This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.15.6 release. There are 84 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Thu Jul 17 23:17:00 UTC 2014. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.15.6-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 3.15.6-rc1 Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / battery: Retry to get battery information if failed during probing Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86, ioremap: Speed up check for RAM pages H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> x86, espfix: Make it possible to disable 16-bit support H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> x86, espfix: Make espfix64 a Kconfig option, fix UML H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86, espfix: Fix broken header guard H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86, espfix: Move espfix definitions into a separate header file H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> x86-64, espfix: Don't leak bits 31:16 of %esp returning to 16-bit stack H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Revert "x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option" Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Disable RELOCATABLE for COMPILE_TEST with PPC64 Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx> drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c: use dev_dbg() instead of dev_debug() for typo issue Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx> drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c: remove "&dev->" for typo issue Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> f2fs: check bdi->dirty_exceeded when trying to skip data writes Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> f2fs: adjust free mem size to flush dentry blocks Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> cgroup: fix a race between cgroup_mount() and cgroup_kill_sb() Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> kernfs: introduce kernfs_pin_sb() Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> kernfs: implement kernfs_root->supers list Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> cgroup: fix mount failure in a corner case Ted Juan <ted.juan@xxxxxxxxx> mtd: nand: omap: fix omap_calculate_ecc_bch() for-loop error Jean Sacren <sakiwit@xxxxxxxxx> i40e: fix passing wrong error code to i40e_open() Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> ring-buffer: Check if buffer exists before polling Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> DMA, CMA: fix possible memory leak Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915: Don't clobber the GTT when it's within stolen memory Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915: Toshiba CB35 has a controllable backlight Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915: Acer C720 and C720P have controllable backlights Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> drm/i915: quirk asserts controllable backlight presence, overriding VBT Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> drm/radeon: stop poisoning the GART TLB Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> drm/radeon: page table BOs are kernel allocations Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> drm/radeon: fix typo in golden register setup on evergreen Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> drm/radeon: fix typo in ci_stop_dpm() Alexandre Demers <alexandre.f.demers@xxxxxxxxx> drm/radeon/dpm: Reenabling SS on Cayman Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: fix a potential deadlock in __ext4_es_shrink() Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: revert commit which was causing fs corruption after journal replays Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: disable synchronous transaction batching if max_batch_time==0 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: clarify ext4_error message in ext4_mb_generate_buddy_error() Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: clarify error count warning messages Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> ext4: fix unjournalled bg descriptor while initializing inode bitmap Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> PCI: Fix unaligned access in AF transaction pending test Vincent Minet <vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> intel_pstate: Set CPU number before accessing MSRs Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx> intel_pstate: Update documentation of {max,min}_perf_pct sysfs files Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx> intel_pstate: don't touch turbo bit if turbo disabled or unavailable. Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx> intel_pstate: Fix setting VID Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> dm: allocate a special workqueue for deferred device removal Joe Thornber <thornber@xxxxxxxxxx> dm io: fix a race condition in the wake up code for sync_io Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> dm mpath: fix IO hang due to logic bug in multipath_busy K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the channel callback dispatch code Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> clk: qcom: HDMI source sel is 3 not 2 Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> clk: s2mps11: Fix double free corruption during driver unbind Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> clk: spear3xx: Use proper control register offset Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> phy: core: Fix error path in phy_create() Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx> arm64: implement TASK_SIZE_OF Cristian Stoica <cristian.stoica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: caam - fix memleak in caam_jr module Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxx> crypto: sha512_ssse3 - fix byte count to bit count conversion Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> cpufreq: Makefile: fix compilation for davinci platform Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/perf: Clear MMCR2 when enabling PMU Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/perf: Add PPMU_ARCH_207S define Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/perf: Never program book3s PMCs with values >= 0x80000000 Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc/kvm: Remove redundant save of SIER AND MMCR2 Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / EC: Fix race condition in ec_transaction_completed() Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / EC: Remove duplicated ec_wait_ibf0() waiter Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / EC: Add asynchronous command byte write support Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI / EC: Avoid race condition related to advance_transaction() Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ACPI / resources: only reject zero length resources based at address zero Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> Revert "ACPI / AC: Remove AC's proc directory." Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (adm1021) Fix cache problem when writing temperature limits Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (adm1029) Ensure the fan_div cache is updated in set_fan_div Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (adm1031) Fix writes to limit registers Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (emc2103) Clamp limits instead of bailing out Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (amc6821) Fix permissions for temp2_input Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (adc128d818) Drop write support on inX_input attributes Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@xxxxxxxxx> thermal: hwmon: Make the check for critical temp valid consistent Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> serial: imx: Fix build breakage Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> i8k: Fix non-SMP operation Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ahci: imx: manage only sata_ref_clk in imx_sata_enable[disable] Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> workqueue: zero cpumask of wq_numa_possible_cpumask on init Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cpuset,mempolicy: fix sleeping function called from invalid context Maxime Bizon <mbizon@xxxxxxxxxx> workqueue: fix dev_set_uevent_suppress() imbalance Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: fix fanotify_mark() syscall on 32bit compat kernel Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: add serial ports of C8000/1GHz machine to hardware database Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> serial: Test for no tx data on tx restart Jan Kardell <jan.kardell@xxxxxxxxxx> iio: ti_am335x_adc: Fix: Use same step id at FIFOs both ends Michal Sojka <sojkam1@xxxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ftdi_sio: Add Infineon Triboard Bert Vermeulen <bert@xxxxxxxx> USB: ftdi_sio: Add extra PID. Andras Kovacs <andras@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: cp210x: add support for Corsair usb dongle Bernd Wachter <bernd.wachter@xxxxxxxxx> usb: option: Add ID for Telewell TW-LTE 4G v2 ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt | 7 +- Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 2 + Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 2 + arch/parisc/kernel/hardware.c | 3 +- arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c | 10 ++ arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S | 2 +- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 3 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h | 3 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S | 5 - arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 26 +++- arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c | 2 +- arch/x86/Kconfig | 25 +++- arch/x86/crypto/sha512_ssse3_glue.c | 2 +- arch/x86/include/asm/espfix.h | 16 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 2 + arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 2 + arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 12 ++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 81 ++++++++++- arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 10 +- arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 7 + arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c | 44 ++++-- arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c | 26 +++- arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c | 8 - drivers/acpi/ac.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++- drivers/acpi/battery.c | 27 +++- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 128 ++++++++-------- drivers/acpi/resource.c | 10 +- drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c | 35 ++++- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 12 +- drivers/char/i8k.c | 4 +- drivers/clk/clk-s2mps11.c | 7 +- drivers/clk/qcom/mmcc-msm8960.c | 2 +- drivers/clk/spear/spear3xx_clock.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/Makefile | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 35 +++-- drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c | 44 ++++++ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h | 3 + drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c | 14 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ci_dpm.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_vm.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c | 6 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv770_dpm.c | 6 - drivers/hv/connection.c | 8 +- drivers/hwmon/adc128d818.c | 28 ++-- drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c | 14 +- drivers/hwmon/adm1029.c | 3 + drivers/hwmon/adm1031.c | 8 +- drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c | 2 +- drivers/hwmon/emc2103.c | 15 +- drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c | 2 +- drivers/md/dm-io.c | 22 +-- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 5 +- drivers/md/dm.c | 15 +- drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c | 10 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 +- drivers/pci/pci.c | 9 +- drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 7 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c | 4 +- drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c | 33 +++-- drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 3 + drivers/tty/serial/ip22zilog.c | 2 + drivers/tty/serial/m32r_sio.c | 8 +- drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c | 3 + drivers/tty/serial/sunsab.c | 3 + drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c | 2 + drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 5 +- drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h | 9 +- drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 2 + fs/ext4/extents_status.c | 4 +- fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 14 +- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 +- fs/ext4/super.c | 60 ++++---- fs/f2fs/data.c | 3 +- fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 + fs/f2fs/node.c | 46 +++--- fs/f2fs/node.h | 5 +- fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 5 +- fs/kernfs/dir.c | 1 + fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 5 + fs/kernfs/mount.c | 41 ++++++ include/linux/kernfs.h | 5 + include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 2 +- init/main.c | 4 + kernel/cgroup.c | 53 ++++++- kernel/cpuset.c | 8 +- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 5 +- kernel/trace/trace.c | 25 +++- kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 +- kernel/workqueue.c | 3 +- mm/mempolicy.c | 2 - 98 files changed, 1180 insertions(+), 357 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html