This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.12.8 release. There are 77 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 Jan 16 00:27:35 UTC 2014. 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/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.12.8-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 3.12.8-rc1 Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx> sched: Guarantee new group-entities always have weight Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx> sched: Fix hrtimer_cancel()/rq->lock deadlock Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx> sched: Fix cfs_bandwidth misuse of hrtimer_expires_remaining Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx> sched: Fix race on toggling cfs_bandwidth_used Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86, fpu, amd: Clear exceptions in AMD FXSAVE workaround Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx> netfilter: nf_nat: fix access to uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helper Phil Oester <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> netfilter: fix wrong byte order in nf_ct_seqadj_set internal information Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> SCSI: sd: Reduce buffer size for vpd request Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx> intel_pstate: Add X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF to cpu match parameters. Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> mac80211: move "bufferable MMPDU" check to fix AP mode scan Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / Battery: Add a _BIX quirk for NEC LZ750/LS Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ACPI / TPM: fix memory leak when walking ACPI namespace Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> mfd: rtsx_pcr: Disable interrupts before cancelling delayed works Milo Kim <milo.kim@xxxxxx> leds: lp5521/5523: Remove duplicate mutex Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> clk: exynos5250: fix sysmmu_mfc{l,r} gate clocks Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxx> clk: samsung: exynos5250: Add CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED flag for the sysreg clock Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxx> clk: samsung: exynos5250: Add MDMA0 clocks Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxx> clk: samsung: exynos5250: Fix ACP gate register offset Seung-Woo Kim <sw0312.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> clk: samsung: exynos4: Correct SRC_MFC register James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> clk: clk-divider: fix divisor > 255 bug Simon Guinot <sguinot@xxxxxxxxx> ahci: add PCI ID for Marvell 88SE9170 SATA controller John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx> parisc: Ensure full cache coherency for kmap/kunmap Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/nouveau/bios: make jump conditional Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: shmobile: mackerel: Fix coherent DMA mask Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: shmobile: armadillo: Fix coherent DMA mask Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: shmobile: kzm9g: Fix coherent DMA mask Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: exynos5250: Fix MDMA0 clock number Steven Capper <steve.capper@xxxxxxxxxx> ARM: 7923/1: mm: fix dcache flush logic for compound high pages Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: fix "bad mode in ... handler" message for undefined instructions Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: fix footbridge clockevent device Robert Stonehouse <rstonehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Poll for MCDI completion once before timeout occurs Robert Stonehouse <rstonehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Refactor efx_mcdi_poll() by introducing efx_mcdi_poll_once() Andrew Rybchenko <Andrew.Rybchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: RX buffer allocation takes prefix size into account in IP header alignment Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Maintain current frequency adjustment when applying a time offset Alexandre Rames <arames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Stop/re-start PTP when stopping/starting the datapath. Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Rate-limit log message for PTP packets without a matching timestamp event Laurence Evans <levans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: PTP: Moderate log message on event queue overflow Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: Add length checks to efx_xmit_with_hwtstamp() and efx_ptp_is_ptp_tx() Curt Brune <curt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> bridge: use spin_lock_bh() in br_multicast_set_hash_max David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> netpoll: Fix missing TXQ unlock and and OOPS. Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx> net: llc: fix use after free in llc_ui_recvmsg Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio-net: fix refill races during restore Wei-Chun Chao <weichunc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ipv4: fix tunneled VM traffic over hw VXLAN/GRE GSO NIC Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio_net: don't leak memory or block when too many frags Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio-net: make all RX paths handle errors consistently Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio_net: fix error handling for mergeable buffers David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> vlan: Fix header ops passthru when doing TX VLAN offload. Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> net: rose: restore old recvmsg behavior Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> arc_emac: fix potential use after free Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> rds: prevent dereference of a NULL device Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@xxxxxxxxx> ipv6: always set the new created dst's from in ip6_rt_copy Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: fec: fix potential use after free Salva Peiró <speiro@xxxxxxxxxx> hamradio/yam: fix info leak in ioctl Wenliang Fan <fanwlexca@xxxxxxxxx> drivers/net/hamradio: Integer overflow in hdlcdrv_ioctl() Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx> net: inet_diag: zero out uninitialized idiag_{src,dst} fields Timo Teräs <timo.teras@xxxxxx> ip_gre: fix msg_name parsing for recvfrom/recvmsg Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> net: unix: allow bind to fail on mutex lock Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: fix illegal mac_header comparison on 32bit Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> netvsc: don't flush peers notifying work during setting mtu Nat Gurumoorthy <natg@xxxxxxxxxx> tg3: Initialize REG_BASE_ADDR at PCI config offset 120 to 0 Fan Du <fan.du@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> vxlan: release rt when found circular route Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> net: unix: allow set_peek_off to fail Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> inet: fix NULL pointer Oops in fib(6)_rule_suppress Changli Gao <xiaosuo@xxxxxxxxx> net: drop_monitor: fix the value of maxattr Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: don't count addrconf generated routes against gc limit Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx> packet: fix send path when running with proto == 0 Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx> br: fix use of ->rx_handler_data in code executed on non-rx_handler path Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio: delete napi structures from netdev before releasing memory Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> macvtap: signal truncated packets Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@xxxxxxxxxx> macvtap: Do not double-count received packets Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> tun: unbreak truncated packet signalling Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tun: update file current position Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> macvtap: update file current position Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: clear local_df when passing skb between namespaces Venkat Venkatsubra <venkat.x.venkatsubra@xxxxxxxxxx> rds: prevent BUG_ON triggered on congestion update to loopback Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: do not pretend FRAGLIST support Kamala R <kamala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> IPv6: Fixed support for blackhole and prohibit routes ------------- Diffstat: .../devicetree/bindings/clock/exynos5250-clock.txt | 2 + Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt | 10 ++ Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250.dtsi | 2 +- arch/arm/kernel/traps.c | 8 +- arch/arm/mach-footbridge/dc21285-timer.c | 5 +- arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-armadillo800eva.c | 4 +- arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kzm9g.c | 2 +- arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-mackerel.c | 4 +- arch/arm/mm/flush.c | 6 +- arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 12 +-- arch/parisc/include/asm/page.h | 5 +- arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 35 ------ arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h | 13 +-- drivers/acpi/battery.c | 21 +++- drivers/ata/ahci.c | 3 + drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 15 +-- drivers/clk/clk-divider.c | 2 +- drivers/clk/samsung/clk-exynos4.c | 2 +- drivers/clk/samsung/clk-exynos5250.c | 14 ++- drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 3 +- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c | 6 +- drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c | 12 +-- drivers/leds/leds-lp5523.c | 12 +-- drivers/mfd/rtsx_pcr.c | 10 +- drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 3 + drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c | 8 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c | 39 +++++-- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h | 3 + drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/nic.h | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 66 ++++++++++-- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c | 6 +- drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tehuti.c | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c | 2 + drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c | 1 + drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 1 - drivers/net/macvtap.c | 23 ++-- drivers/net/tun.c | 18 ++-- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 119 +++++++++++++++------ drivers/net/vxlan.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 5 +- include/linux/net.h | 2 +- include/linux/netdevice.h | 22 ++++ include/linux/skbuff.h | 5 + kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +- kernel/sched/fair.c | 48 ++++++--- kernel/sched/sched.h | 3 +- net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 19 +++- net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 4 +- net/bridge/br_private.h | 10 ++ net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c | 2 +- net/core/drop_monitor.c | 1 - net/core/neighbour.c | 2 +- net/core/netpoll.c | 11 +- net/core/skbuff.c | 1 + net/core/sock.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/fib_rules.c | 5 +- net/ipv4/gre_offload.c | 11 +- net/ipv4/inet_diag.c | 16 +++ net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 1 + net/ipv4/udp.c | 6 +- net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 37 +++---- net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/route.c | 34 +++--- net/ipv6/udp_offload.c | 2 +- net/llc/af_llc.c | 5 +- net/mac80211/tx.c | 23 ++-- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_seqadj.c | 4 +- net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c | 32 +++++- net/packet/af_packet.c | 65 ++++++----- net/rds/ib.c | 3 +- net/rds/ib_send.c | 5 +- net/rose/af_rose.c | 16 +-- net/unix/af_unix.c | 16 ++- 79 files changed, 625 insertions(+), 328 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html