I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.236 kernel. All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.9.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.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/filesystems/affs.txt | 16 Makefile | 2 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 3 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_asm.h | 43 ++ arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 8 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 26 + arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S | 63 ++- arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c | 39 +- arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c | 2 arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c | 4 arch/s390/include/asm/percpu.h | 28 - arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c | 1 drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 5 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 8 drivers/block/brd.c | 1 drivers/block/rbd.c | 9 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 1 drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c | 2 drivers/dma/of-dma.c | 8 drivers/dma/pl330.c | 2 drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 15 drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 4 drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c | 2 drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c | 31 - drivers/ide/ide-cd.c | 8 drivers/ide/ide-cd.h | 6 drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c | 10 drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 8 drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c | 8 drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_mdio.c | 1 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 12 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 3 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 17 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c | 9 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c | 2 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 110 +++--- drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c | 2 drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c | 4 drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 8 drivers/nvdimm/nd.h | 1 drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 6 drivers/scsi/gdth.h | 3 drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/omap4-thermal-data.c | 23 - drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/omap4xxx-bandgap.h | 10 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 351 ++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c | 51 ++ drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 14 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h | 16 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_rdwr.c | 29 + drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 36 +- drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c | 10 fs/affs/amigaffs.c | 63 ++- fs/affs/file.c | 26 + fs/btrfs/ctree.c | 8 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 8 fs/btrfs/extent_io.h | 6 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 27 + fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 3 fs/ceph/file.c | 1 fs/eventpoll.c | 6 include/linux/blkdev.h | 42 +- include/linux/bvec.h | 9 include/linux/device-mapper.h | 2 include/linux/hid.h | 42 +- include/linux/ide.h | 1 include/linux/libata.h | 1 include/linux/log2.h | 2 include/linux/uaccess.h | 26 + include/net/inet_connection_sock.h | 4 include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 2 include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h | 2 include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 2 mm/hugetlb.c | 26 + mm/maccess.c | 167 ++++++++- mm/slub.c | 12 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 5 net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c | 6 net/core/dev.c | 3 net/core/netpoll.c | 2 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 37 +- net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c | 1 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 net/netfilter/nft_payload.c | 4 net/netlabel/netlabel_domainhash.c | 59 +-- net/sctp/socket.c | 16 net/wireless/reg.c | 3 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 sound/core/oss/mulaw.c | 4 sound/firewire/digi00x/digi00x.c | 5 sound/firewire/tascam/tascam.c | 30 + sound/pci/ca0106/ca0106_main.c | 3 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 4 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 4 93 files changed, 1365 insertions(+), 397 deletions(-) Al Viro (1): fix regression in "epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list" Alex Williamson (4): vfio/type1: Support faulting PFNMAP vmas vfio-pci: Fault mmaps to enable vma tracking