I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.257 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 | 10 - arch/arm/mach-footbridge/dc21285.c | 12 - arch/mips/Kconfig | 1 arch/x86/Makefile | 3 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 10 - arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h | 18 ++ arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 4 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c | 3 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c | 3 drivers/acpi/thermal.c | 54 ++++-- drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c | 17 +- drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h | 2 drivers/mmc/core/sdio_cis.c | 6 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 4 drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c | 16 + drivers/usb/class/usblp.c | 19 +- drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c | 8 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/ether.c | 4 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c | 13 + drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 2 drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 6 fs/Kconfig.binfmt | 8 fs/cifs/dir.c | 22 ++ fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 3 include/linux/elfcore.h | 22 ++ include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 kernel/Makefile | 3 kernel/elfcore.c | 25 --- kernel/futex.c | 278 +++++++++++++++++++--------------- kernel/kprobes.c | 4 kernel/locking/rtmutex-debug.c | 9 - kernel/locking/rtmutex-debug.h | 3 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 127 +++++++++------ kernel/locking/rtmutex.h | 2 kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h | 12 - mm/hugetlb.c | 9 - net/lapb/lapb_out.c | 3 net/mac80211/driver-ops.c | 5 net/mac80211/rate.c | 3 net/sched/sch_api.c | 3 sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 2 41 files changed, 468 insertions(+), 293 deletions(-) Alexey Dobriyan (1): Input: i8042 - unbreak Pegatron C15B Arnd Bergmann (1): elfcore: fix building with clang Aurelien Aptel (1): cifs: report error instead of invalid when revalidating a dentry fails Benjamin Valentin (1): Input: xpad - sync supported devices with fork on GitHub Brian King (1): scsi: ibmvfc: Set default timeout to avoid crash during migration Chenxin Jin (1): USB: serial: cp210x: add new VID/PID for supporting Teraoka AD2000 Christoph Schemmel (1): USB: serial: option: Adding support for Cinterion MV31 Dan Carpenter (1): USB: gadget: legacy: fix an error code in eth_bind() Dave Hansen (1): x86/apic: Add extra serialization for non-serializing MSRs Eric Dumazet (1): net_sched: reject silly cell_log in qdisc_get_rtab() Felix Fietkau (1): mac80211: fix station rate table updates on assoc Fengnan Chang (1): mmc: core: Limit retries when analyse of SDIO tuples fails Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.257 Heiko Stuebner (1): usb: dwc2: Fix endpoint direction check in ep_from_windex Javed Hasan (1): scsi: libfc: Avoid invoking response handler twice if ep is already completed Jeremy Figgins (1): USB: usblp: don't call usb_set_interface if there's a single alt Josh Poimboeuf (1): x86/build: Disable CET instrumentation in the kernel Lee Jones (10): futex,rt_mutex: Provide futex specific rt_mutex API futex: Remove rt_mutex_deadlock_account_*() futex: Rework inconsistent rt_mutex/futex_q state futex: Avoid violating the 10th rule of futex futex: Replace pointless printk in fixup_owner() futex: Provide and use pi_state_update_owner() rtmutex: Remove unused argument from rt_mutex_proxy_unlock() futex: Use pi_state_update_owner() in put_pi_state() futex: Simplify fixup_pi_state_owner() futex: Handle faults correctly for PI futexes Muchun Song (3): mm: hugetlbfs: fix cannot migrate the fallocated HugeTLB page mm: hugetlb: fix a race between isolating and freeing page mm: hugetlb: remove VM_BUG_ON_PAGE from page_huge_active Pho Tran (1): USB: serial: cp210x: add pid/vid for WSDA-200-USB Rafael J. Wysocki (1): ACPI: thermal: Do not call acpi_thermal_check() directly Ralf Baechle (1): ELF/MIPS build fix Russell King (1): ARM: footbridge: fix dc21285 PCI configuration accessors Sasha Levin (1): stable: clamp SUBLEVEL in 4.4 and 4.9 Shih-Yuan Lee (FourDollars) (1): ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix typo of pincfg for Dell quirk Thinh Nguyen (1): usb: udc: core: Use lock when write to soft_connect Wang ShaoBo (1): kretprobe: Avoid re-registration of the same kretprobe earlier Xie He (1): net: lapb: Copy the skb before sending a packet
