diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/.gitignore linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/.gitignore
index fd3a35592543..34fe1346aa87 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/.gitignore
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 *.lzo
 *.patch
 *.gcno
+*.ll
 modules.builtin
 Module.symvers
 *.dwo
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 0439c2aaf741..f20c783cb5c0 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -1470,7 +1470,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_concentrationX_voc_raw
 KernelVersion:	4.3
 Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
-		Raw (unscaled no offset etc.) percentage reading of a substance.
+		Raw (unscaled no offset etc.) reading of a substance. Units
+		after application of scale and offset are percents.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistance_raw
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistanceX_raw
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
index 6708c5e264aa..33e96f740639 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_proximity_raw
+What		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_proximity_input
 Date:		March 2014
 KernelVersion:	3.15
 Contact:	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@gmail.com>
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
index 6bd45346ac7e..3f8701e8fa24 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ KernelVersion:	3.10
 Contact:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
 		linux-mei@linux.intel.com
 Description:	Stores the same MODALIAS value emitted by uevent
-		Format: mei:<mei device name>:<device uuid>:
+		Format: mei:<mei device name>:<device uuid>:<protocol version>
 
 What:		/sys/bus/mei/devices/.../name
 Date:		May 2015
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
index 3a4abfc44f5e..136ba17d2da0 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -134,19 +134,21 @@ Description:
 		enabled for the device. Developer can write y/Y/1 or n/N/0 to
 		the file to enable/disable the feature.
 
-What:		/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/usb3_hardware_lpm
-Date:		June 2015
+What:		/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u1
+		/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u2
+Date:		November 2015
 Contact:	Kevin Strasser <kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com>
+		Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
 Description:
 		If CONFIG_PM is set and a USB 3.0 lpm-capable device is plugged
 		in to a xHCI host which supports link PM, it will check if U1
 		and U2 exit latencies have been set in the BOS descriptor; if
-		the check is is passed and the host supports USB3 hardware LPM,
+		the check is passed and the host supports USB3 hardware LPM,
 		USB3 hardware LPM will be enabled for the device and the USB
-		device directory will contain a file named
-		power/usb3_hardware_lpm. The file holds a string value (enable
-		or disable) indicating whether or not USB3 hardware LPM is
-		enabled for the device.
+		device directory will contain two files named
+		power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u1 and power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u2. These
+		files hold a string value (enable or disable) indicating whether
+		or not USB3 hardware LPM U1 or U2 is enabled for the device.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../removable
 Date:		February 2012
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index b683e8ee69ec..e9f9ce0688bc 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -271,3 +271,25 @@ Description:	Parameters for the CPU cache attributes
 			- WriteBack: data is written only to the cache line and
 				     the modified cache line is written to main
 				     memory only when it is replaced
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit
+Date:		January 2018
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Information about CPU vulnerabilities
+
+		The files are named after the code names of CPU
+		vulnerabilities. The output of those files reflects the
+		state of the CPUs in the system. Possible output values:
+
+		"Not affected"	  CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
+		"Vulnerable"	  CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
+		"Mitigation: $M"  CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/Changes linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/Changes
index ec97b77c8b00..f25649ffb892 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/Changes
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/Changes
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ o  GNU C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
 o  GNU make               3.80                    # make --version
 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
-o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
+o  kmod                   13                      # depmod -V
 o  e2fsprogs              1.41.4                  # e2fsck -V
 o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
 o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and you have no way to rebuild and
 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
 with ksymoops.
 
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-
-A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools
-to use.  It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
-
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 
@@ -319,14 +313,15 @@ Util-linux
 ----------
 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
 
+Kmod
+----
+o  <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
+o  <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
+
 Ksymoops
 --------
 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
 
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/>
-
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 o  <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index d7fcdc5a4379..9b55778ab024 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Many legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_status() as the bmdma_status() hook.
 
 	<sect2><title>High-level taskfile hooks</title>
 	<programlisting>
-void (*qc_prep) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
+enum ata_completion_errors (*qc_prep) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 int (*qc_issue) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 	</programlisting>
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/Makefile linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/Makefile
index bc0548201755..59d516b7afcb 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/Makefile
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 subdir-y := accounting auxdisplay blackfin connector \
-	filesystems filesystems ia64 laptops mic misc-devices \
-	networking pcmcia prctl ptp spi timers vDSO video4linux \
-	watchdog
+	filesystems filesystems ia64 laptops misc-devices \
+	pcmcia prctl ptp spi timers vDSO video4linux watchdog
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
index f40578026a04..8b14a6b08862 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid,
 	msg.g.version = 0x1;
 	na = (struct nlattr *) GENLMSG_DATA(&msg);
 	na->nla_type = nla_type;
-	na->nla_len = nla_len + 1 + NLA_HDRLEN;
+	na->nla_len = nla_len + NLA_HDRLEN;
 	memcpy(NLA_DATA(na), nla_data, nla_len);
 	msg.n.nlmsg_len += NLMSG_ALIGN(na->nla_len);
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt
index 525452726d31..b9e060c5b61e 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TL;DR summary
 * Use only NEON instructions, or VFP instructions that don't rely on support
   code
 * Isolate your NEON code in a separate compilation unit, and compile it with
-  '-mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp'
+  '-march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp'
 * Put kernel_neon_begin() and kernel_neon_end() calls around the calls into your
   NEON code
 * Don't sleep in your NEON code, and be aware that it will be executed with
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ instructions appearing in unexpected places if no special care is taken.
 Therefore, the recommended and only supported way of using NEON/VFP in the
 kernel is by adhering to the following rules:
 * isolate the NEON code in a separate compilation unit and compile it with
-  '-mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp';
+  '-march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp';
 * issue the calls to kernel_neon_begin(), kernel_neon_end() as well as the calls
   into the unit containing the NEON code from a compilation unit which is *not*
   built with the GCC flag '-mfpu=neon' set.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt
index d9995f1f51b3..a25a99e82bb1 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt
@@ -11,24 +11,56 @@ in AArch64 Linux.
 The kernel configures the translation tables so that translations made
 via TTBR0 (i.e. userspace mappings) have the top byte (bits 63:56) of
 the virtual address ignored by the translation hardware. This frees up
-this byte for application use, with the following caveats:
+this byte for application use.
 
-	(1) The kernel requires that all user addresses passed to EL1
-	    are tagged with tag 0x00. This means that any syscall
-	    parameters containing user virtual addresses *must* have
-	    their top byte cleared before trapping to the kernel.
 
-	(2) Non-zero tags are not preserved when delivering signals.
-	    This means that signal handlers in applications making use
-	    of tags cannot rely on the tag information for user virtual
-	    addresses being maintained for fields inside siginfo_t.
-	    One exception to this rule is for signals raised in response
-	    to watchpoint debug exceptions, where the tag information
-	    will be preserved.
+Passing tagged addresses to the kernel
+--------------------------------------
 
-	(3) Special care should be taken when using tagged pointers,
-	    since it is likely that C compilers will not hazard two
-	    virtual addresses differing only in the upper byte.
+All interpretation of userspace memory addresses by the kernel assumes
+an address tag of 0x00.
+
+This includes, but is not limited to, addresses found in:
+
+ - pointer arguments to system calls, including pointers in structures
+   passed to system calls,
+
+ - the stack pointer (sp), e.g. when interpreting it to deliver a
+   signal,
+
+ - the frame pointer (x29) and frame records, e.g. when interpreting
+   them to generate a backtrace or call graph.
+
+Using non-zero address tags in any of these locations may result in an
+error code being returned, a (fatal) signal being raised, or other modes
+of failure.
+
+For these reasons, passing non-zero address tags to the kernel via
+system calls is forbidden, and using a non-zero address tag for sp is
+strongly discouraged.
+
+Programs maintaining a frame pointer and frame records that use non-zero
+address tags may suffer impaired or inaccurate debug and profiling
+visibility.
+
+
+Preserving tags
+---------------
+
+Non-zero tags are not preserved when delivering signals. This means that
+signal handlers in applications making use of tags cannot rely on the
+tag information for user virtual addresses being maintained for fields
+inside siginfo_t. One exception to this rule is for signals raised in
+response to watchpoint debug exceptions, where the tag information will
+be preserved.
 
 The architecture prevents the use of a tagged PC, so the upper byte will
 be set to a sign-extension of bit 55 on exception return.
+
+
+Other considerations
+--------------------
+
+Special care should be taken when using tagged pointers, since it is
+likely that C compilers will not hazard two virtual addresses differing
+only in the upper byte.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 1699a55b7b70..ef639960b272 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ $low_water_mark is expressed in blocks of size $data_block_size.  If
 free space on the data device drops below this level then a dm event
 will be triggered which a userspace daemon should catch allowing it to
 extend the pool device.  Only one such event will be sent.
-Resuming a device with a new table itself triggers an event so the
-userspace daemon can use this to detect a situation where a new table
-already exceeds the threshold.
+
+No special event is triggered if a just resumed device's free space is below
+the low water mark. However, resuming a device always triggers an
+event; a userspace daemon should verify that free space exceeds the low
+water mark when handling this event.
 
