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[Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

+ SRU Justification
  
-     SRU Justification
+     Impact:
+        The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar
+        in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to
+        demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream
+        by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally
+        backported form of that patch. The 3.16.7-ckt10 upstream stable
+        patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
+        kernel as well.
  
-     Impact:
-        The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar
-        in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to
-        demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream
-        by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally
-        backported form of that patch. The 3.16.7-ckt10 upstream stable
-        patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
-        kernel as well.
+        git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
  
-        git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
+     TEST CASE: TBD
  
-     TEST CASE: TBD
+        The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt10 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt10 stable release:
+ fuse: notify: don't move pages
+ fuse: set stolen page uptodate
+ dm thin: fix to consistently zero-fill reads to unprovisioned blocks
+ dm: hold suspend_lock while suspending device during device deletion
+ dm snapshot: suspend origin when doing exception handover
+ dm snapshot: suspend merging snapshot when doing exception handover
+ dm io: deal with wandering queue limits when handling REQ_DISCARD and REQ_WRITE_SAME
+ crypto: arm/aes update NEON AES module to latest OpenSSL version
+ mac80211: drop unencrypted frames in mesh fwding
+ mac80211: disable u-APSD queues by default
+ ASoC: ak4671: Fix control-less DAPM routes
+ ASoC: da732x: Fix control-less DAPM routes
+ ASoC: sn95031: Fix control-less DAPM routes
+ virtio_console: init work unconditionally
+ virtio_console: avoid config access from irq
+ clocksource: efm32: Fix a NULL pointer dereference
+ clockevents: sun5i: Fix setup_irq init sequence
+ x86/vdso: Fix the build on GCC5
+ ASoC: sgtl5000: remove useless register write clearing CHRGPUMP_POWERUP
+ regmap: regcache-rbtree: Fix present bitmap resize
+ regulator: Only enable disabled regulators on resume
+ regulator: core: Fix enable GPIO reference counting
+ Input: psmouse - add psmouse_matches_pnp_id helper function
+ Input: synaptics - split synaptics_resolution(), query first
+ Input: synaptics - log queried and quirked dimension values
+ Input: synaptics - query min dimensions for fw v8.1
+ Input: synaptics - remove obsolete min/max quirk for X240
+ Input: synaptics - support min/max board id in min_max_pnpid_table
+ Input: synaptics - skip quirks when post-2013 dimensions
+ Input: synaptics - fix middle button on Lenovo 2015 products
+ Input: synaptics - handle spurious release of trackstick buttons
+ Input: synaptics - do not retrieve the board id on old firmwares
+ vt6655: RFbSetPower fix missing rate RATE_12M
+ x86/asm/entry/32: Fix user_mode() misuses
+ ASoC: adav80x: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: ak4641: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: cs4271: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: pcm1681: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: tas5086: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm2000: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm8731: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm8903: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm8904: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm8955: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ ASoC: wm8960: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
+ usb: phy: am335x-control: check return value of bus_find_device
+ crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption
+ phy: Find the right match in devm_phy_destroy()
+ x86/fpu: Avoid math_state_restore() without used_math() in __restore_xstate_sig()
+ x86/fpu: Drop_fpu() should not assume that tsk equals current
+ cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM notifier usage
+ can: kvaser_usb: Fix tx queue start/stop race conditions
+ usb: chipidea: otg: add a_alt_hnp_support response for B device
+ mac80211: count interfaces correctly for combination checks
+ nl80211: ignore HT/VHT capabilities without QoS/WMM
+ ALSA: hda - Treat stereo-to-mono mix properly
+ pagemap: do not leak physical addresses to non-privileged userspace
+ uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X for Initio Corporation controllers / devices
+ usb: common: otg-fsm: only signal connect after switching to peripheral
+ of/irq: Fix of_irq_parse_one() returned error codes
+ iscsi-target: Avoid early conn_logout_comp for iser connections
