This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.54 release. There are 36 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 15 08:33:39 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-4.4.54-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 4.4.54-rc1 K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> drivers: hv: Turn off write permission on the hypercall page OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fat: fix using uninitialized fields of fat_inode/fsinfo_inode Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> libceph: use BUG() instead of BUG_ON(1) Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915/dsi: Do not clear DPOUNIT_CLOCK_GATE_DISABLE from vlv_init_display_clock_gating Alexander Aring <aar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fakelb: fix schedule while atomic Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> drm/atomic: fix an error code in mode_fixup() Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@xxxxxxx> drm/ttm: Make sure BOs being swapped out are cacheable Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/edid: Add EDID_QUIRK_FORCE_8BPC quirk for Rotel RSX-1058 Y.C. Chen <yc_chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/ast: Fix AST2400 POST failure without BMC FW or VBIOS Y.C. Chen <yc_chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/ast: Call open_key before enable_mmio in POST code Y.C. Chen <yc_chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/ast: Fix test for VGA enabled Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> drm/amdgpu: add more cases to DCE11 possible crtc mask setup Matt Chen <matt.chen@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: flush delayed work when entering suspend Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> xtensa: move parse_tag_fdt out of #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD Clemens Gruber <clemens.gruber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> pwm: pca9685: Fix period change with same duty cycle Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> nlm: Ensure callback code also checks that the files match Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> target: Fix NULL dereference during LUN lookup + active I/O shutdown Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> ceph: remove req from unsafe list when unregistering it Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> ktest: Fix child exit code processing Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> IB/srp: Fix race conditions related to task management Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> IB/srp: Avoid that duplicate responses trigger a kernel bug Erez Shitrit <erezsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> IB/IPoIB: Add destination address when re-queue packet Feras Daoud <ferasda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> IB/ipoib: Fix deadlock between rmmod and set_mode Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating shadow/side mounts. Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: mvpp2: fix DMA address calculation in mvpp2_txq_inc_put() Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> s390: use correct input data address for setup_randomness Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> s390: make setup_randomness work Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> s390: TASK_SIZE for kernel threads Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx> s390/dcssblk: fix device size calculation in dcssblk_direct_access() Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qdio: clear DSCI prior to scanning multiple input queues Dmitry Tunin <hanipouspilot@xxxxxxxxx> Bluetooth: Add another AR3012 04ca:3018 device Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: VMX: use correct vmcs_read/write for guest segment selector/base Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: Disable dirty log retrieval for UCONTROL guests Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> serial: 8250_pci: Add MKS Tenta SCOM-0800 and SCOM-0801 cards Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx> tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h | 3 +- arch/s390/kernel/setup.c | 8 +- arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 3 + arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 4 +- arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c | 4 +- drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c | 2 + drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/dce_v11_0.c | 6 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_post.c | 48 +++++++--- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 3 + drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 13 ++- drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c | 4 +- drivers/hv/hv.c | 2 +- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c | 12 +-- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 36 ++++---- drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c | 49 ++++++---- drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ieee802154/fakelb.c | 14 +-- drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c | 11 --- drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c | 2 +- drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.c | 8 +- drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 10 ++- drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c | 3 +- drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 31 ++++++- drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c | 143 ++++++++++++++---------------- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 13 +++ fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 5 +- fs/fat/inode.c | 13 ++- fs/mount.h | 1 - fs/namespace.c | 109 ++++++++++++----------- fs/pnode.c | 61 ++++++++++--- fs/pnode.h | 2 + include/linux/ceph/osdmap.h | 2 +- include/linux/lockd/lockd.h | 3 +- include/target/target_core_base.h | 1 + net/mac80211/pm.c | 1 + tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 2 +- 40 files changed, 406 insertions(+), 236 deletions(-)