I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.280 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 include/linux/rcupdate.h | 4 kernel/futex.c | 245 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 185 ++++++++++++++++-------------- kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h | 2 5 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 175 deletions(-) Anna-Maria Gleixner (1): rcu: Update documentation of rcu_read_unlock() Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.280 Mike Galbraith (1): futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly Peter Zijlstra (6): futex: Cleanup refcounting futex,rt_mutex: Introduce rt_mutex_init_waiter() futex: Pull rt_mutex_futex_unlock() out from under hb->lock futex: Rework futex_lock_pi() to use rt_mutex_*_proxy_lock() futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism futex,rt_mutex: Fix rt_mutex_cleanup_proxy_lock() Thomas Gleixner (3): futex: Rename free_pi_state() to put_pi_state() rtmutex: Make wait_lock irq safe futex: Avoid freeing an active timer