This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.246 release. There are 47 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 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:17:50 +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-4.9.246-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-4.9.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.9.246-rc1 Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx> x86/microcode/intel: Check patch signature before saving microcode for early loading Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/cpum_sf.c: fix file permission for cpum_sfb_size Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: free sta in sta_info_insert_finish() on errors Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> mac80211: minstrel: fix tx status processing corner case Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> mac80211: minstrel: remove deferred sampling code Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> xtensa: disable preemption around cache alias management calls Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> regulator: fix memory leak with repeated set_machine_constraints() Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> iio: accel: kxcjk1013: Replace is_smo8500_device with an acpi_type enum Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> ext4: fix bogus warning in ext4_update_dx_flag() Vamshi K Sthambamkadi <vamshi.k.sthambamkadi@xxxxxxxxx> efivarfs: fix memory leak in efivarfs_create() Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx> tty: serial: imx: keep console clocks always on Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: mixart: Fix mutex deadlock Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: ctl: fix error path at adding user-defined element set Daniel Axtens <dja@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/uaccess-flush: fix missing includes in kup-radix.h Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> libfs: fix error cast of negative value in simple_attr_write() Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> xfs: revert "xfs: fix rmap key and record comparison functions" Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx> regulator: ti-abb: Fix array out of bound read access on the first transition Zhang Qilong <zhangqilong3@xxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: Alchemy: Fix memleak in alchemy_clk_setup_cpu Wu Bo <wubo.oduw@xxxxxxxxx> can: m_can: m_can_handle_state_change(): fix state change Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: peak_usb: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int Alejandro Concepcion Rodriguez <alejandro@xxxxxxxx> can: dev: can_restart(): post buffer from the right context Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> perf lock: Don't free "lock_seq_stat" if read_count isn't zero Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx> ARM: dts: imx50-evk: Fix the chip select 1 IOMUX Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@xxxxxxxxx> arm: dts: imx6qdl-udoo: fix rgmii phy-mode for ksz9031 phy Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: export has_transparent_hugepage() for modules Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Input: adxl34x - clean up a data type in adxl34x_probe() Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> vfs: remove lockdep bogosity in __sb_start_write Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> arm64: psci: Avoid printing in cpu_psci_cpu_die() Jianqun Xu <jay.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> pinctrl: rockchip: enable gpio pclk for rockchip_gpio_to_irq Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> mlxsw: core: Use variable timeout for EMAD retries Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> net: ftgmac100: Fix crash when removing driver Ryan Sharpelletti <sharpelletti@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: only postpone PROBE_RTT if RTT is < current min_rtt estimate Filip Moc <dev@xxxxxxx> net: usb: qmi_wwan: Set DTR quirk for MR400 Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: change to hold/put transport for proto_unreach_timer Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> qlcnic: fix error return code in qlcnic_83xx_restart_hw() Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx> net: x25: Increase refcnt of "struct x25_neigh" in x25_rx_call_request Aya Levin <ayal@xxxxxxxxxx> net/mlx4_core: Fix init_hca fields offset Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> netlabel: fix an uninitialized warning in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> netlabel: fix our progress tracking in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> net: Have netpoll bring-up DSA management interface Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> net: bridge: add missing counters to ndo_get_stats64 callback Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> net: b44: fix error return code in b44_init_one() Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx> inet_diag: Fix error path to cancel the meseage in inet_req_diag_fill() Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx> devlink: Add missing genlmsg_cancel() in devlink_nl_sb_port_pool_fill() Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> bnxt_en: read EEPROM A2h address using page 0 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> atm: nicstar: Unmap DMA on send error Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> ah6: fix error return code in ah6_input() ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50-evk.dts | 2 +- arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-udoo.dtsi | 2 +- arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c | 5 +-- arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c | 9 +++- arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h | 1 + arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 48 +--------------------- arch/xtensa/mm/cache.c | 14 +++++++ drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 2 + drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c | 15 ++++--- drivers/input/misc/adxl34x.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/dev.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c | 4 +- drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c | 4 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c | 6 +-- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.h | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c | 3 +- drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 2 +- drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c | 2 + drivers/regulator/core.c | 29 ++++++------- drivers/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.c | 12 +++++- drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 20 ++------- fs/efivarfs/super.c | 1 + fs/ext4/ext4.h | 3 +- fs/libfs.c | 6 ++- fs/super.c | 33 ++------------- fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c | 16 ++++---- net/bridge/br_device.c | 1 + net/core/devlink.c | 6 ++- net/core/netpoll.c | 22 ++++++++-- net/ipv4/inet_diag.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ah6.c | 3 +- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c | 27 +++--------- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.h | 1 - net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 14 ++----- net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c | 17 +++++--- net/sctp/input.c | 4 +- net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c | 4 +- net/sctp/transport.c | 2 +- net/x25/af_x25.c | 1 + sound/core/control.c | 2 +- sound/pci/mixart/mixart_core.c | 5 +-- tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 2 +- 50 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)
