This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.24 release.
There are 69 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 Apr 21 14:16:02 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-4.9.24-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-4.9.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 4.9.24-rc1
Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>
sctp: deny peeloff operation on asocs with threads sleeping on it
Mantas M <grawity@xxxxxxxxx>
net: ipv6: check route protocol when deleting routes
Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx>
virtio-console: avoid DMA from stack
Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cxusb: Use a dma capable buffer also for reading
Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
dvb-usb-firmware: don't do DMA on stack
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
dvb-usb: don't use stack for firmware load
Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
mm: Tighten x86 /dev/mem with zeroing reads
Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
rtc: tegra: Implement clock handling
Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
ACPI / EC: Use busy polling mode when GPE is not enabled
Mohit Gambhir <mohit.gambhir@xxxxxxxxxx>
x86/xen: Fix APIC id mismatch warning on Intel
Lee, Chun-Yi <joeyli.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
platform/x86: acer-wmi: setup accelerometer when machine has appropriate notify event
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: Intel: select DW_DMAC_CORE since it's mandatory
Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx>
nbd: fix 64-bit division
Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx>
nbd: use loff_t for blocksize and nbd_set_size args
Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
drm/nouveau/disp/mcp7x: disable dptmds workaround
Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
mm: memcontrol: use special workqueue for creating per-memcg caches
Daeho Jeong <daeho.jeong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: fix inode checksum calculation problem if i_extra_size is small
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
dvb-usb-v2: avoid use-after-free
Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ath9k: fix NULL pointer dereference
Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
parisc: Fix get_user() for 64-bit value on 32-bit kernel
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: ahash - Fix EINPROGRESS notification callback
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: algif_aead - Fix bogus request dereference in completion function
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
ftrace: Fix function pid filter on instances
Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
zram: do not use copy_page with non-page aligned address
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
kvm: fix page struct leak in handle_vmon
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Revert "MIPS: Lantiq: Fix cascaded IRQ setup"
Max Bires <jbires@xxxxxxxxxx>
char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on
Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ftrace: Fix removing of second function probe
Tyler Baker <tyler.baker@xxxxxxxxxx>
irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2: Fix spinlock initialization
Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
cpufreq: Bring CPUs up even if cpufreq_online() failed
David Wu <david.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
pwm: rockchip: State of PWM clock should synchronize with PWM enabled state
Markus Marb <markus@xxxxxxxx>
can: ifi: use correct register to read rx status
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
libnvdimm: fix reconfig_mutex, mmap_sem, and jbd2_handle lockdep splat
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
libnvdimm: fix blk free space accounting
Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
make skb_copy_datagram_msg() et.al. preserve ->msg_iter on error
Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
new privimitive: iov_iter_revert()
Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
xen, fbfront: fix connecting to backend
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
target: Avoid mappedlun symlink creation during lun shutdown
Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: sd: Fix capacity calculation with 32-bit sector_t
Sawan Chandak <sawan.chandak@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: qla2xxx: Add fix to read correct register value for ISP82xx.
