APPLIED[X/B/F/G:aws]: [PATCH v2 0/1][SRU][X/B/F/G/H linux-aws] UBUNTU: [Config] Disable Atari partition support

[Ian May]

Applied to:
  xenial/linux-aws
  bionic/linux-aws
  focal/linux-aws
  groovy/linux-aws

Thanks,
Ian

On 2020-12-15 14:11:19 , Heitor Alves de Siqueira wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908264
> 
> [Impact]
> Atari partition tables have very broad specifications, and can
> spontaneously show up on uncleared disks with "garbage" data. There have
> been reports of misinterpreted AHDI partition tables before (see [0] and
> [1]), usually as an unintended side-effect of using non-zeroed disks.
> Users of this specific partition scheme are unlikely to be on AWS
> instances, so we should disable them.
> 
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/1467736712-11825-1-git-send-email-krisman@linux.vnet.ibm.com/
> [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-atari/1995/11/19/0001.html
> 
> [Test Case]
> Ensure that CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set in /boot/config-$(uname -r)
> 
> [Fix]
> Unset CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION in debian.aws/config/config.common.ubuntu
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> There could be unexpected dependencies on Atari partitions that are
> impacted by this change. Considering Atari hardware hasn't been produced
> in a long time, and is unlikely to be used in AWS instances, the
> regression potential should be very low.
> 
> Heitor Alves de Siqueira (1):
>   UBUNTU: [Config] Disable Atari partition support
> 
>  debian.aws/config/annotations          | 3 ++-
>  debian.aws/config/config.common.ubuntu | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
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