** Description changed: - - SRU Justification - - Impact: - The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar - in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to - demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream - by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally - backported form of that patch. The v4.2.4 upstream stable - patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu - kernel as well. - - git://git.kernel.org/ - - TEST CASE: TBD - - The following patches are in the v4.2.4 stable release: + SRU Justification + + Impact: + The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar + in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to + demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream + by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally + backported form of that patch. The v4.2.4 upstream stable + patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu + kernel as well. + + git://git.kernel.org/ + + TEST CASE: TBD + + The following patches are in the v4.2.4 stable release: + + arm: KVM: Fix incorrect device to IPA mapping + KVM: vmx: fix VPID is 0000H in non-root operation + kvm: don't try to register to KVM_FAST_MMIO_BUS for non mmio eventfd + kvm: fix zero length mmio searching + kvm: factor out core eventfd assign/deassign logic + kvm: fix double free for fast mmio eventfd + arm: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it + kvm: svm: reset mmu on VCPU reset + KVM: x86: trap AMD MSRs for the TSeg base and mask + KVM: PPC: Book3S: Take the kvm->srcu lock in kvmppc_h_logical_ci_load/store() + KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Pass the correct trap argument to kvmhv_commence_exit + Revert "KVM: x86: apply guest MTRR virtualization on host reserved pages" + Revert "KVM: SVM: use NPT page attributes" + Revert "KVM: SVM: Sync g_pat with guest-written PAT value" + time: Fix timekeeping_freqadjust()'s incorrect use of abs() instead of abs64() + target/iscsi: Fix np_ip bracket issue by removing np_ip + scsi: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race + target: Attach EXTENDED_COPY local I/O descriptors to xcopy_pt_sess + target: Fix PR registration + APTPL RCU conversion regression + iser-target: remove command with state ISTATE_REMOVE + iser-target: Put the reference on commands waiting for unsol data + toshiba_acpi: Fix hotkeys registration on some toshiba models + perf/x86/intel: Fix constraint access + locking/qspinlock/x86: Fix performance regression under unaccelerated VMs + locking/qspinlock/x86: Only emit the test-and-set fallback when building guest support + perf tools: Fix copying of /proc/kcore + ARM: 8401/1: perf: Set affinity for PPI based PMUs + perf hists: Update the column width for the "srcline" sort key + perf stat: Get correct cpu id for print_aggr + perf tools: Add missing forward declaration of struct map to probe-event.h + perf tools: Add empty Build files for architectures lacking them + perf tools: Fix parse_events_add_pmu caller + perf header: Fixup reading of HEADER_NRCPUS feature + perf probe: Use existing routine to look for a kernel module by dso->short_name + ARCv2: [axs103_smp] Reduce clk for SMP FPGA configs + watchdog: sunxi: fix activation of system reset + watchdog: imgpdc: Unregister restart handler on remove + sched: access local runqueue directly in single_task_running + hwmon: (nct6775) Swap STEP_UP_TIME and STEP_DOWN_TIME registers for most chips + ARM: fix Thumb2 signal handling when ARMv6 is enabled + ARM: 8429/1: disable GCC SRA optimization + windfarm: decrement client count when unregistering + ARM: 8425/1: kgdb: Don't try to stop the machine when setting breakpoints + ARM: dts: omap5-uevm.dts: fix i2c5 pinctrl offsets + ARM: dts: omap3-beagle: make i2c3, ddc and tfp410 gpio work again + ARM: pxa: ssp: Fix build error by removing originally incorrect DT binding + ARM: EXYNOS: reset Little cores when cpu is up + ARM: dts: sunxi: Raise minimum CPU voltage for sun7i-a20 to meet SoC specifications + ARM: dts: Fix wrong clock binding