This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.44 release. There are 48 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 Fri Jan 20 10:46:08 UTC 2017. 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-4.4.44-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-4.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.44-rc1 Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: sh-pfc: Do not unconditionally support PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/ibmebus: Fix device reference leaks in sysfs interface Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/ibmebus: Fix further device reference leaks Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> bus: vexpress-config: fix device reference leak Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> blk-mq: Always schedule hctx->next_cpu Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> ACPI / APEI: Fix NMI notification handling Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> block: cfq_cpd_alloc() should use @gfp Denis Kirjanov <kda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cpufreq: powernv: Disable preemption while checking CPU throttling state NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> NFSv4.1: nfs4_fl_prepare_ds must be careful about reporting success. Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> NFS: Fix a performance regression in readdir Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> pNFS: Fix race in pnfs_wait_on_layoutreturn Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: meson: fix gpio request disabling other modes Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> btrfs: fix error handling when run_delayed_extent_op fails Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> btrfs: fix locking when we put back a delayed ref that's too new Lukasz Odzioba <lukasz.odzioba@xxxxxxxxx> x86/cpu: Fix bootup crashes by sanitizing the argument of the 'clearcpuid=' command-line option Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix modem-control and B0 handling Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix resume after reset Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> drm/radeon: drop verde dpm quirks Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@xxxxxxxxxx> sysctl: Drop reference added by grab_header in proc_sys_readdir Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> sysrq: attach sysrq handler correctly for 32-bit kernel Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx> tty/serial: atmel_serial: BUG: stop DMA from transmitting in stop_tx Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mnt: Protect the mountpoint hashtable with mount_lock Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@xxxxxxxxx> vme: Fix wrong pointer utilization in ca91cx42_slave_get Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> xhci: fix deadlock at host remove by running watchdog correctly Vlad Tsyrklevich <vlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> i2c: fix kernel memory disclosure in dev interface John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> i2c: print correct device invalid address Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Input: elants_i2c - avoid divide by 0 errors on bad touchscreen data Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix open and resume after B0 Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix control-message error handling Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix open error handling Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ch341: fix initial modem-control state Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix line-state error handling Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> nl80211: fix sched scan netlink socket owner destruction Steve Rutherford <srutherford@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: Introduce segmented_write_std Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: emulate FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: add asm_safe wrapper Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: add Align16 instruction flag David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: flush pending lapic jump label updates on module unload David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> jump_labels: API for flushing deferred jump label updates Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: eventfd: fix NULL deref irqbypass consumer Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: fix emulation of "MOV SS, null selector" Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> mm/hugetlb.c: fix reservation race when freeing surplus pages Eric Ren <zren@xxxxxxxx> ocfs2: fix crash caused by stale lvb with fsdlm plugin Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> mm: fix devm_memremap_pages crash, use mem_hotplug_{begin, done} Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx> selftests: do not require bash for the generated test Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx> selftests: do not require bash to run netsocktests testcase Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx> Input: i8042 - add Pegatron touchpad to noloop table Pavel Rojtberg <rojtberg@xxxxxxxxx> Input: xpad - use correct product id for x360w controllers ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c | 16 +- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 249 +++++++++++++++++++++++---- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 6 + arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 1 + arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 + block/blk-mq.c | 4 +- block/cfq-iosched.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 7 +- drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c | 7 +- drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c | 13 -- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 2 +- drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 2 +- drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c | 6 + drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h | 6 + drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c | 4 +- drivers/pinctrl/meson/pinctrl-meson.c | 2 +- drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c | 3 +- drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 11 ++ drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c | 11 -- drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 13 -- drivers/usb/serial/ch341.c | 84 +++++---- drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c | 9 +- drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c | 2 +- fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 5 +- fs/dcache.c | 7 +- fs/namespace.c | 64 +++++-- fs/nfs/dir.c | 15 +- fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c | 3 +- fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 8 +- fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 10 ++ fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c | 6 + fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h | 3 + fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +- include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h | 5 + kernel/jump_label.c | 7 + kernel/memremap.c | 4 + mm/hugetlb.c | 37 +++- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 16 +- tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/run_netsocktests | 2 +- virt/lib/irqbypass.c | 4 +- 45 files changed, 488 insertions(+), 192 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