This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.12.9 release. There are 41 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 Thu Aug 24 19:09:29 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-4.12.9-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-4.12.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.12.9-rc1 Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> usb: qmi_wwan: add D-Link DWM-222 device ID Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: optimize acpi companion search for usb port devices Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> debug: Fix WARN_ON_ONCE() for modules Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> pids: make task_tgid_nr_ns() safe Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sanitize 'move_pages()' permission checks Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> kernel/watchdog: Prevent false positives with turbo modes Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> genirq/ipi: Fixup checks against nr_cpu_ids Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> genirq: Restore trigger settings in irq_modify_status() Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> irqchip/atmel-aic: Fix unbalanced refcount in aic_common_rtc_irq_fixup() Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> irqchip/atmel-aic: Fix unbalanced of_node_put() in aic_common_irq_fixup() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/elf: Remove the unnecessary ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE checks Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> x86: Fix norandmaps/ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/asm/64: Clear AC on NMI entries Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> perf/x86: Fix RDPMC vs. mm_struct tracking Munehisa Kamata <kamatam@xxxxxxxxxx> xen-blkfront: use a right index when checking requests Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Fix VSX enabling/flushing to also test MSR_FP and MSR_VEC Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> blk-mq-pci: add a fallback when pci_irq_get_affinity returns NULL Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: imx6qdl-nitrogen6_som2: fix PCIe reset Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> xen: fix bio vec merging Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mm: revert x86_64 and arm64 ELF_ET_DYN_BASE base changes Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> mm/vmalloc.c: don't unconditonally use __GFP_HIGHMEM zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> mm/mempolicy: fix use after free when calling get_mempolicy Prakash Gupta <guptap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mm/cma_debug.c: fix stack corruption due to sprintf usage Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> mm: fix double mmap_sem unlock on MMF_UNSTABLE enforced SIGBUS Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx> slub: fix per memcg cache leak on css offline Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> mm: discard memblock data later Jussi Laako <jussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: usb-audio: add DSD support for new Amanero PID Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: usb-audio: Add mute TLV for playback volumes on C-Media devices Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: usb-audio: Apply sample rate quirk to Sennheiser headset Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@xxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: 2nd attempt at fixing race creating a queue Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> MD: not clear ->safemode for external metadata array NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> md: always clear ->safemode when md_check_recovery gets the mddev lock. NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> md: fix test in md_write_start() KT Liao <kt.liao@xxxxxxxxxx> Input: elan_i2c - Add antoher Lenovo ACPI ID for upcoming Lenovo NB Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Input: elan_i2c - add ELAN0608 to the ACPI table Chunming Zhou <David1.Zhou@xxxxxxx> drm/amdgpu: save list length when fence is signaled Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915: Perform an invalidate prior to executing golden renderstate megha.dey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <megha.dey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: x86/sha1 - Fix reads beyond the number of blocks passed Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: ixp4xx - Fix error handling path in 'aead_perform()' Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> parisc: pci memory bar assignment fails with 64bit kernels on dino/cujo Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> audit: Fix use after free in audit_remove_watch_rule() ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-nitrogen6_som2.dtsi | 4 +- arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/bug.h | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h | 4 +- arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h | 4 +- arch/mn10300/include/asm/bug.h | 2 +- arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h | 6 +-- arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h | 8 ++-- arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 5 +- arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h | 4 +- arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h | 4 +- arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/crypto/sha1_avx2_x86_64_asm.S | 67 ++++++++++++++------------- arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c | 2 +- arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 + arch/x86/events/core.c | 16 +++---- arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h | 4 +- arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 4 +- arch/x86/mm/mmap.c | 7 ++- block/blk-mq-pci.c | 8 +++- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 6 +-- drivers/crypto/ixp4xx_crypto.c | 6 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c | 13 +++--- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c | 4 ++ drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c | 4 ++ drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c | 5 +- drivers/md/md.c | 5 +- drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 1 + drivers/parisc/dino.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/core/usb-acpi.c | 26 +++++++++-- drivers/xen/biomerge.c | 3 +- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 +- include/linux/memblock.h | 6 ++- include/linux/nmi.h | 8 ++++ include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 +- include/linux/pid.h | 4 +- include/linux/sched.h | 51 ++++++++++---------- kernel/audit_watch.c | 12 +++-- kernel/events/core.c | 6 +-- kernel/irq/chip.c | 10 +++- kernel/irq/ipi.c | 4 +- kernel/pid.c | 11 ++--- kernel/watchdog.c | 1 + kernel/watchdog_hld.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/Kconfig.debug | 7 +++ mm/cma_debug.c | 2 +- mm/memblock.c | 38 +++++++-------- mm/memory.c | 12 ++++- mm/mempolicy.c | 5 -- mm/migrate.c | 11 ++--- mm/nobootmem.c | 16 ------- mm/page_alloc.c | 4 ++ mm/slub.c | 3 +- mm/vmalloc.c | 13 ++++-- sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c | 13 ++---- sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c | 14 ++++-- sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h | 2 +- sound/usb/mixer.c | 2 + sound/usb/mixer.h | 1 + sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c | 6 +++ sound/usb/quirks.c | 5 ++ 62 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 220 deletions(-)