This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.98 release. There are 61 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 May 2 18:39:31 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-4.9.98-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-4.9.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.9.98-rc1 Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/eeh: Fix race with driver un/bind Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> x86/microcode/intel: Save microcode patch unconditionally Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx> x86/smpboot: Don't use mwait_play_dead() on AMD systems Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> x86/ipc: Fix x32 version of shmid64_ds and msqid64_ds Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx> tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c: do not alias select() params Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> objtool, perf: Fix GCC 8 -Wrestrict error Nicolai Hähnle <nicolai.haehnle@xxxxxxx> drm/amdgpu: set COMPUTE_PGM_RSRC1 for SGPR/VGPR clearing shaders Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> rtc: opal: Fix OPAL RTC driver OPAL_BUSY loops Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cpufreq: powernv: Fix hardlockup due to synchronous smp_call in timer interrupt Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> earlycon: Use a pointer table to fix __earlycon_table stride Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> libceph: validate con->state at the top of try_write() Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> libceph: reschedule a tick in finish_hunting() Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> libceph: un-backoff on tick when we have a authenticated session Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> ASoC: fsl_esai: Fix divisor calculation failure at lower ratio Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> crypto: drbg - set freed buffers to NULL Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: amba: Don't read past the end of sysfs "driver_override" buffer Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: amba: Fix race condition with driver_override Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: amba: Make driver_override output consistent with other buses Evan Wang <xswang@xxxxxxxxxxx> PCI: aardvark: Fix PCIe Max Read Request Size setting Victor Gu <xigu@xxxxxxxxxxx> PCI: aardvark: Set PIO_ADDR_LS correctly in advk_pcie_rd_conf() Victor Gu <xigu@xxxxxxxxxxx> PCI: aardvark: Fix logic in advk_pcie_{rd,wr}_conf() Mahesh Rajashekhara <mahesh.rajashekhara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> scsi: sd: Defer spinning up drive while SANITIZE is in progress Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> kobject: don't use WARN for registration failures Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mtd: cfi: cmdset_0002: Do not allow read/write to suspend erase block. Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mtd: cfi: cmdset_0001: Workaround Micron Erase suspend bug. Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mtd: cfi: cmdset_0001: Do not allow read/write to suspend erase block. Kailang Yang <kailang@xxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: hda/realtek - Add some fixes for ALC233 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: hda: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: oss: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: oss: Fix unbalanced use lock for synth MIDI device David Henningsson <diwic@xxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: core: Report audio_tstamp in snd_pcm_sync_ptr Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: control: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: rme9652: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: hdspm: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: asihpi: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: opl3: Hardening for potential Spectre v1 Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: dice: fix error path to destroy initialized stream data Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: dice: fix OUI for TC group Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tty: Use __GFP_NOFAIL for tty_ldisc_get() Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> tty: n_gsm: Fix DLCI handling for ADM mode if debug & 2 is not set Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> tty: n_gsm: Fix long delays with control frame timeouts in ADM mode Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tty: Don't call panic() at tty_ldisc_init() Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> drm/virtio: fix vq wait_event condition Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio_console: free buffers after reset Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio: add ability to iterate over vqs Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: usb-audio: Skip broken EU on Dell dock USB-audio Ravi Chandra Sadineni <ravisadineni@xxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: Increment wakeup count on remote wakeup. Kamil Lulko <kamilx.lulko@xxxxxxxxx> usb: core: Add quirk for HP v222w 16GB Mini Kyle Roeschley <kyle.roeschley@xxxxxx> USB: serial: cp210x: add ID for NI USB serial console Vasyl Vavrychuk <vvavrychuk@xxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ftdi_sio: use jtag quirk for Arrow USB Blaster Collin May <collin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: simple: add libtransistor console Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> usbip: vhci_hcd: Fix usb device and sockfd leaks Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> usbip: usbip_host: fix to hold parent lock for device_attach() calls Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> usbip: usbip_event: fix to not print kernel pointer address Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> random: rate limit unseeded randomness warnings Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> random: fix possible sleeping allocation from irq context Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> random: set up the NUMA crng instances after the CRNG is fully initialized Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: fix bitmap position validation Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: add validity checks for bitmap block numbers Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: set h_journal if there is a failure starting a reserved handle Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: prevent right-shifting extents beyond EXT_MAX_BLOCKS ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c | 61 +++++++++++++--------- arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-rtc.c | 8 +-- arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msgbuf.h | 31 +++++++++++ arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/shmbuf.h | 42 +++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 2 - arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 2 + crypto/drbg.c | 2 + drivers/amba/bus.c | 17 ++++--- drivers/char/random.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 49 +++++++++--------- drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 14 +++-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v8_0.c | 7 ++- drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c | 4 +- drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c | 33 ++++++++++-- drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c | 9 ++-- drivers/of/fdt.c | 7 ++- drivers/pci/host/pci-aardvark.c | 12 ++--- drivers/rtc/rtc-opal.c | 37 +++++++++----- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 2 + drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 23 ++++++++- drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 6 ++- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 5 +- drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 16 +++--- drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 1 + drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 10 +++- drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 3 ++ drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 3 +- drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c | 7 +++ drivers/usb/usbip/stub_main.c | 5 ++ drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.h | 2 +- drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c | 4 -- fs/ext4/balloc.c | 17 ++++++- fs/ext4/extents.c | 16 ++++-- fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 7 +++ fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 1 + include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +- include/linux/mtd/flashchip.h | 1 + include/linux/serial_core.h | 21 +++++--- include/linux/tty.h | 2 +- include/linux/virtio.h | 3 ++ include/sound/control.h | 7 ++- lib/kobject.c | 12 ++--- net/ceph/messenger.c | 7 +++ net/ceph/mon_client.c | 14 +++-- sound/core/pcm_native.c | 1 + sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_event.c | 15 +++--- sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c | 2 + sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++------------- sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.h | 3 +- sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_synth.c | 7 ++- sound/firewire/dice/dice-stream.c | 2 +- sound/firewire/dice/dice.c | 2 +- sound/pci/asihpi/hpimsginit.c | 13 +++-- sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c | 4 +- sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c | 12 ++++- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 2 + sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c | 24 +++++---- sound/pci/rme9652/rme9652.c | 6 ++- sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c | 7 +++ sound/usb/mixer_maps.c | 3 ++ tools/lib/str_error_r.c | 2 +- tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c | 5 +- 65 files changed, 587 insertions(+), 233 deletions(-)