I'm announcing the release of the 4.8.8 kernel. All users of the 4.8 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.8.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.8.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Makefile | 2 arch/powerpc/include/asm/checksum.h | 12 +-- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h | 20 ++++-- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c | 15 ++-- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c | 12 +-- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 54 ++++++++++------ drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c | 6 + drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 18 ++--- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c | 10 ++- drivers/net/geneve.c | 2 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 19 +++-- drivers/net/macsec.c | 26 +++++--- drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 22 ++++++ drivers/net/vxlan.c | 2 drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c | 1 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h | 2 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 13 +--- drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 7 +- include/linux/netdevice.h | 41 ++++++++++++ include/net/ip.h | 4 - include/net/ip6_route.h | 1 include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h | 2 net/8021q/vlan.c | 2 net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 23 ++++--- net/core/dev.c | 80 ++++++++++++++----------- net/core/pktgen.c | 38 ++++++----- net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 2 net/ipv4/fou.c | 4 - net/ipv4/gre_offload.c | 2 net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c | 11 +-- net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 8 +- net/ipv4/udp.c | 2 net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 2 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c | 2 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 3 net/ipv6/route.c | 6 + net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 20 +++--- net/ipv6/udp.c | 3 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 7 +- net/packet/af_packet.c | 10 +-- net/sched/act_api.c | 19 +++-- net/sched/act_vlan.c | 9 ++ net/sched/cls_api.c | 3 net/sctp/output.c | 8 ++ net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c | 12 +-- net/sctp/socket.c | 5 + net/switchdev/switchdev.c | 9 ++ 49 files changed, 368 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-) Andrew Collins (1): net: Add netdev all_adj_list refcnt propagation to fix panic Andrew Lunn (1): net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling. Anoob Soman (1): packet: call fanout_release, while UNREGISTERING a netdev Brenden Blanco (1): net/mlx4_en: fixup xdp tx irq to match rx David Ahern (1): net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation Eli Cooper (1): ip6_tunnel: Update skb->protocol to ETH_P_IPV6 in ip6_tnl_xmit() Eric Dumazet (5): netlink: do not enter direct reclaim from netlink_dump() ipv6: tcp: restore IP6CB for pktoptions skbs net: pktgen: remove rcu locking in pktgen_change_name() ipv4: disable BH in set_ping_group_range() udp: fix IP_CHECKSUM handling Fabio Estevam (1): net: fec: Call swap_buffer() prior to IP header alignment Felipe Balbi (1): usb: dwc3: gadget: properly account queued requests Gavin Schenk (1): net: fec: set mac address unconditionally Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.8.8 Ido Schimmel (2): switchdev: Execute bridge ndos only for bridge ports net: core: Correctly iterate over lower adjacency list Ivan Vecera (1): arch/powerpc: Update parameters for csum_tcpudp_magic & csum_tcpudp_nofold Jamal Hadi Salim (1): net sched filters: fix notification of filter delete with proper handle Jiri Pirko (1): rtnetlink: Add rtnexthop offload flag to compare mask Jiri Slaby (1): net: sctp, forbid negative length Kashyap Desai (1): scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix data integrity failure for JBOD (passthrough) devices Marcelo Ricardo Leitner (1): sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it Nicolas Dichtel (1): ipv6: correctly add local routes when lo goes up Nikolay Aleksandrov (1): bridge: multicast: restore perm router ports on multicast enable Paolo Abeni (2): net: pktgen: fix pkt_size IB/ipoib: move back IB LL address into the hard header Sabrina Dubroca (1): net: add recursion limit to GRO Shmulik Ladkani (1): net/sched: act_vlan: Push skb->data to mac_header prior calling skb_vlan_*() functions Stephen Hemminger (1): netvsc: fix incorrect receive checksum offloading Sumit Saxena (1): scsi: megaraid_sas: fix macro MEGASAS_IS_LOGICAL to avoid regression Tobias Brunner (1): macsec: Fix header length if SCI is added if explicitly disabled Vadim Fedorenko (1): ip6_tunnel: fix ip6_tnl_lookup Vlad Tsyrklevich (1): drivers/ptp: Fix kernel memory disclosure WANG Cong (2): net_sched: reorder pernet ops and act ops registrations ipv4: use the right lock for ping_group_range Willem de Bruijn (1): packet: on direct_xmit, limit tso and csum to supported devices Xin Long (1): sctp: fix the panic caused by route update