This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86: add MULTIUSER dependency for KVM

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git%3Ba=su...

The filename of the patch is: x86-add-multiuser-dependency-for-kvm.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let stable@vger.kernel.org know about it.

From c2ce3f5d89d57301e2756ac325fe2ebc33bfec30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:53:04 +0200 Subject: x86: add MULTIUSER dependency for KVM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

From: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de

commit c2ce3f5d89d57301e2756ac325fe2ebc33bfec30 upstream.

KVM tries to select 'TASKSTATS', which had additional dependencies:

warning: (KVM) selects TASKSTATS which has unmet direct dependencies (NET && MULTIUSER)

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář rkrcmar@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org

--- arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config KVM depends on HAVE_KVM depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS # for TASKSTATS/TASK_DELAY_ACCT: - depends on NET + depends on NET && MULTIUSER select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS select MMU_NOTIFIER select ANON_INODES

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from arnd@arndb.de are

queue-4.9/kasan-rework-kconfig-settings.patch queue-4.9/tw5864-use-dev_warn-instead-of-warn-to-shut-up-warning.patch queue-4.9/perf-x86-shut-up-false-positive-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/go7007-add-media_camera_support-dependency.patch queue-4.9/scsi-advansys-fix-build-warning-for-pci-n.patch queue-4.9/video-fbdev-via-remove-possibly-unused-variables.patch queue-4.9/drm-exynos-mark-pm-functions-as-__maybe_unused.patch queue-4.9/binfmt_elf-compat-avoid-unused-function-warning.patch queue-4.9/idle-i7300-add-pci-dependency.patch queue-4.9/cw1200-fix-bogus-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/x86-build-silence-the-build-with-make-s.patch queue-4.9/gpio-xgene-mark-pm-functions-as-__maybe_unused.patch queue-4.9/kvm-add-x86_local_apic-dependency.patch queue-4.9/reiserfs-avoid-a-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/scsi-advansys-fix-uninitialized-data-access.patch queue-4.9/drm-i915-fix-intel_backlight_device_register-declaration.patch queue-4.9/spi-bcm-qspi-shut-up-warning-about-cfi-header-inclusion.patch queue-4.9/asoc-ux500-add-module_license-tag.patch queue-4.9/x86-microcode-amd-change-load_microcode_amd-s-param-to-bool-to-fix-preemptibility-bug.patch queue-4.9/video-fbdev-mmp-add-module_license.patch queue-4.9/usb-phy-msm-add-regulator-dependency.patch queue-4.9/arm64-dts-add-cooling-cells-to-cpu-nodes.patch queue-4.9/vmxnet3-prevent-building-with-64k-pages.patch queue-4.9/x86-platform-add-pci-dependency-for-punit_atom_debug.patch queue-4.9/alsa-hda-ca0132-fix-possible-null-pointer-use.patch queue-4.9/thermal-fix-intel_soc_dts_iosf_core-dependencies.patch queue-4.9/arm64-define-bug-instruction-without-config_bug.patch queue-4.9/arm64-sunxi-always-enable-reset-controller.patch queue-4.9/tc358743-fix-register-i2c_rd-wr-functions.patch queue-4.9/security-keys-big_key-requires-config_crypto.patch queue-4.9/drm-i915-hide-unused-intel_panel_set_backlight-function.patch queue-4.9/x86-fpu-math-emu-fix-possible-uninitialized-variable-use.patch queue-4.9/arm-8743-1-bl_switcher-add-module_license-tag.patch queue-4.9/em28xx-only-use-mt9v011-if-camera-support-is-enabled.patch queue-4.9/arm64-fix-warning-about-swapper_pg_dir-overflow.patch queue-4.9/shmem-avoid-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/input-tca8418_keypad-hide-gcc-4.9-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/drm-nouveau-hide-gcc-4.9-wmaybe-uninitialized.patch queue-4.9/x86-add-multiuser-dependency-for-kvm.patch queue-4.9/isdn-eicon-reduce-stack-size-of-sig_ind-function.patch