This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.79 release. There are 17 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-5.4.79-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-5.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 5.4.79-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 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 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> net: lantiq: Add locking for TX DMA channel Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/8xx: Always fault when _PAGE_ACCESSED is not set Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: Add retry mechanism to the command entry index allocation Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: Fix a race when moving command interface to events mode Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: poll cmd EQ in case of command timeout Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx5: Use async EQ setup cleanup helpers for multiple EQs Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> MIPS: PCI: Fix MIPS build 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/mips/pci/pci-xtalk-bridge.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h | 29 ++-- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 12 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h | 19 +++ arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h | 27 +++- arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h | 7 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h | 4 + arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 88 +++++------ arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 14 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 122 ++++++++++++++- 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/kvm/emulate.c | 8 +- drivers/acpi/evged.c | 2 +- drivers/input/keyboard/sunkbd.c | 41 +++++- drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 109 ++++++++++++-- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c | 157 +++++++++++--------- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/eq.h | 2 + include/linux/mlx5/driver.h | 6 + net/can/proc.c | 6 +- net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 18 +++ .../testing/selftests/powerpc/security/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/Makefile | 2 +- .../selftests/powerpc/security/entry_flush.c | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c | 35 ++++- 30 files changed, 857 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-)
