MAINTAINERS | 2 +- Makefile | 4 +- arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 31 +++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++------- arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 38 ++++------------ arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c | 3 ++ drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 1 + drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c | 6 ++- fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 7 ++- include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++ kernel/bpf/core.c | 3 +- lib/usercopy.c | 7 +++ security/Kconfig.hardening | 3 ++ 15 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.
The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux 6.2.1-rc2
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
bpf: add missing header file include
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
randstruct: disable Clang 15 support
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
platform/x86: nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight: Add force module parameter
Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@amd.com>
platform/x86/amd/pmf: Add depends on CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
audit: update the mailing list in MAINTAINERS
Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
wifi: mwifiex: Add missing compatible string for SD8787
Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
HID: mcp-2221: prevent UAF in delayed work
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to patch Jcc.d32 instructions
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
x86/alternatives: Introduce int3_emulate_jcc()
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user()
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Diffstat:
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 31 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++-------
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 38 ++++------------
arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c | 3 ++
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c | 6 ++-
fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 7 ++-
include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++
kernel/bpf/core.c | 3 +-
lib/usercopy.c | 7 +++
security/Kconfig.hardening | 3 ++
15 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Compiled and booted on my x86_64 and ARM64 test systems. No errors or regressions. Tested-by: Allen Pais <apais@linux.microsoft.com> Thanks.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. 6.2.1-rc2 compiled and booted on my x86_64 test system. No errors or regressions. Tested-by: Slade Watkins <srw@sladewatkins.net> Thanks, -- Slade
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 19:46, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Results from Linaro’s test farm. No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386. Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org> ## Build * kernel: 6.2.1-rc2 * git: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/stable/linux-stable-rc * git branch: linux-6.2.y * git commit: e81fdea0bf0d8e461d39e9eb1ffb2458509df8be * git describe: v6.2-13-ge81fdea0bf0d * test details: https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.1.y/build/v6.1.13-48-g342b7f3b3ae5 ## Test Regressions (compared to v6.2) ## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.2) ## Test Fixes (compared to v6.2) ## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.2) ## Test result summary total: 180513, pass: 155979, fail: 2816, skip: 21718, xfail: 0 ## Build Summary * arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed * arm: 149 total, 146 passed, 3 failed * arm64: 51 total, 48 passed, 3 failed * i386: 39 total, 36 passed, 3 failed * mips: 30 total, 28 passed, 2 failed * parisc: 8 total, 8 passed, 0 failed * powerpc: 38 total, 32 passed, 6 failed * riscv: 16 total, 13 passed, 3 failed * s390: 16 total, 14 passed, 2 failed * sh: 14 total, 12 passed, 2 failed * sparc: 8 total, 8 passed, 0 failed * x86_64: 44 total, 42 passed, 2 failed ## Test suites summary * boot * fwts * igt-gpu-tools * kselftest-android * kselftest-arm64 * kselftest-breakpoints * kselftest-capabilities * kselftest-cgroup * kselftest-clone3 * kselftest-core * kselftest-cpu-hotplug * kselftest-cpufreq * kselftest-drivers-dma-buf * kselftest-efivarfs * kselftest-filesystems * kselftest-filesystems-binderfs * kselftest-firmware * kselftest-fpu * kselftest-futex * kselftest-gpio * kselftest-intel_pstate * kselftest-ipc * kselftest-ir * kselftest-kcmp * kselftest-kexec * kselftest-kvm * kselftest-lib * kselftest-livepatch * kselftest-membarrier * kselftest-memfd * kselftest-memory-hotplug * kselftest-mincore * kselftest-mount * kselftest-mqueue * kselftest-net * kselftest-net-forwarding * kselftest-net-mptcp * kselftest-netfilter * kselftest-nsfs * kselftest-openat2 * kselftest-pid_namespace * kselftest-pidfd * kselftest-proc * kselftest-pstore * kselftest-ptrace * kselftest-rseq * kselftest-rtc * kselftest-seccomp * kselftest-sigaltstack * kselftest-size * kselftest-splice * kselftest-static_keys * kselftest-sync * kselftest-sysctl * kselftest-tc-testing * kselftest-timens * kselftest-timers * kselftest-tmpfs * kselftest-tpm2 * kselftest-user * kselftest-vm * kselftest-x86 * kselftest-zram * kunit * kvm-unit-tests * libgpiod * libhugetlbfs * log-parser-boot * log-parser-test * ltp-cap_bounds * ltp-commands * ltp-containers * ltp-controllers * ltp-cpuhotplug * ltp-crypto * ltp-cve * ltp-dio * ltp-fcntl-locktests * ltp-filecaps * ltp-fs * ltp-fs_bind * ltp-fs_perms_simple * ltp-fsx * ltp-hugetlb * ltp-io * ltp-ipc * ltp-math * ltp-mm * ltp-nptl * ltp-open-posix-tests * ltp-pty * ltp-sched * ltp-securebits * ltp-smoke * ltp-syscalls * ltp-tracing * network-basic-tests * packetdrill * perf * rcutorture * v4l2-compliance * vdso -- Linaro LKFT https://lkft.linaro.org
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > Build results: total: 155 pass: 155 fail: 0 Qemu test results: total: 504 pass: 504 fail: 0 Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Guenter
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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. > Successfully cross-compiled for arm64 (bcm2711_defconfig, GCC 10.2.0) and powerpc (ps3_defconfig, GCC 12.2.0). Tested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
On 2/23/23 07:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Compiled and booted on my test system. No dmesg regressions. Tested-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> thanks, -- Shuah
On 2/23/23 06:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. > > thanks, > > greg k-h On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit kernels, build tested on BMIPS_GENERIC: Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> -- Florian
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. -rc2 looks grand on our RISC-V stuff.. Tested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> Thanks, Conor.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release. > There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000. > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz > or in the git tree and branch at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y > and the diffstat can be found below. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Tested rc2 against the Fedora build system (aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64), and boot tested x86_64. No regressions noted. Tested-by: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org>
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