This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

-------------
Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Linux 6.12.56-rc1

Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
    xfs: always warn about deprecated mount options

Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
    arm64: mte: Do not warn if the page is already tagged in copy_highpage()

Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
    devcoredump: Fix circular locking dependency with devcd->mutex.

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
    serial: sc16is7xx: remove useless enable of enhanced features

Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
    serial: 8250_mtk: Enable baud clock and manage in runtime PM

Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
    serial: 8250_exar: add support for Advantech 2 port card with Device ID 0x0018

Artem Shimko <a.shimko.dev@gmail.com>
    serial: 8250_dw: handle reset control deassert error

Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
    dt-bindings: usb: dwc3-imx8mp: dma-range is required only for imx8mp

Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de>
    tcpm: switch check for role_sw device with fw_node

Victoria Votokina <Victoria.Votokina@kaspersky.com>
    most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization

Victoria Votokina <Victoria.Votokina@kaspersky.com>
    most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect

Junhao Xie <bigfoot@radxa.com>
    misc: fastrpc: Fix dma_buf object leak in fastrpc_map_lookup

Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
    objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function

Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
    mei: me: add wildcat lake P DID

Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
    comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()

Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
    binder: remove "invalid inc weak" check

Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
    x86/microcode: Fix Entrysign revision check for Zen1/Naples

Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
    xhci: dbc: fix bogus 1024 byte prefix if ttyDBC read races with stall event

Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
    xhci: dbc: enable back DbC in resume if it was enabled before suspend

Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
    usb: raw-gadget: do not limit transfer length

Tim Guttzeit <t.guttzeit@tuxedocomputers.com>
    usb/core/quirks: Add Huawei ME906S to wakeup quirk

LI Qingwu <Qing-wu.Li@leica-geosystems.com.cn>
    USB: serial: option: add Telit FN920C04 ECM compositions

Reinhard Speyerer <rspmn@arcor.de>
    USB: serial: option: add Quectel RG255C

Renjun Wang <renjunw0@foxmail.com>
    USB: serial: option: add UNISOC UIS7720

Suma Hegde <suma.hegde@amd.com>
    platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Ensure sock->metric_tbl_addr is non-NULL

Kiran K <kiran.k@intel.com>
    Bluetooth: btintel: Add DSBR support for BlazarIW, BlazarU and GaP

Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    io_uring/sqpoll: be smarter on when to update the stime usage

Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    io_uring/sqpoll: switch away from getrusage() for CPU accounting

Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
    sched: Remove never used code in mm_cid_get()

Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
    io_uring: correct __must_hold annotation in io_install_fixed_file

Haotian Zhang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
    gpio: ljca: Fix duplicated IRQ mapping

Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>
    drm/panic: Fix qr_code, ensure vmargin is positive

Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>
    drm/panic: Fix drawing the logo on a small narrow screen

Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
    nbd: override creds to kernel when calling sock_{send,recv}msg()

Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
    hwmon: (sht3x) Fix error handling

Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
    riscv: hwprobe: avoid uninitialized variable use in hwprobe_arch_id()

Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>
    RISC-V: Don't print details of CPUs disabled in DT

Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>
    RISC-V: Define pgprot_dmacoherent() for non-coherent devices

Akash Goel <akash.goel@arm.com>
    drm/panthor: Fix kernel panic on partial unmap of a GPU VA region

Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
    spi: airoha: fix reading/writing of flashes with more than one plane per lun

Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
    spi: airoha: switch back to non-dma mode in the case of error

Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
    spi: airoha: do not keep {tx,rx} dma buffer always mapped

Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
    spi: airoha: add support of dual/quad wires spi modes to exec_op() handler

Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
    spi: airoha: return an error for continuous mode dirmap creation cases

Artem Shimko <a.shimko.dev@gmail.com>
    firmware: arm_scmi: Fix premature SCMI_XFER_FLAG_IS_RAW clearing in raw mode

Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
    firmware: arm_scmi: Account for failed debug initialization

Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>
    arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: Define VGIC interrupt

Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
    arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: Add default GIC address cells

Han Xu <han.xu@nxp.com>
    spi: spi-nxp-fspi: add extra delay after dll locked

Charlene Liu <Charlene.Liu@amd.com>
    drm/amd/display: increase max link count and fix link->enc NULL pointer access

Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com>
    mm: prevent poison consumption when splitting THP

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
    selftests: mptcp: join: mark implicit tests as skipped if not supported

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
    selftests: mptcp: join: mark 'flush re-add' as skipped if not supported

Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
    net: ravb: Ensure memory write completes before ringing TX doorbell

Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
    net: ravb: Enforce descriptor type ordering

Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
    net: usb: rtl8150: Fix frame padding

Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>
    net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Fix disabling set_clock_selection

Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
    vsock: fix lock inversion in vsock_assign_transport()

Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
    ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents

Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>
    MIPS: Malta: Fix keyboard resource preventing i8042 driver from registering

David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    cifs: Fix TCP_Server_Info::credits to be signed

Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
    can: netlink: can_changelink(): allow disabling of automatic restart

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
    ACPICA: Work around bogus -Wstringop-overread warning since GCC 11

Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>
    slab: Fix obj_ext mistakenly considered NULL due to race condition

Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>
    slab: Avoid race on slab->obj_exts in alloc_slab_obj_exts

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    Revert "cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information"

Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
    xfs: fix locking in xchk_nlinks_collect_dir

William Breathitt Gray <wbg@kernel.org>
    gpio: 104-idio-16: Define maximum valid register address offset

William Breathitt Gray <wbg@kernel.org>
    gpio: pci-idio-16: Define maximum valid register address offset

Dewei Meng <mengdewei@cqsoftware.com.cn>
    btrfs: directly free partially initialized fs_info in btrfs_check_leaked_roots()

Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
    arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity()

Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
    dma-debug: don't report false positives with DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC

Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@bamaicloud.com>
    net: bonding: fix possible peer notify event loss or dup issue

Jakub Acs <acsjakub@amazon.de>
    fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount

Patrisious Haddad <phaddad@nvidia.com>
    net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device

Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
    net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814

Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@gmail.com>
    sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing

Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@gmail.com>
    ptp: ocp: Fix typo using index 1 instead of i in SMA initialization loop

Huang Ying <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
    arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in pte_mkwrite()

Aksh Garg <a-garg7@ti.com>
    net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpts: fix timestamp loss due to race conditions

Wang Liang <wangliang74@huawei.com>
    net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump

Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
    net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ

Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
    net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for legacy RQ

Carolina Jubran <cjubran@nvidia.com>
    net/mlx5e: Reuse per-RQ XDP buffer to avoid stack zeroing overhead

Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
    selftests: net: fix server bind failure in sctp_vrf.sh

Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
    can: rockchip-canfd: rkcanfd_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()

Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
    can: esd: acc_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()

Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
    can: bxcan: bxcan_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()

Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
    dpaa2-eth: fix the pointer passed to PTR_ALIGN on Tx path

Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com>
    net: enetc: correct the value of ENETC_RXB_TRUESIZE

Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com>
    net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock

Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
    rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace

Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
    net/mlx5e: Return 1 instead of 0 in invalid case in mlx5e_mpwrq_umr_entry_size()

Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
    PM: EM: Fix late boot with holes in CPU topology

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    PM: EM: Move CPU capacity check to em_adjust_new_capacity()

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    PM: EM: Slightly reduce em_check_capacity_update() overhead

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    PM: EM: Drop unused parameter from em_adjust_new_capacity()

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Unbreak 'make tools/*' for user-space targets

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: let smb_direct_flush_send_list() invalidate a remote key first

Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
    s390/mm: Use __GFP_ACCOUNT for user page table allocations

Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com>
    drivers/perf: hisi: Relax the event ID check in the framework

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
    powerpc/32: Remove PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT to fix startup failure

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
    m68k: bitops: Fix find_*_bit() signatures

Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
    gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock

Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
    arm64: sysreg: Correct sign definitions for EIESB and DoubleLock

Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@intel.com>
    lkdtm: fortify: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure

Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
    PCI: Test for bit underflow in pcie_set_readrq()

Yangtao Li <frank.li@vivo.com>
    hfsplus: return EIO when type of hidden directory mismatch in hfsplus_fill_super()

Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
    hfs: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfs_find_set_zero_bits()

Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>
    dlm: check for defined force value in dlm_lockspace_release

Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
    hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfsplus_delete_cat()

Yang Chenzhi <yang.chenzhi@vivo.com>
    hfs: validate record offset in hfsplus_bmap_alloc

Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
    hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent()

Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
    hfs: make proper initalization of struct hfs_find_data

Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
    hfs: clear offset and space out of valid records in b-tree node

Simon Schuster <schuster.simon@siemens-energy.com>
    nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits

Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@vivo.com>
    exec: Fix incorrect type for ret


-------------

Diffstat:

 .../devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl,imx8mp-dwc3.yaml   |  10 +-
 Makefile                                           |   8 +-
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712.dtsi          |   3 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h                   |   3 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c                           |   9 +-
 arch/arm64/tools/sysreg                            |   4 +-
 arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h                     |  25 +-
 arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-setup.c                  |   2 +-
 arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c                          |  15 ++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h                 |  12 -
 arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c                     |   4 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c                       |   2 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h                   |   2 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c                            |   4 +-
 arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c                    |   6 +
 arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c                             |  13 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c                |   2 +-
 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c                      |   6 +
 drivers/android/binder.c                           |  11 +-
 drivers/base/arch_topology.c                       |   2 +-
 drivers/base/devcoredump.c                         | 138 ++++++----
 drivers/block/nbd.c                                |  15 ++
 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c                        |  28 ++-
 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h                        |   3 +
 drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c                        |   2 +-
 drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c                   |  21 +-
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h                 |  24 +-
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c                 |  47 ++--
 drivers/gpio/gpio-104-idio-16.c                    |   1 +
 drivers/gpio/gpio-ljca.c                           |  14 +-
 drivers/gpio/gpio-pci-idio-16.c                    |   1 +
 .../drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c  |   3 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/hw/hw_shared.h  |   8 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c                        |   8 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c              |  10 +-
 drivers/hwmon/sht3x.c                              |  27 +-
 drivers/misc/fastrpc.c                             |   2 +
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c                       |   6 +
 drivers/misc/mei/hw-me-regs.h                      |   2 +
 drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c                          |   2 +
 drivers/most/most_usb.c                            |  13 +-
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c                    |  40 ++-
 drivers/net/can/bxcan.c                            |   2 +-
 drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c                      |   6 +-
 drivers/net/can/esd/esdacc.c                       |   2 +-
 drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c   |   3 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c       |  25 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h       |   2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h       |   7 +
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c    |   2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h   |   6 -
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.h   |   5 +
 .../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c         |  25 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c  |   2 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c    | 128 ++++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c           |  24 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c     |   9 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpts.c                |  63 +++--
 drivers/net/phy/micrel.c                           |   4 +-
 drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c                          |  11 +-
 drivers/pci/pci.c                                  |   6 +-
 drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c           |   2 +-
 drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.h           |   3 +-
 drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp.c                    |   5 +
 drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c                              |   2 +-
 drivers/spi/spi-airoha-snfi.c                      | 280 ++++++++++++---------
 drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c                         |   6 +
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c                  |   4 +-
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c                |  11 +
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c                 |   6 +-
 drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c                     |   7 -
 drivers/usb/core/quirks.c                          |   2 +
 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c             |   2 -
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c                     |  15 +-
 drivers/usb/serial/option.c                        |  10 +
 drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c                      |   4 +-
 fs/btrfs/super.c                                   |   8 +-
 fs/dlm/lockspace.c                                 |   2 +-
 fs/exec.c                                          |   2 +-
 fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c                                 |  11 +-
 fs/hfs/bfind.c                                     |   8 +-
 fs/hfs/brec.c                                      |  27 +-
 fs/hfs/mdb.c                                       |   2 +-
 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c                                 |   8 +-
 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c                                 |  41 ---
 fs/hfsplus/btree.c                                 |   6 +
 fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h                            |  42 ++++
 fs/hfsplus/super.c                                 |  25 +-
 fs/notify/fdinfo.c                                 |   6 +
 fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c                            |   5 +
 fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h                           |   2 +-
 fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c                     |  11 +-
 fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks.c                              |  34 ++-
 fs/xfs/xfs_super.c                                 |  33 ++-
 io_uring/fdinfo.c                                  |   8 +-
 io_uring/filetable.c                               |   2 +-
 io_uring/sqpoll.c                                  |  65 +++--
 io_uring/sqpoll.h                                  |   1 +
 kernel/dma/debug.c                                 |   5 +-
 kernel/power/energy_model.c                        |  58 ++---
 kernel/sched/sched.h                               |   2 -
 mm/huge_memory.c                                   |   3 +
 mm/migrate.c                                       |   3 +-
 mm/slub.c                                          |  23 +-
 net/core/rtnetlink.c                               |   3 -
 net/sctp/inqueue.c                                 |  13 +-
 net/smc/smc_inet.c                                 |  13 -
 net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c                           |  38 +--
 tools/objtool/check.c                              |   1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh    |   6 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/sctp_hello.c           |  17 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/sctp_vrf.sh            |  73 +++---
 113 files changed, 1170 insertions(+), 688 deletions(-)

