Talking offline to Thadeu Cascardo the conclusion was that this is not a bug in the kernel.
** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-aws in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853417 Title: tsc failed on T-aws 4.4 i3.metal Status in ubuntu-kernel-tests: New Status in linux-aws package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-aws source package in Trusty: New Bug description: This test is only failing on i3.metal. Reproduce rate: 3 out of 3 attempts Failed with: TestFail: Latency CPU 66 - CPU 37 = 706 exceeds threshold 650 Test history on i3.metal: * 4.4.0-1057.61 - passed * 4.4.0-1056.60 - passed * 4.4.0-1055.59 - passed Running 'make ' [stdout] cc -O -Wall -Wpedantic -Werror -c -o checktsc.o checktsc.c [stdout] cc -o checktsc checktsc.o -lpthread Running '/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/tmp/tsc/src/checktsc -t 650' Program checktsc exit status is 1 Exception escaping from test: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/shared/test.py", line 411, in _exec _call_test_function(self.execute, *p_args, **p_dargs) File "/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/shared/test.py", line 823, in _call_test_function return func(*args, **dargs) File "/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/shared/test.py", line 291, in execute postprocess_profiled_run, args, dargs) File "/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/shared/test.py", line 212, in _call_run_once self.run_once(*args, **dargs) File "/home/ubuntu/autotest/client/tests/tsc/tsc.py", line 74, in run_once raise error.TestFail(reason) TestFail: Latency CPU 66 - CPU 37 = 706 exceeds threshold 650 child process failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-tests/+bug/1853417/+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