Linux 4.4.110

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jan 05 2018 - 09:54:46 EST


I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.110 kernel.

All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade.

But be careful, there have been some reports of problems with this
release during the -rc review cycle. Hopefully all of those issues are
now resolved.

So please test, as of right now, it should be "bug compatible" with the
"enterprise" kernel releases with regards to the Meltdown bug and proper
support on all virtual platforms (meaning there is still a vdso issue
that might trip up some old binaries, again, please test!)

If anyone has any problems, please let me know.

The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.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

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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8
Makefile | 2
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 1
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 164 ++++++++--
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 7
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 99 +++---
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S | 3
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.c | 3
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c | 13
arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h | 2
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 4
arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h | 2
arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h | 2
arch/x86/include/asm/kaiser.h | 141 ++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 28 +
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 25 +
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 29 +
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2
arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h | 9
arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 74 +++-
arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h | 1
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/processor-flags.h | 3
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 28 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c | 57 ++-
arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 10
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 35 +-
arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c | 2
arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 5
arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 25 +
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c | 2
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 2
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 7
arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c | 2
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3
arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c | 105 ++++++
arch/x86/mm/Makefile | 1
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 10
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 456 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c | 11
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 63 ++-
arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 16
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 39 ++
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 7
include/linux/kaiser.h | 52 +++
include/linux/mmzone.h | 3
include/linux/percpu-defs.h | 32 +
init/main.c | 2
kernel/fork.c | 6
mm/vmstat.c | 1
security/Kconfig | 10
51 files changed, 1469 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)

Andrey Ryabinin (1):
x86/kasan: Clear kasan_zero_page after TLB flush

Andy Lutomirski (2):
x86, vdso, pvclock: Simplify and speed up the vdso pvclock reader
x86/vdso: Get pvclock data from the vvar VMA instead of the fixmap

Borislav Petkov (4):
x86/kaiser: Rename and simplify X86_FEATURE_KAISER handling
x86/kaiser: Check boottime cmdline params
x86/kaiser: Reenable PARAVIRT
x86/kaiser: Move feature detection up

Dave Hansen (2):
kaiser: merged update
kaiser: enhanced by kernel and user PCIDs

Greg Kroah-Hartman (1):
Linux 4.4.110

Guenter Roeck (1):
kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

Hugh Dickins (25):
kaiser: do not set _PAGE_NX on pgd_none
kaiser: stack map PAGE_SIZE at THREAD_SIZE-PAGE_SIZE
kaiser: fix build and FIXME in alloc_ldt_struct()
kaiser: KAISER depends on SMP
kaiser: fix regs to do_nmi() ifndef CONFIG_KAISER
kaiser: fix perf crashes
kaiser: ENOMEM if kaiser_pagetable_walk() NULL
kaiser: tidied up asm/kaiser.h somewhat
kaiser: tidied up kaiser_add/remove_mapping slightly
kaiser: kaiser_remove_mapping() move along the pgd
kaiser: cleanups while trying for gold link
kaiser: name that 0x1000 KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET
kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option
kaiser: vmstat show NR_KAISERTABLE as nr_overhead
kaiser: load_new_mm_cr3() let SWITCH_USER_CR3 flush user
kaiser: PCID 0 for kernel and 128 for user
kaiser: x86_cr3_pcid_noflush and x86_cr3_pcid_user
kaiser: paranoid_entry pass cr3 need to paranoid_exit
kaiser: _pgd_alloc() without __GFP_REPEAT to avoid stalls
kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct()
kaiser: add "nokaiser" boot option, using ALTERNATIVE
kaiser: use ALTERNATIVE instead of x86_cr3_pcid_noflush
kaiser: drop is_atomic arg to kaiser_pagetable_walk()
kaiser: asm/tlbflush.h handle noPGE at lower level
kaiser: kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user() check PCID

Jiri Kosina (1):
kaiser: disabled on Xen PV

Kees Cook (2):
KPTI: Rename to PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
KPTI: Report when enabled

Richard Fellner (1):
KAISER: Kernel Address Isolation

Thomas Gleixner (1):
x86/paravirt: Dont patch flush_tlb_single

Tom Lendacky (1):
x86/boot: Add early cmdline parsing for options with arguments

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