for sysmmu_fimd1_1 on exynos5420 + ARM: dts: fix usb pin control for imx-rex dts + dax: fix O_DIRECT I/O to the last block of a blockdev + blockdev: don't set S_DAX for misaligned partitions + block: blkg_destroy_all() should clear q->root_blkg and ->root_rl.blkg + dmaengine: at_xdmac: change block increment addressing mode + dmaengine: at_xdmac: clean used descriptor + dmaengine: dw: properly read DWC_PARAMS register + dmaengine: at_xdmac: fix bug in prep_dma_cyclic + dmaengine: pxa_dma: fix initial list move + pmem: add proper fencing to pmem_rw_page() + x86/apic: Serialize LVTT and TSC_DEADLINE writes + x86/alternatives: Make optimize_nops() interrupt safe and synced + x86/platform: Fix Geode LX timekeeping in the generic x86 build + x86/ioapic: Force affinity setting in setup_ioapic_dest() + x86/pci/intel_mid_pci: Work around for IRQ0 assignment + x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt nop with a bona fide empty function + x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code + Use WARN_ON_ONCE for missing X86_FEATURE_NRIPS + x86/efi: Fix boot crash by mapping EFI memmap entries bottom-up at runtime, instead of top-down + x86/kexec: Fix kexec crash in syscall kexec_file_load() + x86/process: Add proper bound checks in 64bit get_wchan() + x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata + x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset + leds:lp55xx: Correct Kconfig dependency for f/w user helper + leds/led-class: Add missing put_device() + sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch() + s390/compat: correct uc_sigmask of the compat signal frame + s390/boot/decompression: disable floating point in decompressor + Revert "cgroup: simplify threadgroup locking" + Revert "sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem with a global percpu_rwsem" + memcg: make mem_cgroup_read_stat() unsigned + spi: Fix documentation of spi_alloc_master() + spi: xtensa-xtfpga: fix register endianness + spi: bcm2835: BUG: fix wrong use of PAGE_MASK + spi: spi-pxa2xx: Check status register to determine if SSSR_TINT is disabled + spi: spidev: fix possible NULL dereference + mm: migrate: hugetlb: putback destination hugepage to active list + lib/iommu-common.c: do not try to deref a null iommu->lazy_flush() pointer when n < pool->hint + ocfs2/dlm: fix deadlock when dispatch assert master + mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy a fault + memcg: fix dirty page migration + ALSA: hda/tegra - async probe for avoiding module loading deadlock + ALSA: hda - Disable power_save_node for Thinkpads + ALSA: synth: Fix conflicting OSS device registration on AWE32 + ALSA: hda: Add dock support for ThinkPad T550 + ALSA: hda - Apply SPDIF pin ctl to MacBookPro 12,1 + ALSA: hda - Disable power_save_node for IDT 92HD73xx chips + ASoC: pxa: pxa2xx-ac97: fix dma requestor lines + ASoC: fix broken pxa SoC support + ASoC: dwc: correct irq clear method + ASoC: db1200: Fix DAI link format for db1300 and db1550 + ASoC: sgtl5000: fix wrong register MIC_BIAS_VOLTAGE setup on probe + ASoC: tas2552: fix dBscale-min declaration + btrfs: skip waiting on ordered range for special files + Btrfs: fix read corruption of compressed and shared extents + Btrfs: update fix for read corruption of compressed and shared extents + tools/lguest: Fix redefinition of struct virtio_pci_cfg_cap + PCI: Fix devfn for VPD access through function 0 + PCI: Use function 0 VPD for identical functions, regular VPD for others + PCI: Clear IORESOURCE_UNSET when clipping a bridge window + dm thin: disable discard support for thin devices if pool's is disabled + dm crypt: constrain crypt device's max_segment_size to PAGE_SIZE + ath10k: fix dma_mapping_error() handling + svcrdma: Fix send_reply() scatter/gather set-up + staging: ion: fix corruption of ion_import_dma_buf + USB: option: add ZTE PIDs + md/raid0: update queue parameter in a safer location. + md/raid0: apply base queue limits *before* disk_stack_limits + dm raid: fix round up of default region size + netfilter: bridge: fix IPv6 