This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.8.4 release. There are 75 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Wed Mar 20 21:04:55 UTC 2013. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.8.4-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 3.8.4-rc1 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "drm/i915: reorder setup sequence to have irqs for output setup" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "drm/i915: enable irqs earlier when resuming" YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6lowpan: Fix endianness issue in is_addr_link_local(). Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dcbnl: fix various netlink info leaks Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> rtnl: fix info leak on RTM_GETLINK request for VF devices Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> bridge: fix mdb info leaks Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: stop multicast forwarding to process interface scoped addresses Cristian Bercaru <B43982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> bridging: fix rx_handlers return code Paul Moore <pmoore@xxxxxxxxxx> netlabel: correctly list all the static label mappings Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@xxxxxxxxxx> macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@xxxxxxxxxx> team: unsyc the devices addresses when port is removed Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx> bonding: fire NETDEV_RELEASE event only on 0 slaves Zang MingJie <zealot0630@xxxxxxxxx> vxlan: fix oops when delete netns containing vxlan Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tun: add a missing nf_reset() in tun_net_xmit() Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: fix double-counted receiver RTT when leaving receiver fast path Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx> net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept_ra=2 Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> rds: limit the size allocated by rds_message_alloc() Huang, Xiong <xiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> atl1c: restore buffer state Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: Restore socket refcount when sendmsg succeeds Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/sctp: Validate parameter size for SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> loopdev: remove an user triggerable oops Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> loopdev: fix a deadlock Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() Amir Vadai <amirv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx4_en: Disable RFS when running in SRIOV mode Amir Vadai <amirv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx4_en: Initialize RFS filters lock and list in init_netdev Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> atmel_lcdfb: fix 16-bpp modes on older SOCs Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> kbuild: fix make headers_check with make 3.80 Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> mtd: nand: reintroduce NAND_NO_READRDY as NAND_NEED_READRDY Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> btrfs: use rcu_barrier() to wait for bdev puts at unmount Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> s390/mm: fix flush_tlb_kernel_range() Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> s390: critical section cleanup vs. machine checks David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> perf,x86: fix link failure for non-Intel configs Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> perf,x86: fix wrmsr_on_cpu() warning on suspend/resume Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> selinux: use GFP_ATOMIC under spin_lock Matt Porter <mporter@xxxxxx> ARM: davinci: edma: fix dmaengine induced null pointer dereference on da830 Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Rename USER_ESID_BITS* to ESID_BITS* Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Update kernel VSID range Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Make VSID_BITS* dependency explicit Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Fix cputable entry for 970MP rev 1.0 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Fix STAB initialization Marcin Jurkowski <marcin1j@xxxxxxxxx> w1: fix oops when w1_search is called from netlink connector Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> w1-gpio: remove erroneous __exit and __exit_p() Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (lineage-pem) Add missing terminating entry for pem_[input|fan]_attributes Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (pmbus/ltc2978) Fix temperature reporting Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: w1-gpio: fix erroneous gpio requests Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: Fix missing error handling in snd_seq_timer_open() Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> perf,x86: fix kernel crash with PEBS/BTS after suspend/resume Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: kirkwood: fix to retain gbe MAC addresses for DT kernels Scott Ashcroft <scott.ashcroft@xxxxxxxxxx> Fix 4 port and add support for 8 port 'Unknown' PCI serial port cards Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> TTY: do not reset master's packet mode Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> TTY: disable debugging warning Ley Foon Tan <lftan@xxxxxxxxxx> tty/serial: Add support for Altera serial port Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx> tty: serial: fix typo "SERIAL_S3C2412" Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx> tty: serial: fix typo "ARCH_S5P6450" Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx> serial: 8250_pci: add support for another kind of NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Multi-I/O Controller Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> serial: 8250: Keep 8250.<xxxx> module options functional after driver rename Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> tty/8250_pnp: serial port detection regression since v3.7 Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> ext3: Fix format string issues Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> signal: always clear sa_restorer on execve Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> qcserial: bind to DM/DIAG port on Gobi 1K devices Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> staging: comedi: dt9812: use CR_CHAN() for channel number Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx> staging: vt6656: Fix oops on resume from suspend. Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: EHCI: don't check DMA values in QH overlays Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: EHCI: work around silicon bug in Intel's EHCI controllers Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> USB: storage: fix Huawei mode switching regression Steve Conklin <sconklin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: serial: Add Rigblaster Advantage to device table Christian Schmiedl <christian.schmiedl@xxxxxxxxxxx> USB: added support for Cinterion's products AH6 and PLS8 Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@xxxxxxxxxx> usb: cp210x new Vendor/Device IDs Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> usb: dwc3: core: don't forget to free coherent memory Maxin B. John <maxin.john@xxxxxxxx> tools: usb: ffs-test: Fix build failure Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx> USB: cdc-wdm: fix buffer overflow Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> USB: option: add Huawei E5331 Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio: rng: disallow multiple device registrations, fixes crashes Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> xen/pciback: Don't disable a PCI device that is already disabled. Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> qcaux: add Franklin U600 ------------- Diffstat: .../devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/of-serial.txt | 3 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/mach-at91/board-foxg20.c | 1 + arch/arm/mach-at91/board-stamp9g20.c | 1 + arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c | 3 + arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/vulcan-setup.c | 1 + arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-dt.c | 24 +- arch/arm/mach-pxa/raumfeld.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-hash64.h | 128 ++++---- arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 34 ++- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c | 4 +- arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c | 22 +- arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash64.c | 11 +- arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S | 50 ++-- arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_hash64.c | 2 +- arch/s390/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 2 - arch/s390/kernel/entry.S | 3 +- arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S | 5 +- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c | 10 + arch/x86/power/cpu.c | 2 + drivers/block/loop.c | 24 +- drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c | 13 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c | 23 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c | 13 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 1 - drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c | 4 - drivers/hwmon/lineage-pem.c | 2 + drivers/hwmon/pmbus/ltc2978.c | 14 +- drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 16 + drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ids.c | 80 ++--- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 16 +- drivers/net/macvlan.c | 1 + drivers/net/team/team.c | 2 + drivers/net/tun.c | 2 + drivers/net/vxlan.c | 9 + drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt9812.c | 16 +- drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 4 - drivers/tty/pty.c | 1 - drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c | 52 +++- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 21 +- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c | 12 +- drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 4 +- drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c | 6 + drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c | 23 +- drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c | 1 + drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c | 6 +- drivers/usb/host/ehci-q.c | 36 ++- drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 20 ++ drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 5 + drivers/usb/serial/qcaux.c | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c | 7 +- drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c | 76 +---- drivers/usb/storage/initializers.h | 4 +- drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h | 329 ++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c | 22 +- drivers/w1/masters/w1-gpio.c | 4 +- drivers/w1/w1.c | 3 +- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback_ops.c | 3 +- fs/block_dev.c | 4 +- fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 6 + fs/ext3/super.c | 4 +- include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 7 + include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 + include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h | 5 +- include/video/atmel_lcdc.h | 1 + kernel/signal.c | 3 + net/bridge/br_mdb.c | 4 + net/core/dev.c | 1 + net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 + net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 8 + net/ieee802154/6lowpan.h | 2 +- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 3 +- net/ipv6/route.c | 3 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c | 1 + net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c | 27 +- net/rds/message.c | 3 + net/sctp/socket.c | 6 +- scripts/Makefile.headersinst | 11 +- security/selinux/xfrm.c | 2 +- sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c | 8 +- tools/usb/ffs-test.c | 2 +- 87 files changed, 920 insertions(+), 404 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html