This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.116 release. There are 33 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 Sun Jul 29 10:08:17 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-4.9.116-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 4.9.116-rc1 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> exec: avoid gcc-8 warning for get_task_comm Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> turn off -Wattribute-alias Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix RX overflow interrupt not being enabled Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix incorrect clear of non-processed interrupts Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: keep only 1-2 frames in TX FIFO to fix TX accounting Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix device dropping off bus on RX overrun Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix recovery from error states not being propagated Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix power management handling Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxxxxxx> can: xilinx_can: fix RX loop if RXNEMP is asserted without RXOK Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> driver core: Partially revert "driver core: correct device's shutdown order" Jerry Zhang <zhangjerry@xxxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: f_fs: Only return delayed status when len is 0 Bin Liu <b-liu@xxxxxx> usb: core: handle hub C_PORT_OVER_CURRENT condition Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> usb: cdc_acm: Add quirk for Castles VEGA3000 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: call tcp_drop() from tcp_data_queue_ofo() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: detect malicious patterns in tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: avoid collapses in tcp_prune_queue() if possible Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: free batches of packets in tcp_prune_ofo_queue() Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: do not delay ACK in DCTCP upon CE status change Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: do not cancel delay-AcK on DCTCP special ACK Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: helpers to send special DCTCP ack Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: fix dctcp delayed ACK schedule Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> net: phy: consider PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT in phy_start_aneg_priv Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx> multicast: do not restore deleted record source filter mode to new one Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Fix quota counting in aRFS expire flow Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5e: Don't allow aRFS for encapsulated packets Ariel Levkovich <lariel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: Adjust clock overflow work period Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: skb_segment() should not return NULL Jack Morgenstein <jackm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx4_core: Save the qpn from the input modifier in RST2INIT wrapper Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx> ip: in cmsg IP(V6)_ORIGDSTADDR call pskb_may_pull Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> ip: hash fragments consistently Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix off-by-one in pci_resource_to_user() Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> MIPS: ath79: fix register address in ath79_ddr_wb_flush() ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 5 +- arch/mips/ath79/common.c | 2 +- arch/mips/pci/pci.c | 2 +- drivers/base/dd.c | 8 - drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c | 392 +++++++++++++++------ .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_arfs.c | 7 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_clock.c | 12 +- drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 3 + drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 8 +- drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +- fs/exec.c | 7 +- include/linux/sched.h | 6 +- include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 + include/net/tcp.h | 2 + net/core/rtnetlink.c | 9 +- net/core/skbuff.c | 10 +- net/ipv4/igmp.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 2 + net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c | 7 +- net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c | 50 +-- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 40 ++- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 33 +- net/ipv6/datagram.c | 7 +- net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 2 + net/ipv6/mcast.c | 3 +- 27 files changed, 431 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-)