This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.15.8 release. There are 122 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 Mar 9 19:16:43 UTC 2018. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.15.8-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-4.15.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.15.8-rc1 NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> md: only allow remove_and_add_spares when no sync_thread running. Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/64s/radix: Boot-time NULL pointer protection using a guard-PID Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: LogicPD Torpedo: Fix I2C1 pinmux Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: LogicPD SOM-LV: Fix I2C1 pinmux Kai Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ACPI / bus: Parse tables as term_list for Dell XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM/x86: remove WARN_ON() for when vm_munmap() fails Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: fix vcpu initialization with userspace lapic Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR path as unlikely() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: move LAPIC initialization after VMCS creation Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM/x86: Remove indirect MSR op calls from SPEC_CTRL Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: mmu: Fix overlap between public and private memslots Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: X86: Fix SMRAM accessing even if VM is shutdown Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> ARM: kvm: fix building with gcc-8 Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: mvebu: Fix broken PL310_ERRATA_753970 selects Daniel Schultz <d.schultz@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: rockchip: Remove 1.8 GHz operation point from phycore som Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> ARM: orion: fix orion_ge00_switch_board_info initialization Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> x86/mm: Fix {pmd,pud}_{set,clear}_flags() Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> nospec: Allow index argument to have const-qualified type David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: consider epoch index on TOD clock syncs David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: consider epoch index on hotplugged CPUs David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: provide only a single function for setting the tod (fix SCK) David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: s390: take care of clock-comparator sign control Anna Karbownik <anna.karbownik@xxxxxxxxx> EDAC, sb_edac: Fix out of bound writes during DIMM configuration on KNL Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> media: m88ds3103: don't call a non-initalized function Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> blk-mq: don't call io sched's .requeue_request when requeueing rq to ->dispatch Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: revert F-RTO extension to detect more spurious timeouts Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: revert F-RTO middle-box workaround Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix IPA command submission race Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix IP address lookup for L3 devices Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "s390/qeth: fix using of ref counter for rxip addresses" Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix double-free on IP add/remove race Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix IP removal on offline cards Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix overestimated count of buffer elements Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix SETIP command handling Ursula Braun <ubraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix underestimated count of buffer elements James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: fix tunnel lookup use-after-free race James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: fix race in pppol2tp_release with session object destroy James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: fix races with tunnel socket close James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: don't use inet_shutdown on ppp session destroy James Chapman <jchapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: don't use inet_shutdown on tunnel destroy Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> tcp: tracepoint: only call trace_tcp_send_reset with full socket Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> net: phy: Restore phy_resume() locking assumption Vlad Buslov <vladbu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: Fix error handling when adding flow rules Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@xxxxxxxxxxx> cxgb4: fix trailing zero in CIM LA dump Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio-net: disable NAPI only when enabled during XDP set Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> tuntap: disable preemption during XDP processing Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> tuntap: correctly add the missing XDP flush Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: purge write queue upon RST Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> netlink: put module reference if dump start fails Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: spectrum_router: Do not unconditionally clear route offload indication Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> cls_u32: fix use after free in u32_destroy_key() Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> amd-xgbe: Restore PCI interrupt enablement setting on resume Boris Pismenny <borisp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tls: Use correct sk->sk_prot for IPV6 Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Verify inline header size do not exceed SKB linear size Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> bridge: Fix VLAN reference count problem Alexey Kodanev <alexey.kodanev@xxxxxxxxxx> sctp: fix dst refcnt leak in sctp_v6_get_dst() David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> net: ipv4: Set addr_type in hash_keys for forwarded case Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: spectrum_router: Fix error path in mlxsw_sp_vr_create Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: do not pr_err for the duplicated node in transport rhlist Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx> net/sched: cls_u32: fix cls_u32 on filter replace Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net_sched: gen_estimator: fix broken estimators based on percpu stats Inbar Karmy <inbark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Fix loopback self test when GRO is off Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@xxxxxxxxx> doc: Change the min default value of tcp_wmem/tcp_rmem. Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp_bbr: better deal with suboptimal GSO David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> rxrpc: Fix send in rxrpc_send_data_packet() Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tcp: Honor the eor bit in tcp_mtu_probe Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> net: phy: fix phy_start to consider PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Specify numa node when allocating drop rq Shalom Toledo <shalomt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Check success of FDB add operation Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: fix dst refcnt leak in sctp_v4_get_dst Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Fix TCP checksum in LRO buffers Alexey Kodanev <alexey.kodanev@xxxxxxxxxx> udplite: fix partial checksum initialization Alexey Kodanev <alexey.kodanev@xxxxxxxxxx> sctp: verify size of a new chunk in _sctp_make_chunk() Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ppp: prevent unregistered channels from connecting to PPP units Roman Kapl <code@xxxxxxxx> net: sched: report if filter is too large to dump Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> netlink: ensure to loop over all netns in genlmsg_multicast_allns() Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: ipv4: don't allow setting net.ipv4.route.min_pmtu below 68 Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: fix race on decreasing number of TX queues Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: fix net watchdog timeout Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: amd-xgbe: fix comparison to bitshift when dealing with a mask Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> ipv6 sit: work around bogus gcc-8 -Wrestrict warning Denis Du <dudenis2000@xxxxxxxx> hdlc_ppp: carrier detect ok, don't turn off negotiation Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@xxxxxxxxxx> fib_semantics: Don't match route with mismatching tclassid Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> bridge: check brport attr show in brport_show Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86/cpu_entry_area: Sync cpu_entry_area to initial_page_table Sebastian Panceac <sebastian@xxxxxxxx> x86/platform/intel-mid: Handle Intel Edison reboot correctly Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> x86/xen: Zero MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL before suspend Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> direct-io: Fix sleep in atomic due to sync AIO Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> dax: fix vma_is_fsdax() helper Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> cpufreq: s3c24xx: Fix broken s3c_cpufreq_init() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> vfio: disable filesystem-dax page pinning Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> block: pass inclusive 'lend' parameter to truncate_inode_pages_range Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> block: kyber: fix domain token leak during requeue Jiufei Xue <jiufei.xue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> block: fix the count of PGPGOUT for WRITE_SAME Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx> btrfs: use proper endianness accessors for super_copy Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: Hide virtual kernel memory layout John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx> parisc: Fix ordering of cache and TLB flushes Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: Reduce irq overhead when run in qemu Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: Use cr16 interval timers unconditionally on qemu Lingutla Chandrasekhar <clingutla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> timers: Forward timer base before migrating timers Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mmc: dw_mmc: Fix out-of-bounds access for slot's caps Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mmc: dw_mmc: Factor out dw_mci_init_slot_caps Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mmc: dw_mmc: Avoid accessing registers in runtime suspended state Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> mmc: dw_mmc-k3: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> mmc: sdhci-pci: Fix S0i3 for Intel BYT-based controllers Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: hda - Fix pincfg at resume on Lenovo T470 dock Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: hda: Add a power_save blacklist Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: x86: Fix missing spinlock and mutex initializations Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: control: Fix memory corruption risk in snd_ctl_elem_read Erik Veijola <erik.veijola@xxxxxxxxx> ALSA: usb-audio: Add a quirck for B&W PX headphones Jeremy Boone <jeremy.boone@nccgroup.trust> tpm_tis: fix potential buffer overruns caused by bit glitches on the bus Jeremy Boone <jeremy.boone@nccgroup.trust> tpm_i2c_nuvoton: fix potential buffer overruns caused by bit glitches on the bus Jeremy Boone <jeremy.boone@nccgroup.trust> tpm_i2c_infineon: fix potential buffer overruns caused by bit glitches on the bus Jeremy Boone <jeremy.boone@nccgroup.trust> tpm: fix potential buffer overruns caused by bit glitches on the bus Jeremy Boone <jeremy.boone@nccgroup.trust> tpm: st33zp24: fix potential buffer overruns caused by bit glitches on the bus Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@xxxxxxxxx> ixgbe: fix crash in build_skb Rx code path Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> Bluetooth: btusb: Use DMI matching for QCA reset_resume quirking Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@xxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/pseries: Enable RAS hotplug events later Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap rather than globally Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> ipmi_si: Fix error handling of platform device Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hrtimer: Ensure POSIX compliance (relative CLOCK_REALTIME hrtimers) Adam Borowski <kilobyte@xxxxxxxxxx> vsprintf: avoid misleading "(null)" for %px ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 4 +- Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/logicpd-som-lv.dtsi | 9 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/logicpd-torpedo-som.dtsi | 8 + arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-phycore-som.dtsi | 20 --- arch/arm/kvm/hyp/Makefile | 5 + arch/arm/kvm/hyp/banked-sr.c | 4 + arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig | 4 +- arch/arm/plat-orion/common.c | 23 ++- arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 1 + arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h | 2 + arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 57 ++++--- arch/parisc/kernel/pacache.S | 22 +++ arch/parisc/kernel/time.c | 11 +- arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 7 +- arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c | 20 +++ arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c | 31 +++- arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c | 25 ++- arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 79 +++++---- arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h | 5 +- arch/s390/kvm/priv.c | 9 +- arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 8 +- arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h | 1 + arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 1 + arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 10 ++ arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 17 +- arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c | 17 +- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 11 +- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 9 +- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 9 +- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 +- arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c | 6 + arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 15 ++ arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/intel-mid.c | 2 +- arch/x86/xen/suspend.c | 16 ++ block/blk-core.c | 2 +- block/blk-mq.c | 4 +- block/ioctl.c | 2 +- block/kyber-iosched.c | 1 + drivers/acpi/bus.c | 38 ++++- drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 25 ++- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 9 +- drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c | 4 +- drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 4 + drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c | 4 + drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon.c | 5 +- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c | 8 +- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 5 +- drivers/cpufreq/s3c24xx-cpufreq.c | 8 +- drivers/edac/sb_edac.c | 2 +- drivers/md/md.c | 4 + drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c | 7 +- drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-exynos.c | 1 + drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-k3.c | 4 + drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-rockchip.c | 1 + drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-zx.c | 1 + drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c | 84 +++++---- drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h | 2 + drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-core.c | 35 +++- drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-pci.c | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cudbg_lib.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_cudbg.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 + drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 10 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c | 49 ++++-- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_selftest.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c | 10 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 35 ++-- .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c | 29 +++- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 16 +- drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 4 +- drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 18 +- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 9 + drivers/net/tun.c | 7 + drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 8 +- drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c | 5 +- drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 188 +++++++++++---------- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h | 7 +- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 43 ++--- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3.h | 34 +++- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c | 123 ++++++-------- drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 18 +- fs/btrfs/sysfs.c | 8 +- fs/btrfs/transaction.c | 20 ++- fs/direct-io.c | 3 +- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- include/linux/nospec.h | 3 +- include/linux/phy.h | 1 + include/net/udplite.h | 1 + kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 7 +- kernel/time/timer.c | 6 + lib/vsprintf.c | 2 +- net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 3 + net/bridge/br_vlan.c | 2 + net/core/dev.c | 11 +- net/core/gen_estimator.c | 1 + net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 5 + net/ipv4/route.c | 10 +- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 24 +-- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 34 +++- net/ipv4/udp.c | 5 + net/ipv6/ip6_checksum.c | 5 + net/ipv6/sit.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 3 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c | 142 +++++----------- net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h | 23 +-- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c | 10 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c | 8 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c | 60 +++---- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +- net/netlink/genetlink.c | 12 +- net/rxrpc/output.c | 2 +- net/sched/cls_api.c | 7 +- net/sched/cls_u32.c | 24 +-- net/sctp/input.c | 5 +- net/sctp/ipv6.c | 10 +- net/sctp/protocol.c | 10 +- net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c | 7 +- net/tls/tls_main.c | 52 ++++-- sound/core/control.c | 2 +- sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c | 38 ++++- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 3 +- sound/usb/quirks-table.h | 47 ++++++ sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.c | 2 + virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 +- 129 files changed, 1271 insertions(+), 737 deletions(-)