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Kernel 6.17 Test Week
Date 2025-10-12 to 2025-10-18
Time all week
Website QA/Test Days
Matrix #kernel:fedoraproject.org(other clients|?)
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If you come to this page 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, 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 6.17 Linux kernel. The primary aim is to test it with Fedora 42.

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 Matrix. See the infobox on top of the page to learn where to join.

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

  • A virtual machine or a bare metal machine
  • An installation of Fedora 42 (any Edition or Spin). Make sure to fully update your system.
    • If installing a fresh system, install using the test day image
    • If using an existing system, the 6.17 kernel from koji build (see below, recommended for Secure Boot users) or kernel-stabilization copr
    • Make sure you have no important data on that system. Things might go wrong -- don't do this on your production machine!
  • Enough free space on storage.

Kernel from a Koji build instructions[edit]

Install koji command-line tool[edit]

RPM-based systems (Workstation, Server, etc) 

sudo dnf install koji

Atomic systems (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc)

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="2025-10-09" --pattern "kernel-6.17*"

Download kernel[edit]

Download the RPMs for the 6.17 kernel build you want to test to a test directory, for example kernel-6.17.1-300.fc42: 

mkdir -p ~/work/kernel_test
cd ~/work/kernel_test
koji download-build --arch=$(uname -m) kernel-6.17.1-300.fc42

Install kernel[edit]

RPM-based systems (Workstation, Server, etc)

Update your kernel: 

sudo dnf update kernel-*.rpm

And reboot.

Atomic systems (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc)

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]

  1. Follow the instructions in QA:Testcase kernel regression. 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. You can put those under QA:Testcase Exploratory Testing.

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.

After testing: Revert override on atomic systems[edit]

If you are on an atomic system (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc), you should 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.

Exported Test Results[edit]

Test results will be exported here once the test day is over. See How to test? section for information how to submit results and see the live results.

Regression Test[edit]

User Your hardware details Regression Exploratory Testing References
Adrien D Dell Latitude 3510 - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U - Fedora Linux 42 Workstation
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ 6.17.1-300.fc42.x86_64
Adrien D MSI GAMING PRO X470 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600X - AMD Radeon RX 7600
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/74387
  2. ↑ Gaming: Steam + ProtonDB + Cities Skylines 2 (not less FPS)
Adrien D Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - BCM2711 (4) @ 2.10 GHz - 4Go RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/74481
bittin Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 2013 - 6.17.3 - F43 RC
Warning warn
brett hassall KVM - 6.17.1-300.fc42
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests pass
brett hassall KVM - 6.17.2-300.fc42
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests pass
brett hassall KVM - 6.17.3-300.fc42
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests pass, default test passed 2nd time, cachedrop failed 1st time
Christopher Boni Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 4 (i7-1255U)
Pass pass
clnetbox Fedora Linux 43 | NVIDIA RTX 2070
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
[3]
Pass pass
[4]
Pass pass
[5]
Pass pass
[6]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64 | mesa-25.2.4-2.fc43
  2. ↑ kernel-6.17.2-300.fc43.x86_64 | mesa-25.2.4-2.fc43
  3. ↑ kernel-6.17.3-300.fc43.x86_64 | mesa-25.2.4-2.fc43
  4. ↑ kernel-6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64 | nvidia-580.95.05
  5. ↑ kernel-6.17.2-300.fc43.x86_64 | nvidia-580.95.05
  6. ↑ kernel-6.17.3-300.fc43.x86_64 | nvidia-580.95.05
Derek Enz AMD 5600G F42 KDE Boxes VM
Pass pass
g6avk 6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID1 (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
g6avk 6.17.2-300.fc43.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID1 (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default test pass OK
g6avk 6.17.3-300.fc43.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID1 (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
Geraldo S. Simião Kutz F43 KDE on ACER Aspire A515-45 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ kernel-6.17.2-300.fc43.x86_64 - ALL tests passed
  2. ↑ kernel-6.17.2-300.fc43.x86_64 - suspension works fine
Ilikelinux l. ilikelinux
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ First part while I changed the .config to authendicated and got a firefox root login error.
  2. ↑ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/test-days-kernel-6-17-test-week/167249/17 | Machine: Type: Desktop System: CompuLab product: Intense-PC v: 1.x serial: <superuser required> Mobo: CompuLab model: Intense-PC v: 1.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Phoenix v: IPC_2.2.400.5 X64 date: 03/15/2018
itrymybest80 kernel-6.17.3-300.fc42.x86_64
Pass pass
[1][2]
  1. ↑ Default kernel test(s) pass; works in general.
  2. ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2403532
Luna Jernberg gnome-boxes / Dell Latitude 7390
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ with the testiso with Fedora 42 (6.17.1)
Luna Jernberg Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 2013
Warning warn
[1]
  1. ↑ 6.17.1 and 6.17.2 (Fedora 43)
Paolo Junior Angeloni Virtual Machine (KVM / libvirt) - kernel 6.17.1-300.fc42.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default tests (./runtests.sh) PASS, ran sudo perf test successfully
py0xc3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, internal graphics, no external modules, F42 KDE (SELinux confined user accounts), 6.17.1-300
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Works fine during average daily tasks with firefox, thunderbird, kate, dolphin, konsole (working with it for some hours), once affected by AMD issue #4141 (see freedesktop AMD issues)
py0xc3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, internal graphics, no external modules, F42 KDE (SELinux confined user accounts), 6.17.2-300
Fail fail
[1][2]
  1. ↑ It is interpretation if this is fail or pass, regression or not: it generally is as in my earlier post at 6.17.1-300, but while AMD issue #4141 (see AMD's freedesktop issue ticket) is itself not a regression, it had disappeared on my system more or less, occurring only every few weeks if at all (this is not necessarily representative for others with #4141 though). Since introducing 6.17, it's back about daily or every second day. This means it forces me again to use the mitigations of #4141 for a fluent workflow (see the AMD issue ticket in Freedesktop.org about amdgpu.dcdebugmask). So the likelihood is what makes the difference. However, I cannot exclude that it is another update that caused the issue. Just wanted to raise awareness, feel free to dismiss this "FAIL" report as being no regression.
  2. ↑ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/4141
scj643 Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 - Intel i7-12700K - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - Fedora 42 Workstation (KDE)
Pass pass
[1]
Fail fail
[2][3]
  1. ↑ Had to change how the NVIDIA module was downloaded since the module is not properly downloading.
  2. ↑ Since 6.16.8 and newer my system has been crashing with watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 23s!
  3. ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404521
Thomas J HP 103C_53307F EliteDesk 805 G8, 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE with Radeon Graphics
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ 6.17.3-300.fc42.x86_64 and 6.17.2-300.fc42.x86_64
  2. ↑ Daily workstation and development, no issues.
Thomas J ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10, 12-core (4-mt/8-st) 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P (-MST AMCP-)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ 6.17.3-300.fc42.x86_64
  2. ↑ 6.17.3-300.fc42.x86_64 - No issues discovered in normal workstation/development usage
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