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[Kamal Mostafa <kamal@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 v3.19.8-ckt3 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 v3.19.8-ckt3 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 v3.19.8-ckt3 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the v3.19.8-ckt3 stable release:
+ Linux 3.19.8-ckt3
+ xfs: don't truncate attribute extents if no extents exist
+ clk: at91: fix h32mx prototype inclusion in pmc header
+ clk: at91: pll: fix input range validity check
+ drm/radeon: Add RADEON_INFO_VA_UNMAP_WORKING query
+ tracing: Have filter check for balanced ops
+ crypto: caam - fix RNG buffer cache alignment
+ crypto: caam - improve initalization for context state saves
+ KVM: x86: fix lapic.timer_mode on restore
+ drm/mgag200: Reject non-character-cell-aligned mode widths
+ ALSA: hda - adding a DAC/pin preference map for a HP Envy TS machine
+ iser-target: Fix possible use-after-free
+ iser-target: release stale iser connections
+ iser-target: Fix variable-length response error completion
+ bridge: fix multicast router rlist endless loop
+ bridge: use _bh spinlock variant for br_fdb_update to avoid lockup
+ net: bcmgenet: power on MII block for all MII modes
+ block: fix ext_dev_lock lockdep report
+ drm/radeon: Make sure radeon_vm_bo_set_addr always unreserves the BO
+ Revert "drm/radeon: adjust pll when audio is not enabled"
+ Revert "drm/radeon: don't share plls if monitors differ in audio support"
+ drm/radeon: fix freeze for laptop with Turks/Thames GPU.
+ ring-buffer-benchmark: Fix the wrong sched_priority of producer
+ sched, numa: do not hint for NUMA balancing on VM_MIXEDMAP mappings
+ mm/memory_hotplug.c: set zone->wait_table to null after freeing it
+ cfg80211: wext: clear sinfo struct before calling driver
+ drm/i915: Fix DDC probe for passive adapters
+ Input: synaptics - add min/max quirk for Lenovo S540
+ ALSA: usb-audio: add native DSD support for JLsounds I2SoverUSB
+ pata_octeon_cf: fix broken build
+ irqchip: sunxi-nmi: Fix off-by-one error in irq iterator
+ virtio_pci: Clear stale cpumask when setting irq affinity
+ ARM: dts: am335x-boneblack: disable RTC-only sleep to avoid hardware damage
+ ata: ahci_mvebu: Fix wrongly set base address for the MBus window setting
+ iommu/vt-d: Fix passthrough mode with translation-disabled devices
+ iommu/vt-d: Allow RMRR on graphics devices too
+ xfrm: fix a race in xfrm_state_lookup_byspi
+ usb: musb: fix order of conditions for assigning end point operations
+ MIPS: Fix enabling of DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ Input: alps - do not reduce trackpoint speed by half
+ Input: elantech - add new icbody type
+ of/dynamic: Fix test for PPC_PSERIES
+ USB: cp210x: add ID for HubZ dual ZigBee and Z-Wave dongle
+ ALSA: usb-audio: fix missing input volume controls in MAYA44 USB(+)
+ ALSA: usb-audio: add MAYA44 USB+ mixer control names
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - Add a fixup for another Acer Aspire 9420
+ Input: elantech - fix detection of touchpads where the revision matches a known rate
+ lib: Fix strnlen_user() to not touch memory after specified maximum
+ x86/asm/irq: Stop relying on magic JMP behavior for early_idt_handlers
+ MIPS: ralink: Fix clearing the illegal access interrupt
+ drm/i915/hsw: Fix workaround for server AUX channel clock divisor
+ drivers/base: cacheinfo: handle absence of caches
+ n_tty: Fix auditing support for cannonical mode
+ ALSA: usb-audio: Add mic volume fix quirk for Logitech Quickcam Fusion
+ brcmfmac: avoid null pointer access when brcmf_msgbuf_get_pktid() fails
+ usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix incorrect DEPCMD and DGCMD status macros
+ serial: imx: Fix DMA handling for IDLE condition aborts
+ usb: host: xhci: add mutex for non-thread-safe data
+ usb: make module xhci_hcd removable
+ iio: adc: twl6030-gpadc: Fix modalias
+ USB: serial: ftdi_sio: Add support for a Motion Tracker Development Board
+ iio: adis16400: Fix burst transfer for adis16448
+ iio: adis16400: Fix burst mode
+ iio: adis16400: Compute the scan mask from channel indices
+ iio: adis16400: Use != channel indices for the two voltage channels
+ iio: adis16400: Report pressure channel scale
+ i2c: s3c2410: fix oops in suspend callback for non-dt platforms
+ i2c: hix5hd2: Fix modalias to make module auto-loading work
+ fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings
+ net: phy: bcm7xxx: Fix 7425 PHY ID and flags
+ target/pscsi: Don't leak scsi_host if hba is VIRTUAL_HOST
+ hwmon: (nct6683) Add missing sysfs attribute initialization
+ hwmon: (nct6775) Add missing sysfs attribute initialization
+ dm: fix casting bug in dm_merge_bvec()
+ d_walk() might skip too much
+ omfs: fix sign confusion for bitmap loop counter
+ fs, omfs: add NULL terminator in the end up the token list
+ xfs: xfs_iozero can return positive errno
+ xfs: xfs_attr_inactive leaves inconsistent attr fork state behind
+ lguest: fix out-by-one error in address checking.
