This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.7.8 release. There are 61 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 Feb 14 20:31:32 UTC 2013. 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-3.7.8-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> Linux 3.7.8-rc1 Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slus...@gmail.com> drm/nouveau: add lockdep annotations Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> net: splice: fix __splice_segment() Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> net: splice: avoid high order page splitting Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: fix splice() and tcp collapsing interaction Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: splice: fix an infinite loop in tcp_read_sock() Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> tcp: don't abort splice() after small transfers Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvi...@helsinki.fi> tcp: fix for zero packets_in_flight was too broad Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: frto should not set snd_cwnd to 0 Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: fix an infinite loop in tcp_slow_start() Yuchung Cheng <ych...@google.com> tcp: detect SYN/data drop when F-RTO is disabled Daniel Borkmann <dbork...@redhat.com> net: sctp: sctp_endpoint_free: zero out secret key data Daniel Borkmann <dbork...@redhat.com> net: sctp: sctp_setsockopt_auth_key: use kzfree instead of kfree Neil Horman <nhor...@tuxdriver.com> sctp: refactor sctp_outq_teardown to insure proper re-initalization Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv4: Fix route refcount on pmtu discovery Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv4: Add a socket release callback for datagram sockets Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv4: Invalidate the socket cached route on pmtu events if possible Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv6: Add an error handler for icmp6 Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv4: Don't update the pmtu on mtu locked routes Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> ipv4: Remove output route check in ipv4_mtu Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> netback: correct netbk_tx_err to handle wrap around. Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> xen/netback: free already allocated memory on failure in xen_netbk_get_requests Matthew Daley <mat...@gmail.com> xen/netback: don't leak pages on failure in xen_netbk_tx_check_gop. Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> xen/netback: shutdown the ring if it contains garbage. Heiko Carstens <heiko.carst...@de.ibm.com> atm/iphase: rename fregt_t -> ffreg_t Tommi Rantala <tt.rant...@gmail.com> ipv6/ip6_gre: fix error case handling in ip6gre_tunnel_xmit() Phil Sutter <phil.sut...@viprinet.com> packet: fix leakage of tx_ring memory David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> via-rhine: Fix bugs in NAPI support. Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleit...@redhat.com> ipv6: do not create neighbor entries for local delivery Cong Wang <amw...@redhat.com> pktgen: correctly handle failures when adding a device Pravin B Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com> IP_GRE: Fix kernel panic in IP_GRE with GRE csum. Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> net: loopback: fix a dst refcounting issue Timo Teräs <timo.te...@iki.fi> r8169: remove the obsolete and incorrect AMD workaround Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> netxen: fix off by one bug in netxen_release_tx_buffer() Tilman Schmidt <til...@imap.cc> isdn/gigaset: fix zero size border case in debug dump Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: fix incorrect LOCKDROPPEDICMPS counter Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com> net/mlx4_core: Set number of msix vectors under SRIOV mode to firmware defaults Yan Burman <y...@mellanox.com> net/mlx4_en: Fix bridged vSwitch configuration for non SRIOV mode Rob Herring <rob.herr...@calxeda.com> net: calxedaxgmac: throw away overrun frames Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> macvlan: fix macvlan_get_size() Romain KUNTZ <r.ku...@ipflavors.com> ipv6: fix header length calculation in ip6_append_data() Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemmin...@vyatta.com> MAINTAINERS: Stephen Hemminger email change Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> tcp: fix a panic on UP machines in reqsk_fastopen_remove Stanislaw Gruszka <sgrus...@redhat.com> net, wireless: overwrite default_ethtool_ops Romain Kuntz <r.ku...@ipflavors.com> ipv6: fix the noflags test in addrconf_get_prefix_route Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> net: prevent setting ttl=0 via IP_TTL Mike Snitzer <snit...@redhat.com> dm thin: fix queue limits stacking Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> mfd: db8500-prcmu: Fix irqdomain usage Felix Fietkau <n...@openwrt.org> ath9k_hw: fix calibration issues on chainmask that don't include chain 0 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@redhat.com> media: pwc-if: must check vb2_queue_init() success Bruce Allan <bruce.w.al...@intel.com> e1000e: enable ECC on I217/I218 to catch packet buffer memory errors Bing Zhao <bz...@marvell.com> mwifiex: fix incomplete scan in case of IE parsing error Alexander Stein <alexander.st...@systec-electronic.com> can: c_can: Set reserved bit in IFx_MASK2 to 1 on write Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumb...@intel.com> Revert "iwlwifi: fix the reclaimed packet tracking upon flush queue" Johan Hedberg <johan.hedb...@intel.com> Bluetooth: Fix handling of unexpected SMP PDUs Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandel...@stericsson.com> virtio_console: Don't access uninitialized data. Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marcinis...@intel.com> IB/qib: Fix for broken sparse warning fix Alim Akhtar <alim.akh...@samsung.com> regulator: s2mps11: fix incorrect register for buck10 Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com> regulator: clear state each invocation of of_regulator_match Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprow...@samsung.com> regulator: max8998: fix incorrect min_uV value for ldo10 Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> rtlwifi: Fix scheduling while atomic bug Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> rtlwifi: Fix the usage of the wrong variable in usb.c ------------- Diffstat: MAINTAINERS | 6 +- Makefile | 4 +- drivers/atm/iphase.h | 146 ++++++++++----------- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 3 +- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h | 7 +- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c | 3 + drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c | 11 +- drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c | 2 + drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 13 +- drivers/media/usb/pwc/pwc-if.c | 6 +- drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c | 6 +- drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can.c | 6 +- drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c | 4 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h | 9 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/hw.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 11 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 46 +++++++ drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c | 13 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c | 11 +- .../net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c | 2 + drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 7 - drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c | 8 +- drivers/net/loopback.c | 5 + drivers/net/macvlan.c | 5 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_calib.c | 2 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_phy.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/tx.c | 24 +--- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c | 9 +- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 7 +- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c | 4 +- drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h | 3 + drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 23 ++-- drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 115 +++++++++------- drivers/regulator/max8998.c | 2 +- drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c | 6 + drivers/regulator/s2mps11.c | 4 +- include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 + include/net/ip.h | 2 + net/bluetooth/smp.c | 13 ++ net/core/dev.c | 8 ++ net/core/pktgen.c | 9 +- net/core/request_sock.c | 2 - net/core/skbuff.c | 44 ++----- net/ipv4/datagram.c | 25 ++++ net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 6 +- net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ping.c | 1 + net/ipv4/raw.c | 1 + net/ipv4/route.c | 54 +++++++- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 27 ++-- net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c | 14 +- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 8 +- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 9 +- net/ipv4/udp.c | 1 + net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/icmp.c | 12 ++ net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 4 +- net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +- net/packet/af_packet.c | 10 +- net/sctp/endpointola.c | 5 + net/sctp/outqueue.c | 12 +- net/sctp/socket.c | 2 +- net/wireless/core.c | 3 +- 69 files changed, 537 insertions(+), 291 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/