packets not being bridged with CONFIG_IPV6=n + netfilter: nfnetlink: work around wrong endianess in res_id field + netfilter: nf_tables: Use 32 bit addressing register from nft_type_to_reg() + netfilter: ipset: Out of bound access in hash:net* types fixed + netfilter: ipset: Fixing unnamed union init + netfilter: nf_log: wait for rcu grace after logger unregistration + netfilter: nft_compat: skip family comparison in case of NFPROTO_UNSPEC + netfilter: nf_log: don't zap all loggers on unregister + regulator: core: Correct return value check in regulator_resolve_supply + regulator: axp20x: Fix enable bit indexes for DCDC4 and DCDC5 + regulator: core: Handle probe deferral from DT when resolving supplies + Bluetooth: Delay check for conn->smp in smp_conn_security() + nfs: fix v4.2 SEEK on files over 2 gigs + NFS: Do cleanup before resetting pageio read/write to mds + NFSv4: Recovery of recalled read delegations is broken + nfs: fix pg_test page count calculation + NFS: Fix a write performance regression + Fix sec=krb5 on smb3 mounts + disabling oplocks/leases via module parm enable_oplocks broken for SMB3 + Do not fall back to SMBWriteX in set_file_size error cases + drm/qxl: only report first monitor as connected if we have no state + drm/qxl: recreate the primary surface when the bo is not primary + drm/amdgpu: fix overflow on 32bit systems + drm/amdgpu: Disable UVD PG + drm/amdgpu: fix the UVD suspend sequence order + drm/amdgpu: make UVD handle checking more strict + drm/amdgpu: Fix max_vblank_count value for current display engines + drm/amdgpu: Restore LCD backlight level on resume + drm/i915/bios: handle MIPI Sequence Block v3+ gracefully + drm: Reject DRI1 hw lock ioctl functions for kms drivers + drm/radeon: Restore LCD backlight level on resume (>= R5xx) + drm/dp/mst: fixup handling hotplug on port removal. + drm/dp/mst: drop cancel work sync in the mstb destroy path (v2) + xhci: give command abortion one more chance before killing xhci + xhci: Move xhci_pme_quirk() behind #ifdef CONFIG_PM + usb: xhci: lock mutex on xhci_stop + usb: xhci: Clear XHCI_STATE_DYING on start + usb: xhci: stop everything on the first call to xhci_stop + usb: xhci: exit early in xhci_setup_device() if we're halted or dying + xhci: change xhci 1.0 only restrictions to support xhci 1.1 + xhci: init command timeout timer earlier to avoid deleting it uninitialized + usb: xhci: Add support for URB_ZERO_PACKET to bulk/sg transfers + batman-adv: Make DAT capability changes atomic + thermal: cpu_cooling: don't call kcalloc() under rcu_read_lock + thermal: cpu_cooling: free power table on error or when unregistering + hv: util: checking the wrong variable + mmc: dw_mmc: handle data blocks > than 4kB if IDMAC is used + usb: chipidea: imx: fix a typo for imx6sx + cifs: use server timestamp for ntlmv2 authentication + irqchip/atmel-aic5: Use per chip mask caches in mask/unmask() + irqchip/gic-v3-its: Add missing cache flushes + docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning + extcon: Fix signedness bugs about break error handling + extcon: Fix attached value returned by is_extcon_changed + mtd: pxa3xx_nand: add a default chunk size + mtd: nand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nand_chips_cleanup() + mtd: nand: sunxi: fix OOB handling in ->write_xxx() functions + hpsa: fix an sprintf() overflow in the reset handler + PM / AVS: rockchip-io: depend on CONFIG_POWER_AVS + device property: fix potential NULL pointer dereference + ath10k: fix per-vif queue locking + ath10k: reject 11b tx fragmentation configuration + ath10k: fix peer limit enforcement + ath10k: wake up offchannel queue properly + ath10k: wake up queue upon vif creation + pcmcia: sa11x0: fix missing clk_put() in sa11x0 socket drivers + ipr: Enable SIS pipe commands for SIS-32 devices. + regmap: debugfs: Ensure we don't underflow when printing access masks + regmap: debugfs: Don't bother actually printing when calculating max length + security: fix typo in security_task_prctl + usb: musb: dsps: fix polling in device-only mode + usb: chipidea: udc: using the correct stall implementation + usb: Use the USB_SS_MULT() macro to get the burst multiplier. + usb: phy: phy-generic: Fix reset behaviour on legacy boot + usb: musb: cppi41: allow it to work again + USB: chaoskey read offset bug + usb: Add device quirk for Logitech PTZ cameras + USB: Add reset-resume quirk for two Plantronics usb headphones. + crypto: marvell - properly handle CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG-flagged requests + cpu/cacheinfo: Fix teardown path + cpufreq: dt: Tolerance applies on both sides of target voltage + MIPS: Fix console output for Fulong2e system + MIPS: bootmem: Fix mapstart calculation for contiguous maps + MIPS: BPF: Avoid unreachable code on little endian + MIPS: BPF: Fix build on pre-R2 little endian CPUs + MIPS: dma-default: Fix 32-bit fall back to GFP_DMA + MIPS: CPS: Stop dangling delay slot from has_mt. + MIPS: CPS: Don't include MT code in non-MT kernels. + MIPS: CPS: #ifdef on CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP rather than CONFIG_MIPS_MT + batman-adv: Make NC capability changes atomic + batman-adv: Make TT capability changes atomic + batman-adv: Make MCAST capability changes atomic + batman-adv: Fix potential synchronization issues in mcast tvlv handler + batman-adv: Fix potentially broken skb network header access + tools lib traceevent: Fix string handling in heterogeneous arch environments + powerpc/MSI: Fix race condition in tearing down MSI interrupts + rsi: Fix possible leak when loading firmware + UBIFS: Kill unneeded locking in ubifs_init_security + UBI: Validate data_size + UBI: return ENOSPC if no enough space available + net: via/Kconfig: GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP required if PCI not selected + iscsi-target: Avoid OFMarker + IFMarker negotiation + mmc: core: Don't return an error for CD/WP GPIOs when GPIOLIB is unset + mmc: core: fix dead loop of mmc_retune + arm64/efi: Fix boot crash by not padding between EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME regions + arm64: ftrace: fix function_graph tracer panic + arm64: readahead: fault retry breaks mmap file read random detection + m68k: Define asmlinkage_protect + xen/blkback: free requests on disconnection + net/xen-netfront: only napi_synchronize() if running + igb: do not re-init SR-IOV during probe + genirq: Fix race in register_irq_proc() + clocksource: Fix abs() usage w/ 64bit values + md/bitmap: don't pass -1 to bitmap_storage_alloc. + nfs/filelayout: Fix NULL reference caused by double freeing of fh_array + mmc: sdhci-pxav3: remove broken clock base quirk for Armada 38x sdhci driver + mmc: sdhci-pxav3: disable clock inversion for HS MMC cards + mmc: sdhci-pxav3: fix error handling of armada_38x_quirks + cpufreq: acpi_cpufreq: prevent crash on reading freqdomain_cpus + clk: ti: fix dual-registration of uart4_ick + clk: ti: clk-7xx: Remove hardwired ABE clock configuration + clk: samsung: fix cpu clock's flags checking + namei: results of d_is_negative() should be checked after dentry revalidation + dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy() + dm cache: fix NULL pointer when switching from cleaner policy + staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression + tty: fix stall caused by missing memory barrier in drivers/tty/n_tty.c + drivers/tty: require read access for controlling terminal + serial: 8250: add uart_config entry for PORT_RT2880 + serial: atmel: fix error path of probe function + e1000e: Fix tight loop implementation of systime read algorithm + mm/slab: fix unexpected index mapping result of kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE+1) + blk-mq: avoid setting hctx->tags->cpumask before allocation + sched/preempt: Fix cond_resched_lock() and cond_resched_softirq() + 3w-9xxx: don't unmap bounce buffered commands + sched/preempt, xen: Use need_resched() instead of should_resched() + sched/preempt, powerpc, kvm: Use need_resched() instead of should_resched() + Linux 4.2.4
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