+ ALSA: hda - Fix noise on AMD radeon 290x controller
+ mfd: da9052: Fix broken regulator probe
+ drm/radeon: don't share plls if monitors differ in audio support
+ hwmon: (ntc_thermistor) Ensure iio channel is of type IIO_VOLTAGE
+ Revert "ALSA: hda - Add mute-LED mode control to Thinkpad"
+ ARM: dts: set display clock correctly for exynos4412-trats2
+ drm/plane-helper: Adapt cursor hack to transitional helpers
+ iwlwifi: mvm: clean net-detect info if device was reset during suspend
+ iwlwifi: mvm: Free fw_status after use to avoid memory leak
+ mac80211: don't use napi_gro_receive() outside NAPI context
+ x86/mce: Fix MCE severity messages
+ ARM: 8356/1: mm: handle non-pmd-aligned end of RAM
+ ARM: dts: imx27: only map 4 Kbyte for fec registers
+ gpio: gpio-kempld: Fix get_direction return value
+ module: Call module notifier on failure after complete_formation()
+ Revert "tools/vm: fix page-flags build"

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Title:
  Vivid update to v3.19.8-ckt3 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  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 v3.19.8-ckt3 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 v3.19.8-ckt3 stable release:

  Linux 3.19.8-ckt3
  xfs: don't truncate attribute extents if no extents exist
  clk: at91: fix h32mx prototype inclusion in pmc header
  clk: at91: pll: fix input range validity check
  drm/radeon: Add RADEON_INFO_VA_UNMAP_WORKING query
  tracing: Have filter check for balanced ops
  crypto: caam - fix RNG buffer cache alignment
  crypto: caam - improve initalization for context state saves
  KVM: x86: fix lapic.timer_mode on restore
  drm/mgag200: Reject non-character-cell-aligned mode widths
  ALSA: hda - adding a DAC/pin preference map for a HP Envy TS machine
  iser-target: Fix possible use-after-free
  iser-target: release stale iser connections
  iser-target: Fix variable-length response error completion
  bridge: fix multicast router rlist endless loop
  bridge: use _bh spinlock variant for br_fdb_update to avoid lockup
  net: bcmgenet: power on MII block for all MII modes
  block: fix ext_dev_lock lockdep report
  drm/radeon: Make sure radeon_vm_bo_set_addr always unreserves the BO
  Revert "drm/radeon: adjust pll when audio is not enabled"
  Revert "drm/radeon: don't share plls if monitors differ in audio support"
  drm/radeon: fix freeze for laptop with Turks/Thames GPU.