 A low water mark for the metadata device is maintained in the kernel and
 will trigger a dm event if free space on the metadata device drops below
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
index 9f4e5136e568..12af302bca6a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Optional properties:
   during suspend.
 - ti,no-reset-on-init: When present, the module should not be reset at init
 - ti,no-idle-on-init: When present, the module should not be idled at init
+- ti,no-idle: When present, the module is never allowed to idle.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
index c2340eeeb97f..c000832a7fb9 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Optional properties:
 - target-supply     : regulator for SATA target power
 - phys              : reference to the SATA PHY node
 - phy-names         : must be "sata-phy"
+- ports-implemented : Mask that indicates which ports that the HBA supports
+		      are available for software to use. Useful if PORTS_IMPL
+		      is not programmed by the BIOS, which is true with
+		      some embedded SOC's.
 
 Required properties when using sub-nodes:
 - #address-cells    : number of cells to encode an address
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt
index 19df842c694f..8163d565f697 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Examples:
 clks: ccm@53f80000{
 	compatible = "fsl,imx31-ccm";
 	reg = <0x53f80000 0x4000>;
-	interrupts = <0 31 0x04 0 53 0x04>;
+	interrupts = <31>, <53>;
 	#clock-cells = <1>;
 };
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx35-clock.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx35-clock.txt
index a70356452a82..f49783213c56 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx35-clock.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx35-clock.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ clocks and IDs.
 	csi_sel			79
 	iim_gate		80
 	gpu2d_gate		81
+	ckli_gate		82
 
 Examples:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sunxi.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sunxi.txt
index 8a47b77abfca..e8c74a6e738b 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sunxi.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sunxi.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Required properties:
 	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-cpu-clk" - for the CPU multiplexer clock
 	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-axi-clk" - for the AXI clock
 	"allwinner,sun8i-a23-axi-clk" - for the AXI clock on A23
+	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-gates-clk" - for generic gates on all compatible SoCs
 	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-axi-gates-clk" - for the AXI gates
 	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-ahb-clk" - for the AHB clock
 	"allwinner,sun5i-a13-ahb-clk" - for the AHB clock on A13
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ Required properties:
 	"allwinner,sun6i-a31-apb0-gates-clk" - for the APB0 gates on A31
 	"allwinner,sun7i-a20-apb0-gates-clk" - for the APB0 gates on A20
 	"allwinner,sun8i-a23-apb0-gates-clk" - for the APB0 gates on A23
+	"allwinner,sun8i-h3-apb0-gates-clk" - for the APB0 gates on H3
 	"allwinner,sun9i-a80-apb0-gates-clk" - for the APB0 gates on A80
 	"allwinner,sun4i-a10-apb1-clk" - for the APB1 clock
 	"allwinner,sun9i-a80-apb1-clk" - for the APB1 bus clock on A80
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
index c261598164a7..17d43ca27f41 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ Example:
 		interrupts = <0 35 0x4>;
 		status = "disabled";
 		dmas = <&dmahost 12 0 1>,
-			<&dmahost 13 0 1 0>;
+			<&dmahost 13 1 0>;
 		dma-names = "rx", "rx";
 	};
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/avia-hx711.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/avia-hx711.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3629405f568
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/avia-hx711.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+* AVIA HX711 ADC chip for weight cells
+  Bit-banging driver
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible:	Should be "avia,hx711"
+ - sck-gpios:	Definition of the GPIO for the clock
+ - dout-gpios:	Definition of the GPIO for data-out
+		See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
+ - avdd-supply:	Definition of the regulator used as analog supply
+
+Example:
+weight@0 {
+	compatible = "avia,hx711";
+	sck-gpios = <&gpio3 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+	dout-gpios = <&gpio0 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+	avdd-suppy = <&avdd>;
+};
+
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/rockchip-saradc.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/rockchip-saradc.txt
index a9a5fe19ff2a..ec9d65682702 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/rockchip-saradc.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/rockchip-saradc.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Required properties:
 - vref-supply: The regulator supply ADC reference voltage.
 - #io-channel-cells: Should be 1, see ../iio-bindings.txt
 
+Optional properties:
+- resets: Must contain an entry for each entry in reset-names if need support
+	  this option. See ../reset/reset.txt for details.
+- reset-names: Must include the name "saradc-apb".
+
 Example:
 	saradc: saradc@2006c000 {
 		compatible = "rockchip,saradc";
@@ -19,6 +24,8 @@ Example:
 		interrupts = <GIC_SPI 26 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
 		clocks = <&cru SCLK_SARADC>, <&cru PCLK_SARADC>;
 		clock-names = "saradc", "apb_pclk";
+		resets = <&cru SRST_SARADC>;
+		reset-names = "saradc-apb";
 		#io-channel-cells = <1>;
 		vref-supply = <&vcc18>;
 	};
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
index fb733c4e1c11..3a58fdf0c566 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ on various other factors also like;
 	so the device should have enough free bytes available its OOB/Spare
 	area to accommodate ECC for entire page. In general following expression
 	helps in determining if given device can accommodate ECC syndrome:
-	"2 + (PAGESIZE / 512) * ECC_BYTES" >= OOBSIZE"
+	"2 + (PAGESIZE / 512) * ECC_BYTES" <= OOBSIZE"
 	where
 		OOBSIZE		number of bytes in OOB/spare area
 		PAGESIZE	number of bytes in main-area of device page
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
index ee3723beb701..33b38716b77f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Required properties:
  - compatible: Should be one of the following:
    - "microchip,mcp2510" for MCP2510.
    - "microchip,mcp2515" for MCP2515.
+   - "microchip,mcp25625" for MCP25625.
  - reg: SPI chip select.
  - clocks: The clock feeding the CAN controller.
  - interrupt-parent: The parent interrupt controller.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
index b5d79761ac97..410c044166e2 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Required properties:
   Use "cdns,pc302-gem" for Picochip picoXcell pc302 and later devices based on
   the Cadence GEM, or the generic form: "cdns,gem".
   Use "atmel,sama5d2-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d2 SoCs.
+  Use "atmel,sama5d3-macb" for the 10/100Mbit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
   Use "atmel,sama5d3-gem" for the Gigabit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
   Use "atmel,sama5d4-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d4 SoCs.
   Use "cdns,zynqmp-gem" for Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nxp-nci.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nxp-nci.txt
index 5b6cd9b3f628..0188bbd2e35f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nxp-nci.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nxp-nci.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Example (for ARM-based BeagleBone with NPC100 NFC controller on I2C2):
 		clock-frequency = <100000>;
 
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
-		interrupts = <29 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		interrupts = <29 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
 
 		enable-gpios = <&gpio0 30 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		firmware-gpios = <&gpio0 31 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/pn544.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/pn544.txt
index dab69f36167c..8541e8dafd55 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/pn544.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/pn544.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Example (for ARM-based BeagleBone with PN544 on I2C2):
 		clock-frequency = <400000>;
 
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
-		interrupts = <17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		interrupts = <17 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
 
 		enable-gpios = <&gpio3 21 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		firmware-gpios = <&gpio3 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt
index 08a4a32c8eb0..0326154c7925 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ mfio80		ddr_debug, mips_trace_data, mips_debug
 mfio81		dreq0, mips_trace_data, eth_debug
 mfio82		dreq1, mips_trace_data, eth_debug
 mfio83		mips_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug
-mfio84		sys_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug
-mfio85		wifi_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug
-mfio86		bt_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug
-mfio87		rpu_v_pll_lock, dreq2, socif_debug
-mfio88		rpu_l_pll_lock, dreq3, socif_debug
-mfio89		audio_pll_lock, dreq4, dreq5
+mfio84		audio_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug
+mfio85		rpu_v_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug
+mfio86		rpu_l_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug
+mfio87		sys_pll_lock, dreq2, socif_debug
+mfio88		wifi_pll_lock, dreq3, socif_debug
+mfio89		bt_pll_lock, dreq4, dreq5
 tck
 trstn
 tdi
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
index caf297bee1fb..c28d4eb83b76 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ Optional properties:
 - ti,palmas-enable-dvfs2: Enable DVFS2. Configure pins for DVFS2 mode.
 	Selection primary or secondary function associated to GPADC_START
 	and SYSEN2 pin/pad for DVFS2 interface
+- ti,palmas-override-powerhold: This is applicable for PMICs for which
+	GPIO7 is configured in POWERHOLD mode which has higher priority
+	over DEV_ON bit and keeps the PMIC supplies on even after the DEV_ON
+	bit is turned off. This property enables driver to over ride the
+	POWERHOLD value to GPIO7 so as to turn off the PMIC in power off
+	scenarios. So for GPIO7 if ti,palmas-override-powerhold is set
+	then the GPIO_7 field should never be muxed to anything else.
+	It should be set to POWERHOLD by default and only in case of
+	power off scenarios the driver will over ride the mux value.
 