+ tcm_qla2xxx: Fix incorrect use of __transport_register_session
+ target: Fix reference leak in target_get_sess_cmd() error path
+ tcm_fc: missing curly braces in ft_invl_hw_context()
+ target/pscsi: Fix NULL pointer dereference in get_device_type
+ target: Fix virtual LUN=0 target_configure_device failure OOPs
+ arm64: Honor __GFP_ZERO in dma allocations
+ IB/mlx4: Saturate RoCE port PMA counters in case of overflow
+ dmaengine: dw: append MODULE_ALIAS for platform driver
+ xfrm: release dst_orig in case of error in xfrm_lookup()
+ staging: vt6656: vnt_rf_setpower: fix missing rate RATE_12M
+ Btrfs: make xattr replace operations atomic
+ powerpc/smp: Wait until secondaries are active & online
+ powerpc/iommu: Remove IOMMU device references via bus notifier
+ powerpc/mpc85xx: Add ranges to etsec2 nodes
+ IB/core: Avoid leakage from kernel to user space
+ timers/tick/broadcast-hrtimer: Fix suspicious RCU usage in idle loop
+ ALSA: hda - Add one more node in the EAPD supporting candidate list
+ serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround
+ drm/i915/bdw: PCI IDs ending in 0xb are ULT.
+ btrfs: simplify insert_orphan_item
+ ARM: sunxi: Have ARCH_SUNXI select RESET_CONTROLLER for clock driver usage
+ writeback: add missing INITIAL_JIFFIES init in global_update_bandwidth()
+ nbd: fix possible memory leak
+ spi: qup: Fix cs-num DT property parsing
+ mfd: kempld-core: Fix callback return value check
+ KVM: nVMX: mask unrestricted_guest if disabled on L0
+ spi: trigger trace event for message-done before mesg->complete
+ regmap: introduce regmap_name to fix syscon regmap trace events
+ powerpc/pseries: Little endian fixes for post mobility device tree update
+ Fix bug in blk_rq_merge_ok
+ net: ethernet: pcnet32: Setup the SRAM and NOUFLO on Am79C97{3, 5}
+ powerpc/book3s: Fix the MCE code to use CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER
+ perf: Fix irq_work 'tail' recursion
+ sched: Fix RLIMIT_RTTIME when PI-boosting to RT
+ ALSA: hda - Add dock support for Thinkpad T450s (17aa:5036)
+ arm64: Use the reserved TTBR0 if context switching to the init_mm
+ selinux: fix sel_write_enforce broken return value
+ mm: fix anon_vma->degree underflow in anon_vma endless growing prevention
+ mm/memory hotplug: postpone the reset of obsolete pgdat
+ hfsplus: fix B-tree corruption after insertion at position 0
+ ARC: SA_SIGINFO ucontext regs off-by-one
+ writeback: fix possible underflow in write bandwidth calculation
+ iio: fix drivers that check buffer->scan_mask
+ iio: inv_mpu6050: Clear timestamps fifo while resetting hardware fifo
+ iio: core: Fix double free.
+ USB: ftdi_sio: Added custom PID for Synapse Wireless product
+ iwlwifi: dvm: run INIT firmware again upon .start()
+ USB: serial: keyspan_pda: fix Entrega company name spelling
+ USB: keyspan_pda: add new device id
+ cifs: smb2_clone_range() - exit on unhandled error
+ cifs: fix use-after-free bug in find_writable_file
+ can: flexcan: Deferred on Regulator return EPROBE_DEFER
+ xen/balloon: before adding hotplugged memory, set frames to invalid
+ usb: xhci: handle Config Error Change (CEC) in xhci driver
+ usb: xhci: apply XHCI_AVOID_BEI quirk to all Intel xHCI controllers
+ USB: ftdi_sio: Use jtag quirk for SNAP Connect E10
+ tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: clear receive flag on FIFO flush
+ drm/radeon/dpm: fix 120hz handling harder
+ radeon: Do not directly dereference pointers to BIOS area.
+ iio: adc: vf610: use ADC clock within specification
+ iio: imu: Use iio_trigger_get for indio_dev->trig assignment
+ dmaengine: edma: fix memory leak when terminating running transfers
+ dmaengine: omap-dma: Fix memory leak when terminating running transfer
+ x86/reboot: Add ASRock Q1900DC-ITX mainboard reboot quirk
+ mac80211: fix RX A-MPDU session reorder timer deletion
+ net: use for_each_netdev_safe() in rtnl_group_changelink()
+ net/mlx4_en: Call register_netdevice in the proper location
+ xen-netfront: transmit fully GSO-sized packets
+ tcp: fix FRTO undo on cumulative ACK of SACKed range
+ KVM: remove redundant assignments in __kvm_set_memory_region
+ kvm: commonize allocation of the new memory slots
+ kvm: avoid page allocation failure in kvm_set_memory_region()
+ hpsa: refine the pci enable/disable handling
+ hpsa: add missing pci_set_master in kdump path
+ hpsa: fix memory leak in kdump hard reset
+ hpsa: turn off interrupts when kdump starts
+ sb_edac: Fix erroneous bytes->gigabytes conversion
+ sb_edac: avoid INTERNAL ERROR message in EDAC with unspecified channel
+ NFS: fix BUG() crash in notify_change() with patch to chown_common()
+ tcp: Fix crash in TCP Fast Open
+ Linux 3.16.7-ckt10
+ 
+ The following patches from patches from 3.16.7-ckt10 were already
+ applied in the Utopic kernel:
+ 
+ x86/microcode/intel: Guard against stack overflow in the loader
+ ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface
+ IB/uverbs: Prevent integer overflow in ib_umem_get address arithmetic