Hi!

> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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.

CIP testing did not find any problems here:

https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/linux-stable-rc-ci/-/tree/linux-6.12.y

Tested-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@denx.de>

Best regards,
                                                                Pavel

-- 
In cooperation with DENX Software Engineering GmbH, HRB 165235 Munich,
Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 07:35:26PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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.

Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:35:26 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

Boot-tested under QEMU for Rust x86_64, arm64 and riscv64; built-tested
for loongarch64:

Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel

On 10/27/25 2:35 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

6.12.56-rc1 built and run on x86_64 test system with no errors or
regressions:
Tested-by: Slade Watkins <sr@sladewatkins.com>

Thanks,
Slade

On 10/27/25 12:35, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.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

Hii Greg..

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> -------------

Build and Boot Report for 6.12.56-rc1

The kernel version 6.12.56-rc1 was built and boot-tested using qemu-x86_64
and qemu-arm64 with the default configuration (defconfig). The build and boot
processes completed successfully, and the kernel operated as expected
in the virtualized environments without any issues.

Build Details :
Kernel Version: 6.12.56-rc1
Source: linux-stable-rc.git
Commit: 426f7f601ca06d40c899834021f62b7cf90894ca

Tested-by: Dileep Malepu <dileep.debian@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Dileep Malepu

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

Builds successfully.  Boots and works on qemu and Dell XPS 15 9520 w/
Intel Core i7-12600H

Tested-by: Brett Mastbergen <bmastbergen@ciq.com>

Thanks,
Brett

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 at 00:50, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.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: 6.12.56-rc1
* git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
* git commit: 426f7f601ca06d40c899834021f62b7cf90894ca
* git describe: v6.12.54-253-g426f7f601ca0
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.12.y/build/v6.12.54-253-g426f7f601ca0

## Test Regressions (compared to v6.12.54-136-gbd9af5ba3026)

## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.12.54-136-gbd9af5ba3026)

## Test Fixes (compared to v6.12.54-136-gbd9af5ba3026)

## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.12.54-136-gbd9af5ba3026)