 This binding uses the following generic properties as defined in
 pinctrl-bindings.txt:
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt
index 1fc5328c0651..23708f3f4e58 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ PROPERTIES
 		Usage: required
 		Definition: See soc/fsl/qman.txt and soc/fsl/bman.txt
 
+- fsl,erratum-a050385
+		Usage: optional
+		Value type: boolean
+		Definition: A boolean property. Indicates the presence of the
+		erratum A050385 which indicates that DMA transactions that are
+		split can result in a FMan lock.
+
 =============================================================================
 FMan MURAM Node
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,spmi-regulator.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,spmi-regulator.txt
index d00bfd8624a5..e0381c28773d 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,spmi-regulator.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,spmi-regulator.txt
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ pm8916:
 	l14, l15, l16, l17, l18
 
 pm8941:
-	s1, s2, s3, l1, l2, l3, l4, l5, l6, l7, l8, l9, l10, l11, l12, l13, l14,
-	l15, l16, l17, l18, l19, l20, l21, l22, l23, l24, lvs1, lvs2, lvs3,
-	mvs1, mvs2
+	s1, s2, s3, s4, l1, l2, l3, l4, l5, l6, l7, l8, l9, l10, l11, l12, l13,
+	l14, l15, l16, l17, l18, l19, l20, l21, l22, l23, l24, lvs1, lvs2, lvs3,
+	5vs1, 5vs2
 
 The content of each sub-node is defined by the standard binding for regulators -
 see regulator.txt - with additional custom properties described below:
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt
index be789685a1c2..18b892d010d8 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ and valid to enable charging:
 
  - "abracon,tc-diode": should be "standard" (0.6V) or "schottky" (0.3V)
  - "abracon,tc-resistor": should be <0>, <3>, <6> or <11>. 0 disables the output
-                          resistor, the other values are in ohm.
+                          resistor, the other values are in kOhm.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wm8994.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wm8994.txt
index e045e90a0924..0f03b8228d08 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wm8994.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wm8994.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ Required properties:
   - #gpio-cells : Must be 2. The first cell is the pin number and the
     second cell is used to specify optional parameters (currently unused).
 
-  - AVDD2-supply, DBVDD1-supply, DBVDD2-supply, DBVDD3-supply, CPVDD-supply,
-    SPKVDD1-supply, SPKVDD2-supply : power supplies for the device, as covered
-    in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
+  - power supplies for the device, as covered in
+    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt, depending
+    on compatible:
+    - for wlf,wm1811 and wlf,wm8958:
+      AVDD1-supply, AVDD2-supply, DBVDD1-supply, DBVDD2-supply, DBVDD3-supply,
+      DCVDD-supply, CPVDD-supply, SPKVDD1-supply, SPKVDD2-supply
+    - for wlf,wm8994:
+      AVDD1-supply, AVDD2-supply, DBVDD-supply, DCVDD-supply, CPVDD-supply,
+      SPKVDD1-supply, SPKVDD2-supply
 
 Optional properties:
 
@@ -68,11 +74,11 @@ codec: wm8994@1a {
 
 	lineout1-se;
 
+	AVDD1-supply = <&regulator>;
 	AVDD2-supply = <&regulator>;
 	CPVDD-supply = <&regulator>;
-	DBVDD1-supply = <&regulator>;
-	DBVDD2-supply = <&regulator>;
-	DBVDD3-supply = <&regulator>;
+	DBVDD-supply = <&regulator>;
+	DCVDD-supply = <&regulator>;
 	SPKVDD1-supply = <&regulator>;
 	SPKVDD2-supply = <&regulator>;
 };
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
index 55df1d444e9f..98dc17507a84 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ asahi-kasei	Asahi Kasei Corp.
 atmel	Atmel Corporation
 auo	AU Optronics Corporation
 avago	Avago Technologies
+avia	avia semiconductor
 avic	Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
 axis	Axis Communications AB
 bosch	Bosch Sensortec GmbH
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
index 71b63c2b9841..a8f1a58e3692 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
@@ -93,13 +93,15 @@ The Amiga protection flags RWEDRWEDHSPARWED are handled as follows:
 
   - R maps to r for user, group and others. On directories, R implies x.
 
-  - If both W and D are allowed, w will be set.
+  - W maps to w.
 
   - E maps to x.
 
-  - H and P are always retained and ignored under Linux.
+  - D is ignored.
 
-  - A is always reset when a file is written to.
+  - H, S and P are always retained and ignored under Linux.
+
+  - A is cleared when a file is written to.
 
 User id and group id will be used unless set[gu]id are given as mount
 options. Since most of the Amiga file systems are single user systems
@@ -111,11 +113,13 @@ Linux -> Amiga:
 
 The Linux rwxrwxrwx file mode is handled as follows:
 
-  - r permission will set R for user, group and others.
+  - r permission will allow R for user, group and others.
+
+  - w permission will allow W for user, group and others.
 
-  - w permission will set W and D for user, group and others.
+  - x permission of the user will allow E for plain files.
 
-  - x permission of the user will set E for plain files.
+  - D will be allowed for user, group and others.
 
   - All other flags (suid, sgid, ...) are ignored and will
     not be retained.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
index c477af086e65..686a64bba775 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ filesystem.
 efivarfs is typically mounted like this,
 
 	mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
+
+Due to the presence of numerous firmware bugs where removing non-standard
+UEFI variables causes the system firmware to fail to POST, efivarfs
+files that are not well-known standardized variables are created
+as immutable files.  This doesn't prevent removal - "chattr -i" will work -
+but it does prevent this kind of failure from being accomplished
+accidentally.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 6c0108eb0137..2139ea253142 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ data_err=ignore(*)	Just print an error message if an error occurs
 data_err=abort		Abort the journal if an error occurs in a file
 			data buffer in ordered mode.
 
-grpid			Give objects the same group ID as their creator.
+grpid			New objects have the group ID of their parent.
 bsdgroups
 
 nogrpid		(*)	New objects have the group ID of their creator.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 402ab99e409f..5b87946a53a3 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ address           perms offset  dev   inode      pathname
 a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [stack:1001]
+a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
 a8008000-a800a000 r--p 00133000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
 a800a000-a800b000 rw-p 00135000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -378,40 +378,11 @@ is not associated with a file:
 
  [heap]                   = the heap of the program
  [stack]                  = the stack of the main process
- [stack:1001]             = the stack of the thread with tid 1001
  [vdso]                   = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
                             the kernel system call handler
 
  or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
 
-The /proc/PID/task/TID/maps is a view of the virtual memory from the viewpoint
-of the individual tasks of a process. In this file you will see a mapping marked
-as [stack] if that task sees it as a stack. This is a key difference from the
-content of /proc/PID/maps, where you will see all mappings that are being used
-as stack by all of those tasks. Hence, for the example above, the task-level
-map, i.e. /proc/PID/task/TID/maps for thread 1001 will look like this:
-
-08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8312       /opt/test
-08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312       /opt/test
-0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
-a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [stack]
-a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
-a8008000-a800a000 r--p 00133000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
-a800a000-a800b000 rw-p 00135000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
-a800b000-a800e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
-a800e000-a8022000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 14462      /lib/libpthread.so.0
-a8022000-a8023000 r--p 00013000 03:00 14462      /lib/libpthread.so.0
-a8023000-a8024000 rw-p 00014000 03:00 14462      /lib/libpthread.so.0
-a8024000-a8027000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
-a8027000-a8043000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8317       /lib/ld-linux.so.2
-a8043000-a8044000 r--p 0001b000 03:00 8317       /lib/ld-linux.so.2
-a8044000-a8045000 rw-p 0001c000 03:00 8317       /lib/ld-linux.so.2
-aff35000-aff4a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
-ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vdso]
-
 The /proc/PID/smaps is an extension based on maps, showing the memory
 consumption for each of the process's mappings. For each of mappings there
 is a series of lines such as the following:
@@ -495,7 +466,9 @@ manner. The codes are the following:
 
 Note that there is no guarantee that every flag and associated mnemonic will
 be present in all further kernel releases. Things get changed, the flags may
-be vanished or the reverse -- new added.
+be vanished or the reverse -- new added. Interpretation of their meaning
+might change in future as well. So each consumer of these flags has to
+follow each specific kernel version for the exact semantic.
 
 This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
 enabled.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 24da7b32c489..1218a5e2975c 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -211,12 +211,10 @@ Other notes:
   is 4096. 
 