Fam Zheng <famz@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: sd: Consider max_xfer_blocks if opt_xfer_blocks is unusable
Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: sr: Sanity check returned mode data
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
iscsi-target: Drop work-around for legacy GlobalSAN initiator
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
iscsi-target: Fix TMR reference leak during session shutdown
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
efi/fb: Avoid reconfiguration of BAR that covers the framebuffer
Cohen, Eugene <eugene@xxxxxx>
efi/libstub: Skip GOP with PIXEL_BLT_ONLY format
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
parisc: fix bugs in pa_memcpy
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
ACPI / scan: Set the visited flag for all enumerated devices
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
acpi, nfit, libnvdimm: fix interleave set cookie calculation (64-bit comparison)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
x86/vdso: Plug race between mapping and ELF header setup
Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
x86/vdso: Ensure vdso32_enabled gets set to valid values only
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
x86, pmem: fix broken __copy_user_nocache cache-bypass assumptions
Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
x86/signals: Fix lower/upper bound reporting in compat siginfo
Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx>
x86/efi: Don't try to reserve runtime regions
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
perf/x86: Avoid exposing wrong/stale data in intel_pmu_lbr_read_32()
Cameron Gutman <aicommander@xxxxxxxxx>
Input: xpad - add support for Razer Wildcat gamepad
Germano Percossi <germano.percossi@xxxxxxxxxx>
CIFS: store results of cifs_reopen_file to avoid infinite wait
Germano Percossi <germano.percossi@xxxxxxxxxx>
CIFS: reconnect thread reschedule itself
Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
drm/etnaviv: fix missing unlock on error in etnaviv_gpu_submit()
Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/nouveau/mmu/nv4a: use nv04 mmu rather than the nv44 one
Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/nouveau/mpeg: mthd returns true on success now
Martin Brandenburg <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
orangefs: free superblock when mount fails
Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
zsmalloc: expand class bit
Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs clear soft dirty race
Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs. MADV_FREE race
Xiubo Li <lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tcmu: Skip Data-Out blocks before gathering Data-In buffer for BIDI case
Xiubo Li <lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tcmu: Fix wrongly calculating of the base_command_size
Xiubo Li <lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tcmu: Fix possible overwrite of t_data_sg's last iov[]
Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
cgroup, kthread: close race window where new kthreads can be migrated to non-root cgroups
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Diffstat:
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c | 38 +++++-----
arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 86 +++++++++++++--------
arch/parisc/lib/lusercopy.S | 27 +++----
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32-setup.c | 11 ++-
arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c | 3 +
arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h | 42 ++++++++---
arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c | 4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 10 ++-
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 41 +++++++---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 4 +
arch/x86/xen/apic.c | 2 +-
crypto/ahash.c | 79 ++++++++++++-------
crypto/algif_aead.c | 12 +--
drivers/acpi/ec.c | 62 ++++++++-------
drivers/acpi/internal.h | 4 +-
drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 6 +-
drivers/acpi/scan.c | 19 +++--
drivers/block/nbd.c | 10 +--
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 6 +-
drivers/char/Kconfig | 5 +-
drivers/char/mem.c | 82 ++++++++++++--------
drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 12 ++-
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 18 ++++-
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/gop.c | 6 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c | 3 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/nv50.c | 2 -
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/mpeg/nv31.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/mpeg/nv44.c | 2 +-
drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c | 2 +
drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c | 2 +
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c | 9 ++-
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c | 15 ++--
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 33 +++++---
drivers/net/can/ifi_canfd/ifi_canfd.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c | 8 +-
drivers/nvdimm/bus.c | 6 ++
drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c | 77 +++----------------
drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c | 22 +++++-
drivers/pwm/pwm-rockchip.c | 40 ++++++++--
drivers/rtc/rtc-tegra.c | 28 ++++++-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 7 +-
drivers/scsi/sd.c | 23 +++++-
drivers/scsi/sr.c | 6 +-
drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c | 16 ----
drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c | 12 +--
drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c | 5 ++
drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c | 4 +
drivers/target/target_core_user.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++-------
drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c | 66 +++++++++++++++-
drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c | 4 +-
fs/cifs/file.c | 6 +-
fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c | 10 ++-
fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +-
fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c | 9 ++-
fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h | 1 +
fs/orangefs/super.c | 23 ++++--
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 9 ++-
include/crypto/internal/hash.h | 10 +++
include/linux/cgroup.h | 21 ++++++
include/linux/sched.h | 4 +
include/linux/uio.h | 6 +-
include/target/target_core_base.h | 1 +
kernel/cgroup.c | 9 ++-
kernel/kthread.c | 3 +
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 29 ++++++-
kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 +
kernel/trace/trace.h | 2 +
lib/iov_iter.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++
mm/huge_memory.c | 3 +-
mm/memcontrol.c | 15 +++-
mm/zsmalloc.c | 2 +-
net/core/datagram.c | 23 +++---
net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +
net/sctp/socket.c | 8 +-
sound/soc/intel/Kconfig | 31 ++++----
78 files changed, 939 insertions(+), 442 deletions(-)