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Title:
  Utopic update to 3.16.7-ckt10 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Utopic:
  New

Bug description:
  SRU Justification

      Impact:
         The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar
         in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to
         demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream
         by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally
         backported form of that patch. The 3.16.7-ckt10 upstream stable
         patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
         kernel as well.

         git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git

      TEST CASE: TBD

         The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt10 stable release:

  fuse: notify: don't move pages
  fuse: set stolen page uptodate
  dm thin: fix to consistently zero-fill reads to unprovisioned blocks
  dm: hold suspend_lock while suspending device during device deletion
  dm snapshot: suspend origin when doing exception handover
  dm snapshot: suspend merging snapshot when doing exception handover
  dm io: deal with wandering queue limits when handling REQ_DISCARD and REQ_WRITE_SAME
  crypto: arm/aes update NEON AES module to latest OpenSSL version
  mac80211: drop unencrypted frames in mesh fwding
  mac80211: disable u-APSD queues by default
  ASoC: ak4671: Fix control-less DAPM routes
  ASoC: da732x: Fix control-less DAPM routes
  ASoC: sn95031: Fix control-less DAPM routes
  virtio_console: init work unconditionally
  virtio_console: avoid config access from irq
  clocksource: efm32: Fix a NULL pointer dereference
  clockevents: sun5i: Fix setup_irq init sequence
  x86/vdso: Fix the build on GCC5
  ASoC: sgtl5000: remove useless register write clearing CHRGPUMP_POWERUP
  regmap: regcache-rbtree: Fix present bitmap resize
  regulator: Only enable disabled regulators on resume
  regulator: core: Fix enable GPIO reference counting
  Input: psmouse - add psmouse_matches_pnp_id helper function
  Input: synaptics - split synaptics_resolution(), query first
  Input: synaptics - log queried and quirked dimension values
  Input: synaptics - query min dimensions for fw v8.1
  Input: synaptics - remove obsolete min/max quirk for X240
  Input: synaptics - support min/max board id in min_max_pnpid_table
  Input: synaptics - skip quirks when post-2013 dimensions
  Input: synaptics - fix middle button on Lenovo 2015 products
  Input: synaptics - handle spurious release of trackstick buttons
  Input: synaptics - do not retrieve the board id on old firmwares
  vt6655: RFbSetPower fix missing rate RATE_12M
  x86/asm/entry/32: Fix user_mode() misuses
  ASoC: adav80x: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: ak4641: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: cs4271: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: pcm1681: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: tas5086: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm2000: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm8731: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm8903: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm8904: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm8955: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  ASoC: wm8960: Fix wrong value references for boolean kctl
  usb: phy: am335x-control: check return value of bus_find_device
  crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption
  phy: Find the right match in devm_phy_destroy()
  x86/fpu: Avoid math_state_restore() without used_math() in __restore_xstate_sig()
  x86/fpu: Drop_fpu() should not assume that tsk equals current
  cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM notifier usage
  can: kvaser_usb: Fix tx queue start/stop race conditions
  usb: chipidea: otg: add a_alt_hnp_support response for B device
  mac80211: count interfaces correctly for combination checks
  nl80211: ignore HT/VHT capabilities without QoS/WMM
  ALSA: hda - Treat stereo-to-mono mix properly
  pagemap: do not leak physical addresses to non-privileged userspace
  uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X for Initio Corporation controllers / devices
  usb: common: otg-fsm: only signal connect after switching to peripheral
  of/irq: Fix of_irq_parse_one() returned error codes
  iscsi-target: Avoid early conn_logout_comp for iser connections
  tcm_qla2xxx: Fix incorrect use of __transport_register_session
  target: Fix reference leak in target_get_sess_cmd() error path
  tcm_fc: missing curly braces in ft_invl_hw_context()
  target/pscsi: Fix NULL pointer dereference in get_device_type
