This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.244 release. There are 64 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, 19 Nov 2020 12:20:51 +0000. 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-4.4.244-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-4.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.244-rc1 Boris Protopopov <pboris@xxxxxxxxxx> Convert trailing spaces and periods in path components Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: fix leaking sysfs kobject after failed mount Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> reboot: fix overflow parsing reboot cpu number Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "kernel/reboot.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtoint" Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> perf/core: Fix race in the perf_mmap_close() function Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: block rogue events for some time Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: defer eoi in case of excessive number of events Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: use a common cpu hotplug hook for event channels Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: switch user event channels to lateeoi model Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/pciback: use lateeoi irq binding Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/scsiback: use lateeoi irq binding Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/netback: use lateeoi irq binding Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/blkback: use lateeoi irq binding Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: add a new "late EOI" evtchn framework Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: fix race in evtchn_fifo_unmask() Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: add a proper barrier to 2-level uevent unmasking Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> xen/events: avoid removing an event channel while handling it Anand K Mistry <amistry@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/speculation: Allow IBPB to be conditionally enabled on CPUs with always-on STIBP George Spelvin <lkml@xxxxxxx> random32: make prandom_u32() output unpredictable Mao Wenan <wenan.mao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: Update window_clamp if SOCK_RCVBUF is set Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx> net/x25: Fix null-ptr-deref in x25_connect Ursula Braun <ubraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> net/af_iucv: fix null pointer dereference on shutdown Oliver Herms <oliver.peter.herms@xxxxxxxxx> IPv6: Set SIT tunnel hard_header_len to zero Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> swiotlb: fix "x86: Don't panic if can not alloc buffer for swiotlb" Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@xxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: amd: fix incorrect way to disable debounce filter Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@xxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: amd: use higher precision for 512 RtcClk Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> drm/gma500: Fix out-of-bounds access to struct drm_device.vblank[] Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> don't dump the threads that had been already exiting when zapped. Wengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> ocfs2: initialize ip_next_orphan Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> mei: protect mei_cl_mtu from null dereference Chris Brandt <chris.brandt@xxxxxxxxxxx> usb: cdc-acm: Add DISABLE_ECHO for Renesas USB Download mode Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ext4: unlock xattr_sem properly in ext4_inline_data_truncate() Kaixu Xia <kaixuxia@xxxxxxxxxxx> ext4: correctly report "not supported" for {usr,grp}jquota when !CONFIG_QUOTA Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> perf: Fix get_recursion_context() Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx> cosa: Add missing kfree in error path of cosa_write Evan Nimmo <evan.nimmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> of/address: Fix of_node memory leak in of_dma_is_coherent Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> xfs: fix a missing unlock on error in xfs_fs_map_blocks Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx> iommu/amd: Increase interrupt remapping table limit to 512 entries Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> cfg80211: regulatory: Fix inconsistent format argument Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: always wind down STA state Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: fix use of skb payload instead of header Evan Quan <evan.quan@xxxxxxx> drm/amdgpu: perform srbm soft reset always on SDMA resume Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx> gfs2: check for live vs. read-only file system in gfs2_fitrim Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx> gfs2: Free rd_bits later in gfs2_clear_rgrpd to fix use-after-free Evgeny Novikov <novikov@xxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: goku_udc: fix potential crashes in probe Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@xxxxxxxxx> ath9k_htc: Use appropriate rs_datalen type Mark Gray <mark.d.gray@xxxxxxxxxx> geneve: add transport ports in route lookup for geneve Martyna Szapar <martyna.szapar@xxxxxxxxx> i40e: Fix of memory leak and integer truncation in i40e_virtchnl.c Grzegorz Siwik <grzegorz.siwik@xxxxxxxxx> i40e: Wrong truncation from u16 to u8 Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: devicetree: Avoid taking direct reference to device name string Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx> Btrfs: fix missing error return if writeback for extent buffer never started Stephane Grosjean <s.grosjean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: peak_usb: peak_usb_get_ts_time(): fix timestamp wrapping Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> can: peak_usb: add range checking in decode operations Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: can_create_echo_skb(): fix echo skb generation: always use skb_clone() Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> can: dev: __can_get_echo_skb(): fix real payload length return value for RTR frames Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> can: dev: can_get_echo_skb(): prevent call to kfree_skb() in hard IRQ context Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: hda: prevent undefined shift in snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link() Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> perf tools: Add missing swap for ino_generation zhuoliang zhang <zhuoliang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net: xfrm: fix a race condition during allocing spi Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx> btrfs: reschedule when cloning lots of extents Zeng Tao <prime.zeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> time: Prevent undefined behaviour in timespec64_to_ns() Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@xxxxxxxxxx> mm: mempolicy: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> gfs2: Wake up when sd_glock_disposal becomes zero Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> ring-buffer: Fix recursion protection transitions between interrupt context ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 52 ++- drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c | 22 +- drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 5 +- drivers/char/random.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/cik_sdma.c | 27 +- drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_irq.c | 34 +- drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_types.h | 6 +- drivers/misc/mei/client.h | 4 +- drivers/net/can/dev.c | 14 +- drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c | 51 ++- drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c | 48 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 4 +- drivers/net/geneve.c | 36 +- drivers/net/wan/cosa.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h | 39 ++ drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 59 ++- drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 17 +- drivers/of/address.c | 4 +- drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c | 26 +- drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c | 6 +- drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 9 + drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c | 2 +- drivers/xen/events/events_2l.c | 9 +- drivers/xen/events/events_base.c | 444 ++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c | 102 ++--- drivers/xen/events/events_internal.h | 20 +- drivers/xen/evtchn.c | 7 +- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c | 14 +- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h | 12 +- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback_ops.c | 48 ++- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c | 2 +- drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c | 23 +- fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 4 + fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 2 + fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c | 8 +- fs/ext4/inline.c | 1 + fs/ext4/super.c | 5 +- fs/gfs2/glock.c | 3 +- fs/gfs2/rgrp.c | 5 +- fs/ocfs2/super.c | 1 + fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c | 2 +- include/linux/can/skb.h | 20 +- include/linux/prandom.h | 36 +- include/linux/time64.h | 4 + include/xen/events.h | 29 +- kernel/events/core.c | 7 +- kernel/events/internal.h | 2 +- kernel/exit.c | 5 +- kernel/reboot.c | 28 +- kernel/time/timer.c | 7 - kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 54 ++- lib/random32.c | 463 +++++++++++++-------- lib/swiotlb.c | 6 +- mm/mempolicy.c | 6 +- net/ipv4/syncookies.c | 9 +- net/ipv6/sit.c | 2 - net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 10 +- net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 3 +- net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 18 + net/mac80211/tx.c | 35 +- net/wireless/reg.c | 2 +- net/x25/af_x25.c | 2 +- net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 8 +- sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_controller.c | 2 + tools/perf/util/session.c | 1 + 68 files changed, 1431 insertions(+), 522 deletions(-)