I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.178 kernel. All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.9.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Documentation/x86/mds.rst | 44 +++------------------------ Makefile | 2 - arch/arm/crypto/aesbs-glue.c | 4 ++ arch/arm/mach-exynos/firmware.c | 1 arch/arm/mach-exynos/suspend.c | 2 + arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 8 +++++ arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c | 1 arch/x86/crypto/crct10dif-pclmul_glue.c | 13 +++----- arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 2 + arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 + arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h | 1 arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 7 ++++ arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 8 +++++ arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 8 ----- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 33 +++++++++++++------- crypto/chacha20poly1305.c | 4 +- crypto/crct10dif_generic.c | 11 ++---- crypto/gcm.c | 36 +++++++--------------- crypto/salsa20_generic.c | 2 - drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 6 +++ drivers/crypto/vmx/aesp8-ppc.pl | 4 +- drivers/md/bcache/journal.c | 11 ++++-- drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 2 - drivers/pci/host/pci-hyperv.c | 1 drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c | 4 ++ drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++---- fs/btrfs/backref.c | 18 +++++++---- fs/ext4/extents.c | 17 +++++++++- fs/ext4/file.c | 7 ++++ fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 2 - fs/ext4/super.c | 2 - fs/fs-writeback.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 4 ++ fs/ocfs2/export.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 1 include/linux/list.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h | 6 +-- include/linux/mfd/max77620.h | 4 +- kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++--------- mm/backing-dev.c | 1 mm/mincore.c | 23 +++++++++++++- net/core/fib_rules.c | 1 sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c | 11 +++++- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 5 +-- sound/soc/codecs/max98090.c | 12 +++---- sound/soc/codecs/rt5677-spi.c | 35 ++++++++++----------- sound/usb/mixer.c | 2 + tools/objtool/check.c | 3 + 48 files changed, 378 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-) Andy Lutomirski (2): x86/speculation/mds: Revert CPU buffer clear on double fault exit x86/speculation/mds: Improve CPU buffer clear documentation Coly Li (1): bcache: never set KEY_PTRS of journal key to 0 in journal_reclaim() Curtis Malainey (1): ASoC: RT5677-SPI: Disable 16Bit SPI Transfers Daniel Axtens (1): crypto: vmx - fix copy-paste error in CTR mode Debabrata Banerjee (1): ext4: fix ext4_show_options for file systems w/o journal Dexuan Cui (1): PCI: hv: Fix a memory leak in hv_eject_device_work() Dmitry Osipenko (1): mfd: max77620: Fix swapped FPS_PERIOD_MAX_US values Eric Biggers (6): crypto: chacha20poly1305 - set cra_name correctly crypto: crct10dif-generic - fix use via crypto_shash_digest() crypto: x86/crct10dif-pcl - fix use via crypto_shash_digest() crypto: gcm - fix incompatibility between "gcm" and "gcm_base" crypto: salsa20 - don't access already-freed walk.iv crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - don't access already-freed walk.iv Filipe Manana (1): Btrfs: do not start a transaction at iterate_extent_inodes() Greg Kroah-Hartman (2): fib_rules: fix error in backport of e9919a24d302 ("fib_rules: return 0...") Linux 4.9.178 Gustavo A. R. Silva (1): power: supply: axp288_charger: Fix unchecked return value Hui Wang (2): ALSA: hda/hdmi - Read the pin sense from register when repolling ALSA: hda/hdmi - Consider eld_valid when reporting jack event Jean-Philippe Brucker (1): arm64: Clear OSDLR_EL1 on CPU boot Jiri Kosina (1): mm/mincore.c: make mincore() more conservative Jiufei Xue (2): jbd2: check superblock mapped prior to committing fs/writeback.c: use rcu_barrier() to wait for inflight wb switches going into workqueue when umount Jon Hunter (1): ASoC: max98090: Fix restore of DAPM Muxes Josh Poimboeuf (1): objtool: Fix function fallthrough detection Kailang Yang (1): ALSA: hda/realtek - EAPD turn on later Kamlakant Patel (1): ipmi:ssif: compare block number correctly for multi-part return messages Kirill Tkhai (1): ext4: actually request zeroing of inode table after grow Liang Chen (1): bcache: fix a race between cache register and cacheset unregister Lukas Czerner (1): ext4: fix data corruption caused by overlapping unaligned and aligned IO Michał Wadowski (1): ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix for Lenovo B50-70 inverted internal microphone bug Peter Zijlstra (1): sched/x86: Save [ER]FLAGS on context switch Sasha Levin (1): net: core: another layer of lists, around PF_MEMALLOC skb handling Sean Christopherson (1): KVM: x86: Skip EFER vs. guest CPUID checks for host-initiated writes Sergei Trofimovich (1): tty/vt: fix write/write race in ioctl(KDSKBSENT) handler Shuning Zhang (1): ocfs2: fix ocfs2 read inode data panic in ocfs2_iget Sriram Rajagopalan (1): ext4: zero out the unused memory region in the extent tree block Steve Twiss (1): mfd: da9063: Fix OTP control register names to match datasheets for DA9063/63L Tejun Heo (1): writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches Vincenzo Frascino (1): arm64: compat: Reduce address limit Waiman Long (1): locking/rwsem: Prevent decrement of reader count before increment Wei Yongjun (1): crypto: gcm - Fix error return code in crypto_gcm_create_common() Wen Yang (1): ARM: exynos: Fix a leaked reference by adding missing of_node_put Wenwen Wang (1): ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a memory leak bug