I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.44 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.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/kernel/ibmebus.c | 16 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 249 +++++++++++++++++++++++---- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 6 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 1 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 block/blk-mq.c | 4 block/cfq-iosched.c | 2 drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 7 drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c | 7 drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 8 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c | 13 - drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 2 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 2 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c | 6 drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h | 6 drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c | 4 drivers/pinctrl/meson/pinctrl-meson.c | 2 drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c | 3 drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 11 + drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 4 drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c | 11 - drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 13 - drivers/usb/serial/ch341.c | 84 +++++---- drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c | 9 drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c | 2 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 5 fs/dcache.c | 7 fs/namespace.c | 64 ++++-- fs/nfs/dir.c | 15 - fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c | 3 fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 8 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 10 + fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c | 6 fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h | 3 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h | 5 kernel/jump_label.c | 7 kernel/memremap.c | 4 mm/hugetlb.c | 37 +++- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 16 - tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 2 tools/testing/selftests/net/run_netsocktests | 2 virt/lib/irqbypass.c | 4 45 files changed, 487 insertions(+), 191 deletions(-) Akinobu Mita (1): sysrq: attach sysrq handler correctly for 32-bit kernel Alex Deucher (1): drm/radeon: drop verde dpm quirks Augusto Mecking Caringi (1): vme: Fix wrong pointer utilization in ca91cx42_slave_get Dan Williams (1): mm: fix devm_memremap_pages crash, use mem_hotplug_{begin, done} David Matlack (2): jump_labels: API for flushing deferred jump label updates KVM: x86: flush pending lapic jump label updates on module unload Denis Kirjanov (1): cpufreq: powernv: Disable preemption while checking CPU throttling state Eric Ren (1): ocfs2: fix crash caused by stale lvb with fsdlm plugin Eric W. Biederman (1): mnt: Protect the mountpoint hashtable with mount_lock Gabriel Krisman Bertazi (1): blk-mq: Always schedule hctx->next_cpu Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.4.44 Guenter Roeck (1): Input: elants_i2c - avoid divide by 0 errors on bad touchscreen data Jeff Mahoney (2): btrfs: fix locking when we put back a delayed ref that's too new btrfs: fix error handling when run_delayed_extent_op fails Johan Hovold (10): USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix line-state error handling USB: serial: ch341: fix initial modem-control state USB: serial: ch341: fix open error handling USB: serial: ch341: fix control-message error handling USB: serial: ch341: fix open and resume after B0 USB: serial: ch341: fix resume after reset USB: serial: ch341: fix modem-control and B0 handling bus: vexpress-config: fix device reference leak powerpc/ibmebus: Fix further device reference leaks powerpc/ibmebus: Fix device reference leaks in sysfs interface Johannes Berg (1): nl80211: fix sched scan netlink socket owner destruction John Garry (1): i2c: print correct device invalid address Lukasz Odzioba (1): x86/cpu: Fix bootup crashes by sanitizing the argument of the 'clearcpuid=' command-line option Marcos Paulo de Souza (1): Input: i8042 - add Pegatron touchpad to noloop table Mathias Nyman (1): xhci: fix deadlock at host remove by running watchdog correctly Mike Kravetz (1): mm/hugetlb.c: fix reservation race when freeing surplus pages Neil Armstrong (1): pinctrl: meson: fix gpio request disabling other modes NeilBrown (1): NFSv4.1: nfs4_fl_prepare_ds must be careful about reporting success. Niklas Söderlund (1): pinctrl: sh-pfc: Do not unconditionally support PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE Paolo Bonzini (1): KVM: x86: fix emulation of "MOV SS, null selector" Pavel Rojtberg (1): Input: xpad - use correct product id for x360w controllers Prarit Bhargava (1): ACPI / APEI: Fix NMI notification handling Radim Krčmář (3): KVM: x86: add Align16 instruction flag KVM: x86: add asm_safe wrapper KVM: x86: emulate FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Richard Genoud (1): tty/serial: atmel_serial: BUG: stop DMA from transmitting in stop_tx Rolf Eike Beer (2): selftests: do not require bash to run netsocktests testcase selftests: do not require bash for the generated test Steve Rutherford (1): KVM: x86: Introduce segmented_write_std Tejun Heo (1): block: cfq_cpd_alloc() should use @gfp Trond Myklebust (2): pNFS: Fix race in pnfs_wait_on_layoutreturn NFS: Fix a performance regression in readdir Vlad Tsyrklevich (1): i2c: fix kernel memory disclosure in dev interface Wanpeng Li (1): KVM: eventfd: fix NULL deref irqbypass consumer Zhou Chengming (1): sysctl: Drop reference added by grab_header in proc_sys_readdir