This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.16.8 release. There are 52 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 May 10 07:38:51 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-4.16.8-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-4.16.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.16.8-rc1 Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> tracing: Fix bad use of igrab in trace_uprobe.c Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> clocksource: Consistent de-rate when marking unstable Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> clocksource: Initialize cs->wd_list Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> clocksource: Allow clocksource_mark_unstable() on unregistered clocksources Agustin Vega-Frias <agustinv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> irqchip/qcom: Fix check for spurious interrupts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86/tsc: Fix mark_tsc_unstable() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86/tsc: Always unregister clocksource_tsc_early Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: remove APIC Timer periodic/oneshot spikes Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> platform/x86: Kconfig: Fix dell-laptop dependency chain. João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@xxxxxxxxx> platform/x86: asus-wireless: Fix NULL pointer dereference Bin Liu <b-liu@xxxxxx> usb: musb: trace: fix NULL pointer dereference in musb_g_tx() Bin Liu <b-liu@xxxxxx> usb: musb: host: fix potential NULL pointer dereference SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@xxxxxxxx> USB: serial: option: adding support for ublox R410M Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: option: reimplement interface masking Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: Accept bulk endpoints with 1024-byte maxpacket Mayank Rana <mrana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix list_del corruption in dwc3_ep_dequeue Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: visor: handle potential invalid device configuration Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> xhci: Fix use-after-free in xhci_free_virt_device Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> test_firmware: fix setting old custom fw path back on exit, second try Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/bridge: vga-dac: Fix edid memory leak Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> drm/vmwgfx: Fix a buffer object leak Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> drm/vc4: Make sure vc4_bo_{inc,dec}_usecnt() calls are balanced ethanwu <ethanwu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> btrfs: Take trans lock before access running trans in check_delayed_ref Bharat Potnuri <bharat@xxxxxxxxxxx> iw_cxgb4: Atomically flush per QP HW CQEs Sebastian Sanchez <sebastian.sanchez@xxxxxxxxx> IB/hfi1: Fix NULL pointer dereference when invalid num_vls is used Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx> IB/hfi1: Fix loss of BECN with AHG Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx> IB/hfi1: Fix handling of FECN marked multicast packet Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> infiniband: mlx5: fix build errors when INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m Danit Goldberg <danitg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> IB/mlx5: Use unlimited rate when static rate is not supported SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@xxxxxxxx> NET: usb: qmi_wwan: add support for ublox R410M PID 0x90b2 Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/mlx5: Protect from shift operand overflow Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/mlx4: Add missed RSS hash inner header flag Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/mlx5: Fix multiple NULL-ptr deref errors in rereg_mr flow Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/ucma: Allow resolving address w/o specifying source address Raju Rangoju <rajur@xxxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/cxgb4: release hw resources on device removal Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> tools: power/acpi, revert to LD = gcc Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> xfs: prevent creating negative-sized file via INSERT_RANGE Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> rtlwifi: cleanup 8723be ant_sel definition Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@xxxxxxx> swiotlb: fix inversed DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN test Vittorio Gambaletta (VittGam) <linuxbugs@xxxxxxxxxxx> Input: atmel_mxt_ts - add touchpad button mapping for Samsung Chromebook Pro Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Input: leds - fix out of bound access Bryant G Ly <bryantly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scsi: target: Fix fortify_panic kernel exception Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tracepoint: Do not warn on ENOMEM Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> errseq: Always report a writeback error once Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: aloop: Add missing cable lock to ctl API callbacks Robert Rosengren <robert.rosengren@xxxxxxxx> ALSA: aloop: Mark paused device as inactive Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: dice: fix kernel NULL pointer dereference due to invalid calculation for array index Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: Fix races at MIDI encoding in snd_virmidi_output_trigger() Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: pcm: Check PCM state at xfern compat ioctl Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: hda - Fix incorrect usage of IS_REACHABLE() Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> arm64: Add work around for Arm Cortex-A55 Erratum 1024718 Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> ACPI / button: make module loadable when booted in non-ACPI mode ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt | 1 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 14 + arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 40 ++ arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h | 2 + arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 5 + arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 22 +- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 37 +- drivers/acpi/button.c | 24 +- drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/dumb-vga-dac.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c | 46 ++- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c | 1 + drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 2 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c | 11 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c | 9 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/iw_cxgb4.h | 6 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c | 4 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/resource.c | 26 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c | 19 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/hfi.h | 8 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c | 2 + drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c | 3 - drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ruc.c | 50 ++- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ud.c | 4 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c | 3 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c | 32 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c | 22 +- drivers/input/input-leds.c | 8 +- drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c | 9 + drivers/irqchip/qcom-irq-combiner.c | 4 +- drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 1 + .../realtek/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.c | 15 - .../net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c | 11 +- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/wifi.h | 5 + drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/platform/x86/asus-wireless.c | 4 +- drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c | 8 +- drivers/usb/core/config.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 1 + drivers/usb/musb/musb_gadget.c | 3 +- drivers/usb/musb/musb_host.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 451 +++++++-------------- drivers/usb/serial/visor.c | 69 ++-- fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 7 + fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 14 +- kernel/time/clocksource.c | 57 ++- kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 24 +- kernel/tracepoint.c | 4 +- lib/errseq.c | 23 +- lib/swiotlb.c | 2 +- sound/core/pcm_compat.c | 2 + sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c | 4 +- sound/drivers/aloop.c | 29 +- sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.c | 5 +- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 2 +- tools/power/acpi/Makefile.config | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh | 6 +- 59 files changed, 674 insertions(+), 509 deletions(-)