 - show() methods should return the number of bytes printed into the
-  buffer. This is the return value of scnprintf().
+  buffer.
 
-- show() must not use snprintf() when formatting the value to be
-  returned to user space. If you can guarantee that an overflow
-  will never happen you can use sprintf() otherwise you must use
-  scnprintf().
+- show() should only use sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() when formatting
+  the value to be returned to user space.
 
 - store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. If the
   entire buffer has been used, just return the count argument.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
index c8656dd029a9..958fff945304 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ them but you should handle them according to your needs.
   UHID_OUTPUT:
   This is sent if the HID device driver wants to send raw data to the I/O
   device on the interrupt channel. You should read the payload and forward it to
-  the device. The payload is of type "struct uhid_data_req".
+  the device. The payload is of type "struct uhid_output_req".
   This may be received even though you haven't received UHID_OPEN, yet.
 
   UHID_GET_REPORT:
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b8a1e9c5240
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+MDS - Microarchitectural Data Sampling
+======================================
+
+Microarchitectural Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which allows
+unprivileged speculative access to data which is available in various CPU
+internal buffers.
+
+Affected processors
+-------------------
+
+This vulnerability affects a wide range of Intel processors. The
+vulnerability is not present on:
+
+   - Processors from AMD, Centaur and other non Intel vendors
+
+   - Older processor models, where the CPU family is < 6
+
+   - Some Atoms (Bonnell, Saltwell, Goldmont, GoldmontPlus)
+
+   - Intel processors which have the ARCH_CAP_MDS_NO bit set in the
+     IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR.
+
+Whether a processor is affected or not can be read out from the MDS
+vulnerability file in sysfs. See :ref:`mds_sys_info`.
+
+Not all processors are affected by all variants of MDS, but the mitigation
+is identical for all of them so the kernel treats them as a single
+vulnerability.
+
+Related CVEs
+------------
+
+The following CVE entries are related to the MDS vulnerability:
+
+   ==============  =====  ===================================================
+   CVE-2018-12126  MSBDS  Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling
+   CVE-2018-12130  MFBDS  Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling
+   CVE-2018-12127  MLPDS  Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling
+   CVE-2019-11091  MDSUM  Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory
+   ==============  =====  ===================================================
+
+Problem
+-------
+
+When performing store, load, L1 refill operations, processors write data
+into temporary microarchitectural structures (buffers). The data in the
+buffer can be forwarded to load operations as an optimization.
+
+Under certain conditions, usually a fault/assist caused by a load
+operation, data unrelated to the load memory address can be speculatively
+forwarded from the buffers. Because the load operation causes a fault or
+assist and its result will be discarded, the forwarded data will not cause
+incorrect program execution or state changes. But a malicious operation
+may be able to forward this speculative data to a disclosure gadget which
+allows in turn to infer the value via a cache side channel attack.
+
+Because the buffers are potentially shared between Hyper-Threads cross
+Hyper-Thread attacks are possible.
+
+Deeper technical information is available in the MDS specific x86
+architecture section: :ref:`Documentation/x86/mds.rst <mds>`.
+
+
+Attack scenarios
+----------------
+
+Attacks against the MDS vulnerabilities can be mounted from malicious non
+priviledged user space applications running on hosts or guest. Malicious
+guest OSes can obviously mount attacks as well.
+
+Contrary to other speculation based vulnerabilities the MDS vulnerability
+does not allow the attacker to control the memory target address. As a
+consequence the attacks are purely sampling based, but as demonstrated with
+the TLBleed attack samples can be postprocessed successfully.
+
+Web-Browsers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  It's unclear whether attacks through Web-Browsers are possible at
+  all. The exploitation through Java-Script is considered very unlikely,
+  but other widely used web technologies like Webassembly could possibly be
+  abused.
+
+
+.. _mds_sys_info:
+
+MDS system information
+-----------------------
+
+The Linux kernel provides a sysfs interface to enumerate the current MDS
+status of the system: whether the system is vulnerable, and which
+mitigations are active. The relevant sysfs file is:
+
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
+
+The possible values in this file are:
+
+  .. list-table::
+
+     * - 'Not affected'
+       - The processor is not vulnerable
+     * - 'Vulnerable'
+       - The processor is vulnerable, but no mitigation enabled
+     * - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode'
+       - The processor is vulnerable but microcode is not updated.
+
+         The mitigation is enabled on a best effort basis. See :ref:`vmwerv`
+     * - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers'
+       - The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is
+         enabled.
+
+If the processor is vulnerable then the following information is appended
+to the above information:
+
+    ========================  ============================================
+    'SMT vulnerable'          SMT is enabled
+    'SMT mitigated'           SMT is enabled and mitigated
+    'SMT disabled'            SMT is disabled
+    'SMT Host state unknown'  Kernel runs in a VM, Host SMT state unknown
+    ========================  ============================================
+
+.. _vmwerv:
+
+Best effort mitigation mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  If the processor is vulnerable, but the availability of the microcode based
+  mitigation mechanism is not advertised via CPUID the kernel selects a best
+  effort mitigation mode.  This mode invokes the mitigation instructions
+  without a guarantee that they clear the CPU buffers.
+
+  This is done to address virtualization scenarios where the host has the
+  microcode update applied, but the hypervisor is not yet updated to expose
+  the CPUID to the guest. If the host has updated microcode the protection
+  takes effect otherwise a few cpu cycles are wasted pointlessly.
+
+  The state in the mds sysfs file reflects this situation accordingly.
+
+
+Mitigation mechanism
+-------------------------
+
+The kernel detects the affected CPUs and the presence of the microcode
+which is required.
+
+If a CPU is affected and the microcode is available, then the kernel
+enables the mitigation by default. The mitigation can be controlled at boot
+time via a kernel command line option. See
+:ref:`mds_mitigation_control_command_line`.
+
+.. _cpu_buffer_clear:
+
+CPU buffer clearing
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  The mitigation for MDS clears the affected CPU buffers on return to user
+  space and when entering a guest.
+
+  If SMT is enabled it also clears the buffers on idle entry when the CPU
+  is only affected by MSBDS and not any other MDS variant, because the
+  other variants cannot be protected against cross Hyper-Thread attacks.
+
+  For CPUs which are only affected by MSBDS the user space, guest and idle
+  transition mitigations are sufficient and SMT is not affected.
+
+.. _virt_mechanism:
+
+Virtualization mitigation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  The protection for host to guest transition depends on the L1TF
+  vulnerability of the CPU:
+
+  - CPU is affected by L1TF:
+
+    If the L1D flush mitigation is enabled and up to date microcode is
+    available, the L1D flush mitigation is automatically protecting the
+    guest transition.
+
+    If the L1D flush mitigation is disabled then the MDS mitigation is
+    invoked explicit when the host MDS mitigation is enabled.
+
+    For details on L1TF and virtualization see:
+    :ref:`Documentation/hw-vuln//l1tf.rst <mitigation_control_kvm>`.
+
+  - CPU is not affected by L1TF:
+
+    CPU buffers are flushed before entering the guest when the host MDS
+    mitigation is enabled.
+
+  The resulting MDS protection matrix for the host to guest transition:
+
+  ============ ===== ============= ============ =================
+   L1TF         MDS   VMX-L1FLUSH   Host MDS     MDS-State
+
+   Don't care   No    Don't care    N/A          Not affected
+
+   Yes          Yes   Disabled      Off          Vulnerable
+
+   Yes          Yes   Disabled      Full         Mitigated
+
+   Yes          Yes   Enabled       Don't care   Mitigated
+
+   No           Yes   N/A           Off          Vulnerable
+
+   No           Yes   N/A           Full         Mitigated
+  ============ ===== ============= ============ =================
+
+  This only covers the host to guest transition, i.e. prevents leakage from
+  host to guest, but does not protect the guest internally. Guests need to
+  have their own protections.
+
+.. _xeon_phi:
+
+XEON PHI specific considerations
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  The XEON PHI processor family is affected by MSBDS which can be exploited
+  cross Hyper-Threads when entering idle states. Some XEON PHI variants allow
+  to use MWAIT in user space (Ring 3) which opens an potential attack vector
+  for malicious user space. The exposure can be disabled on the kernel
+  command line with the 'ring3mwait=disable' command line option.
+
+  XEON PHI is not affected by the other MDS variants and MSBDS is mitigated
+  before the CPU enters a idle state. As XEON PHI is not affected by L1TF
+  either disabling SMT is not required for full protection.
+
+.. _mds_smt_control:
+
+SMT control
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  All MDS variants except MSBDS can be attacked cross Hyper-Threads. That
+  means on CPUs which are affected by MFBDS or MLPDS it is necessary to
+  disable SMT for full protection. These are most of the affected CPUs; the
+  exception is XEON PHI, see :ref:`xeon_phi`.
+
+  Disabling SMT can have a significant performance impact, but the impact
+  depends on the type of workloads.
+
