[kernel] r22583 - dists/trunk/linux/debian

Ben Hutchings benh at moszumanska.debian.org
Sun May 10 18:57:37 UTC 2015 

Author: benh
Date: Sun May 10 18:57:37 2015
New Revision: 22583

Log:
Improve the changelog for 4.0.2

- Add architecture qualifications
- Note when regressions were introduced
- Delete changes that are minor or irrelevant for Debian

Modified:
   dists/trunk/linux/debian/changelog

Modified: dists/trunk/linux/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux/debian/changelog	Sun May 10 04:40:48 2015	(r22582)
+++ dists/trunk/linux/debian/changelog	Sun May 10 18:57:37 2015	(r22583)
@@ -12,216 +12,104 @@
       (CVE-2015-3339)
   * New upstream stable update:
     https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2
-    - ip_forward: Drop frames with attached skb->sk
-    - net: add skb_checksum_complete_unset
-    - ppp: call skb_checksum_complete_unset in ppp_receive_frame
     - tcp: fix possible deadlock in tcp_send_fin()
-    - tcp: avoid looping in tcp_send_fin()
+    - tcp: avoid looping in tcp_send_fin() (regression in 4.0)
     - net: do not deplete pfmemalloc reserve
     - net: fix crash in build_skb()
-    - net: rfs: fix crash in get_rps_cpus()
-    - net/mlx4_en: Prevent setting invalid RSS hash function
-    - md: fix md io stats accounting broken
-    - [x86] asm/decoder: Fix and enforce max instruction size in the insn
-      decoder
-    - [x86] kvm: Revert "remove sched notifier for cross-cpu migrations"
-    - [x86] vdso: fix pvclock races with task migration
-    - [x86] sched/idle: Restore mwait_idle() to fix boot hangs, to improve power
-      savings and to improve performance
-    - [x86] sched/idle: Optimize unnecessary mwait_idle() resched IPIs
+    - net: rfs: fix crash in get_rps_cpus() (regression in 4.0)
+    - md: fix md io stats accounting broken (regression in 3.19)
     - [x86] perf/intel: Fix Core2,Atom,NHM,WSM cycles:pp events
+      (regression in 3.19)
     - [x86] fix special __probe_kernel_write() tail zeroing case
-    - [x86] KVM: Fix MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS in msrs_to_save
+      (regression in 4.0)
     - Btrfs: fix log tree corruption when fs mounted with -o discard
     - btrfs: don't accept bare namespace as a valid xattr
     - Btrfs: fix inode eviction infinite loop after cloning into it
     - Btrfs: fix inode eviction infinite loop after extent_same ioctl
-    - mm/hugetlb: use pmd_page() in follow_huge_pmd()
-    - powerpc/hugetlb: Call mm_dec_nr_pmds() in hugetlb_free_pmd_range()
-    - usb: gadget: printer: enqueue printer's response for setup request
+    - mm/hugetlb: use pmd_page() in follow_huge_pmd() (regression in 4.0)
+    - [powerpc] hugetlb: Call mm_dec_nr_pmds() in hugetlb_free_pmd_range()
+      (regression in 4.0)
     - [s390x] KVM: fix handling of write errors in the tpi handler
     - [s390x] KVM: reinjection of irqs can fail in the tpi handler
-    - [s390x] KVM: Zero out current VMDB of STSI before including level3 data.
-    - [s390x] KVM: fix get_all_floating_irqs
+    - [s390x] KVM: fix get_all_floating_irqs (regression in 3.15)
     - [s390x] hibernate: fix save and restore of kernel text section
     - KVM: use slowpath for cross page cached accesses
     - [arm*] KVM: check IRQ number on userland injection
     - [x86] KVM: VMX: Preserve host CR4.MCE value while in guest mode.
-    - [mips*] lose_fpu(): Disable FPU when MSA enabled
-    - [mips*] Malta: Detect and fix bad memsize values
-    - [mips*] asm: asm-eva: Introduce kernel load/store variants
-    - [mips*] unaligned: Prevent EVA instructions on kernel unaligned accesses
-    - [mips*] unaligned: Surround load/store macros in do {} while statements
-    - [mips*] unaligned: Fix regular load/store instruction emulation for EVA
     - [mips*el] Loongson-3: Add IRQF_NO_SUSPEND to Cascade irqaction
+      (regression in 3.19)
     - [mips*] Hibernate: flush TLB entries earlier
-    - staging: vt6655: use ieee80211_tx_info to select packet type.
     - md/raid0: fix bug with chunksize not a power of 2.
-    - megaraid_sas: use raw_smp_processor_id()
-    - drivers/base: cacheinfo: validate device node for all the caches
-    - cdc-wdm: fix endianness bug in debug statements
-    - mmc: tmio: Remove bogus un-initialization in tmio_mmc_host_free()
