I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.250 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/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_msgr.c | 2 - arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 - drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 3 + drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c | 12 ++++-- drivers/iio/magnetometer/mag3110.c | 13 ++++--- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c | 2 - drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c | 2 - drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c | 2 + drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c | 4 +- drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c | 10 ++++- drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c | 45 +++++++----------------- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 4 -- drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c | 2 - drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c | 8 +++- drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 1 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.h | 2 + drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c | 7 +++ drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c | 38 +++++++++++++------- fs/quota/quota_tree.c | 8 ++-- fs/reiserfs/stree.c | 6 +++ include/linux/kdev_t.h | 22 +++++------ include/linux/of.h | 1 include/uapi/linux/const.h | 5 ++ include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 - include/uapi/linux/kernel.h | 9 ---- include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h | 2 - include/uapi/linux/mroute6.h | 2 - include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h | 2 - include/uapi/linux/netlink.h | 2 - include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h | 2 - include/xen/xenbus.h | 15 +++++++- kernel/module.c | 6 ++- net/ipv6/datagram.c | 21 +++++++++-- net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c | 38 +++++++++----------- net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h | 3 - sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h | 8 ++-- sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132.c | 16 +++++++- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 25 +++++++++++-- sound/usb/pcm.c | 52 ++++++++++------------------ 40 files changed, 243 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-) Alberto Aguirre (1): ALSA: usb-audio: simplify set_sync_ep_implicit_fb_quirk Anant Thazhemadam (1): misc: vmw_vmci: fix kernel info-leak by initializing dbells in vmci_ctx_get_chkpt_doorbells() Eric Auger (1): vfio/pci: Move dummy_resources_list init in vfio_pci_probe() Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.9.250 Hui Wang (1): ALSA: hda - Fix a wrong FIXUP for alc289 on Dell machines Jan Beulich (1): x86/entry/64: Add instruction suffix Jan Kara (1): quota: Don't overflow quota file offsets Jessica Yu (1): module: delay kobject uevent until after module init call Johan Hovold (3): ALSA: usb-audio: fix sync-ep altsetting sanity check USB: serial: digi_acceleport: fix write-wakeup deadlocks of: fix linker-section match-table corruption Jonathan Cameron (3): iio:imu:bmi160: Fix too large a buffer. iio:imu:bmi160: Fix alignment and data leak issues iio:magnetometer:mag3110: Fix alignment and data leak issues. Josh Poimboeuf (1): kdev_t: always inline major/minor helper functions Kailang Yang (2): ALSA: hda/realtek - Support Dell headset mode for ALC3271 ALSA: hda/realtek - Dell headphone has noise on unmute for ALC236 Mauro Carvalho Chehab (1): media: gp8psk: initialize stats at power control logic Miroslav Benes (1): module: set MODULE_STATE_GOING state when a module fails to load Paolo Abeni (2): net: ipv6: keep sk status consistent after datagram connect failure l2tp: fix races with ipv4-mapped ipv6 addresses Petr Vorel (1): uapi: move constants from <linux/kernel.h> to <linux/const.h> Qinglang Miao (1): powerpc: sysdev: add missing iounmap() on error in mpic_msgr_probe() Rustam Kovhaev (1): reiserfs: add check for an invalid ih_entry_count SeongJae Park (5): xen/xenbus: Allow watches discard events before queueing xen/xenbus: Add 'will_handle' callback support in xenbus_watch_path() xen/xenbus/xen_bus_type: Support will_handle watch callback xen/xenbus: Count pending messages for each watch xenbus/xenbus_backend: Disallow pending watch messages Stefan Haberland (1): s390/dasd: fix hanging device offline processing Takashi Iwai (2): ALSA: hda/ca0132 - Fix work handling in delayed HP detection ALSA: seq: Use bool for snd_seq_queue internal flags Zhang Xiaohui (1): mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start sayli karnik (1): iio: bmi160_core: Fix sparse warning due to incorrect type in assignment