This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.9.10 release. There are 14 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, 22 Nov 2020 10:45:32 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.9.10-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-5.9.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 5.9.10-rc1 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> ACPI: GED: fix -Wformat David Edmondson <david.edmondson@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: clflushopt should be treated as a no-op by emulation Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix Add BW copypasta Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/smp: Call rcu_cpu_starting() earlier Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx> selftests/harness: prettify SKIP message whitespace again Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> can: proc: can_remove_proc(): silence remove_proc_entry warning Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: always wind down STA state Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Input: sunkbd - avoid use-after-free in teardown paths Gabriel David <ultracoolguy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> leds: lm3697: Fix out-of-bound access Daniel Axtens <dja@xxxxxxxxxx> selftests/powerpc: entry flush test Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Only include kup-radix.h for 64-bit Book3S Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx> selftests/powerpc: rfi_flush: disable entry flush if present ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h | 66 ++++--- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 12 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h | 19 ++ arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h | 26 ++- arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h | 7 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h | 4 + arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 80 +++++---- arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 122 ++++++++++++- arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall_64.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 14 ++ arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c | 104 +++++++++++ arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c | 17 ++ arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 8 + arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 8 +- drivers/acpi/evged.c | 2 +- drivers/input/keyboard/sunkbd.c | 41 ++++- drivers/leds/leds-lm3697.c | 8 +- net/can/proc.c | 6 +- net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 18 ++ tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h | 2 +- .../testing/selftests/powerpc/security/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/Makefile | 2 +- .../selftests/powerpc/security/entry_flush.c | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c | 35 +++- 28 files changed, 719 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