-    - [armhf] mmc: sunxi: Use devm_reset_control_get_optional() for reset
-      control
     - [armhf] spi: imx: read back the RX/TX watermark levels earlier
-    - spi: spidev: fix possible arithmetic overflow for multi-transfer message
-    - [x86] compal-laptop: Fix leaking hwmon device
-    - [x86] compal-laptop: Check return value of power_supply_register
+      (regression in 3.18)
     - ring-buffer: Replace this_cpu_*() with __this_cpu_*()
-    - power_supply: twl4030_madc: Check return value of power_supply_register
-    - power_supply: lp8788-charger: Fix leaked power supply on probe fail
-    - power_supply: ipaq_micro_battery: Fix leaking workqueue
-    - power_supply: ipaq_micro_battery: Check return values in probe
-    - HID: add HP OEM mouse to quirk ALWAYS_POLL
-    - HID: add quirk for PIXART OEM mouse used by HP
     - NFS: fix BUG() crash in notify_change() with patch to chown_common()
-    - [armel,armhf] fix broken hibernation
+    - [armhf] fix broken hibernation (regression in 3.16)
     - [armel,armhf] 8320/1: fix integer overflow in ELF_ET_DYN_BASE
-    - [armel,armhf] mvebu: Disable CPU Idle on Armada 38x
-    - [armel,armhf] S3C64XX: Use fixed IRQ bases to avoid conflicts on
-      Cragganmore
-    - [armel,armhf] at91/dt: sama5d3 xplained: add phy address for macb1
-    - [armel,armhf] dts: dove: Fix uart[23] reg property
-    - [armel,armhf] dts: fix mmc node updates for exynos5250-spring
-    - usb: musb: core: fix TX/RX endpoint order
-    - usb: phy: Find the right match in devm_usb_phy_match
-    - usb: define a generic USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT macro
-    - usb: musb: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: oxu210hp: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: fusbh200: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: uhci: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: fotg210: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: r8a66597: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: isp116x: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: xhci: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: ehci: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: host: sl811: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: dwc2: hcd: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: isp1760: hcd: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - usb: core: hub: use new USB_RESUME_TIMEOUT
-    - ALSA: hda - Add dock support for ThinkPad X250 (17aa:2226)
-    - ALSA: usb-audio: Don't attempt to get Microsoft Lifecam Cinema sample rate
     - ALSA: emu10k1: don't deadlock in proc-functions
-    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Enable the ALC292 dock fixup on the Thinkpad T450
-    - ALSA: hda - fix "num_steps = 0" error on ALC256
-    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix Headphone Mic doesn't recording for ALC256
-    - ALSA: hda - fix headset mic detection problem for one more machine
-    - Input: elantech - fix absolute mode setting on some ASUS laptops
     - Input: alps - fix touchpad buttons getting stuck when used with trackpoint
-    - mfd: core: Fix platform-device name collisions
+      (regression in 4.0)
+    - mfd: core: Fix platform-device name collisions (regression in 3.19)
     - fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix bug in loading of PIE binaries
     - ptrace: fix race between ptrace_resume() and wait_task_stopped()
-    - [x86] intel_idle: Update support for Silvermont Core in Baytrail SOC
-    - net/macb: fix the peripheral version test
-    - NFC: st21nfcb: Retry i2c_master_send if it returns a negative value
-    - rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new USB ID
-    - rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new device ID
     - ext4: make fsync to sync parent dir in no-journal for real this time
-    - mnt: Improve the umount_tree flags
-    - mnt: Don't propagate umounts in __detach_mounts
-    - mnt: In umount_tree reuse mnt_list instead of mnt_hash
-    - mnt: Add MNT_UMOUNT flag
-    - mnt: Delay removal from the mount hash.
-    - mnt: On an unmount propagate clearing of MNT_LOCKED
-    - mnt: Don't propagate unmounts to locked mounts