  ring-buffer-benchmark: Fix the wrong sched_priority of producer
  sched, numa: do not hint for NUMA balancing on VM_MIXEDMAP mappings
  mm/memory_hotplug.c: set zone->wait_table to null after freeing it
  cfg80211: wext: clear sinfo struct before calling driver
  drm/i915: Fix DDC probe for passive adapters
  Input: synaptics - add min/max quirk for Lenovo S540
  ALSA: usb-audio: add native DSD support for JLsounds I2SoverUSB
  pata_octeon_cf: fix broken build
  irqchip: sunxi-nmi: Fix off-by-one error in irq iterator
  virtio_pci: Clear stale cpumask when setting irq affinity
  ARM: dts: am335x-boneblack: disable RTC-only sleep to avoid hardware damage
  ata: ahci_mvebu: Fix wrongly set base address for the MBus window setting
  iommu/vt-d: Fix passthrough mode with translation-disabled devices
  iommu/vt-d: Allow RMRR on graphics devices too
  xfrm: fix a race in xfrm_state_lookup_byspi
  usb: musb: fix order of conditions for assigning end point operations
  MIPS: Fix enabling of DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
  Input: alps - do not reduce trackpoint speed by half
  Input: elantech - add new icbody type
  of/dynamic: Fix test for PPC_PSERIES
  USB: cp210x: add ID for HubZ dual ZigBee and Z-Wave dongle
  ALSA: usb-audio: fix missing input volume controls in MAYA44 USB(+)
  ALSA: usb-audio: add MAYA44 USB+ mixer control names
  ALSA: hda/realtek - Add a fixup for another Acer Aspire 9420
  Input: elantech - fix detection of touchpads where the revision matches a known rate
  lib: Fix strnlen_user() to not touch memory after specified maximum
  x86/asm/irq: Stop relying on magic JMP behavior for early_idt_handlers
  MIPS: ralink: Fix clearing the illegal access interrupt
  drm/i915/hsw: Fix workaround for server AUX channel clock divisor
  drivers/base: cacheinfo: handle absence of caches
  n_tty: Fix auditing support for cannonical mode
  ALSA: usb-audio: Add mic volume fix quirk for Logitech Quickcam Fusion
  brcmfmac: avoid null pointer access when brcmf_msgbuf_get_pktid() fails
  usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix incorrect DEPCMD and DGCMD status macros
  serial: imx: Fix DMA handling for IDLE condition aborts
  usb: host: xhci: add mutex for non-thread-safe data
  usb: make module xhci_hcd removable
  iio: adc: twl6030-gpadc: Fix modalias
  USB: serial: ftdi_sio: Add support for a Motion Tracker Development Board
  iio: adis16400: Fix burst transfer for adis16448
  iio: adis16400: Fix burst mode
  iio: adis16400: Compute the scan mask from channel indices
  iio: adis16400: Use != channel indices for the two voltage channels
  iio: adis16400: Report pressure channel scale
  i2c: s3c2410: fix oops in suspend callback for non-dt platforms
  i2c: hix5hd2: Fix modalias to make module auto-loading work
  fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings
  net: phy: bcm7xxx: Fix 7425 PHY ID and flags
  target/pscsi: Don't leak scsi_host if hba is VIRTUAL_HOST
  hwmon: (nct6683) Add missing sysfs attribute initialization
  hwmon: (nct6775) Add missing sysfs attribute initialization
  dm: fix casting bug in dm_merge_bvec()
  d_walk() might skip too much
  omfs: fix sign confusion for bitmap loop counter
  fs, omfs: add NULL terminator in the end up the token list
  xfs: xfs_iozero can return positive errno
  xfs: xfs_attr_inactive leaves inconsistent attr fork state behind
  lguest: fix out-by-one error in address checking.
  ALSA: hda - Fix noise on AMD radeon 290x controller
  mfd: da9052: Fix broken regulator probe
  drm/radeon: don't share plls if monitors differ in audio support
  hwmon: (ntc_thermistor) Ensure iio channel is of type IIO_VOLTAGE
  Revert "ALSA: hda - Add mute-LED mode control to Thinkpad"
  ARM: dts: set display clock correctly for exynos4412-trats2
  drm/plane-helper: Adapt cursor hack to transitional helpers
  iwlwifi: mvm: clean net-detect info if device was reset during suspend
  iwlwifi: mvm: Free fw_status after use to avoid memory leak
  mac80211: don't use napi_gro_receive() outside NAPI context
  x86/mce: Fix MCE severity messages
  ARM: 8356/1: mm: handle non-pmd-aligned end of RAM
  ARM: dts: imx27: only map 4 Kbyte for fec registers
  gpio: gpio-kempld: Fix get_direction return value
  module: Call module notifier on failure after complete_formation()
  Revert "tools/vm: fix page-flags build"

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