I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.202 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 2 Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst | 268 +++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 62 ++++ Documentation/x86/tsx_async_abort.rst | 117 +++++++++ Makefile | 2 arch/mips/bcm63xx/reset.c | 2 arch/powerpc/Makefile | 31 +- arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper | 24 + arch/x86/Kconfig | 45 +++ arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 16 + arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 4 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 7 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 2 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 143 ++++++++++- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 93 ++++--- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h | 18 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 5 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c | 140 ++++++++++ arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 12 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 15 - arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 53 +++- drivers/base/cpu.c | 17 + include/linux/cpu.h | 5 25 files changed, 1018 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) Ben Hutchings (1): KVM: Introduce kvm_get_arch_capabilities() Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.202 Jim Mattson (1): kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported Jonas Gorski (1): MIPS: BCM63XX: fix switch core reset on BCM6368 Josh Poimboeuf (1): x86/speculation/taa: Fix printing of TAA_MSG_SMT on IBRS_ALL CPUs Junaid Shahid (1): kvm: mmu: Don't read PDPTEs when paging is not enabled Michael Ellerman (1): powerpc/Makefile: Use cflags-y/aflags-y for setting endian options Michal Hocko (1): x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto Nicholas Piggin (2): powerpc: Fix compiling a BE kernel with a powerpc64le toolchain powerpc/boot: Request no dynamic linker for boot wrapper Paolo Bonzini (1): KVM: x86: use Intel speculation bugs and features as derived in generic x86 code Pawan Gupta (8): x86/msr: Add the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR x86/cpu: Add a helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr() x86/cpu: Add a "tsx=" cmdline option with TSX disabled by default x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort kvm/x86: Export MDS_NO=0 to guests when TSX is enabled x86/tsx: Add "auto" option to the tsx= cmdline parameter x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort Sean Christopherson (1): KVM: x86: Emulate MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES on AMD hosts Vineela Tummalapalli (1): x86/bugs: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT bug infrastructure
