NOTE: 3.16.7-ckt27 release will be the last 3.16 stable kernel release provided by the Canonical kernel team. However, as previously announced [1], Ben Hutchings will continue to maintain it for the Debian 8 'jessie'. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/07/msg00413.html This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.16.7-ckt27 stable kernel. This version contains 17 new patches, summarized below. The new patches are posted as replies to this message and also available in this git branch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-review git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git linux-3.16.y-review The review period for version 3.16.7-ckt27 will be open for the next three days. To report a problem, please reply to the relevant follow-up patch message. For more information about the Linux 3.16.y-ckt extended stable kernel series, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable . -Luis -- arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 12 ++++++++++ arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_sa.c | 7 ++++++ drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- drivers/input/misc/powermate.c | 3 +++ drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 10 ++++++--- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_tiocmd.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 3 +++ drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c | 6 +++++ fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 6 ++++- include/linux/cpu.h | 6 +++++ include/linux/poison.h | 4 ++-- init/main.c | 1 + kernel/cpu.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 ++++ net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 4 ++++ net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c | 12 ++++++++-- sound/usb/clock.c | 2 ++ sound/usb/endpoint.c | 3 +++ sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c | 4 ++++ sound/usb/pcm.c | 2 ++ sound/usb/quirks.c | 6 +++++ 24 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) Andy Lutomirski (1): x86/iopl/64: Properly context-switch IOPL on Xen PV David S. Miller (1): ipv4: Don't do expensive useless work during inetdev destroy. Gabriel Krisman Bertazi (1): ipr: Fix regression when loading firmware Ingo Molnar (1): cpu: Provide smpboot_thread_init() on !CONFIG_SMP kernels as well Insu Yun (1): ipr: Fix out-of-bounds null overwrite Josh Boyer (2): Input: powermate - fix oops with malicious USB descriptors USB: iowarrior: fix oops with malicious USB descriptors Nicolai Hähnle (1): drm/radeon: hold reference to fences in radeon_sa_bo_new (3.17 and older) Oliver Neukum (1): USB: cdc-acm: more sanity checking Paul E. McKenney (1): cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler Spencer E. Olson (1): staging: comedi: ni_tiocmd: change mistaken use of start_src for start_arg Takashi Iwai (2): ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL dereference in create_fixed_stream_quirk() ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity checks for endpoint accesses Vasily Kulikov (1): include/linux/poison.h: fix LIST_POISON{1,2} offset Vitaly Kuznetsov (1): Drivers: hv: vmbus: prevent cpu offlining on newer hypervisors Vladis Dronov (1): Input: ati_remote2 - fix crashes on detecting device with invalid descriptor Yan, Zheng (1): ceph: fix request time stamp encoding -- 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