This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.263 release. There are 25 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 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:19:09 +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/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.9.263-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-4.9.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> Linux 4.9.263-rc1 Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> genirq: Disable interrupts for force threaded handlers Shijie Luo <luoshij...@huawei.com> ext4: fix potential error in ext4_do_update_inode zhangyi (F) <yi.zh...@huawei.com> ext4: find old entry again if failed to rename whiteout Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> x86: Introduce TS_COMPAT_RESTART to fix get_nr_restart_syscall() Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> x86: Move TS_COMPAT back to asm/thread_info.h Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> kernel, fs: Introduce and use set_restart_fn() and arch_set_restart_data() Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> x86/ioapic: Ignore IRQ2 again Kan Liang <kan.li...@linux.intel.com> perf/x86/intel: Fix a crash caused by zero PEBS status Tyrel Datwyler <tyr...@linux.ibm.com> PCI: rpadlpar: Fix potential drc_name corruption in store functions Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> iio: adis16400: Fix an error code in adis16400_initial_setup() Jim Lin <ji...@nvidia.com> usb: gadget: configfs: Fix KASAN use-after-free Macpaul Lin <macpaul....@mediatek.com> USB: replace hardcode maximum usb string length by definition Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> scsi: lpfc: Fix some error codes in debugfs Pavel Skripkin <paskrip...@gmail.com> net/qrtr: fix __netdev_alloc_skb call Daniel Kobras <kob...@puzzle-itc.de> sunrpc: fix refcount leak for rpc auth modules Timo Rothenpieler <t...@rothenpieler.org> svcrdma: disable timeouts on rdma backchannel Joe Korty <joe.ko...@concurrent-rt.com> NFSD: Repair misuse of sv_lock in 5.10.16-rt30. Sagi Grimberg <s...@grimberg.me> nvmet: don't check iosqes,iocqes for discovery controllers Filipe Manana <fdman...@suse.com> btrfs: fix race when cloning extent buffer during rewind of an old root Jacob Keller <jacob.e.kel...@intel.com> ixgbe: prevent ptp_rx_hang from running when in FILTER_ALL mode Jacob Keller <jacob.e.kel...@intel.com> ixgbe: check for Tx timestamp timeouts during watchdog Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> net: dsa: b53: Support setting learning on port Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> ext4: check journal inode extents more carefully Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> ext4: don't allow overlapping system zones Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> ext4: handle error of ext4_setup_system_zone() on remount ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c | 2 +- arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 9 ---- arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 23 ++++++++- arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 10 ++++ arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 24 +-------- drivers/iio/imu/adis16400_core.c | 3 +- drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c | 20 ++++++++ drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_regs.h | 1 + drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c | 5 ++ drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_regs.h | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c | 27 ++++++++++ drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 17 +++++-- drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c | 14 +++--- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c | 16 ++++-- drivers/usb/gadget/usbstring.c | 4 +- fs/btrfs/ctree.c | 2 + fs/ext4/block_validity.c | 71 +++++++++++++-------------- fs/ext4/ext4.h | 6 +-- fs/ext4/extents.c | 16 +++--- fs/ext4/indirect.c | 6 +-- fs/ext4/inode.c | 13 +++-- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 +- fs/ext4/namei.c | 29 ++++++++++- fs/ext4/super.c | 5 +- fs/select.c | 10 ++-- include/linux/thread_info.h | 13 +++++ include/uapi/linux/usb/ch9.h | 3 ++ kernel/futex.c | 3 +- kernel/irq/manage.c | 4 ++ kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 2 +- kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 2 +- kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 2 +- net/qrtr/qrtr.c | 2 +- net/sunrpc/svc.c | 6 ++- net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c | 4 +- net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_backchannel.c | 6 +-- 41 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)