vfio-pci: Invalidate mmaps and block MMIO access on disabled memory vfio/pci: Fix SR-IOV VF handling with MMIO blocking Amit Engel (1): nvmet: Disable keep-alive timer when kato is cleared to 0h Bart Van Assche (1): block: Move SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT definitions into <linux/blkdev.h> Bjørn Mork (1): qmi_wwan: new Telewell and Sierra device IDs Daniel Borkmann (1): uaccess: Add non-pagefault user-space write function Daniele Palmas (2): net: usb: qmi_wwan: add Telit 0x1050 composition drivers: net: usb: qmi_wwan: add QMI_QUIRK_SET_DTR for Telit PID 0x1201 Dinghao Liu (2): net: hns: Fix memleak in hns_nic_dev_probe net: arc_emac: Fix memleak in arc_mdio_probe Eugeniu Rosca (1): mm: slub: fix conversion of freelist_corrupted() Fabian Frederick (1): fs/affs: use octal for permissions Florian Fainelli (2): MIPS: mm: BMIPS5000 has inclusive physical caches MIPS: BMIPS: Also call bmips_cpu_setup() for secondary cores Florian Westphal (1): netfilter: nf_tables: fix destination register zeroing Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.9.236 Himadri Pandya (1): net: usb: Fix uninit-was-stored issue in asix_read_phy_addr() Jakub Kicinski (2): bnxt: don't enable NAPI until rings are ready net: disable netpoll on fresh napis James Morse (4): KVM: arm64: Add kvm_extable for vaxorcism code KVM: arm64: Defer guest entry when an asynchronous exception is pending KVM: arm64: Survive synchronous exceptions caused by AT instructions KVM: arm64: Set HCR_EL2.PTW to prevent AT taking synchronous exception Jason Gunthorpe (1): include/linux/log2.h: add missing () around n in roundup_pow_of_two() Jeff Layton (1): ceph: don't allow setlease on cephfs Johannes Berg (1): cfg80211: regulatory: reject invalid hints Josef Bacik (3): btrfs: drop path before adding new uuid tree entry btrfs: set the lockdep class for log tree extent buffers btrfs: fix potential deadlock in the search ioctl Jussi Kivilinna (1): batman-adv: bla: use netif_rx_ni when not in interrupt context Kamil Lorenc (1): net: usb: dm9601: Add USB ID of Keenetic Plus DSL Kim Phillips (1): perf record/stat: Explicitly call out event modifiers in the documentation Lu Baolu (1): iommu/vt-d: Serialize IOMMU GCMD register modifications Marc Zyngier (2): HID: core: Correctly handle ReportSize being zero HID: core: Sanitize event code and type when mapping input Marek Szyprowski (1): dmaengine: pl330: Fix burst length if burst size is smaller than bus width Masami Hiramatsu (1): uaccess: Add non-pagefault user-space read functions Max Staudt (1): affs: fix basic permission bits to actually work Michael Chan (1): tg3: Fix soft lockup when tg3_reset_task() fails. Ming Lei (1): block: allow for_each_bvec to support zero len bvec Mrinal Pandey (1): checkpatch: fix the usage of capture group ( ... ) Muchun Song (1): mm/hugetlb: fix a race between hugetlb sysctl handlers Nikolay Borisov (2): btrfs: Remove redundant extent_buffer_get in get_old_root btrfs: Remove extraneous extent_buffer_get from tree_mod_log_rewind Pablo Neira Ayuso (2): netfilter: nf_tables: add NFTA_SET_USERDATA if not null netfilter: nf_tables: incorrect enum nft_list_attributes definition Paul Moore (1): netlabel: fix problems with mapping removal Peter Ujfalusi (1): dmaengine: of-dma: Fix of_dma_router_xlate's of_dma_xlate handling Rogan Dawes (1): usb: qmi_wwan: add D-Link DWM-222 A2 device ID Shung-Hsi Yu (1): net: ethernet: mlx4: Fix memory allocation in mlx4_buddy_init() Simon Leiner (1): xen/xenbus: Fix granting of vmalloc'd memory Sven Eckelmann (1): batman-adv: Avoid uninitialized chaddr when handling DHCP Sven Schnelle (1): s390: don't trace preemption in percpu macros Takashi Iwai (1): ALSA: pcm: oss: Remove superfluous WARN_ON() for mulaw sanity check Takashi Sakamoto (2): ALSA: firewire-digi00x: exclude Avid Adrenaline from detection ALSA; firewire-tascam: exclude Tascam FE-8 from detection Tejun Heo (1): libata: implement ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_TRIM_128M and apply to Sandisks Tim Froidcoeur (2): net: refactor bind_bucket fastreuse into helper net: initialize fastreuse on inet_inherit_port Tom Rix (1): hwmon: (applesmc) check status earlier. Tong Zhang (1): ALSA: ca0106: fix error code handling Tony Lindgren (1): thermal: ti-soc-thermal: Fix bogus thermal shutdowns for omap4430 Vasundhara Volam (2): bnxt_en: Check for zero dir entries in NVRAM. bnxt_en: Fix PCI AER error recovery flow Xin Long (1): sctp: not disable bh in the whole sctp_get_port_local() Ye Bin (2): dm cache metadata: Avoid returning cmd->bm wild pointer on error dm thin metadata: Avoid returning cmd->bm wild pointer on error Yu Kuai (1): dmaengine: at_hdmac: check return value of of_find_device_by_node() in at_dma_xlate() Yuusuke Ashizuka (1): ravb: Fixed to be able to unload modules