This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.8.10 release. There are 49 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 Mon Nov 21 09:20:18 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-4.8.10-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-4.8.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.8.10-rc1 Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: f_fs: stop sleeping in ffs_func_eps_disable Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: f_fs: edit epfile->ep under lock David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Delete now unused user copy fixup functions. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Delete now unused user copy assembler helpers. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert U3copy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert NG2copy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert NGcopy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert NG4copy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert U1copy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert GENcopy_{from,to}_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Convert copy_in_user to accurate exception reporting. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Prepare to move to more saner user copy exception handling. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Delete __ret_efault. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Handle extremely large kernel TLB range flushes more gracefully. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Fix illegal relative branches in hypervisor patched TLB cross-call code. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Fix instruction count in comment for __hypervisor_flush_tlb_pending. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Fix illegal relative branches in hypervisor patched TLB code. David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Handle extremely large kernel TSB range flushes sanely. James Clarke <jrtc27@xxxxxxxxxx> sparc: Handle negative offsets in arch_jump_label_transform Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> spi: spidev_test: fix build with musl libc Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> net: stmmac: Fix lack of link transition for fixed PHYs Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: change sk state only when it has assocs in sctp_shutdown Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> bnx2: Wait for in-flight DMA to complete at probe stage Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> Revert "bnx2: Reset device during driver initialization" Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: spectrum_router: Correctly dump neighbour activity Yotam Gigi <yotamg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: spectrum: Fix refcount bug on span entries Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> Revert "include/uapi/linux/atm_zatm.h: include linux/time.h" Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() Stephen Suryaputra Lin <stephen.suryaputra.lin@xxxxxxxxx> ipv4: use new_gw for redirect neigh lookup Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: __skb_flow_dissect() must cap its return value David Ahern <dsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: icmp_route_lookup should use rt dev to determine L3 domain Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> sock: fix sendmmsg for partial sendmsg Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> fib_trie: Correct /proc/net/route off by one error David Ahern <dsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: icmp6_send should use dst dev to determine L3 domain Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> bpf: fix htab map destruction when extra reserve is in use Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: assign assoc_id earlier in __sctp_connect Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: dccp: add missing bind_conflict to dccp_ipv6_mapped Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: dccp: fix out of bound access in dccp_v6_err() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> dccp: fix out of bound access in dccp_v4_err() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> dccp: do not send reset to already closed sockets Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> dccp: do not release listeners too soon Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: fix return value for partial writes Lance Richardson <lrichard@xxxxxxxxxx> ipv4: allow local fragmentation in ip_finish_output_gso() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: fix potential memory corruption Eli Cooper <elicooper@xxxxxxx> ip6_tunnel: Clear IP6CB in ip6tunnel_xmit() Andy Gospodarek <gospo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> bgmac: stop clearing DMA receive control register right after it is set Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: mangle zero checksum in skb_checksum_help() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: clear sk_err_soft in sk_clone_lock() Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> dctcp: avoid bogus doubling of cwnd after loss ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 28 +- arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S | 36 -- arch/sparc/kernel/jump_label.c | 23 +- arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms_64.c | 1 - arch/sparc/lib/GENcopy_from_user.S | 4 +- arch/sparc/lib/GENcopy_to_user.S | 4 +- arch/sparc/lib/GENmemcpy.S | 48 ++- arch/sparc/lib/Makefile | 2 +- arch/sparc/lib/NG2copy_from_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/NG2copy_to_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/NG2memcpy.S | 228 ++++++++----- arch/sparc/lib/NG4copy_from_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/NG4copy_to_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/NG4memcpy.S | 294 ++++++++++++---- arch/sparc/lib/NGcopy_from_user.S | 4 +- arch/sparc/lib/NGcopy_to_user.S | 4 +- arch/sparc/lib/NGmemcpy.S | 233 ++++++++----- arch/sparc/lib/U1copy_from_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/U1copy_to_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/U1memcpy.S | 345 ++++++++++++------- arch/sparc/lib/U3copy_from_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/U3copy_to_user.S | 8 +- arch/sparc/lib/U3memcpy.S | 227 +++++++++---- arch/sparc/lib/copy_in_user.S | 35 +- arch/sparc/lib/user_fixup.c | 71 ---- arch/sparc/mm/tsb.c | 17 + arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S | 374 +++++++++++++++++---- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c | 48 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c | 4 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 22 +- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 7 + drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 107 +++++- include/net/ip.h | 1 - include/net/ip6_tunnel.h | 1 + include/net/sock.h | 4 +- include/net/tcp.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/atm_zatm.h | 1 - kernel/bpf/hashtab.c | 3 +- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- net/core/flow_dissector.c | 11 +- net/core/sock.c | 6 +- net/dccp/ipv4.c | 16 +- net/dccp/ipv6.c | 19 +- net/dccp/proto.c | 4 + net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 21 +- net/ipv4/icmp.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/ip_forward.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 6 +- net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c | 11 - net/ipv4/ipmr.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/route.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c | 13 +- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 19 +- net/ipv6/icmp.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 6 +- net/sctp/socket.c | 22 +- net/socket.c | 2 + tools/spi/spidev_test.c | 1 + 61 files changed, 1625 insertions(+), 802 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