I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.202 kernel.
All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 4.9.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git%3Ba=summa...
thanks,
greg k-h
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Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 2 Documentation/hw-vuln/index.rst | 2 Documentation/hw-vuln/multihit.rst | 163 +++++++ Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst | 276 ++++++++++++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 92 ++++ Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | 6 Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 Documentation/x86/tsx_async_abort.rst | 117 +++++ Makefile | 2 arch/mips/bcm63xx/reset.c | 2 arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 4 arch/x86/Kconfig | 45 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 6 arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 16 arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 4 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 7 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 2 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 161 +++++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 93 ++-- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h | 18 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 5 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c | 140 ++++++ arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 8 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 452 ++++++++++++++++----- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 21 arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h | 59 ++ arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h | 79 ++- arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 10 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 27 - arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 61 ++ drivers/base/cpu.c | 17 drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 3 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 5 include/linux/cpu.h | 30 - include/linux/kvm_host.h | 8 include/linux/usb/gadget.h | 2 kernel/cpu.c | 27 + virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 132 +++++- 39 files changed, 1854 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-)
Ben Hutchings (1): KVM: x86: Add is_executable_pte()
Gomez Iglesias, Antonio (1): Documentation: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT documentation
Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 4.9.202
Jack Pham (1): usb: gadget: core: unmap request from DMA only if previously mapped
Jonas Gorski (1): MIPS: BCM63XX: fix switch core reset on BCM6368
Josh Poimboeuf (1): x86/speculation/taa: Fix printing of TAA_MSG_SMT on IBRS_ALL CPUs
Junaid Shahid (5): kvm: mmu: Don't read PDPTEs when paging is not enabled kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex kvm: x86: Do not release the page inside mmu_set_spte() kvm: Add helper function for creating VM worker threads kvm: x86: mmu: Recovery of shattered NX large pages
Kefeng Wang (1): Bluetooth: hci_ldisc: Postpone HCI_UART_PROTO_READY bit set in hci_uart_set_proto()
Michal Hocko (1): x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto
Paolo Bonzini (9): KVM: x86: use Intel speculation bugs and features as derived in generic x86 code KVM: x86: simplify ept_misconfig KVM: x86: extend usage of RET_MMIO_PF_* constants KVM: x86: make FNAME(fetch) and __direct_map more similar KVM: x86: remove now unneeded hugepage gfn adjustment KVM: x86: change kvm_mmu_page_get_gfn BUG_ON to WARN_ON KVM: x86: add tracepoints around __direct_map and FNAME(fetch) KVM: vmx, svm: always run with EFER.NXE=1 when shadow paging is active kvm: mmu: ITLB_MULTIHIT mitigation
Pawan Gupta (8): x86/msr: Add the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR x86/cpu: Add a helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr() x86/cpu: Add a "tsx=" cmdline option with TSX disabled by default x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort kvm/x86: Export MDS_NO=0 to guests when TSX is enabled x86/tsx: Add "auto" option to the tsx= cmdline parameter x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort
Tyler Hicks (1): cpu/speculation: Uninline and export CPU mitigations helpers
Vineela Tummalapalli (1): x86/bugs: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT bug infrastructure