This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Linux 6.2.1-rc2
Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
bpf: add missing header file include
Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
randstruct: disable Clang 15 support
Kees Cook <[email protected]>
ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype
Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
platform/x86: nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight: Add force module parameter
Shyam Sundar S K <[email protected]>
platform/x86/amd/pmf: Add depends on CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY
Paul Moore <[email protected]>
audit: update the mailing list in MAINTAINERS
Lukas Wunner <[email protected]>
wifi: mwifiex: Add missing compatible string for SD8787
Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]>
HID: mcp-2221: prevent UAF in delayed work
Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls
Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to patch Jcc.d32 instructions
Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
x86/alternatives: Introduce int3_emulate_jcc()
Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user()
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Diffstat:
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 31 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++-------
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 38 ++++------------
arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c | 3 ++
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c | 6 ++-
fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 7 ++-
include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++
kernel/bpf/core.c | 3 +-
lib/usercopy.c | 7 +++
security/Kconfig.hardening | 3 ++
15 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
Working on my Arch Linux Server with an i5-6400
Tested-by: Luna Jernberg <[email protected]>
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Tested rc2 against the Fedora build system (aarch64, ppc64le, s390x,
x86_64), and boot tested x86_64. No regressions noted.
Tested-by: Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]>
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
-rc2 looks grand on our RISC-V stuff..
Tested-by: Conor Dooley <[email protected]>
Thanks,
Conor.
On 2/23/23 06:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit kernels, build tested on
BMIPS_GENERIC:
Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
--
Florian
On 2/23/23 07:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.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 <[email protected]>
thanks,
-- Shuah
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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.
>
Successfully cross-compiled for arm64 (bcm2711_defconfig, GCC 10.2.0) and
powerpc (ps3_defconfig, GCC 12.2.0).
Tested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:16:08PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
Build results:
total: 155 pass: 155 fail: 0
Qemu test results:
total: 504 pass: 504 fail: 0
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
Guenter
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 19:46, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.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 <[email protected]>
## Build
* kernel: 6.2.1-rc2
* git: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/stable/linux-stable-rc
* git branch: linux-6.2.y
* git commit: e81fdea0bf0d8e461d39e9eb1ffb2458509df8be
* git describe: v6.2-13-ge81fdea0bf0d
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.1.y/build/v6.1.13-48-g342b7f3b3ae5
## Test Regressions (compared to v6.2)
## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.2)
## Test Fixes (compared to v6.2)
## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.2)
## Test result summary
total: 180513, pass: 155979, fail: 2816, skip: 21718, xfail: 0
## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 149 total, 146 passed, 3 failed
* arm64: 51 total, 48 passed, 3 failed
* i386: 39 total, 36 passed, 3 failed
* mips: 30 total, 28 passed, 2 failed
* parisc: 8 total, 8 passed, 0 failed
* powerpc: 38 total, 32 passed, 6 failed
* riscv: 16 total, 13 passed, 3 failed
* s390: 16 total, 14 passed, 2 failed
* sh: 14 total, 12 passed, 2 failed
* sparc: 8 total, 8 passed, 0 failed
* x86_64: 44 total, 42 passed, 2 failed
## Test suites summary
* boot
* fwts
* igt-gpu-tools
* kselftest-android
* kselftest-arm64
* kselftest-breakpoints
* kselftest-capabilities
* kselftest-cgroup
* kselftest-clone3
* kselftest-core
* kselftest-cpu-hotplug
* kselftest-cpufreq
* kselftest-drivers-dma-buf
* kselftest-efivarfs
* kselftest-filesystems
* kselftest-filesystems-binderfs
* kselftest-firmware
* kselftest-fpu
* kselftest-futex
* kselftest-gpio
* kselftest-intel_pstate
* kselftest-ipc
* kselftest-ir
* kselftest-kcmp
* kselftest-kexec
* kselftest-kvm
* kselftest-lib
* kselftest-livepatch
* kselftest-membarrier
* kselftest-memfd
* kselftest-memory-hotplug
* kselftest-mincore
* kselftest-mount
* kselftest-mqueue
* kselftest-net
* kselftest-net-forwarding
* kselftest-net-mptcp
* kselftest-netfilter
* kselftest-nsfs
* kselftest-openat2
* kselftest-pid_namespace
* kselftest-pidfd
* kselftest-proc
* kselftest-pstore
* kselftest-ptrace
* kselftest-rseq
* kselftest-rtc
* kselftest-seccomp
* kselftest-sigaltstack
* kselftest-size
* kselftest-splice
* kselftest-static_keys
* kselftest-sync
* kselftest-sysctl
* kselftest-tc-testing
* kselftest-timens
* kselftest-timers
* kselftest-tmpfs
* kselftest-tpm2
* kselftest-user
* kselftest-vm
* kselftest-x86
* kselftest-zram
* kunit
* kvm-unit-tests
* libgpiod
* libhugetlbfs
* log-parser-boot
* log-parser-test
* ltp-cap_bounds
* ltp-commands
* ltp-containers
* ltp-controllers
* ltp-cpuhotplug
* ltp-crypto
* ltp-cve
* ltp-dio
* ltp-fcntl-locktests
* ltp-filecaps
* ltp-fs
* ltp-fs_bind
* ltp-fs_perms_simple
* ltp-fsx
* ltp-hugetlb
* ltp-io
* ltp-ipc
* ltp-math
* ltp-mm
* ltp-nptl
* ltp-open-posix-tests
* ltp-pty
* ltp-sched
* ltp-securebits
* ltp-smoke
* ltp-syscalls
* ltp-tracing
* network-basic-tests
* packetdrill
* perf
* rcutorture
* v4l2-compliance
* vdso
--
Linaro LKFT
https://lkft.linaro.org
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
6.2.1-rc2 compiled and booted on my x86_64 test system. No errors or
regressions.
Tested-by: Slade Watkins <[email protected]>
Thanks,
-- Slade
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
> There are 12 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 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +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-6.2.1-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
Compiled and booted on my x86_64 and ARM64 test systems. No errors or
regressions.
Tested-by: Allen Pais <[email protected]>
Thanks.