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NOTE
This is the LAST 4.6.y kernel that will be released. After this
release, it is end-of-life. You should be moving on to 4.7.y at this
point in time. You have been warned.
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This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.6.7 release.
There are 56 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 Tue Aug 16 20:24:52 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-4.6.7-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.6.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux 4.6.7-rc1
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation error
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: short-cut orphan cleanup on error
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
ext4: validate s_reserved_gdt_blocks on mount
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: don't call ext4_should_journal_data() on the journal inode
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
ext4: fix deadlock during page writeback
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: check for extents that wrap around
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: mvebu-uart: free the IRQ in ->shutdown()
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: scatterwalk - Fix test in scatterwalk_done
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: gcm - Filter out async ghash if necessary
Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@xxxxxxxx>
Revert "cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of cpuinfo_transition_latency"
Wei Fang <fangwei1@xxxxxxxxxx>
fs/dcache.c: avoid soft-lockup in dput()
Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Revert "mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements"
Wei Fang <fangwei1@xxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fix wrong assignment of ->flags in fuse_send_init()
Maxim Patlasov <mpatlasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fuse_flush must check mapping->flags for errors
Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fsync() did not return IO errors
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
x86/power/64: Fix hibernation return address corruption
Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
x86/microcode: Fix suspend to RAM with builtin microcode
Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
radix-tree: account nodes to memcg only if explicitly requested
Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
sysv, ipc: fix security-layer leaking
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
block: fix use-after-free in seq file
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
x86/syscalls/64: Add compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace
Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
mm: memcontrol: fix memcg id ref counter on swap charge move
Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
mm: memcontrol: fix swap counter leak on swapout from offline cgroup
Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/bpf/jit: Disable classic BPF JIT on ppc64le
Gavin Shan <gwshan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/eeh: Fix invalid cached PE primary bus
Alden Tondettar <alden.tondettar@xxxxxxxxx>
udf: Prevent stack overflow on corrupted filesystem mount
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mm/pat: Fix BUG_ON() in mmap_mem() on QEMU/i386
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/pat: Document the PAT initialization sequence
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/xen, pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mtrr: Fix PAT init handling when MTRR is disabled
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mtrr: Fix Xorg crashes in Qemu sessions
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mm/pat: Replace cpu_has_pat with boot_cpu_has()
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mm/pat: Add pat_disable() interface
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
x86/mm/pat: Add support of non-default PAT MSR setting
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
random: strengthen input validation for RNDADDTOENTCNT
Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
regulator: qcom_smd: Remove list_voltage callback for rpm_smps_ldo_ops_fixed
John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
apparmor: fix ref count leak when profile sha1 hash is read
Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx>
IB/hfi1: Fix deadlock with txreq allocation slow path
Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx>
IB/hfi1: Correct issues with sc5 computation
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
KEYS: 64-bit MIPS needs to use compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace
Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx>
arm: oabi compat: add missing access checks
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
i2c: i801: Allow ACPI SystemIO OpRegion to conflict with PCI BAR
Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx>
tcp: consider recv buf for the initial window scale
Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx>
macsec: ensure rx_sa is set when validation is disabled
Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@xxxxxxxxxx>
qed: Fix setting/clearing bit in completion bitmap
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure
Mike Manning <mmanning@xxxxxxxxxxx>
net: ipv6: Always leave anycast and multicast groups on link down
Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
bridge: Fix incorrect re-injection of LLDP packets
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
vlan: use a valid default mtu value for vlan over macsec
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
net: bgmac: Fix infinite loop in bgmac_dma_tx_add()
Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx>
bonding: set carrier off for devices created through netlink
Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
tcp: enable per-socket rate limiting of all 'challenge acks'
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
tcp: make challenge acks less predictable
WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
libnvdimm, pfn, dax: fix initialization vs autodetect for mode + alignment
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
libnvdimm, dax: record the specified alignment of a dax-device instance
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Diffstat:
Documentation/cpu-freq/pcc-cpufreq.txt | 4 +-
Documentation/x86/pat.txt | 32 +++++++++
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 8 ++-
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S | 2 +-
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c | 7 +-
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h | 2 -
arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h | 6 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 3 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c | 24 ++++---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c | 13 +++-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.h | 1 +
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 7 --
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++------------
arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S | 4 +-
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 9 ---
block/genhd.c | 1 +
crypto/gcm.c | 4 +-
crypto/scatterwalk.c | 3 +-
drivers/char/random.c | 13 ++--
drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c | 2 -
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c | 6 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_spq.c | 7 +-
drivers/net/macsec.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 5 +-
drivers/nvdimm/pfn.h | 4 +-
drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 53 ++++++++++++---
drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 4 +-
drivers/regulator/qcom_smd-regulator.c | 1 -
drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/ud.c | 23 +------
drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs_txreq.c | 4 +-
drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h | 1 +
drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 2 +
fs/dcache.c | 7 +-
fs/ext4/balloc.c | 3 +
fs/ext4/extents.c | 8 ++-
fs/ext4/inode.c | 35 ++++++++--
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 17 +----
fs/ext4/super.c | 17 +++++
fs/fuse/file.c | 24 +++++++
fs/fuse/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/udf/super.c | 67 +++++++++++-------
include/linux/netdevice.h | 7 ++
ipc/msg.c | 2 +-
ipc/sem.c | 12 ++--
lib/radix-tree.c | 14 ++--
mm/memcontrol.c | 68 +++++++++++++++----
mm/mempool.c | 18 +----
net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 10 +--
net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c | 7 +-
net/bridge/br_input.c | 18 +++++
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 54 +++++++++------
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 3 +-
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 4 ++
net/irda/af_irda.c | 7 +-
security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 1 +
63 files changed, 619 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)
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