+  See the relevant chapter in the L1TF mitigation documentation for details:
+  :ref:`Documentation/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst <smt_control>`.
+
+
+.. _mds_mitigation_control_command_line:
+
+Mitigation control on the kernel command line
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The kernel command line allows to control the MDS mitigations at boot
+time with the option "mds=". The valid arguments for this option are:
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+  full		If the CPU is vulnerable, enable all available mitigations
+		for the MDS vulnerability, CPU buffer clearing on exit to
+		userspace and when entering a VM. Idle transitions are
+		protected as well if SMT is enabled.
+
+		It does not automatically disable SMT.
+
+  off		Disables MDS mitigations completely.
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+
+Not specifying this option is equivalent to "mds=full". For processors
+that are affected by both TAA (TSX Asynchronous Abort) and MDS,
+specifying just "mds=off" without an accompanying "tsx_async_abort=off"
+will have no effect as the same mitigation is used for both
+vulnerabilities.
+
+Mitigation selection guide
+--------------------------
+
+1. Trusted userspace
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   If all userspace applications are from a trusted source and do not
+   execute untrusted code which is supplied externally, then the mitigation
+   can be disabled.
+
+
+2. Virtualization with trusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   The same considerations as above versus trusted user space apply.
+
+3. Virtualization with untrusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   The protection depends on the state of the L1TF mitigations.
+   See :ref:`virt_mechanism`.
+
+   If the MDS mitigation is enabled and SMT is disabled, guest to host and
+   guest to guest attacks are prevented.
+
+.. _mds_default_mitigations:
+
+Default mitigations
+-------------------
+
+  The kernel default mitigations for vulnerable processors are:
+
+  - Enable CPU buffer clearing
+
+  The kernel does not by default enforce the disabling of SMT, which leaves
+  SMT systems vulnerable when running untrusted code. The same rationale as
+  for L1TF applies.
+  See :ref:`Documentation/hw-vuln//l1tf.rst <default_mitigations>`.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+SRBDS - Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
+=============================================
+
+SRBDS is a hardware vulnerability that allows MDS :doc:`mds` techniques to
+infer values returned from special register accesses.  Special register
+accesses are accesses to off core registers.  According to Intel's evaluation,
+the special register reads that have a security expectation of privacy are
+RDRAND, RDSEED and SGX EGETKEY.
+
+When RDRAND, RDSEED and EGETKEY instructions are used, the data is moved
+to the core through the special register mechanism that is susceptible
+to MDS attacks.
+
+Affected processors
+--------------------
+Core models (desktop, mobile, Xeon-E3) that implement RDRAND and/or RDSEED may
+be affected.
+
+A processor is affected by SRBDS if its Family_Model and stepping is
+in the following list, with the exception of the listed processors
+exporting MDS_NO while Intel TSX is available yet not enabled. The
+latter class of processors are only affected when Intel TSX is enabled
+by software using TSX_CTRL_MSR otherwise they are not affected.
+
+  =============  ============  ========
+  common name    Family_Model  Stepping
+  =============  ============  ========
+  IvyBridge      06_3AH        All
+
+  Haswell        06_3CH        All
+  Haswell_L      06_45H        All
+  Haswell_G      06_46H        All
+
+  Broadwell_G    06_47H        All
+  Broadwell      06_3DH        All
+
+  Skylake_L      06_4EH        All
+  Skylake        06_5EH        All
+
+  Kabylake_L     06_8EH        <= 0xC
+  Kabylake       06_9EH        <= 0xD
+  =============  ============  ========
+
+Related CVEs
+------------
+
+The following CVE entry is related to this SRBDS issue:
+
+    ==============  =====  =====================================
+    CVE-2020-0543   SRBDS  Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
+    ==============  =====  =====================================
+
+Attack scenarios
+----------------
+An unprivileged user can extract values returned from RDRAND and RDSEED
+executed on another core or sibling thread using MDS techniques.
+
+
+Mitigation mechanism
+-------------------
+Intel will release microcode updates that modify the RDRAND, RDSEED, and
+EGETKEY instructions to overwrite secret special register data in the shared
+staging buffer before the secret data can be accessed by another logical
+processor.
+
+During execution of the RDRAND, RDSEED, or EGETKEY instructions, off-core
+accesses from other logical processors will be delayed until the special
+register read is complete and the secret data in the shared staging buffer is
+overwritten.
+
+This has three effects on performance:
+
+#. RDRAND, RDSEED, or EGETKEY instructions have higher latency.
+
+#. Executing RDRAND at the same time on multiple logical processors will be
+   serialized, resulting in an overall reduction in the maximum RDRAND
+   bandwidth.
+
+#. Executing RDRAND, RDSEED or EGETKEY will delay memory accesses from other
+   logical processors that miss their core caches, with an impact similar to
+   legacy locked cache-line-split accesses.
+
+The microcode updates provide an opt-out mechanism (RNGDS_MITG_DIS) to disable
+the mitigation for RDRAND and RDSEED instructions executed outside of Intel
+Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) enclaves. On logical processors that
+disable the mitigation using this opt-out mechanism, RDRAND and RDSEED do not
+take longer to execute and do not impact performance of sibling logical
+processors memory accesses. The opt-out mechanism does not affect Intel SGX
+enclaves (including execution of RDRAND or RDSEED inside an enclave, as well
+as EGETKEY execution).
+
+IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL MSR Definition
+--------------------------------
+Along with the mitigation for this issue, Intel added a new thread-scope
+IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL MSR, (address 0x123). The presence of this MSR and
+RNGDS_MITG_DIS (bit 0) is enumerated by CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0).EDX[SRBDS_CTRL =
+9]==1. This MSR is introduced through the microcode update.
+
+Setting IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL[0] (RNGDS_MITG_DIS) to 1 for a logical processor
+disables the mitigation for RDRAND and RDSEED executed outside of an Intel SGX
+enclave on that logical processor. Opting out of the mitigation for a
+particular logical processor does not affect the RDRAND and RDSEED mitigations
+for other logical processors.
+
+Note that inside of an Intel SGX enclave, the mitigation is applied regardless
+of the value of RNGDS_MITG_DS.
+
+Mitigation control on the kernel command line
+---------------------------------------------
+The kernel command line allows control over the SRBDS mitigation at boot time
+with the option "srbds=".  The option for this is:
+
+  ============= =============================================================
+  off           This option disables SRBDS mitigation for RDRAND and RDSEED on
+                affected platforms.
+  ============= =============================================================
+
+SRBDS System Information
+-----------------------
+The Linux kernel provides vulnerability status information through sysfs.  For
+SRBDS this can be accessed by the following sysfs file:
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds
+
+The possible values contained in this file are:
+
+ ============================== =============================================
+ Not affected                   Processor not vulnerable
+ Vulnerable                     Processor vulnerable and mitigation disabled
+ Vulnerable: No microcode       Processor vulnerable and microcode is missing
+                                mitigation
+ Mitigation: Microcode          Processor is vulnerable and mitigation is in
+                                effect.
+ Mitigation: TSX disabled       Processor is only vulnerable when TSX is
+                                enabled while this system was booted with TSX
+                                disabled.
+ Unknown: Dependent on
+ hypervisor status              Running on virtual guest processor that is
+                                affected but with no way to know if host
+                                processor is mitigated or vulnerable.
+ ============================== =============================================
+
+SRBDS Default mitigation
+------------------------
+This new microcode serializes processor access during execution of RDRAND,
+RDSEED ensures that the shared buffer is overwritten before it is released for
+reuse.  Use the "srbds=off" kernel command line to disable the mitigation for
+RDRAND and RDSEED.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+TAA - TSX Asynchronous Abort
+======================================
+
+TAA is a hardware vulnerability that allows unprivileged speculative access to
+data which is available in various CPU internal buffers by using asynchronous
+aborts within an Intel TSX transactional region.
+
+Affected processors
+-------------------
+
+This vulnerability only affects Intel processors that support Intel
+Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) when the TAA_NO bit (bit 8)
+is 0 in the IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR.  On processors where the MDS_NO bit
+(bit 5) is 0 in the IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR, the existing MDS mitigations
+also mitigate against TAA.
+
+Whether a processor is affected or not can be read out from the TAA
+vulnerability file in sysfs. See :ref:`tsx_async_abort_sys_info`.
+
+Related CVEs
+------------
+
+The following CVE entry is related to this TAA issue:
+
+   ==============  =====  ===================================================
+   CVE-2019-11135  TAA    TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) condition on some
+                          microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may
+                          allow an authenticated user to potentially enable
+                          information disclosure via a side channel with
+                          local access.
+   ==============  =====  ===================================================
+
+Problem
+-------
