I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.246 kernel. All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.9.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.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/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 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/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, 173 insertions(+), 207 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 missing includes in kup-radix.h Darrick J. Wong (2): vfs: remove lockdep bogosity in __sb_start_write xfs: revert "xfs: fix rmap key and record comparison functions" Edwin Peer (1): bnxt_en: read EEPROM A2h address using page 0 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 4.9.246 Hans de Goede (1): iio: accel: kxcjk1013: Replace is_smo8500_device with an acpi_type enum Heiner Kallweit (1): net: bridge: add missing counters to ndo_get_stats64 callback Ido Schimmel (1): mlxsw: core: Use variable timeout for EMAD retries 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 Joel Stanley (1): net: ftgmac100: Fix crash when removing driver Johannes Berg (1): 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 Michał Mirosław (1): regulator: fix memory leak with repeated set_machine_constraints() Nishanth Menon (1): regulator: ti-abb: Fix array out of bound read access on the first transition Paul Moore (2): netlabel: fix our progress tracking in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() netlabel: fix an uninitialized warning in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist() Randy Dunlap (1): MIPS: export has_transparent_hugepage() for modules Ryan Sharpelletti (1): tcp: only postpone PROBE_RTT if RTT is < current min_rtt estimate 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() Wang Hai (2): devlink: Add missing genlmsg_cancel() in devlink_nl_sb_port_pool_fill() inet_diag: Fix error path to cancel the meseage in inet_req_diag_fill() 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