  target: Fix virtual LUN=0 target_configure_device failure OOPs
  arm64: Honor __GFP_ZERO in dma allocations
  IB/mlx4: Saturate RoCE port PMA counters in case of overflow
  dmaengine: dw: append MODULE_ALIAS for platform driver
  xfrm: release dst_orig in case of error in xfrm_lookup()
  staging: vt6656: vnt_rf_setpower: fix missing rate RATE_12M
  Btrfs: make xattr replace operations atomic
  powerpc/smp: Wait until secondaries are active & online
  powerpc/iommu: Remove IOMMU device references via bus notifier
  powerpc/mpc85xx: Add ranges to etsec2 nodes
  IB/core: Avoid leakage from kernel to user space
  timers/tick/broadcast-hrtimer: Fix suspicious RCU usage in idle loop
  ALSA: hda - Add one more node in the EAPD supporting candidate list
  serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround
  drm/i915/bdw: PCI IDs ending in 0xb are ULT.
  btrfs: simplify insert_orphan_item
  ARM: sunxi: Have ARCH_SUNXI select RESET_CONTROLLER for clock driver usage
  writeback: add missing INITIAL_JIFFIES init in global_update_bandwidth()
  nbd: fix possible memory leak
  spi: qup: Fix cs-num DT property parsing
  mfd: kempld-core: Fix callback return value check
  KVM: nVMX: mask unrestricted_guest if disabled on L0
  spi: trigger trace event for message-done before mesg->complete
  regmap: introduce regmap_name to fix syscon regmap trace events
  powerpc/pseries: Little endian fixes for post mobility device tree update
  Fix bug in blk_rq_merge_ok
  net: ethernet: pcnet32: Setup the SRAM and NOUFLO on Am79C97{3, 5}
  powerpc/book3s: Fix the MCE code to use CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER
  perf: Fix irq_work 'tail' recursion
  sched: Fix RLIMIT_RTTIME when PI-boosting to RT
  ALSA: hda - Add dock support for Thinkpad T450s (17aa:5036)
  arm64: Use the reserved TTBR0 if context switching to the init_mm
  selinux: fix sel_write_enforce broken return value
  mm: fix anon_vma->degree underflow in anon_vma endless growing prevention
  mm/memory hotplug: postpone the reset of obsolete pgdat
  hfsplus: fix B-tree corruption after insertion at position 0
  ARC: SA_SIGINFO ucontext regs off-by-one
  writeback: fix possible underflow in write bandwidth calculation
  iio: fix drivers that check buffer->scan_mask
  iio: inv_mpu6050: Clear timestamps fifo while resetting hardware fifo
  iio: core: Fix double free.
  USB: ftdi_sio: Added custom PID for Synapse Wireless product
  iwlwifi: dvm: run INIT firmware again upon .start()
  USB: serial: keyspan_pda: fix Entrega company name spelling
  USB: keyspan_pda: add new device id
  cifs: smb2_clone_range() - exit on unhandled error
  cifs: fix use-after-free bug in find_writable_file
  can: flexcan: Deferred on Regulator return EPROBE_DEFER
  xen/balloon: before adding hotplugged memory, set frames to invalid
  usb: xhci: handle Config Error Change (CEC) in xhci driver
  usb: xhci: apply XHCI_AVOID_BEI quirk to all Intel xHCI controllers
  USB: ftdi_sio: Use jtag quirk for SNAP Connect E10
  tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: clear receive flag on FIFO flush
  drm/radeon/dpm: fix 120hz handling harder
  radeon: Do not directly dereference pointers to BIOS area.
  iio: adc: vf610: use ADC clock within specification
  iio: imu: Use iio_trigger_get for indio_dev->trig assignment
  dmaengine: edma: fix memory leak when terminating running transfers
  dmaengine: omap-dma: Fix memory leak when terminating running transfer
  x86/reboot: Add ASRock Q1900DC-ITX mainboard reboot quirk
  mac80211: fix RX A-MPDU session reorder timer deletion
  net: use for_each_netdev_safe() in rtnl_group_changelink()
  net/mlx4_en: Call register_netdevice in the proper location
  xen-netfront: transmit fully GSO-sized packets
  tcp: fix FRTO undo on cumulative ACK of SACKed range
  KVM: remove redundant assignments in __kvm_set_memory_region
  kvm: commonize allocation of the new memory slots
  kvm: avoid page allocation failure in kvm_set_memory_region()
  hpsa: refine the pci enable/disable handling
  hpsa: add missing pci_set_master in kdump path
  hpsa: fix memory leak in kdump hard reset
  hpsa: turn off interrupts when kdump starts
  sb_edac: Fix erroneous bytes->gigabytes conversion
  sb_edac: avoid INTERNAL ERROR message in EDAC with unspecified channel
  NFS: fix BUG() crash in notify_change() with patch to chown_common()
  tcp: Fix crash in TCP Fast Open
  Linux 3.16.7-ckt10

  The following patches from patches from 3.16.7-ckt10 were already
  applied in the Utopic kernel:

  x86/microcode/intel: Guard against stack overflow in the loader
  ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface
  IB/uverbs: Prevent integer overflow in ib_umem_get address arithmetic

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