[linux-yocto] v4.18.x - stable updates comprising v4.18.22

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 12/16/18 10:29 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Bruce, Yocto kernel folks:
> 
> Here is the next 4.18.x stable update "extension" primarily created
> for the Yocto project, continuing from the previous v4.18.21 release.
> 
> There are about 250 commits here, based on commits chosen from what
> was used in existing 4.19.6 to 4.19.8 stable releases.
> 
> And it wouldn't be a proper release if there weren't over two dozen
> commits related to the spectre variant of the week, so we have that
> in this batch as part of the above.
> 
> I've put this 4.18.x queue through the usual testing; build testing
> on x86-64/32, ARM-64/32, PPC and MIPS, plus some static analysis
> and finally some sanity runtime tests on x86-64.
> 
> I did the signed tag just as per the previously released 4.18.21.
> 
> Please find a signed v4.18.22 tag using this key:
> 
> http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xEBCE84042C07D1D6
> 
> in the repo in the kernel.org directory here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.18.y.git/
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.18.y.git
> 
> for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-4.18 and then out from there
> into the other base and BSP branches.
> 
> For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-4.18.git/
> 
> This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and
> so people can see the evolution of the raw commits that were originally
> selected to create this 4.18.x release.

Thanks Paul,

These are now merged.

Bruce

> 
> Paul.
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