This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.55 release.
There are 35 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 Sat Mar 18 14:28:52 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-4.4.55-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
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux 4.4.55-rc1
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
ext4: don't BUG when truncating encrypted inodes on the orphan list
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
dm: flush queued bios when process blocks to avoid deadlock
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
nfit, libnvdimm: fix interleave set cookie calculation
Michael Holzheu <holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/kdump: Use "LINUX" ELF note name instead of "CORE"
Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
KVM: s390: Fix guest migration for huge guests resulting in panic
Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
mvsas: fix misleading indentation
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
serial: samsung: Continue to work if DMA request fails
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: io_ti: fix information leak in completion handler
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: io_ti: fix NULL-deref in interrupt callback
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: iowarrior: fix NULL-deref in write
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: iowarrior: fix NULL-deref at probe
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: omninet: fix reference leaks at open
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: safe_serial: fix information leak in completion handler
Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
usb: host: xhci-plat: Fix timeout on removal of hot pluggable xhci controllers
Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxx>
usb: host: xhci-dbg: HCIVERSION should be a binary number
Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: function: f_fs: pass companion descriptor along
Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
usb: dwc3: gadget: make Set Endpoint Configuration macros safe
Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: dummy_hcd: clear usb_gadget region before registration
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc: Emulation support for load/store instructions on LE
Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
tracing: Add #undef to fix compile error
James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
MIPS: Netlogic: Fix CP0_EBASE redefinition warnings
Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
MIPS: DEC: Avoid la pseudo-instruction in delay slots
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
mm: memcontrol: avoid unused function warning
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
cpmac: remove hopeless #warning
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: ralink: Remove unused rt*_wdt_reset functions
John Crispin <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
MIPS: ralink: Cosmetic change to prom_init().
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
mtd: pmcmsp: use kstrndup instead of kmalloc+strncpy
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: Update lemote2f_defconfig for CPU_FREQ_STAT change
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: ip22: Fix ip28 build for modern gcc
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: Update ip27_defconfig for SCSI_DH change
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: ip27: Disable qlge driver in defconfig
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
MIPS: Update defconfigs for NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP/UDPLITE change
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
crypto: improve gcc optimization flags for serpent and wp512
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: digi_acceleport: fix OOB-event processing
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: digi_acceleport: fix OOB data sanity check
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Diffstat:
Makefile | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/ip22_defconfig | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig | 3 +-
arch/mips/configs/lemote2f_defconfig | 2 +-
arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_guest_defconfig | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/maltaup_xpa_defconfig | 4 +--
arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig | 2 +-
arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig | 2 +-
arch/mips/dec/int-handler.S | 40 +++++++++++++++++++--
arch/mips/netlogic/common/reset.S | 11 +++---
arch/mips/netlogic/common/smpboot.S | 4 +--
arch/mips/ralink/prom.c | 9 +++--
arch/mips/ralink/rt288x.c | 10 ------
arch/mips/ralink/rt305x.c | 11 ------
arch/mips/ralink/rt3883.c | 10 ------
arch/mips/sgi-ip22/Platform | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c | 20 -----------
arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c | 18 +++++-----
arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c | 19 +++++++++-
crypto/Makefile | 2 ++
drivers/acpi/nfit.c | 16 ++++++++-
drivers/md/dm.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c | 4 +--
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpmac.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c | 28 +++++++++++----
drivers/nvdimm/nd.h | 1 +
drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 9 +++++
drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c | 4 +--
drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c | 6 ++--
drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.h | 14 ++++----
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 15 ++++++--
drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c | 2 ++
drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbg.c | 2 +-
drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c | 2 ++
drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c | 21 +++++++----
drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c | 14 +++++---
drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c | 8 ++++-
drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c | 6 ----
drivers/usb/serial/safe_serial.c | 5 +++
fs/ext4/inode.c | 4 +++
include/linux/libnvdimm.h | 2 ++
include/trace/events/syscalls.h | 1 +
mm/memcontrol.c | 36 +++++++++----------
45 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)