Linux 4.9.202

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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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;a=summary

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


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