I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.246 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.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 ------------ Makefile | 2 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/kernel/genex.S | 3 - arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c | 4 - arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c | 2 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 49 ------------------ arch/xtensa/mm/cache.c | 14 +++++ drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 2 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/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c | 6 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.h | 4 - drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c | 3 - drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 2 drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c | 2 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 +- include/net/mac80211.h | 6 ++ net/bridge/br_device.c | 1 net/core/netpoll.c | 22 ++++++-- net/ipv6/ah6.c | 3 - net/mac80211/debugfs.c | 1 net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c | 27 +-------- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.h | 1 net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 32 +++++++---- 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 42 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-) Alejandro Concepcion Rodriguez (1): can: dev: can_restart(): post buffer from the right context Aya Levin (1): net/mlx4_core: Fix init_hca fields offset Chen Yu (1): x86/microcode/intel: Check patch signature before saving microcode for early loading Colin Ian King (1): can: peak_usb: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int Dan Carpenter (1): Input: adxl34x - clean up a data type in adxl34x_probe() Daniel Axtens (1): powerpc/uaccess-flush: fix corenet64_smp_defconfig build Fabio Estevam (1): ARM: dts: imx50-evk: Fix the chip select 1 IOMUX Felix Fietkau (2): mac80211: minstrel: remove deferred sampling code mac80211: minstrel: fix tx status processing corner case Filip Moc (1): net: usb: qmi_wwan: Set DTR quirk for MR400 Florian Fainelli (1): net: Have netpoll bring-up DSA management interface Fugang Duan (1): tty: serial: imx: keep console clocks always on Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.246 Heiner Kallweit (1): net: bridge: add missing counters to ndo_get_stats64 callback Jan Kara (1): ext4: fix bogus warning in ext4_update_dx_flag() Jianqun Xu (1): pinctrl: rockchip: enable gpio pclk for rockchip_gpio_to_irq Johannes Berg (2): mac80211: allow driver to prevent two stations w/ same address mac80211: free sta in sta_info_insert_finish() on errors Leo Yan (1): perf lock: Don't free "lock_seq_stat" if read_count isn't zero Max Filippov (1): xtensa: disable preemption around cache alias management calls Nishanth Menon (1): regulator: ti-abb: Fix array out of bound read access on the first transition Paul Burton (1): MIPS: Fix BUILD_ROLLBACK_PROLOGUE for microMIPS Paul Moore (2): netlabel: fix our progress tracking in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() netlabel: fix an uninitialized warning in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (1): atm: nicstar: Unmap DMA on send error Sergey Matyukevich (1): arm: dts: imx6qdl-udoo: fix rgmii phy-mode for ksz9031 phy Takashi Iwai (1): ALSA: mixart: Fix mutex deadlock Takashi Sakamoto (1): ALSA: ctl: fix error path at adding user-defined element set Thomas Richter (1): s390/cpum_sf.c: fix file permission for cpum_sfb_size Vamshi K Sthambamkadi (1): efivarfs: fix memory leak in efivarfs_create() Will Deacon (1): arm64: psci: Avoid printing in cpu_psci_cpu_die() Wu Bo (1): can: m_can: m_can_handle_state_change(): fix state change Xie He (1): net: x25: Increase refcnt of "struct x25_neigh" in x25_rx_call_request Xin Long (1): sctp: change to hold/put transport for proto_unreach_timer Yicong Yang (1): libfs: fix error cast of negative value in simple_attr_write() Zhang Changzhong (3): ah6: fix error return code in ah6_input() net: b44: fix error return code in b44_init_one() qlcnic: fix error return code in qlcnic_83xx_restart_hw() Zhang Qilong (1): MIPS: Alchemy: Fix memleak in alchemy_clk_setup_cpu