** Description changed: + SRU Justification - SRU Justification + Impact: + The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar + in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to + demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream + by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or + a minimally backported form of that patch. The v4.2.8-ckt4 upstream stable + patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu + kernel as well. - Impact: - The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar - in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to - demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream - by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or - a minimally backported form of that patch. The v4.2.8-ckt4 upstream stable - patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu - kernel as well. + git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git - git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git + TEST CASE: TBD - TEST CASE: TBD + The following patches from the v4.2.8-ckt4 stable release shall + be applied: - The following patches from the v4.2.8-ckt4 stable release shall - be applied: + Linux 4.2.8-ckt4 + powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8 + perf hists: Fix HISTC_MEM_DCACHELINE width setting + perf annotate browser: Fix behaviour of Shift-Tab with nothing focussed + serial: 8250_pci: Add Intel Broadwell ports + x86/mm/pat: Avoid truncation when converting cpa->numpages to address + Staging: speakup: Fix getting port information + drm/vmwgfx: respect 'nomodeset' + ALSA: dummy: Disable switching timer backend via sysfs + cpufreq: pxa2xx: fix pxa_cpufreq_change_voltage prototype + cpufreq: Fix NULL reference crash while accessing policy->governor_data + drm/radeon: fix DP audio support for APU with DCE4.1 display engine + drm/radeon: Add a common function for DFS handling + drm/radeon: cleaned up VCO output settings for DP audio + seccomp: always propagate NO_NEW_PRIVS on tsync + irqchip/atmel-aic: Fix wrong bit operation for IRQ priority + tick/nohz: Set the correct expiry when switching to nohz/lowres mode + staging/speakup: Use tty_ldisc_ref() for paste kworker + n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc + tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD) + SCSI: fix crashes in sd and sr runtime PM + powerpc/eeh: Fix PE location code + x86/mm: Fix types used in pgprot cacheability flags translations + arm64: mm: avoid calling apply_to_page_range on empty range + arm64: errata: Add -mpc-relative-literal-loads to build flags + ALSA: bebob: Use a signed return type for get_formation_index + virtio_pci: fix use after free on release + ALSA: usb-audio: Fix TEAC UD-501/UD-503/NT-503 usb delay + ALSA: compress: Disable GET_CODEC_CAPS ioctl for some architectures + USB: option: fix Cinterion AHxx enumeration + arm64: kernel: fix architected PMU registers unconditional access + USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add support for Yaesu SCU-18 cable + ALSA: seq: Degrade the error message for too many opens + ALSA: seq: Fix incorrect sanity check at snd_seq_oss_synth_cleanup() + USB: serial: option: Adding support for Telit LE922 + USB: serial: visor: fix crash on detecting device without write_urbs + USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe + USB: cp210x: add ID for IAI USB to RS485 adaptor + usb: hub: do not clear BOS field during reset device + cdc-acm:exclude Samsung phone 04e8:685d + usb: cdc-acm: send zero packet for intel 7260 modem + usb: cdc-acm: handle unlinked urb in acm read callback + hwmon: (dell-smm) Blacklist Dell Studio XPS 8000 + ACPI / PCI / hotplug: unlock in error path in acpiphp_enable_slot() + ACPI: Revert "ACPI / video: Add Dell Inspiron 5737 to the blacklist" + drm/radeon: properly byte swap vce firmware setup + drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_bo_pin_restricted VRAM placing v2 + powerpc: Simplify module TOC handling + drm/amdgpu: Use drm_calloc_large for VM page_tables array + itimers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper + posix-timers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper + timerfd: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper + hrtimer: Handle remaining time proper for TIME_LOW_RES + perf kvm record/report: 'unprocessable sample' error while recording/reporting guest data + drm/amdgpu: fix tonga smu resume + x86/irq: Call chip->irq_set_affinity in proper context + KVM: PPC: Fix ONE_REG AltiVec support + KVM: PPC: Fix emulation of H_SET_DABR/X on POWER8 + iio: adis_buffer: Fix out-of-bounds memory access + xen-netfront: update num_queues to real created + xen-netfront: respect user provided max_queues + xen-netback: respect user provided max_queues + sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event + mm: add dma_pool_zalloc() call to DMA API
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