I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.255 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/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S | 1 arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c | 2 drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c | 20 - drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c | 2 drivers/iommu/dmar.c | 43 +- drivers/net/can/dev.c | 2 drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 1 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/dma.c | 5 fs/exec.c | 2 include/linux/compat.h | 2 include/linux/futex.h | 44 +- include/linux/intel-iommu.h | 2 include/linux/sched.h | 9 kernel/Makefile | 3 kernel/exit.c | 25 - kernel/fork.c | 40 -- kernel/futex.c | 446 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--- kernel/futex_compat.c | 201 ------------ net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 1 net/mac80211/iface.c | 6 net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c | 4 net/nfc/netlink.c | 1 net/nfc/rawsock.c | 2 net/wireless/wext-core.c | 5 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 2 26 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 348 deletions(-) Arnd Bergmann (1): y2038: futex: Move compat implementation into futex.c Bartosz Golaszewski (1): iommu/vt-d: Don't dereference iommu_device if IOMMU_API is not built Dan Carpenter (1): can: dev: prevent potential information leak in can_fill_info() David Woodhouse (1): iommu/vt-d: Gracefully handle DMAR units with no supported address widths Giacinto Cifelli (1): net: usb: qmi_wwan: added support for Thales Cinterion PLSx3 modem family Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.255 Johannes Berg (2): wext: fix NULL-ptr-dereference with cfg80211's lack of commit() mac80211: pause TX while changing interface type Kai-Heng Feng (1): ACPI: sysfs: Prefer "compatible" modalias Kamal Heib (1): RDMA/cxgb4: Fix the reported max_recv_sge value Like Xu (1): KVM: x86/pmu: Fix HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES event pseudo-encoding in intel_arch_events[] Lorenzo Bianconi (2): mt7601u: fix kernel crash unplugging the device mt7601u: fix rx buffer refcounting Max Krummenacher (1): ARM: imx: build suspend-imx6.S with arm instruction set Pablo Neira Ayuso (1): netfilter: nft_dynset: add timeout extension to template Pan Bian (2): NFC: fix resource leak when target index is invalid NFC: fix possible resource leak Shmulik Ladkani (1): xfrm: Fix oops in xfrm_replay_advance_bmp Thomas Gleixner (11): futex: Move futex exit handling into futex code futex: Replace PF_EXITPIDONE with a state exit/exec: Seperate mm_release() futex: Split futex_mm_release() for exit/exec futex: Set task::futex_state to DEAD right after handling futex exit futex: Mark the begin of futex exit explicitly futex: Sanitize exit state handling futex: Provide state handling for exec() as well futex: Add mutex around futex exit futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting futex: Prevent exit livelock