Merge tag 'v4.4.138' into toradex_vf_4.4-next

This is the 4.4.138 stable release

5 files changed, 26 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 1699a55b7b70..ef639960b272 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/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 a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
index caf297bee1fb..c28d4eb83b76 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
+++ b/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 a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 6716413c17ba..6d2689ebf824 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -383,32 +383,6 @@ is not associated with a file:
 
  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. 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:
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f53ef1ac3122..4df6bd7d01ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2402,6 +2402,9 @@ 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.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
index 0fe1c6e0dbcd..bfc6b3e68cc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
+++ b/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?