ACK: [SRU][S:linux/R:linux/N:linux][PATCH 0/1] Malformed HV_LINUX_VENDOR_ID breaks VM Availability Metric on Azure Edit

[Jian Hui Lee]

Acked-by: Jian Hui Lee <jianhui.lee at canonical.com>

On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM Vinicius Peixoto via kernel-team
<kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2158462
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> [Impact]
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> Commit 56f727d2cc7a ("UBUNTU: SAUCE: (no-up) hv: Supply vendor ID and package ABI") introduced a regression that breaks the VM Availability Metric functionality on Azure due to a malformed HV_LINUX_VENDOR_ID being reported to Hyper-V. This impacts customers that rely on that metric to assess if their VMs are in a healthy state or not.
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> [Fix]
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> The HV_LINUX_VENDOR_ID should be 0x8180 rather than 0x80; this issue can be fixed by adjusting the value of the constant in all generic kernels affected by this.
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> [Test Plan]
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> Compile and boot tested; verified that the metric works on an Azure VM running a kernel with the fix. Microsoft is to perform validation on their side as well.
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> [Regression Potential]
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> Low regression potential, but could impact the identification of Ubuntu guests on Azure.
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> [Other Info]
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> SF: #00439544
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> Vinicius Peixoto (1):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: (no-up) hv: Fix supplied vendor ID
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>  include/hyperv/hvgdk.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> 2.53.0
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