I'm announcing the release of the 3.8.9 kernel. All users of the 3.8 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.8.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.8.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Makefile | 2 arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 5 + arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx35.c | 2 arch/arm/mm/cache-feroceon-l2.c | 1 arch/arm/mm/proc-arm920.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-mohawk.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-sa1100.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-xsc3.S | 2 arch/arm/mm/proc-xscale.S | 2 arch/mips/include/asm/page.h | 2 arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 2 arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c | 7 ++ arch/s390/include/asm/io.h | 4 - arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 + arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 - arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 20 +++++-- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 2 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 51 ++++++++---------- crypto/algif_hash.c | 2 crypto/algif_skcipher.c | 1 drivers/char/hpet.c | 14 ----- drivers/md/raid1.c | 7 ++ drivers/md/raid10.c | 9 ++- drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c | 32 ----------- drivers/net/can/mcp251x.c | 10 ++- drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_of_platform.c | 31 +++++------ drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 18 ++++++ drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h | 2 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9580_1p0_initvals.h | 2 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 2 drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_n.c | 3 - drivers/ssb/driver_chipcommon_pmu.c | 29 ++++++++++ drivers/video/fbmem.c | 39 +++++--------- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 1 fs/btrfs/tree-log.c | 48 +++++++++++++++-- fs/hfsplus/extents.c | 2 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 fs/proc/array.c | 1 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 include/linux/kvm_types.h | 1 include/linux/mm.h | 2 include/linux/sched.h | 5 + include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_chipcommon.h | 2 include/trace/events/sched.h | 2 kernel/events/core.c | 2 kernel/hrtimer.c | 3 - kernel/kthread.c | 52 ++++++++++--------- kernel/sched/core.c | 8 +- kernel/signal.c | 2 kernel/user_namespace.c | 22 ++++---- mm/hugetlb.c | 12 ++++ mm/memory.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++ net/mac80211/mlme.c | 24 +++++++- sound/core/pcm_native.c | 12 ---- virt/kvm/ioapic.c | 7 +- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 47 +++++++++++++---- 58 files changed, 405 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-) Andrew Honig (1): KVM: Allow cross page reads and writes from cached translations. Andy Honig (3): KVM: x86: fix for buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME (CVE-2013-1796) KVM: x86: Convert MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME to use gfn_to_hva_cache functions (CVE-2013-1797) KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (CVE-2013-1798) Andy Lutomirski (2): userns: Check uid_map's opener's fsuid, not the current fsuid userns: Changing any namespace id mappings should require privileges Christoph Fritz (1): can: sja1000: fix handling on dt properties on little endian systems Emese Revfy (1): kernel/signal.c: stop info leak via the tkill and the tgkill syscalls Eric W. Biederman (1): userns: Don't let unprivileged users trick privileged users into setting the id_map Felix Fietkau (2): ath9k_htc: accept 1.x firmware newer than 1.3 ath9k_hw: change AR9580 initvals to fix a stability issue Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 3.8.9 Illia Ragozin (1): ARM: 7696/1: Fix kexec by setting outer_cache.inv_all for Feroceon Joe Lawrence (1): md: raid1,10: Handle REQ_WRITE_SAME flag in write bios Johannes Berg (1): mac80211: fix cfg80211 interaction on auth/assoc request Josef Bacik (1): Btrfs: make sure nbytes are right after log replay Kevin Hao (1): powerpc: add a missing label in resume_kernel Linus Torvalds (6): vm: add vm_iomap_memory() helper function vm: convert snd_pcm_lib_mmap_iomem() to vm_iomap_memory() helper vm: convert fb_mmap to vm_iomap_memory() helper vm: convert HPET mmap to vm_iomap_memory() helper vm: convert mtdchar mmap to vm_iomap_memory() helper s390: move dummy io_remap_pfn_range() to asm/pgtable.h Marc Kleine-Budde (1): can: mcp251x: add missing IRQF_ONESHOT to request_threaded_irq Markus Pargmann (1): ARM: clk-imx35: Bugfix iomux clock Mathias Krause (1): crypto: algif - suppress sending source address information in recvmsg Matt Carlson (1): tg3: Add 57766 device support. Michael Bohan (1): hrtimer: Don't reinitialize a cpu_base lock on CPU_UP Naoya Horiguchi (3): hugetlbfs: stop setting VM_DONTDUMP in initializing vma(VM_HUGETLB) hugetlbfs: add swap entry check in follow_hugetlb_page() fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix hugetlb memory check in vma_dump_size() Rafał Miłecki (1): ssb: implement spurious tone avoidance Ralf Baechle (1): Revert "MIPS: page.h: Provide more readable definition for PAGE_MASK." Russell King (1): ARM: Do 15e0d9e37c (ARM: pm: let platforms select cpu_suspend support) properly Sascha Hauer (1): ARM: i.MX35: enable MAX clock Scott Wood (1): kvm/powerpc/e500mc: fix tlb invalidation on cpu migration Stephane Eranian (1): perf/x86: Fix offcore_rsp valid mask for SNB/IVB Tejun Heo (1): sched: Convert BUG_ON()s in try_to_wake_up_local() to WARN_ON_ONCE()s Thomas Gleixner (1): kthread: Prevent unpark race which puts threads on the wrong cpu Tommi Rantala (1): perf: Treat attr.config as u64 in perf_swevent_init() Vyacheslav Dubeyko (1): hfsplus: fix potential overflow in hfsplus_file_truncate() Will Deacon (1): ARM: 7698/1: perf: fix group validation when using enable_on_exec libin (1): sched/debug: Fix sd->*_idx limit range avoiding overflow