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1/32net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeueinclude/net/pkt_sched.h net/sched/sch_api.c net/sched/sch_hfsc.c +1 more+25 -280 replies
2/32audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rulesinclude/linux/audit.h+1 -10 replies
3/32perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULLkernel/events/callchain.c kernel/events/core.c+5 -50 replies
4/32perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are setkernel/events/callchain.c+5 -50 replies
5/32perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel threadkernel/events/core.c+2 -10 replies
6/32x86/bugs: Report correct retbleed mitigation statusarch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c+3 -10 replies
7/32x86/bugs: Fix reporting of LFENCE retpolinearch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c+1 -40 replies
8/32EDAC/mc_sysfs: Increase legacy channel support to 16drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c+24 -00 replies
9/32btrfs: zoned: return error from btrfs_zone_finish_endio()fs/btrfs/inode.c fs/btrfs/zoned.c fs/btrfs/zoned.h+15 -90 replies
10/32btrfs: zoned: refine extent allocator hint selectionfs/btrfs/extent-tree.c+4 -20 replies
11/32btrfs: scrub: replace max_t()/min_t() with clamp() in scrub_throttle_dev_io()fs/btrfs/scrub.c+1 -20 replies
12/32btrfs: always drop log root tree reference in btrfs_replay_log()fs/btrfs/disk-io.c fs/btrfs/tree-log.c+1 -20 replies
13/32btrfs: use level argument in log tree walk callback replay_one_buffer()fs/btrfs/tree-log.c+3 -50 replies
14/32btrfs: use smp_mb__after_atomic() when forcing COW in create_pending_snapshot()fs/btrfs/transaction.c+1 -10 replies
15/32arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.carch/alpha/kernel/asm-offsets.c arch/arc/kernel/asm-offsets.c arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c +17 more+24 -00 replies
16/32mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDRnet/mptcp/pm_netlink.c+6 -00 replies
17/32selftests: mptcp: disable add_addr retrans in endpoint_teststools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh+1 -00 replies
18/32selftests: mptcp: join: mark delete re-add signal as skipped if not supportedtools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh+1 -10 replies
19/32serial: sc16is7xx: remove unused to_sc16is7xx_port macrodrivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c+0 -10 replies
20/32serial: sc16is7xx: reorder code to remove prototype declarationsdrivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c+36 -390 replies
21/32serial: sc16is7xx: refactor EFR lockdrivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c+57 -490 replies
22/32serial: sc16is7xx: remove useless enable of enhanced featuresdrivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c+0 -70 replies
23/32xhci: dbc: poll at different rate depending on data transfer activitydrivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h+13 -20 replies
24/32xhci: dbc: Allow users to modify DbC poll interval via sysfsDocumentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-xhci_hcd drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h+49 -10 replies
25/32xhci: dbc: Improve performance by removing delay in transfer event polling.drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c+1 -10 replies
26/32xhci: dbc: Avoid event polling busyloop if pending rx transfers are inactive.drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h+19 -30 replies
27/32xhci: dbc: fix bogus 1024 byte prefix if ttyDBC read races with stall eventdrivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c+4 -20 replies
28/32bits: add comments and newlines to #if, #else and #endif directivesinclude/linux/bits.h+6 -20 replies
29/32bits: introduce fixed-type GENMASK_U*()include/linux/bitops.h include/linux/bits.h+30 -10 replies
30/32gpio: regmap: Allow to allocate regmap-irq devicedrivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c include/linux/gpio/regmap.h+38 -20 replies
31/32gpio: regmap: add the .fixed_direction_output configuration parameterdrivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c include/linux/gpio/regmap.h+29 -20 replies
32/32gpio: idio-16: Define fixed direction of the GPIO linesdrivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c+5 -00 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 6.6 00/32] 6.6.116-rc1 review

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.116 release. There are 32 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know.

Responses should be made by Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:34 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:

	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.6.116-rc1.gz

or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.6.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

    Linux 6.6.116-rc1

William Breathitt Gray <[email protected]>
gpio: idio-16: Define fixed direction of the GPIO lines

Ioana Ciornei <[email protected]>
gpio: regmap: add the .fixed_direction_output configuration parameter

Mathieu Dubois-Briand <[email protected]>
gpio: regmap: Allow to allocate regmap-irq device

Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]>
bits: introduce fixed-type GENMASK_U*()

Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]>
bits: add comments and newlines to #if, #else and #endif directives

Mathias Nyman <[email protected]>
xhci: dbc: fix bogus 1024 byte prefix if ttyDBC read races with stall event

Mathias Nyman <[email protected]>
xhci: dbc: Avoid event polling busyloop if pending rx transfers are inactive.

