This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Linux 6.6.116-rc1

William Breathitt Gray <wbg@kernel.org>
    gpio: idio-16: Define fixed direction of the GPIO lines

Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
    gpio: regmap: add the .fixed_direction_output configuration parameter

Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
    gpio: regmap: Allow to allocate regmap-irq device

Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
    bits: introduce fixed-type GENMASK_U*()

Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
    bits: add comments and newlines to #if, #else and #endif directives

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: Avoid event polling busyloop if pending rx transfers are inactive.

Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
    xhci: dbc: Improve performance by removing delay in transfer event polling.

Uday M Bhat <uday.m.bhat@intel.com>
    xhci: dbc: Allow users to modify DbC poll interval via sysfs

Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
    xhci: dbc: poll at different rate depending on data transfer activity

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

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
    serial: sc16is7xx: refactor EFR lock

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
    serial: sc16is7xx: reorder code to remove prototype declarations

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
    serial: sc16is7xx: remove unused to_sc16is7xx_port macro

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

Geliang Tang <tanggeliang@kylinos.cn>
    selftests: mptcp: disable add_addr retrans in endpoint_tests

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
    mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR

Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@gmail.com>
    arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.c

Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
    btrfs: use smp_mb__after_atomic() when forcing COW in create_pending_snapshot()

Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
    btrfs: use level argument in log tree walk callback replay_one_buffer()

Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
    btrfs: always drop log root tree reference in btrfs_replay_log()

Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
    btrfs: scrub: replace max_t()/min_t() with clamp() in scrub_throttle_dev_io()

Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@wdc.com>
    btrfs: zoned: refine extent allocator hint selection

Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
    btrfs: zoned: return error from btrfs_zone_finish_endio()

Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@amd.com>
    EDAC/mc_sysfs: Increase legacy channel support to 16

David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>
    x86/bugs: Fix reporting of LFENCE retpoline

David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>
    x86/bugs: Report correct retbleed mitigation status

Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
    perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread

Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
    perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL

Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
    audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules

Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
    net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue


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

Diffstat:

 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-xhci_hcd     |  10 ++
 Makefile                                           |   4 +-
 arch/alpha/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/arc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                      |   1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c                      |   2 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/csky/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/hexagon/kernel/asm-offsets.c                  |   1 +
 arch/loongarch/kernel/asm-offsets.c                |   2 +
 arch/m68k/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c               |   1 +
 arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   2 +
 arch/nios2/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/openrisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                 |   1 +
 arch/parisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                   |   1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                  |   1 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/s390/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/sh/kernel/asm-offsets.c                       |   1 +
 arch/sparc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c                       |   2 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c                         |   9 +-
 arch/xtensa/kernel/asm-offsets.c                   |   1 +
 drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c                       |  24 +++
 drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c                        |   5 +
 drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c                         |  53 +++++-
 drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c                     | 185 ++++++++++-----------
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c                     |  70 +++++++-
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h                     |   7 +-
 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c                                 |   2 +-
 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c                             |   6 +-
 fs/btrfs/inode.c                                   |   7 +-
 fs/btrfs/scrub.c                                   |   3 +-
 fs/btrfs/transaction.c                             |   2 +-
 fs/btrfs/tree-log.c                                |   9 +-
 fs/btrfs/zoned.c                                   |   8 +-
 fs/btrfs/zoned.h                                   |   9 +-
 include/linux/audit.h                              |   2 +-
 include/linux/bitops.h                             |   1 -
 include/linux/bits.h                               |  38 ++++-
 include/linux/gpio/regmap.h                        |  16 ++
 include/net/pkt_sched.h                            |  25 ++-
 kernel/events/callchain.c                          |  16 +-
 kernel/events/core.c                               |   7 +-
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c                             |   6 +
 net/sched/sch_api.c                                |  10 --
 net/sched/sch_hfsc.c                               |  16 --
 net/sched/sch_qfq.c                                |   2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh    |   3 +-
 49 files changed, 405 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)

On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:00:54 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

Boot-tested under QEMU for Rust x86_64:

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

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel

# Librecast Test Results

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

CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.6.116-rc1-g2c2875b5e101 #127 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Nov  1 19:28:10 -00 2025 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

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

On 10/31/25 07:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 at 19:32, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.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: 6.6.116-rc1
* git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
* git commit: 2c2875b5e101bfe6ef42655c890d804b3c04abca
* git describe: v6.6.115-33-g2c2875b5e101
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.6.y/build/v6.6.115-33-g2c2875b5e101

## Test Regressions (compared to v6.6.113-190-g6de03dd48e80)

## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.6.113-190-g6de03dd48e80)

## Test Fixes (compared to v6.6.113-190-g6de03dd48e80)

## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.6.113-190-g6de03dd48e80)

## Test result summary
total: 116160, pass: 98408, fail: 3409, skip: 14040, xfail: 303

## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 129 total, 128 passed, 1 failed
* arm64: 44 total, 40 passed, 4 failed
* i386: 23 total, 23 passed, 0 failed
* mips: 26 total, 25 passed, 1 failed
* parisc: 4 total, 4 passed, 0 failed
* powerpc: 32 total, 31 passed, 1 failed
* riscv: 15 total, 14 passed, 1 failed
* s390: 14 total, 13 passed, 1 failed
* sh: 10 total, 10 passed, 0 failed
* sparc: 7 total, 7 passed, 0 failed
* x86_64: 37 total, 34 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

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

On 10/31/25 08:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.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 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:00:54 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

All tests passing for Tegra ...

Test results for stable-v6.6:
    10 builds:	10 pass, 0 fail
    28 boots:	28 pass, 0 fail
    120 tests:	120 pass, 0 fail

Linux version:	6.6.116-rc1-g2c2875b5e101
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

On 10/31/25 07:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +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-6.6.116-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-6.6.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

Am 31.10.2025 um 15:00 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release.
> There are 32 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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