default Gnome Boxes settings for VM
jishi Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4210 CPU @ 2.20GHz
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ run following test: gre basic, geneve basic, vxlan basic, ipv6 basic and route basic. there is no bug found
khaalid Digitalocean droplet, intel cpu, hypervisor qemu/kvm, fedora server 39
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39 test: OK performance test: OK Vulnerability status: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/gather_data_sampling:Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data:Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT Host state unknown Other cpu Vulnerabilities are being mitigated
lepolau dell vostro 5515 fedora 40 on external dd gnome fr_FR
Pass pass
lihis kerneltest-6.8.2.iso @ Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2a, AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 5850U with Radeon™ Graphics × 16, 32 GiB RAM, ThinkPad Universal ThunderBolt 4 Dock
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default and performance tests passed
lily ampere hr350a
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
  2. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily dell per7425
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily dell r640
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily fujitsu fx700
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily hpe apache
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
  2. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily hpe bl460cgen10
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily hpe dl380pgen8
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
lily lenovo st550
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ all default and performance testcases passed
luya Dell Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1 running Fedora Linux 40 Design Suite (prerelease)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ All test passed
mattipulkkinen Fedora 39 Workstation, X570 Taichi motherboard, Ryzen 5800X3D, RX 7900 XT, 32 GB RAM (amd_pstate=active)
Pass pass
mharpau Thinkpad T430, Intel i5-3320M, Fedora 39, 6.8.1-201.fc39
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default and performance tests pass OK
mikemck114 Dell XPS 9310
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default and performance: Passed
monde2tech Fedora Workstation + GNOME + Wayland + fr_FR
Pass pass
Pass pass
mythcat https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=a0cd8c1b40
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Mar 24 01:31 kernel-test-1711236595.log.txt
mzink ThinkPad T14s Gen 1 / F39
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance - PASSED
nixuser kernel-6.8.0-63.fc40.1.x86_64 ~ Dell Optiplex 3040 1 x 6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100T CPU @ 3.20GHz Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Kernel working fine on this box for about a week now.
nixuser kernel-6.8.0-63.fc40.1.x86_64 ~ Dell Precision T5610 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2603 v2 @ 1.80GHz (8 cores total) NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Using this box in daily use and have been running 6.8.0 for over a week.
nixuser kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64 ~ Intel NUC NUC13ANHi7 (NUC13ANHi7000) (rev N11225-207) 1 x 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 04)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Regression tests passing, seems fine overall.
nixuser kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 ~ Dell Precision T5610 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2603 v2 @ 1.80GHz (8 cores total) NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Server side bits all seem to be working, samba, xrdp, http, sshd etc. Looks fine.
nixuser kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 ~ VirtualBox host and guest
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Working fine in a VirtualBox guest running on a host with the same kernel.
noadcoco Fedora Linux 40 WorkStation + 4Gb RAM + CPU: AMD E2-9000e RADEON + GPU: AMD ATI RADEON
Pass pass
norbertj kerneltest-6.8.1.iso on Ideapad V110-15ISK with Core i3-6006U and 8 GiB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ paxtest and libhugetlbfs SKIP (as usual), rest of default and performance tests PASS. No regressions noted.
norbertj kerneltest-6.8.1.iso on desktop PC with Ryzen 3 3200G, B450 chipset and 16 GiB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ paxtest and libhugetlbfs SKIP (as usual), rest of default and performance tests PASS. No regressions noted.
norbertj kerneltest-6.8.1.iso on old desktop PC with Core i5-750, P55 chipset, Radeon HD6450 and 4 GiB RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ paxtest and libhugetlbfs SKIP (as usual), rest of default and performance tests PASS. No regressions noted.
parherman ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ RHBZ #2271136 1. default PASSED
pdestefa Gigabyte X570, 64GB RAM, MD RAID10 near copies SATA+NVMe, AMD 7900 + Intel A750 GPUs
Fail fail
[1]
  1. ↑ Would not boot, cannot find MD RAID & LUKS device, dracut exhausted all options, hangs before offering emergency shell Was having this symptom with vanilla copr kernel 6.7, 6.8, & 6.9, but hoped it was just upstream bugs getting worked out. But, when 6.7 hit F39 updates repo, that kernel also had the problem. Reported to fedora discussions, someone recommended I try koji for testing week.
pnemade F40 Silverblue x86_64 lenovo T14s
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64
py0xc3 QEMU/KVM with cpu-passthrough, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, tainted = 0, uname -r = kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Vulnerability status WITHOUT "Not affected": /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_rstack_overflow:Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
ratad B550 gaming plus + 5800x3d + 6800xt + Atheros AR9287 + fedora workstation 39
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
  1. ↑ ./runtests.sh -t performance PASSED
red-nacho > virsh dominfo Fedora Id: 1 Name: Fedora UUID: 0c285da4-cae7-4dd0-9e87-4774b3f51544 OS Type: hvm State: running CPU(s): 6 CPU time: 961.6s Max memory: 6104064 KiB Used memory: 5862400 KiB Persistent: yes Autostart: enable Managed save: no Security model: selinux Security DOI: 0 Security label: unconfined_u:unconfined_r:svirt_t:s0:c271,c963 (enforcing)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ RHBZ #0 1. default & performance: PASSED 2. I was not able to login to FAS with the python script, was getting an error 3. After running the performance test my shell was dead (maybe due to RAM but not sure)
sgraf QEMU Virtual Machine virt-8.2, 6.8.1-300.fc40.aarch64
Fail fail
[1]
  1. ↑ RHBZ #2271375 I was not able to login to FAS with the python script, was getting an error, My performance test failed, Otherwise the kernel works great
sithuw MSI Modern 14 A10RAS i5-10210U
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default : PASSED Performance : PASSED
skipperTux Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition), Dell Inc. Precision 7560, CPU: Intel® Xeon® W-11955M × 16, Memory: 128.0 GiB, Disk 2.0 TB NVMe, Intel® UHD Graphics (TGL GT1), NVidia T1200
Warning warn
[1]
  1. ↑ Used kernel test image on bare metal machine. Kernel Test (pass & skip): Upload FAS account with OTP did not work, tried all variants pw+otp, otp+pw etc. (Error) fedora.client.AuthError: Invalid request in openid_login, did manual upload. Performance Test: A lot of warnings "implicit declaration of function"; stuck at Bandwidth measurements. Second run fixes warnings, still stuck at Bandwidth measurements.
tharadash kernel-6.8.1-201.fc39 from koji
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Seems to work fine on bare-metal HP Z440, AMD RX570 with UEFI. Kernel regression tests both PASS.
tharadash kernel-6.8.2-200.fc39 from koji
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Seems to work fine on bare-metal HP Z440, AMD RX570 with UEFI. Kernel regression tests both PASS.
tharadash kerneltest-6.8.1.iso
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Seems to work fine on HP ENVY X360 - 13-ar0600nz. Kernel regression tests both PASS.
tripledes Lenovo P1 Gen3/64GiB RAM
Pass pass
trugul Lenovo Thinkpad T450s, Intel i7-5600U x 4, Mem: 8,0 GiB
Pass pass
urtabajev 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64 Hyper-V
Pass pass
uwalcher VirtualMachine 4.1.0 / AMD Ryzen 1700X, 32GiB RAM / 6.8.1-201.fc39.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ passed both tests FAS login not possible with PY script (both PW in ".config" and from command line) Vulnerability status: spec_rstack_overflow:Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode
vascom 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7
Pass pass
wyup
Pass pass
zclary Virtualbox 7.0.14
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ F39 test image - PASS ALL F40 easy upgrade from test image - PASSED ALL
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