+
+When performing store, load or L1 refill operations, processors write
+data into temporary microarchitectural structures (buffers). The data in
+those buffers can be forwarded to load operations as an optimization.
+
+Intel TSX is an extension to the x86 instruction set architecture that adds
+hardware transactional memory support to improve performance of multi-threaded
+software. TSX lets the processor expose and exploit concurrency hidden in an
+application due to dynamically avoiding unnecessary synchronization.
+
+TSX supports atomic memory transactions that are either committed (success) or
+aborted. During an abort, operations that happened within the transactional region
+are rolled back. An asynchronous abort takes place, among other options, when a
+different thread accesses a cache line that is also used within the transactional
+region when that access might lead to a data race.
+
+Immediately after an uncompleted asynchronous abort, certain speculatively
+executed loads may read data from those internal buffers and pass it to dependent
+operations. This can be then used to infer the value via a cache side channel
+attack.
+
+Because the buffers are potentially shared between Hyper-Threads cross
+Hyper-Thread attacks are possible.
+
+The victim of a malicious actor does not need to make use of TSX. Only the
+attacker needs to begin a TSX transaction and raise an asynchronous abort
+which in turn potenitally leaks data stored in the buffers.
+
+More detailed technical information is available in the TAA specific x86
+architecture section: :ref:`Documentation/x86/tsx_async_abort.rst <tsx_async_abort>`.
+
+
+Attack scenarios
+----------------
+
+Attacks against the TAA vulnerability can be implemented from unprivileged
+applications running on hosts or guests.
+
+As for MDS, the attacker has no control over the memory addresses that can
+be leaked. Only the victim is responsible for bringing data to the CPU. As
+a result, the malicious actor has to sample as much data as possible and
+then postprocess it to try to infer any useful information from it.
+
+A potential attacker only has read access to the data. Also, there is no direct
+privilege escalation by using this technique.
+
+
+.. _tsx_async_abort_sys_info:
+
+TAA system information
+-----------------------
+
+The Linux kernel provides a sysfs interface to enumerate the current TAA status
+of mitigated systems. The relevant sysfs file is:
+
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort
+
+The possible values in this file are:
+
+.. list-table::
+
+   * - 'Vulnerable'
+     - The CPU is affected by this vulnerability and the microcode and kernel mitigation are not applied.
+   * - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode'
+     - The system tries to clear the buffers but the microcode might not support the operation.
+   * - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers'
+     - The microcode has been updated to clear the buffers. TSX is still enabled.
+   * - 'Mitigation: TSX disabled'
+     - TSX is disabled.
+   * - 'Not affected'
+     - The CPU is not affected by this issue.
+
+.. _ucode_needed:
+
+Best effort mitigation mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the processor is vulnerable, but the availability of the microcode-based
+mitigation mechanism is not advertised via CPUID the kernel selects a best
+effort mitigation mode.  This mode invokes the mitigation instructions
+without a guarantee that they clear the CPU buffers.
+
+This is done to address virtualization scenarios where the host has the
+microcode update applied, but the hypervisor is not yet updated to expose the
+CPUID to the guest. If the host has updated microcode the protection takes
+effect; otherwise a few CPU cycles are wasted pointlessly.
+
+The state in the tsx_async_abort sysfs file reflects this situation
+accordingly.
+
+
+Mitigation mechanism
+--------------------
+
+The kernel detects the affected CPUs and the presence of the microcode which is
+required. If a CPU is affected and the microcode is available, then the kernel
+enables the mitigation by default.
+
+
+The mitigation can be controlled at boot time via a kernel command line option.
+See :ref:`taa_mitigation_control_command_line`.
+
+.. _virt_mechanism:
+
+Virtualization mitigation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Affected systems where the host has TAA microcode and TAA is mitigated by
+having disabled TSX previously, are not vulnerable regardless of the status
+of the VMs.
+
+In all other cases, if the host either does not have the TAA microcode or
+the kernel is not mitigated, the system might be vulnerable.
+
+
+.. _taa_mitigation_control_command_line:
+
+Mitigation control on the kernel command line
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The kernel command line allows to control the TAA mitigations at boot time with
+the option "tsx_async_abort=". The valid arguments for this option are:
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+  off		This option disables the TAA mitigation on affected platforms.
+                If the system has TSX enabled (see next parameter) and the CPU
+                is affected, the system is vulnerable.
+
+  full	        TAA mitigation is enabled. If TSX is enabled, on an affected
+                system it will clear CPU buffers on ring transitions. On
+                systems which are MDS-affected and deploy MDS mitigation,
+                TAA is also mitigated. Specifying this option on those
+                systems will have no effect.
+  ============  =============================================================
+
+Not specifying this option is equivalent to "tsx_async_abort=full". For
+processors that are affected by both TAA and MDS, specifying just
+"tsx_async_abort=off" without an accompanying "mds=off" will have no
+effect as the same mitigation is used for both vulnerabilities.
+
+The kernel command line also allows to control the TSX feature using the
+parameter "tsx=" on CPUs which support TSX control. MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL is used
+to control the TSX feature and the enumeration of the TSX feature bits (RTM
+and HLE) in CPUID.
+
+The valid options are:
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+  off		Disables TSX on the system.
+
+                Note that this option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
+                not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1
+                and which get the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
+                update. This new MSR allows for the reliable deactivation of
+                the TSX functionality.
+
+  on		Enables TSX.
+
+                Although there are mitigations for all known security
+                vulnerabilities, TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
+                several previous speculation-related CVEs, and so there may be
+                unknown security risks associated with leaving it enabled.
+
+  auto		Disables TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present, otherwise enables TSX
+                on the system.
+  ============  =============================================================
+
+Not specifying this option is equivalent to "tsx=off".
+
+The following combinations of the "tsx_async_abort" and "tsx" are possible. For
+affected platforms tsx=auto is equivalent to tsx=off and the result will be:
+
+  =========  ==========================   =========================================
+  tsx=on     tsx_async_abort=full         The system will use VERW to clear CPU
+                                          buffers. Cross-thread attacks are still
+					  possible on SMT machines.
+  tsx=on     tsx_async_abort=off          The system is vulnerable.
+  tsx=off    tsx_async_abort=full         TSX might be disabled if microcode
+                                          provides a TSX control MSR. If so,
+					  system is not vulnerable.
+  tsx=off    tsx_async_abort=off          ditto
+  =========  ==========================   =========================================
+
+
+For unaffected platforms "tsx=on" and "tsx_async_abort=full" does not clear CPU
+buffers.  For platforms without TSX control (MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=0)
+"tsx" command line argument has no effect.
+
+For the affected platforms below table indicates the mitigation status for the
+combinations of CPUID bit MD_CLEAR and IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR bits MDS_NO
+and TSX_CTRL_MSR.
+
+  =======  =========  =============  ========================================
+  MDS_NO   MD_CLEAR   TSX_CTRL_MSR   Status
+  =======  =========  =============  ========================================
+    0          0            0        Vulnerable (needs microcode)
+    0          1            0        MDS and TAA mitigated via VERW
+    1          1            0        MDS fixed, TAA vulnerable if TSX enabled
+                                     because MD_CLEAR has no meaning and
+                                     VERW is not guaranteed to clear buffers
+    1          X            1        MDS fixed, TAA can be mitigated by
+                                     VERW or TSX_CTRL_MSR
+  =======  =========  =============  ========================================
+
+Mitigation selection guide
+--------------------------
+
+1. Trusted userspace and guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If all user space applications are from a trusted source and do not execute
+untrusted code which is supplied externally, then the mitigation can be
+disabled. The same applies to virtualized environments with trusted guests.
+
+
+2. Untrusted userspace and guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If there are untrusted applications or guests on the system, enabling TSX
+might allow a malicious actor to leak data from the host or from other
+processes running on the same physical core.
+
+If the microcode is available and the TSX is disabled on the host, attacks
+are prevented in a virtualized environment as well, even if the VMs do not
+explicitly enable the mitigation.
+
+
+.. _taa_default_mitigations:
+
+Default mitigations
+-------------------
+
+The kernel's default action for vulnerable processors is:
+
+  - Deploy TSX disable mitigation (tsx_async_abort=full tsx=off).
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
index cfd31d94c872..f8bf14055c2f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Supported chips:
     Datasheet: Publicly available at the Texas Instruments website
                http://www.ti.com/
 