-    - mnt: Factor out unhash_mnt from detach_mnt and umount_tree
-    - mnt: Factor umount_mnt from umount_tree
-    - mnt: Honor MNT_LOCKED when detaching mounts
-    - mnt: Fix the error check in __detach_mounts
-    - mnt: Update detach_mounts to leave mounts connected
-    - tpm: fix: sanitized code paths in tpm_chip_register()
-    - [powerpc*] perf: Cap 64bit userspace backtraces to PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH
+    - mnt: Prevent circumvention of locked mounts using umount(MNT_DETACH)
+      (CVE-2014-9717)
+    - tpm: fix: sanitized code paths in tpm_chip_register() (regression in 4.0)
+    - [powerpc/powerpc64,ppc64*] perf: Cap 64bit userspace backtraces to
+      PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH
     - UBI: account for bitflips in both the VID header and data
     - UBI: fix out of bounds write
-    - UBI: initialize LEB number variable
     - UBI: fix check for "too many bytes"
-    - scsi: storvsc: Fix a bug in copy_from_bounce_buffer()
-    - iscsi-target: Convert iscsi_thread_set usage to kthread.h
     - target: Fix COMPARE_AND_WRITE with SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC handling
-    - target/file: Fix BUG() when CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y and DIF protection enabled
-    - target/file: Fix UNMAP with DIF protection support
     - target/file: Fix SG table for prot_buf initialization
-    - iser-target: Fix session hang in case of an rdma read DIF error
-    - iser-target: Fix possible deadlock in RDMA_CM connection error
-    - Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support Atheros AR5B195 combo Mini PCIe card
-    - arm64: fix midr range for Cortex-A57 erratum 832075
-    - arm64: head.S: ensure visibility of page tables
-    - arm64: Adjust EFI libstub object include logic
-    - arm64: apply alternatives for !SMP kernels
-    - arm64: errata: add workaround for cortex-a53 erratum #845719
-    - [powerpc*] powernv: Don't map M64 segments using M32DT
-    - powerpc: Fix missing L2 cache size in /sys/devices/system/cpu
-    - [powerpc*] cell: Fix crash in iic_setup_cpu() after per_cpu changes
-    - [powerpc*] cell: Fix cell iommu after it_page_shift changes
-    - ASoC: cs4271: Increase delay time after reset
-    - ASoC: wm8741: Fix rates constraints values
-    - ASoC: davinci-evm: drop un-necessary remove function
-    - ASoC: pcm512x: Add 'Analogue' prefix to analogue volume controls
-    - ASoC: pcm512x: Fix divide by zero issue
-    - ACPICA: Utilities: split IO address types from data type models.
-    - ACPICA: Tables: Don't release ACPI_MTX_TABLES in
-      acpi_tb_install_standard_table().
-    - ACPICA: Store GPE register enable masks upfront
-    - ACPI / scan: Annotate physical_node_lock in acpi_scan_is_offline()
-    - gpio: mvebu: Fix mask/unmask managment per irq chip type
-    - clk: samsung: exynos4: Disable ARMCLK down feature on Exynos4210 SoC
-    - clk: tegra: Register the proper number of resets
-    - clk: tegra: Use the proper parent for plld_dsi
-    - clk: qcom: Fix i2c frequency table
-    - clk: qcom: Properly change rates for ahbix clock
-    - clk: qcom: fix RCG M/N counter configuration
-    - clk: qcom: Fix ipq806x LCC frequency tables
-    - dm crypt: fix deadlock when async crypto algorithm returns -EBUSY
-    - serial: 8250_dw: add support for AMD SOC Carrizo
-    - serial: imx: Fix clearing of receiver overrun flag
-    - serial: 8250: Check UART_SCR is writable
-    - sd: Unregister integrity profile
-    - sd: Fix missing ATO tag check
-    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the error path in vmbus_open()
-    - mvsas: fix panic on expander attached SATA devices
-    - rc: img-ir: fix error in parameters passed to irq_free()
-    - stk1160: Make sure current buffer is released
+    - [arm64] head.S: ensure visibility of page tables (regression in 3.15)
+    - [arm64] errata: add workaround for cortex-a53 erratum #845719
+    - [powerpc/powerpc64,ppc64*] powernv: Don't map M64 segments using M32DT
+      (regression in 3.17)
+    - [powerpc/powerpc64,ppc64] cell: Fix crash in iic_setup_cpu() after per_cpu
+      changes (regression in 3.19)
+    - [powerpc/powerpc64,ppc64] cell: Fix cell iommu after it_page_shift changes