## Test result summary
total: 122101, pass: 103425, fail: 3993, skip: 14304, xfail: 379

## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 139 total, 137 passed, 2 failed
* arm64: 57 total, 51 passed, 6 failed
* i386: 18 total, 18 passed, 0 failed
* mips: 34 total, 33 passed, 1 failed
* parisc: 4 total, 4 passed, 0 failed
* powerpc: 40 total, 39 passed, 1 failed
* riscv: 25 total, 24 passed, 1 failed
* s390: 22 total, 21 passed, 1 failed
* sh: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* sparc: 4 total, 3 passed, 1 failed
* x86_64: 49 total, 46 passed, 3 failed

## Test suites summary
* boot
* commands
* kselftest-arm64
* kselftest-breakpoints
* kselftest-capabilities
* kselftest-cgroup
* kselftest-clone3
* kselftest-core
* kselftest-cpu-hotplug
* kselftest-cpufreq
* kselftest-efivarfs
* kselftest-exec
* kselftest-fpu
* kselftest-ftrace
* kselftest-futex
* kselftest-gpio
* kselftest-intel_pstate
* kselftest-ipc
* kselftest-kcmp
* kselftest-kvm
* kselftest-livepatch
* kselftest-membarrier
* kselftest-memfd
* kselftest-mincore
* kselftest-mm
* kselftest-mqueue
* kselftest-net
* kselftest-net-mptcp
* kselftest-openat2
* kselftest-ptrace
* kselftest-rseq
* kselftest-rtc
* kselftest-seccomp
* kselftest-sigaltstack
* kselftest-size
* kselftest-tc-testing
* kselftest-timers
* kselftest-tmpfs
* kselftest-tpm2
* kselftest-user_events
* kselftest-vDSO
* kselftest-x86
* kunit
* kvm-unit-tests
* lava
* libgpiod
* libhugetlbfs
* log-parser-boot
* log-parser-build-clang
* log-parser-build-gcc
* log-parser-test
* ltp-capability
* ltp-commands
* ltp-containers
* ltp-controllers
* ltp-cpuhotplug
* ltp-crypto
* ltp-cve
* ltp-dio
* ltp-fcntl-locktests
* ltp-fs
* ltp-fs_bind
* ltp-fs_perms_simple
* ltp-hugetlb
* ltp-math
* ltp-mm
* ltp-nptl
* ltp-pty
* ltp-sched
* ltp-smoke
* ltp-syscalls
* ltp-tracing
* perf
* rcutorture
* rt-tests-cyclicdeadline
* rt-tests-pi-stress
* rt-tests-pmqtest
* rt-tests-rt-migrate-test
* rt-tests-signaltest

--
Linaro LKFT
https://lkft.linaro.org

# Librecast Test Results

020/020 [ OK ] liblcrq
010/010 [ OK ] libmld
120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast

CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.12.56-rc1-g426f7f601ca0 #119 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 28 13:28:43 -00 2025 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield <bacs@librecast.net>

On 10/27/25 11:35, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched).

Tested-by: Ron Economos <re@w6rz.net>

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:35:26 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

All tests passing for Tegra ...

Test results for stable-v6.12:
    10 builds:	10 pass, 0 fail
    28 boots:	28 pass, 0 fail
    120 tests:	120 pass, 0 fail

Linux version:	6.12.56-rc1-g426f7f601ca0
Boards tested:	tegra124-jetson-tk1, tegra186-p2771-0000,
                tegra186-p3509-0000+p3636-0001, tegra194-p2972-0000,
                tegra194-p3509-0000+p3668-0000, tegra20-ventana,
                tegra210-p2371-2180, tegra210-p3450-0000,
                tegra30-cardhu-a04

Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>

Jon

Hi Greg,

On 28/10/25 00:05, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

No problems seen on x86_64 and aarch64 with our testing.

Tested-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>

Thanks,
Harshit

Am 27.10.2025 um 19:35 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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.

Builds, boots and works on my 2-socket Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2697 v2 server. No dmesg oddities or regressions found.

Tested-by: Peter Schneider <pschneider1968@googlemail.com>


Beste Grüße,
Peter Schneider

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On 10/27/25 11:35, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
> There are 117 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 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +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-6.12.56-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on 
BMIPS_GENERIC:

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
-- 
Florian