-Author: Lothar Felten <l-felten@ti.com>
+Author: Lothar Felten <lothar.felten@gmail.com>
 
 Description
 -----------
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 742f69d18fc8..a8ceef14e781 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
 			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
-			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit
+			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
 			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
 			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
 			ones should be.
@@ -961,11 +961,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
 			information about the feature.
 
-	eagerfpu=	[X86]
-			on	enable eager fpu restore
-			off	disable eager fpu restore
-			auto	selects the default scheme, which automatically
-				enables eagerfpu restore for xsaveopt.
 
 	module.async_probe [KNL]
 			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
@@ -1255,6 +1250,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
 			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
 
+	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
+			Don't use this when you are not running on the
+			android emulator
+
 	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
 			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
 			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
@@ -1371,7 +1370,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
 			     controllers
 	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
-	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
+	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
+			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
+			     transitions, or never reset
+			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
+			1, Y, y: always reset controller
+			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
+			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
+			architectures force reset to be always executed
 	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
 	i8042.kbdreset  [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
 
@@ -2029,6 +2035,36 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Format: <first>,<last>
 			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
 
+	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
+			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
+			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
+
+			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
+			internal buffers which can forward information to a
+			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
+
+			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
+			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
+			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
+			not have direct access.
+
+			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
+			options are:
+
+			full    - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
+			off     - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
+
+			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
+			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
+			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
+			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
+			too.
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			mds=full.
+
+			For details see: Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst
+
 	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
 			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
 			to see the whole system memory or for test.
@@ -2143,6 +2179,34 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
 			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
 
+	mitigations=
+			[X86] Control optional mitigations for CPU
+			vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
+			arch-independent options, each of which is an
+			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
+
+			off
+				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
+				improves system performance, but it may also
+				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
+				Equivalent to: nopti [X86]
+					       nospectre_v1 [X86]
+					       nospectre_v2 [X86]
+					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
+					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86]
+					       mds=off [X86]
+					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
+					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
+					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
+
+			auto (default)
+				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
+				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
+				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
+				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
+				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
+				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
+
 	mminit_loglevel=
 			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
 			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
@@ -2391,6 +2455,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
 
+	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
+			(CPU alternatives feature).
+
 	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
 			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
 
@@ -2411,6 +2478,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
 
+	no_entry_flush	[PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
+
 	noexec		[IA-64]
 
 	noexec		[X86]
@@ -2441,6 +2510,21 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
 
+	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
+			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
+			possible in the system.
+
+	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
+			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
+			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
+			to spectre_v2=off.
+
+	nospec_store_bypass_disable
+			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
+
+	no_uaccess_flush
+			[PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
+
 	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
 			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
 			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
@@ -2508,6 +2592,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	nointroute	[IA-64]
 
+	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
+
 	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
 
 	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
@@ -2542,11 +2628,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
 			pagetables) support.
 
+	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
+
 	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
 			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
-	noreplace-paravirt	[X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
-
 	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
 			with UP alternatives
 
@@ -3039,6 +3125,21 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	pt.		[PARIDE]
 			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
+	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
+			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
+			removes hardening, but improves performance of
+			system calls and interrupts.
+
+			on   - unconditionally enable
+			off  - unconditionally disable
+			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
+			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
+
+	nopti		[X86_64]
+			Equivalent to pti=off
+
 	pty.legacy_count=
 			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
 			default number.
@@ -3328,6 +3429,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
 			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
 
+	rdrand=		[X86]
+			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
+				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
+				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
+				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
+				path).
+
 	reboot=		[KNL]
 			Format (x86 or x86_64):
 				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
@@ -3564,11 +3672,155 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
 			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
 
+	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
+			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
+			The default operation protects the kernel from
+			user space attacks.
+
+			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
+			       spectre_v2_user=on
+			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
+			       spectre_v2_user=off
+			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
+			       vulnerable
+
+			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
+			mitigation method at run time according to the
+			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
+			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
+			compiler with which the kernel was built.
+
+			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
+			against user space to user space task attacks.
+
+			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
+			the user space protections.
+
+			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
+
+			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
+			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
+			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			spectre_v2=auto.
+
+	spectre_v2_user=
+			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
+		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
+		        user space tasks
+
+			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
+				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
+
+			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
+				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
+
+			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
+				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
+				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
+				  is inherited on fork.
+
+			prctl,ibpb
+				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
+				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
+				  always when switching between different user
+				  space processes.
+
+			seccomp
+				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
+				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
+				  they explicitly opt out.
+
+			seccomp,ibpb
+				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
+				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
+				  always when switching between different
+				  user space processes.
+
+			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
+				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
+
+			Default mitigation:
+			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			spectre_v2_user=auto.
+
+	spec_store_bypass_disable=
+			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
+			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
+
+			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
+			a common industry wide performance optimization known
+			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
+			to the same memory location may not be observed by
+			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
+			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
+			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
+			end of a particular speculation execution window.
+
+			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
+			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
+			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
+			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
+
+			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
+			Bypass optimization is used.
+
+			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
+			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
+			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
+				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
+				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
+				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
+				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
+				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
+			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
+				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
+				  for a process by default. The state of the control
+				  is inherited on fork.
+			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
+				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
+
+			Default mitigations:
+			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
+
 	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
 	spia_fio_base=
 	spia_pedr=
 	spia_peddr=
 
+	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
+			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
+			(SRBDS) mitigation.
+
+			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
+			exploit which can leak bits from the random
+			number generator.
+
+			By default, this issue is mitigated by
+			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
+			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
+			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
+			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
+
+			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
+			the following option:
+
+			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
+				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
+
+	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
+			override the default stack gap protection. The value
+			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
+			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
+			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
+			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
+
 	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
 			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
 
@@ -3834,6 +4086,72 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
 			can add overhead.
 
+	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
+			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
+			support TSX control.
+
+			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
+
+			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
+				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
+				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
+				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
+				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
+				with leaving it enabled.
+
+			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
+				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
+				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
+				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
+				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
+				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
+				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
+
+			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
+				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
+
+			See Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
+			for more details.
+
+	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
+			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
+
+			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
+			certain CPUs that support Transactional
+			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
+			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
+			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
+			conditions.
+
+			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
+			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
+			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
+			access.
+
+			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
+			options are:
+
+			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
+				     if TSX is enabled.
+
+			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
+
+			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
+			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
+			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
+			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
+			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
+			required and doesn't provide any additional
+			mitigation.
+
+			For details see:
+			Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
+
 	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
 			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
 			Format:
@@ -3928,6 +4246,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 					sector if the number is odd);
 				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
 					device);
+				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
+					command, uas only);
 				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
 					unlock ejectable media);
 				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
@@ -4175,6 +4495,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
 			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
 
+	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
+			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
+			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
+
+	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
+			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
+			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
+
 	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
 			Format:
 			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/mic/Makefile linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/mic/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a191d453badf..000000000000
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/mic/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-subdir-y := mpssd
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 06871b0c08a6..000000000000
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
-# List of programs to build
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := mpssd
-
-mpssd-objs := mpssd.o sysfs.o
-
-# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
-always := $(hostprogs-y)
-
-HOSTCFLAGS += -I$(objtree)/usr/include -I$(srctree)/tools/include
-
-ifdef DEBUG
-HOSTCFLAGS += -DDEBUG=$(DEBUG)
-endif
-
-HOSTLOADLIBES_mpssd := -lpthread
-
-install:
-	install mpssd /usr/sbin/mpssd
-	install micctrl /usr/sbin/micctrl
-endif
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
index 57d0d871dcf7..33e67bd1dc34 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static uint32_t amt_host_if_call(struct amt_host_if *acmd,
 			unsigned int expected_sz)
 {
 	uint32_t in_buf_sz;
-	uint32_t out_buf_sz;
+	ssize_t out_buf_sz;
 	ssize_t written;
 	uint32_t status;
 	struct amt_host_if_resp_header *msg_hdr;
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/module-signing.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/module-signing.txt
index a78bf1ffa68c..39b7f612c418 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/module-signing.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/module-signing.txt
@@ -271,3 +271,9 @@ Since the private key is used to sign modules, viruses and malware could use
 the private key to sign modules and compromise the operating system.  The
 private key must be either destroyed or moved to a secure location and not kept
 in the root node of the kernel source tree.
+
+If you use the same private key to sign modules for multiple kernel
+configurations, you must ensure that the module version information is
+sufficient to prevent loading a module into a different kernel.  Either
+set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y or ensure that each configuration has a different
+kernel release string by changing EXTRAVERSION or CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/Makefile linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c5d7c485439..000000000000
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-subdir-y := timestamping
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index 334b49ef02d1..5a6e70483ced 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio
 ad_actor_system
 
 	In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in
-	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or
-	multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this
-	mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then
-	system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system
-	address.
+	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast
+	address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally
+	use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the
+	local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If
+	the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters'
+	mac address as actors' system address.
 
 	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
 	SysFs interface.
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 2ea4c45cf1c8..eac939abe6c4 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -112,14 +112,11 @@ min_adv_mss - INTEGER
 
 IP Fragmentation:
 
-ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER
-	Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments. When
-	ipfrag_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this purpose,
-	the fragment handler will toss packets until ipfrag_low_thresh
-	is reached. This also serves as a maximum limit to namespaces
-	different from the initial one.
-
-ipfrag_low_thresh - INTEGER
+ipfrag_high_thresh - LONG INTEGER
+	Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments.
+
+ipfrag_low_thresh - LONG INTEGER
+	(Obsolete since linux-4.4.174, backported from linux-4.17)
 	Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments before the kernel
 	begins to remove incomplete fragment queues to free up resources.
 	The kernel still accepts new fragments for defragmentation.
@@ -223,6 +220,14 @@ tcp_base_mss - INTEGER
 	Path MTU discovery (MTU probing).  If MTU probing is enabled,
 	this is the initial MSS used by the connection.
 