+    - [i386/686-pae] ACPICA: Utilities: split IO address types from data type
+      models.
+    - ACPICA: Store GPE register enable masks upfront (regression in 3.19)
+    - [armhf] clk: samsung: exynos4: Disable ARMCLK down feature on Exynos4210
+      SoC (regression in 3.17)
+    - [armhf] clk: tegra: Use the proper parent for plld_dsi (regression in 4.0)
+    - [armhf] serial: imx: Fix clearing of receiver overrun flag
+    - serial: 8250: Check UART_SCR is writable (regression in 4.0)
+    - sd: Unregister integrity profile (regression in 3.18)
+    - sd: Fix missing ATO tag check (regression in 3.18)
+    - [x86] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the error path in vmbus_open()
     - IB/core: disallow registering 0-sized memory region
-    - IB/core: don't disallow registering region starting at 0x0
-    - IB/mlx4: Fix WQE LSO segment calculation
     - IB/iser: Fix wrong calculation of protection buffer length
-    - tracing: Handle ftrace_dump() atomic context in graph_trace_open()
-    - tracing: Fix incorrect enabling of trace events by boot cmdline
-    - i2c: mux: use proper dev when removing "channel-X" symlinks
-    - i2c: rk3x: report number of messages transmitted
-    - i2c: Mark adapter devices with pm_runtime_no_callbacks
-    - i2c: core: Export bus recovery functions
-    - drm/radeon: fix doublescan modes (v2)
+      (regression in 3.16)
+    - i2c: Mark adapter devices with pm_runtime_no_callbacks (regression in 4.0)
     - [armhf] drm/exynos: Enable DP clock to fix display on Exynos5250 and other
-    - [x86] drm/i915: Dont enable CS_PARSER_ERROR interrupts at all
-    - drm: adv7511: Fix DDC error interrupt handling
-    - drm: adv7511: Fix nested sleep when reading EDID
+      (regression in 4.0)
     - [x86] drm/i915: vlv: fix save/restore of GFX_MAX_REQ_COUNT reg
+      (regression in 3.16)
     - [x86] drm/i915: cope with large i2c transfers
-    - RCU pathwalk breakage when running into a symlink overmounting something
+    - vfs: RCU pathwalk breakage when running into a symlink overmounting
+      something
     - Revert "nfs: replace nfs_add_stats with nfs_inc_stats when add one"
-    - nfsd4: disallow ALLOCATE with special stateids
-    - nfsd4: fix READ permission checking
-    - nfsd4: disallow SEEK with special stateids
-    - nfsd: eliminate NFSD_DEBUG
-    - nfsd: fix nsfd startup race triggering BUG_ON
+      (regression in 3.19)
+    - nfsd4: disallow ALLOCATE with special stateids (regression in 3.19)
+    - nfsd4: fix READ permission checking (regression in 3.16)
+    - nfsd4: disallow SEEK with special stateids (regression in 3.18)
+    - nfsd: eliminate NFSD_DEBUG (regression of linux-libc-dev in 3.19)
     - nfs: fix high load average due to callback thread sleeping
-    - nfs: fix DIO good bytes calculation
+      (regression in 4.0)
+    - nfs: fix DIO good bytes calculation (regression in 4.0)
     - nfs: remove WARN_ON_ONCE from nfs_direct_good_bytes
-    - NFS: Add a stub for GETDEVICELIST
+    - NFS: Add a stub for GETDEVICELIST (regression in 3.18)
     - sched/deadline: Always enqueue on previous rq when dl_task_timer() fires
-    - e1000: add dummy allocator to fix race condition between mtu change and
-      netpoll
-    - mac80211: send AP probe as unicast again
-    - ebpf: verifier: check that call reg with ARG_ANYTHING is initialized
-    - mm, thp: really limit transparent hugepage allocation to local node
+      (regression in 4.0)
+    - mac80211: send AP probe as unicast again (regression in 3.19)
     - lib: memzero_explicit: use barrier instead of OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR
-    - wl18xx: show rx_frames_per_rates as an array as it really is
     - [armhf] crypto: omap-aes - Fix support for unequal lengths
     - memstick: mspro_block: add missing curly braces
-    - drivers: platform: parse IRQ flags from resources
-    - driver core: bus: Goto appropriate labels on failure in bus_add_device
-    - netfilter: bridge: really save frag_max_size between PRE and POST_ROUTING
+    - drivers: platform: parse IRQ flags from resources (regression in 3.18)
 
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   * debian.py,gencontrol.py: Fix the version sanity checks for backports and

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