This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.15.7 release. There are 109 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 Mon Jul 28 19:02:07 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-3.15.7-rc1.gz and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> Linux 3.15.7-rc1 Anton Kolesov <anton.kole...@synopsys.com> ARC: Implement ptrace(PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA) Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Don't trigger congestion wait on dirty-but-not-writeout pages Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumb...@intel.com> iwlwifi: mvm: disable CTS to Self Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de> ARM: dts: imx: Add alias for ethernet controller Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bige...@linutronix.de> gpio: dwapb: drop irq_setup_generic_chip() Benjamin LaHaise <b...@kvack.org> aio: protect reqs_available updates from changes in interrupt handlers Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com> IB/mlx5: Enable "block multicast loopback" for kernel consumers Michael Brown <mbr...@fensystems.co.uk> x86/efi: Include a .bss section within the PE/COFF headers Mateusz Guzik <mgu...@redhat.com> sched: Fix possible divide by zero in avg_atom() calculation Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> locking/mutex: Disable optimistic spinning on some architectures Takashi Iwai <ti...@suse.de> PM / sleep: Fix request_firmware() error at resume Steve Wise <sw...@opengridcomputing.com> RDMA/cxgb4: Initialize the device status page Mike Snitzer <snit...@redhat.com> dm cache metadata: do not allow the data block size to change Mike Snitzer <snit...@redhat.com> dm thin metadata: do not allow the data block size to change Ted Juan <ted.j...@gmail.com> mtd: devices: elm: fix elm_context_save() and elm_context_restore() functions Hannes Frederic Sowa <han...@stressinduktion.org> random: check for increase of entropy_count because of signed conversion Viresh Kumar <viresh.ku...@linaro.org> cpufreq: move policy kobj to policy->cpu at resume Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> x86, tsc: Fix cpufreq lockup Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> hwrng: fetch randomness only after device init John Stultz <john.stu...@linaro.org> alarmtimer: Fix bug where relative alarm timers were treated as absolute Dave Airlie <airl...@redhat.com> Revert "drm/i915: reverse dp link param selection, prefer fast over wide again" Alex Deucher <alexander.deuc...@amd.com> drm/radeon: avoid leaking edid data Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com> drm/qxl: return IRQ_NONE if it was not our irq Alex Deucher <alexander.deuc...@amd.com> drm/radeon: set default bl level to something reasonable Tomasz Figa <t.f...@samsung.com> irqchip: gic: Fix core ID calculation when topology is read from DT Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpa...@amd.com> irqchip: gic: Add binding probe for ARM GIC400 Matthias Brugger <matthias....@gmail.com> irqchip: gic: Add support for cortex a7 compatible string Martin Lau <ka...@fb.com> ring-buffer: Fix polling on trace_pipe Amitkumar Karwar <akar...@marvell.com> mwifiex: fix Tx timeout issue HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatay...@jp.fujitsu.com> perf/x86/intel: ignore CondChgd bit to avoid false NMI handling Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> perf: Do not allow optimized switch for non-cloned events Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.k...@citrix.com> xen-netback: Fix pointer incrementation to avoid incorrect logging Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.k...@citrix.com> xen-netback: Fix releasing header slot on error path Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.k...@citrix.com> xen-netback: Fix releasing frag_list skbs in error path Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.k...@citrix.com> xen-netback: Fix handling frag_list on grant op error path Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> ipv4: fix buffer overflow in ip_options_compile() Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> dns_resolver: Null-terminate the right string Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoell...@gmx.de> dns_resolver: assure that dns_query() result is null-terminated Christoph Schulz <deve...@kristov.de> net: ppp: don't call sk_chk_filter twice Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> net: huawei_cdc_ncm: add "subclass 3" devices Christoph Schulz <deve...@kristov.de> net: ppp: fix creating PPP pass and active filters Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varad...@oracle.com> sunvnet: clean up objects created in vnet_new() on vnet_exit() Jerry Chu <hk...@google.com> net-gre-gro: Fix a bug that breaks the forwarding path Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@redhat.com> bonding: fix ad_select module param check Christoph Schulz <deve...@kristov.de> net: pppoe: use correct channel MTU when using Multilink PPP Daniel Borkmann <dbork...@redhat.com> net: sctp: fix information leaks in ulpevent layer Jon Paul Maloy <jon.ma...@ericsson.com> tipc: clear 'next'-pointer of message fragments before reassembly hayeswang <hayesw...@realtek.com> r8152: fix r8152_csum_workaround function Suresh Reddy <suresh.re...@emulex.com> be2net: set EQ DB clear-intr bit in be_open() Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> netlink: Fix handling of error from netlink_dump(). Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitz...@fitzsim.org> net: mvneta: Fix big endian issue in mvneta_txq_desc_csum() Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazz...@free-electrons.com> net: mvneta: fix operation in 10 Mbit/s mode Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.ut...@gmail.com> appletalk: Fix socket referencing in skb Yuchung Cheng <ych...@google.com> tcp: fix false undo corner cases dingtianhong <dingtianh...@huawei.com> igmp: fix the problem when mc leave group Loic Prylli <lo...@google.com> net: Fix NETDEV_CHANGE notifier usage causing spurious arp flush Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> net: qmi_wwan: add two Sierra Wireless/Netgear devices Bernd Wachter <bernd.wach...@jolla.com> net: qmi_wwan: Add ID for Telewell TW-LTE 4G v2 Edward Allcutt <edward.allc...@openmarket.com> ipv4: icmp: Fix pMTU handling for rare case Christoph Paasch <christoph.paa...@uclouvain.be> tcp: Fix divide by zero when pushing during tcp-repair Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> bnx2x: fix possible panic under memory stress Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> vlan: free percpu stats in device destructor Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> net: fix sparse warning in sk_dst_set() Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> ipv4: irq safe sk_dst_[re]set() and ipv4_sk_update_pmtu() fix Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> ipv4: fix dst race in sk_dst_get() Wei-Chun Chao <weich...@plumgrid.com> net: fix UDP tunnel GSO of frag_list GRO packets Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> net: huawei_cdc_ncm: increase command buffer size Mugunthan V N <mugunthan...@ti.com> drivers: net: cpsw: fix dual EMAC stall when connected to same switch Li RongQing <roy.qing...@gmail.com> 8021q: fix a potential memory leak Daniel Borkmann <dbork...@redhat.com> net: sctp: check proc_dointvec result in proc_sctp_do_auth Neal Cardwell <ncardw...@google.com> tcp: fix tcp_match_skb_to_sack() for unaligned SACK at end of an skb Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> net: filter: fix upper BPF instruction limit Daniel Borkmann <dbork...@redhat.com> net: sctp: propagate sysctl errors from proc_do* properly Tyler Hall <tylerwh...@gmail.com> slcan: Port write_wakeup deadlock fix from slip Tyler Hall <tylerwh...@gmail.com> slip: Fix deadlock in write_wakeup Dmitry Popov <ixaph...@qrator.net> ip_tunnel: fix ip_tunnel_lookup Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com> net/mlx4_en: Don't configure the HW vxlan parser when vxlan offloading isn't set Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com> net/mlx4_core: Fix the error flow when probing with invalid VF configuration Hugh Dickins <hu...@google.com> shmem: fix splicing from a hole while it's punched Hugh Dickins <hu...@google.com> shmem: fix faulting into a hole, not taking i_mutex Hugh Dickins <hu...@google.com> shmem: fix faulting into a hole while it's punched Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumb...@intel.com> iwlwifi: dvm: don't enable CTS to self Oren Givon <oren.gi...@intel.com> iwlwifi: update the 7265 series HW IDs Niu Yawei <yawei....@gmail.com> quota: missing lock in dqcache_shrink_scan() Stefan Assmann <sassm...@kpanic.de> igb: do a reset on SR-IOV re-init if device is down Todd Fujinaka <todd.fujin...@intel.com> igb: Workaround for i210 Errata 25: Slow System Clock Guenter Roeck <li...@roeck-us.net> hwmon: (adt7470) Fix writes to temperature limit registers Axel Lin <axel....@ingics.com> hwmon: (da9052) Don't use dash in the name attribute Axel Lin <axel....@ingics.com> hwmon: (da9055) Don't use dash in the name attribute David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> xen/manage: fix potential deadlock when resuming the console David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> xen/balloon: set ballooned out pages as invalid in p2m zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhang...@huawei.com> tracing: Add TRACE_ITER_PRINTK flag check in __trace_puts/__trace_bputs zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhang...@huawei.com> tracing: Add ftrace_trace_stack into __trace_puts/__trace_bputs Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rost...@goodmis.org> tracing: Fix graph tracer with stack tracer on other archs Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> tracing: instance_rmdir() leaks ftrace_event_file->filter Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruv...@linux.intel.com> iio:core: Handle error when mask type is not separate Anand Avati <av...@redhat.com> fuse: ignore entry-timeout on LOOKUP_REVAL Miklos Szeredi <mszer...@suse.cz> fuse: handle large user and group ID Miklos Szeredi <mszer...@suse.cz> fuse: avoid scheduling while atomic Miklos Szeredi <mszer...@suse.cz> fuse: timeout comparison fix Loic Poulain <loic.poul...@intel.com> Bluetooth: Ignore H5 non-link packets in non-active state Marcel Holtmann <mar...@holtmann.org> Revert "Bluetooth: Add a new PID/VID 0cf3/e005 for AR3012." K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in the KVP code Dexuan Cui <de...@microsoft.com> Drivers: hv: hv_fcopy: fix a race condition for SMP guest Takashi Iwai <ti...@suse.de> ALSA: hda - Fix broken PM due to incomplete i915 initialization Takashi Iwai <ti...@suse.de> ALSA: hda - Revert stream assignment order for Intel controllers Hans de Goede <hdego...