[linux-yocto] v4.12.x - stable updates comprising v4.12.19

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 2018-01-25 1:48 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Bruce, Yocto kernel folks:
> 
> Here is the 5th 4.12.x stable update "extension" primarily created for
> the Yocto project, continuing on top of the previous v4.12.18 kernel.
> 
> As indicated in the previous release, the 4.13 source that was being
> used as a reference for commits we'd want here has been depleted.
> 
> So in this case, I've selected some commits in mainline that are found
> to be used in the 4.14.x releases, plus some commits that are specific
> to various CVE issues.
> 
> Note that there is only about 65 commits here.  These are all single
> stand-alone commits that each solve one issue.  I thought it would be
> good to "clear the plate" so to speak, and draw a line in the sand
> before putting more complex fixes that span multiple commits into the
> queue for the next 4.12.x release.
> 
> As usual, I've put this 4.12.x queue through the various testing that I
> figured made sense, which includes but is not limited to:
> 
> -x86-64 sanity boot test + workloads of defconfig on COTS Core2 box.
> -build MIPS, PPC, ARM, ARM64 with defconfig
> -build x86-64 allmodconfig/allyesconfig
> -build i386 allmodconfig/allyesconfig
> 
> I bumped the 4.12 Makefile and did the signed tag just as per the previously
> released 4.12.x versions.

Great. This is staged now, I'll send it as part of my next
consolidated pull request.

Bruce

> 
> Please find a signed v4.12.19 tag using this key:
> 
> http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xEBCE84042C07D1D6
> 
> in the repo in my kernel.org directory here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.12.y.git/
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.12.y.git
> 
> for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-4.12 and then out from there
> into the other base and BSP branches.
> 
> For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-4.12.git/
> 
> This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and
> so people can see the raw commits that were used to create this 4.12.x
> release, similar to Greg's stable queue:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/
> 
> Paul.
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