+tcp_min_snd_mss - INTEGER
+	TCP SYN and SYNACK messages usually advertise an ADVMSS option,
+	as described in RFC 1122 and RFC 6691.
+	If this ADVMSS option is smaller than tcp_min_snd_mss,
+	it is silently capped to tcp_min_snd_mss.
+
+	Default : 48 (at least 8 bytes of payload per segment)
+
 tcp_congestion_control - STRING
 	Set the congestion control algorithm to be used for new
 	connections. The algorithm "reno" is always available, but
@@ -390,6 +395,7 @@ tcp_min_rtt_wlen - INTEGER
 	minimum RTT when it is moved to a longer path (e.g., due to traffic
 	engineering). A longer window makes the filter more resistant to RTT
 	inflations such as transient congestion. The unit is seconds.
+	Possible values: 0 - 86400 (1 day)
 	Default: 300
 
 tcp_moderate_rcvbuf - BOOLEAN
@@ -862,12 +868,14 @@ icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER
 icmp_msgs_per_sec - INTEGER
 	Limit maximal number of ICMP packets sent per second from this host.
 	Only messages whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) are
-	controlled by this limit.
+	controlled by this limit. For security reasons, the precise count
+	of messages per second is randomized.
 	Default: 1000
 
 icmp_msgs_burst - INTEGER
 	icmp_msgs_per_sec controls number of ICMP packets sent per second,
 	while icmp_msgs_burst controls the burst size of these packets.
+	For security reasons, the precise burst size is randomized.
 	Default: 50
 
 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt
index 4650a00ed012..9bc271cdc9a8 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ setsockopt on the PPPoX socket to set a debug mask.
 
 The following debug mask bits are available:
 
-PPPOL2TP_MSG_DEBUG    verbose debug (if compiled in)
-PPPOL2TP_MSG_CONTROL  userspace - kernel interface
-PPPOL2TP_MSG_SEQ      sequence numbers handling
-PPPOL2TP_MSG_DATA     data packets
+L2TP_MSG_DEBUG    verbose debug (if compiled in)
+L2TP_MSG_CONTROL  userspace - kernel interface
+L2TP_MSG_SEQ      sequence numbers handling
+L2TP_MSG_DATA     data packets
 
 If enabled, files under a l2tp debugfs directory can be used to dump
 kernel state about L2TP tunnels and sessions. To access it, the
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
index 0fe1c6e0dbcd..bfc6b3e68cc4 100644
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ A: No.  See above answer.  In short, if you think it really belongs in
    dash marker line as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches to
    temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send.
 
+Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
+
+A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
+   2 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer
+   is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an
+   earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a
+   commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant
+   networking developers.
+
 Q: Someone said that the comment style and coding convention is different
    for the networking content.  Is this true?
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt linux-libre-4.4.297-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 54f10478e8e3..000000000000
--- linux-libre-4.4-gnu1/Documentation/networking/netlink_mmap.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,332 +0,0 @@
-This file documents how to use memory mapped I/O with netlink.
-
-Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
-
-Overview
---------
-
-Memory mapped netlink I/O can be used to increase throughput and decrease
-overhead of unicast receive and transmit operations. Some netlink subsystems
-require high throughput, these are mainly the netfilter subsystems
-nfnetlink_queue and nfnetlink_log, but it can also help speed up large
-dump operations of f.i. the routing database.
-
-Memory mapped netlink I/O used two circular ring buffers for RX and TX which
-are mapped into the processes address space.
-
-The RX ring is used by the kernel to directly construct netlink messages into
-user-space memory without copying them as done with regular socket I/O,
-additionally as long as the ring contains messages no recvmsg() or poll()
-syscalls have to be issued by user-space to get more message.
-
-The TX ring is used to process messages directly from user-space memory, the
-kernel processes all messages contained in the ring using a single sendmsg()
-call.
-
-Usage overview
---------------
-
-In order to use memory mapped netlink I/O, user-space needs three main changes:
-
-- ring setup
-- conversion of the RX path to get messages from the ring instead of recvmsg()
-- conversion of the TX path to construct messages into the ring
-
-Ring setup is done using setsockopt() to provide the ring parameters to the
-kernel, then a call to mmap() to map the ring into the processes address space:
-
-- setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_RX_RING, &params, sizeof(params));
-- setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_TX_RING, &params, sizeof(params));
-- ring = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)
-
-Usage of either ring is optional, but even if only the RX ring is used the
-mapping still needs to be writable in order to update the frame status after
-processing.
-
-Conversion of the reception path involves calling poll() on the file
-descriptor, once the socket is readable the frames from the ring are
-processed in order until no more messages are available, as indicated by
-a status word in the frame header.
-
-On kernel side, in order to make use of memory mapped I/O on receive, the
-originating netlink subsystem needs to support memory mapped I/O, otherwise
-it will use an allocated socket buffer as usual and the contents will be
- copied to the ring on transmission, nullifying most of the performance gains.
-Dumps of kernel databases automatically support memory mapped I/O.
-
-Conversion of the transmit path involves changing message construction to
-use memory from the TX ring instead of (usually) a buffer declared on the
-stack and setting up the frame header appropriately. Optionally poll() can
-be used to wait for free frames in the TX ring.
-
-Structured and definitions for using memory mapped I/O are contained in
-<linux/netlink.h>.
-
-RX and TX rings
-----------------
-
-Each ring contains a number of continuous memory blocks, containing frames of
-fixed size dependent on the parameters used for ring setup.
-
-Ring:	[ block 0 ]
-		[ frame 0 ]
-		[ frame 1 ]
-	[ block 1 ]
-		[ frame 2 ]
-		[ frame 3 ]
-	...
-	[ block n ]
-		[ frame 2 * n ]
-		[ frame 2 * n + 1 ]
-
-The blocks are only visible to the kernel, from the point of view of user-space
-the ring just contains the frames in a continuous memory zone.
-
-The ring parameters used for setting up the ring are defined as follows:
-
-struct nl_mmap_req {
-	unsigned int	nm_block_size;
-	unsigned int	nm_block_nr;
-	unsigned int	nm_frame_size;
-	unsigned int	nm_frame_nr;
-};
-
-Frames are grouped into blocks, where each block is a continuous region of memory
-and holds nm_block_size / nm_frame_size frames. The total number of frames in
-the ring is nm_frame_nr. The following invariants hold:
-
-- frames_per_block = nm_block_size / nm_frame_size
-
-- nm_frame_nr = frames_per_block * nm_block_nr
-
-Some parameters are constrained, specifically:
-
-- nm_block_size must be a multiple of the architectures memory page size.
-  The getpagesize() function can be used to get the page size.
-
-- nm_frame_size must be equal or larger to NL_MMAP_HDRLEN, IOW a frame must be
-  able to hold at least the frame header
-
-- nm_frame_size must be smaller or equal to nm_block_size
-
-- nm_frame_size must be a multiple of NL_MMAP_MSG_ALIGNMENT
-
-- nm_frame_nr must equal the actual number of frames as specified above.
-
-When the kernel can't allocate physically continuous memory for a ring block,
-it will fall back to use physically discontinuous memory. This might affect
-performance negatively, in order to avoid this the nm_frame_size parameter
-should be chosen to be as small as possible for the required frame size and
-the number of blocks should be increased instead.
-
-Ring frames
-------------
-
-Each frames contain a frame header, consisting of a synchronization word and some
-meta-data, and the message itself.
-
-Frame:	[ header message ]
-
-The frame header is defined as follows:
-
-struct nl_mmap_hdr {
-	unsigned int	nm_status;
-	unsigned int	nm_len;
-	__u32		nm_group;
-	/* credentials */
-	__u32		nm_pid;
-	__u32		nm_uid;
-	__u32		nm_gid;
-};
-
-- nm_status is used for synchronizing processing between the kernel and user-
-  space and specifies ownership of the frame as well as the operation to perform
-
-- nm_len contains the length of the message contained in the data area
-
-- nm_group specified the destination multicast group of message
-
-- nm_pid, nm_uid and nm_gid contain the netlink pid, UID and GID of the sending
-  process. These values correspond to the data available using SOCK_PASSCRED in
-  the SCM_CREDENTIALS cmsg.
-
-The possible values in the status word are:
-
-- NL_MMAP_STATUS_UNUSED:
-	RX ring:	frame belongs 