@redhat.com> media: gspca_pac7302: Add new usb-id for Genius i-Look 317 Abbas Raza <abbas_r...@mentor.com> usb: chipidea: udc: Disable auto ZLP generation on ep0 Gavin Guo <gavin....@canonical.com> usb: Check if port status is equal to RxDetect ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h | 1 + arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 + arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx25.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx27.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx35.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx50.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6sl.dtsi | 1 + arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 + arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 + arch/sparc/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/boot/header.S | 26 ++++- arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 38 ++++++-- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 9 ++ arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 4 +- drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c | 2 - drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 1 - drivers/bluetooth/hci_h5.c | 1 + drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 41 ++++++-- drivers/char/random.c | 17 +++- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +- drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c | 3 - drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_irq.c | 3 + drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c | 10 +- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c | 5 + drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c | 2 +- drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 14 ++- drivers/hv/hv_util.c | 2 +- drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c | 6 +- drivers/hwmon/da9052-hwmon.c | 2 +- drivers/hwmon/da9055-hwmon.c | 2 +- drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c | 3 + drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c | 1 + drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c | 2 +- drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c | 7 +- drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c | 28 +++--- drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 9 ++ drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c | 9 ++ drivers/media/usb/gspca/pac7302.c | 1 + drivers/mtd/devices/elm.c | 2 + drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/slcan.c | 37 +++++-- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c | 7 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_defines.h | 18 ++-- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_hw.h | 3 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c | 66 +++++++++++++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.h | 12 +++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_regs.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 16 ++++ drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c | 20 +++- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 7 +- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 30 +++--- drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 2 +- drivers/net/slip/slip.c | 36 +++++-- drivers/net/slip/slip.h | 1 + drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c | 10 +- drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 3 + drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rxon.c | 12 --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c | 8 +- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c | 3 +- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 1 + drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 86 ++++++++++++----- drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 19 ++++ drivers/xen/balloon.c | 12 +-- drivers/xen/manage.c | 5 +- fs/aio.c | 7 ++ fs/fuse/dev.c | 51 +++++----- fs/fuse/dir.c | 7 +- fs/fuse/inode.c | 20 +++- fs/quota/dquot.c | 2 + include/net/sock.h | 16 ++-- kernel/Kconfig.locks | 5 +- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- kernel/power/process.c | 1 + kernel/sched/debug.c | 2 +- kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 20 +++- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 4 +- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 4 - kernel/trace/trace.c | 18 +++- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 1 + mm/shmem.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++--- mm/vmscan.c | 11 +-- net/8021q/vlan_core.c | 5 +- net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 13 ++- net/appletalk/ddp.c | 3 - net/core/dev.c | 11 ++- net/core/dst.c | 16 +++- net/core/filter.c | 2 +- net/core/skbuff.c | 3 +- net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 3 + net/ipv4/gre_offload.c | 3 + net/ipv4/icmp.c | 2 - net/ipv4/igmp.c | 10 +- net/ipv4/ip_options.c | 4 + net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 26 ++--- net/ipv4/route.c | 15 +-- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 10 +- net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c | 2 +- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +- net/sctp/sysctl.c | 46 ++++----- net/sctp/ulpevent.c | 122 +++--------------------- net/tipc/bcast.c | 1 + sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c | 3 +- sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c | 12 +-- sound/pci/hda/hda_priv.h | 1 + 122 files changed, 893 insertions(+), 433 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/