[linux-yocto] v4.18.x - stable updates comprising v4.18.30

[Bruce Ashfield]

Thanks Paul, this is now merged.

Bruce

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:16 PM Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker at windriver.com> 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 v4.18.29 release.
>
> There are about 245 commits here, based on commits chosen from what
> were used in the existing 4.19.22 --> 4.19.26 stable releases.
>
> The largest group of related commits in this series are 32 bit ARM
> spectre related changes.  With some low level assembly changes involved,
> I used the the 4.19-stable versions instead of directly backporting from
> mainline like I normally do for everything else -- to capitalize on the
> runtime testing and non-straightforward backports done by others with
> more ARM32 experience.
>
> 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 versions.
> Please find a signed v4.18.30 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.
>
> Paul.
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