This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.98 release. There are 56 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 Nov 15 12:55:32 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-4.4.98-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 4.4.98-rc1 Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> PKCS#7: fix unitialized boolean 'want' Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> x86/oprofile/ppro: Do not use __this_cpu*() in preemptible context Richard Schütz <rschuetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: c_can: don't indicate triple sampling support for D_CAN Gerhard Bertelsmann <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: sun4i: handle overrun in RX FIFO Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> rbd: use GFP_NOIO for parent stat and data requests Sinclair Yeh <syeh@xxxxxxxxxx> drm/vmwgfx: Fix Ubuntu 17.10 Wayland black screen issue Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Input: elan_i2c - add ELAN060C to the ACPI table Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@xxxxxx> MIPS: AR7: Ensure that serial ports are properly set up Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@xxxxxxxxx> MIPS: AR7: Defer registration of GPIO Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> tools: firmware: check for distro fallback udev cancel rule Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> selftests: firmware: send expected errors to /dev/null Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> selftests: firmware: add empty string and async tests Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> test: firmware_class: report errors properly on failure Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: SMP: Fix deadlock & online race Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@xxxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix race on setting and getting cpu_online_mask Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: SMP: Use a completion event to signal CPU up Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix CM region target definitions Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: microMIPS: Fix incorrect mask in insn_table_MM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: Avoid invalid lockdep class warning Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: Fix OSS sysex delivery in OSS emulation Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> ARM: 8720/1: ensure dump_instr() checks addr_limit Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: fix NULL pointer dereference during ASN.1 parsing [ver #2] Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: x86/sha1-mb - fix panic due to unaligned access Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx> workqueue: Fix NULL pointer dereference Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86/uaccess, sched/preempt: Verify access_ok() context Carlo Caione <carlo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> platform/x86: hp-wmi: Do not shadow error values Carlo Caione <carlo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix error value for hp_wmi_tablet_state Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: trusted: fix writing past end of buffer in trusted_read() Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: trusted: sanitize all key material Enrico Mioso <mrkiko.rs@xxxxxxxxx> cdc_ncm: Set NTB format again after altsetting switch for Huawei devices Carlo Caione <carlo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix detection for dock and tablet mode Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: dsa: select NET_SWITCHDEV Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: issue STARTLAN as first IPA command Feras Daoud <ferasda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> IB/ipoib: Change list_del to list_del_init in the tx object Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Input: mpr121 - set missing event capability Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Input: mpr121 - handle multiple bits change of status register Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> IPsec: do not ignore crypto err in ah4 input Liping Zhang <zlpnobody@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: nft_meta: deal with PACKET_LOOPBACK in netdev family William wu <wulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: hcd: initialize hcd->flags to 0 when rm hcd Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> serial: sh-sci: Fix register offsets for the IRDA serial port Volodymyr Bendiuga <volodymyr.bendiuga@xxxxxxxxx> phy: increase size of MII_BUS_ID_SIZE and bus_id David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dt-bindings: Add vendor prefix for LEGO David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dt-bindings: Add LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 compatible specification Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx> iio: trigger: free trigger resource correctly Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: vmx - disable preemption to enable vsx in aes_ctr.c Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: omap2plus_defconfig: Fix probe errors on UARTs 5 and 6 Valentin Longchamp <valentin.longchamp@xxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/corenet: explicitly disable the SDHC controller on kmcoge4 Nate Watterson <nwatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Clear prior settings when updating STEs Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: correct the real mode ICP rejecting counter Noralf Trønnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx> drm: drm_minor_register(): Clean up debugfs on failure Harninder Rai <harninder.rai@xxxxxxx> dt-bindings: clockgen: Add compatible string for LS1012A Patrick Bruenn <p.bruenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: imx53-qsb-common: fix FEC pinmux config Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/netback: set default upper limit of tx/rx queues to 8 Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> PCI: mvebu: Handle changes to the bridge windows while enabled Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> video: fbdev: pmag-ba-fb: Remove bad `__init' annotation Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> adv7604: Initialize drive strength to default when using DT ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/davinci.txt | 4 + .../devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt | 1 + .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 1 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-qsb-common.dtsi | 20 ++-- arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig | 1 + arch/arm/kernel/traps.c | 28 ++++-- arch/mips/ar7/platform.c | 5 + arch/mips/ar7/prom.c | 2 - arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h | 4 +- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 4 +- arch/mips/kernel/smp.c | 29 ++++-- arch/mips/mm/uasm-micromips.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/kmcoge4.dts | 4 + arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c | 5 +- arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh3/setup-sh770x.c | 1 - arch/x86/crypto/sha-mb/sha1_mb_mgr_flush_avx2.S | 12 +-- arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 14 ++- arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c | 4 +- crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_parser.c | 2 +- drivers/block/rbd.c | 4 +- drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_ctr.c | 6 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c | 2 +- drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c | 8 +- drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c | 2 +- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c | 2 +- drivers/input/keyboard/mpr121_touchkey.c | 24 +++-- drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c | 1 + drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c | 10 +- drivers/media/i2c/adv7604.c | 3 + drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_pci.c | 1 - drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c | 1 - drivers/net/can/sun4i_can.c | 12 ++- drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 28 ++++++ drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c | 6 ++ drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 6 +- drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c | 101 ++++++++++++--------- drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c | 60 +++++++----- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h | 1 - drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 21 ++++- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c | 15 --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c | 15 --- drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c | 4 +- drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 17 ++-- drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 1 + drivers/video/fbdev/pmag-ba-fb.c | 2 +- include/linux/phy.h | 8 +- include/linux/preempt.h | 21 +++-- include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h | 1 + include/sound/seq_kernel.h | 3 +- kernel/workqueue_internal.h | 3 +- lib/asn1_decoder.c | 4 +- lib/test_firmware.c | 11 ++- net/dsa/Kconfig | 5 +- net/ipv4/ah4.c | 3 + net/netfilter/nft_meta.c | 28 +++++- security/keys/trusted.c | 71 +++++++-------- sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c | 4 +- sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c | 29 ++++++ sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.h | 2 + tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh | 10 +- tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_userhelper.sh | 28 +++++- 63 files changed, 468 insertions(+), 265 deletions(-)