Mathias Nyman <[email protected]>
xhci: dbc: Improve performance by removing delay in transfer event polling.

Uday M Bhat <[email protected]>
xhci: dbc: Allow users to modify DbC poll interval via sysfs

Mathias Nyman <[email protected]>
xhci: dbc: poll at different rate depending on data transfer activity

Hugo Villeneuve <[email protected]>
serial: sc16is7xx: remove useless enable of enhanced features

Hugo Villeneuve <[email protected]>
serial: sc16is7xx: refactor EFR lock

Hugo Villeneuve <[email protected]>
serial: sc16is7xx: reorder code to remove prototype declarations

Hugo Villeneuve <[email protected]>
serial: sc16is7xx: remove unused to_sc16is7xx_port macro

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
selftests: mptcp: join: mark 'delete re-add signal' as skipped if not supported

Geliang Tang <[email protected]>
selftests: mptcp: disable add_addr retrans in endpoint_tests

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR

Menglong Dong <[email protected]>
arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.c

Filipe Manana <[email protected]>
btrfs: use smp_mb__after_atomic() when forcing COW in create_pending_snapshot()

Filipe Manana <[email protected]>
btrfs: use level argument in log tree walk callback replay_one_buffer()

Filipe Manana <[email protected]>
btrfs: always drop log root tree reference in btrfs_replay_log()

Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
btrfs: scrub: replace max_t()/min_t() with clamp() in scrub_throttle_dev_io()

Naohiro Aota <[email protected]>
btrfs: zoned: refine extent allocator hint selection

Johannes Thumshirn <[email protected]>
btrfs: zoned: return error from btrfs_zone_finish_endio()

Avadhut Naik <[email protected]>
EDAC/mc_sysfs: Increase legacy channel support to 16

David Kaplan <[email protected]>
x86/bugs: Fix reporting of LFENCE retpoline

David Kaplan <[email protected]>
x86/bugs: Report correct retbleed mitigation status

Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread

Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set

Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

    perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL

Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]>
audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules

Xiang Mei <[email protected]>
net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue

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Diffstat:

 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-xhci_hcd     |  10 ++
 Makefile                                           |   4 +-
 arch/alpha/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/arc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                      |   1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c                      |   2 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/csky/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/hexagon/kernel/asm-offsets.c                  |   1 +
 arch/loongarch/kernel/asm-offsets.c                |   2 +
 arch/m68k/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c               |   1 +
 arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   2 +
 arch/nios2/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/openrisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                 |   1 +
 arch/parisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                   |   1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                  |   1 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/s390/kernel/asm-offsets.c                     |   1 +
 arch/sh/kernel/asm-offsets.c                       |   1 +
 arch/sparc/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |   1 +
 arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c                       |   2 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c                         |   9 +-
 arch/xtensa/kernel/asm-offsets.c                   |   1 +
 drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c                       |  24 +++
 drivers/gpio/gpio-idio-16.c                        |   5 +
 drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c                         |  53 +++++-
 drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c                     | 185 ++++++++++-----------
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c                     |  70 +++++++-
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h                     |   7 +-
 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c                                 |   2 +-
 fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c                             |   6 +-
 fs/btrfs/inode.c                                   |   7 +-
 fs/btrfs/scrub.c                                   |   3 +-
 fs/btrfs/transaction.c                             |   2 +-
 fs/btrfs/tree-log.c                                |   9 +-
 fs/btrfs/zoned.c                                   |   8 +-
 fs/btrfs/zoned.h                                   |   9 +-
 include/linux/audit.h                              |   2 +-
 include/linux/bitops.h                             |   1 -
 include/linux/bits.h                               |  38 ++++-
 include/linux/gpio/regmap.h                        |  16 ++
 include/net/pkt_sched.h                            |  25 ++-
 kernel/events/callchain.c                          |  16 +-
 kernel/events/core.c                               |   7 +-
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c                             |   6 +
 net/sched/sch_api.c                                |  10 --
 net/sched/sch_hfsc.c                               |  16 --
 net/sched/sch_qfq.c                                |   2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh    |   3 +-
 49 files changed, 405 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)