This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.6 release. There are 50 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 16 17:49:43 UTC 2016. 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/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.4.6-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.6-rc1 James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> ld-version: Fix awk regex compile failure Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> target: Drop incorrect ABORT_TASK put for completed commands Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> block: don't optimize for non-cloned bio in bio_get_last_bvec() James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: smp.c: Fix uninitialised temp_foreign_map Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix build error when SMP is used without GIC Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx> ovl: fix getcwd() failure after unsuccessful rmdir Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> ovl: copy new uid/gid into overlayfs runtime inode Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> userfaultfd: don't block on the last VM updates at exit time Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/powernv: Fix OPAL_CONSOLE_FLUSH prototype and usages Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/powernv: Add a kmsg_dumper that flushes console output on panic Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Fix dedotify for binutils >= 2.26 Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> Revert "drm/radeon/pm: adjust display configuration after powerstate" Mario Kleiner <mario.kleiner.de@xxxxxxxxx> drm/radeon: Fix error handling in radeon_flip_work_func. Mario Kleiner <mario.kleiner.de@xxxxxxxxx> drm/amdgpu: Fix error handling in amdgpu_flip_work_func. Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "drm/radeon: call hpd_irq_event on resume" Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86/mm: Fix slow_virt_to_phys() for X86_PAE again Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> gpu: ipu-v3: Do not bail out on missing optional port nodes Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mac80211: Fix Public Action frame RX in AP mode Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: check PN correctly for GCMP-encrypted fragmented MPDUs Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> mac80211: minstrel_ht: fix a logic error in RTS/CTS handling Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> mac80211: minstrel_ht: set default tx aggregation timeout to 0 Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: fix use of uninitialised values in RX aggregation Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> mac80211: minstrel: Change expected throughput unit back to Kbps Liad Kaufman <liad.kaufman@xxxxxxxxx> iwlwifi: mvm: inc pending frames counter also when txing non-sta Maximilain Schneider <max@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: gs_usb: fixed disconnect bug by removing erroneous use of kfree() Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> cfg80211/wext: fix message ordering Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> wext: fix message delay/ordering Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> ovl: fix working on distributed fs as lower layer Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> ovl: ignore lower entries when checking purity of non-directory entries Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ASoC: wm8958: Fix enum ctl accesses in a wrong type Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ASoC: wm8994: Fix enum ctl accesses in a wrong type Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ASoC: samsung: Use IRQ safe spin lock calls Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ASoC: dapm: Fix ctl value accesses in a wrong type Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ncpfs: fix a braino in OOM handling in ncp_fill_cache() Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> jffs2: reduce the breakage on recovery from halfway failed rename() Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx> dmaengine: at_xdmac: fix residue computation Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> tracing: Fix check for cpu online when event is disabled Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> s390/dasd: fix diag 0x250 inline assembly Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> s390/mm: four page table levels vs. fork Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: MMU: fix reserved bit check for ept=0/CR0.WP=0/CR4.SMEP=1/EFER.NX=0 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: MMU: fix ept=0/pte.u=1/pte.w=0/CR0.WP=0/CR4.SMEP=1/EFER.NX=0 combo Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Sanitize special-purpose register values on guest exit David Hildenbrand <dahi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: correct fprs on SIGP (STOP AND) STORE STATUS Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: VMX: disable PEBS before a guest entry David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> kvm: cap halt polling at exactly halt_poll_ns Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx> PCI: Allow a NULL "parent" pointer in pci_bus_assign_domain_nr() Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@xxxxxx> ARM: OMAP2+: hwmod: Introduce ti,no-idle dt property Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx> ARM: dts: dra7: do not gate cpsw clock due to errata i877 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: mvebu: fix overlap of Crypto SRAM with PCIe memory window Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> arm64: account for sparsemem section alignment when choosing vmemmap offset ------------- Diffstat: .../devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt | 1 + Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt | 3 +- Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-axpwifiap.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-db.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-gp.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-linksys-mamba.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-matrix.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-openblocks-ax3-4.dts | 6 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-synology-ds414.dts | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi | 10 +++ arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c | 9 ++- arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h | 3 + arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 5 +- arch/mips/Kconfig | 7 +- arch/mips/kernel/smp.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h | 3 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h | 3 + arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 14 ++++ arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile | 1 + arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-kmsg.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S | 1 + arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 3 + arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 16 +++-- arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 24 +++++-- arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 4 +- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 43 +++++++++---- arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 14 ++-- drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c | 42 +++++++++++- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 1 - drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c | 5 +- drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c | 21 +++--- drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 24 ++++--- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c | 9 +++ drivers/pci/pci.c | 4 +- drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c | 9 ++- drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c | 1 - fs/jffs2/dir.c | 11 +++- fs/ncpfs/dir.c | 2 +- fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 10 ++- fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 2 + fs/overlayfs/super.c | 13 ++-- fs/userfaultfd.c | 6 ++ include/linux/bio.h | 5 -- include/linux/tracepoint.h | 17 ++--- include/net/iw_handler.h | 6 ++ net/mac80211/agg-rx.c | 2 +- net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 2 +- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c | 2 +- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 7 +- net/mac80211/rx.c | 37 ++++++++--- net/wireless/core.c | 2 + net/wireless/wext-core.c | 52 +++++++++++---- scripts/ld-version.sh | 2 +- sound/soc/codecs/wm8958-dsp2.c | 8 +-- sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c | 4 +- sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c | 21 +++--- sound/soc/soc-dapm.c | 8 +-- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 + 65 files changed, 467 insertions(+), 165 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