This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.18.1 release. There are 47 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 Sun, 29 May 2022 08:46:45 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.18.1-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.18.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 5.18.1-rc1 Edward Matijevic <motolav@xxxxxxxxx> ALSA: ctxfi: Add SB046x PCI ID Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx> ACPI: sysfs: Fix BERT error region memory mapping Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: check for signals after page of pool writes Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> random: wire up fops->splice_{read,write}_iter() Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> random: convert to using fops->write_iter() Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> random: convert to using fops->read_iter() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: unify batched entropy implementations Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: move randomize_page() into mm where it belongs Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: move initialization functions out of hot pages Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: make consistent use of buf and len Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: use proper return types on get_random_{int,long}_wait() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: remove extern from functions in header Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: use static branch for crng_ready() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: credit architectural init the exact amount Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: handle latent entropy and command line from random_init() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: use proper jiffies comparison macro Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: remove ratelimiting for in-kernel unseeded randomness Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: move initialization out of reseeding hot path Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: avoid initializing twice in credit race Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: use symbolic constants for crng_init states Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> siphash: use one source of truth for siphash permutations Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: help compiler out with fast_mix() by using simpler arguments Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: do not use input pool from hard IRQs Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: order timer entropy functions below interrupt functions Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: do not pretend to handle premature next security model Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: use first 128 bits of input as fast init Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: do not use batches when !crng_ready() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: insist on random_get_entropy() existing in order to simplify Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> xtensa: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> sparc: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> um: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> x86/tsc: Use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> nios2: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> arm: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> mips: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of just c0 random Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> riscv: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> m68k: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> timekeeping: Add raw clock fallback for random_get_entropy() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> powerpc: define get_cycles macro for arch-override Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> alpha: define get_cycles macro for arch-override Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> parisc: define get_cycles macro for arch-override Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> s390: define get_cycles macro for arch-override Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> ia64: define get_cycles macro for arch-override Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> init: call time_init() before rand_initialize() Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> random: fix sysctl documentation nits Basavaraj Natikar <Basavaraj.Natikar@xxxxxxx> HID: amd_sfh: Add support for sensor discovery Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx> lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 8 +- Makefile | 4 +- arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h | 1 + arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h | 1 + arch/ia64/include/asm/timex.h | 1 + arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h | 2 +- arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h | 17 +- arch/nios2/include/asm/timex.h | 3 + arch/parisc/include/asm/timex.h | 3 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h | 1 + arch/riscv/include/asm/timex.h | 2 +- arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h | 1 + arch/sparc/include/asm/timex_32.h | 4 +- arch/um/include/asm/timex.h | 9 +- arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h | 9 + arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h | 7 +- arch/xtensa/include/asm/timex.h | 6 +- drivers/acpi/sysfs.c | 25 +- drivers/char/random.c | 1213 +++++++++++---------------- drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_client.c | 11 + drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c | 7 + drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.h | 4 + include/linux/mm.h | 1 + include/linux/prandom.h | 23 +- include/linux/random.h | 92 +- include/linux/security.h | 2 + include/linux/siphash.h | 28 + include/linux/timex.h | 8 + init/main.c | 13 +- kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 24 + kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 62 +- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 15 + lib/Kconfig.debug | 3 +- lib/siphash.c | 32 +- mm/util.c | 32 + security/security.c | 2 + sound/pci/ctxfi/ctatc.c | 2 + sound/pci/ctxfi/cthardware.h | 3 +- 38 files changed, 821 insertions(+), 860 deletions(-)