diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/.gitignore linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/.gitignore
index c2ed4ecb0acd..0c39aa20b6ba 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/.gitignore
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 *.lzo
 *.patch
 *.gcno
+*.ll
 modules.builtin
 Module.symvers
 *.dwo
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index fee35c00cc4e..0406076e4405 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Description:
 		Description of the physical chip / device for device X.
 		Typically a part number.
 
-What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/timestamp_clock
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/current_timestamp_clock
 KernelVersion:	4.5
 Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
index 6bd45346ac7e..3f8701e8fa24 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 498741737055..a5225df4a070 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -350,3 +350,47 @@ Contact:	Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
 Description:	AArch64 CPU registers
 		'identification' directory exposes the CPU ID registers for
 		 identifying model and revision of the CPU.
+
+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
+
+		See also: Documentation/hw-vuln/index.rst
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/smt
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
+Date:		June 2018
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Control Symetric Multi Threading (SMT)
+
+		active:  Tells whether SMT is active (enabled and siblings online)
+
+		control: Read/write interface to control SMT. Possible
+			 values:
+
+			 "on"		SMT is enabled
+			 "off"		SMT is disabled
+			 "forceoff"	SMT is force disabled. Cannot be changed.
+			 "notsupported" SMT is not supported by the CPU
+
+			 If control status is "forceoff" or "notsupported" writes
+			 are rejected.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/Changes linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/Changes
index 22797a15dc24..76d6dc0d3227 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/Changes
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/Changes
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GNU C                  3.2              gcc --version
 GNU make               3.80             make --version
 binutils               2.12             ld -v
 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
-module-init-tools      0.9.10           depmod -V
+kmod                   13               depmod -V
 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiserfsck -V
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ 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
 --------
 
@@ -363,16 +357,17 @@ Util-linux
 
 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
 
+Kmod
+----
+
+- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
+- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
+
 Ksymoops
 --------
 
 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
 
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-
-- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/>
-
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt
index 525452726d31..b9e060c5b61e 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
index 405da11fc3e4..ac9489fad31b 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -42,24 +42,27 @@ file acts as a registry of software workarounds in the Linux Kernel and
 will be updated when new workarounds are committed and backported to
 stable kernels.
 
-| Implementor    | Component       | Erratum ID      | Kconfig                 |
-+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------------+
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #826319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_826319    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #827319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_827319    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #824069         | ARM64_ERRATUM_824069    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #819472         | ARM64_ERRATUM_819472    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #845719         | ARM64_ERRATUM_845719    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #843419         | ARM64_ERRATUM_843419    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #832075         | ARM64_ERRATUM_832075    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #852523         | N/A                     |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #834220         | ARM64_ERRATUM_834220    |
-| ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #853709         | N/A                     |
-| ARM            | MMU-500         | #841119,#826419 | N/A                     |
-|                |                 |                 |                         |
-| Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #22375, #24313  | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375    |
-| Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #23144          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23144    |
-| Cavium         | ThunderX GICv3  | #23154          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23154    |
-| Cavium         | ThunderX Core   | #27456          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456    |
-| Cavium         | ThunderX SMMUv2 | #27704          | N/A		       |
-|                |                 |                 |                         |
-| Freescale/NXP  | LS2080A/LS1043A | A-008585        | FSL_ERRATUM_A008585     |
+| Implementor    | Component       | Erratum ID      | Kconfig                     |
++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #826319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_826319        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #827319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_827319        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #824069         | ARM64_ERRATUM_824069        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #819472         | ARM64_ERRATUM_819472        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #845719         | ARM64_ERRATUM_845719        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #843419         | ARM64_ERRATUM_843419        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #832075         | ARM64_ERRATUM_832075        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #852523         | N/A                         |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #834220         | ARM64_ERRATUM_834220        |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #853709         | N/A                         |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A55      | #1024718        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718       |
+| ARM            | MMU-500         | #841119,#826419 | N/A                         |
+|                |                 |                 |                             |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #22375, #24313  | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375        |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #23144          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23144        |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX GICv3  | #23154          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23154        |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX Core   | #27456          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456        |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX SMMUv2 | #27704          | N/A                         |
+|                |                 |                 |                             |
+| Freescale/NXP  | LS2080A/LS1043A | A-008585        | FSL_ERRATUM_A008585         |
+|                |                 |                 |                             |
+| Qualcomm Tech. | QDF2400 ITS     | E0065           | QCOM_QDF2400_ERRATUM_0065   |
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt
index d9995f1f51b3..a25a99e82bb1 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/conf.py linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/conf.py
index bf6f310e5170..da7b54388eff 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/conf.py
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from load_config import loadConfig
 extensions = ['kernel-doc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include', 'cdomain']
 
 # The name of the math extension changed on Sphinx 1.4
-if minor > 3:
+if (major == 1 and minor > 3) or (major > 1):
     extensions.append("sphinx.ext.imgmath")
 else:
     extensions.append("sphinx.ext.pngmath")
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ latex_elements = {
      '''
 }
 
+# Fix reference escape troubles with Sphinx 1.4.x
+if major == 1 and minor > 3:
+    latex_elements['preamble']  += '\\renewcommand*{\\DUrole}[2]{ #2 }\n'
+
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 1699a55b7b70..ef639960b272 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
index ef5fbe9a77c7..e926aea1147d 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
   This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
   counter read.
 
+- hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the
+  presence of Hisilicon erratum 161010101, which says that reading the
+  counters is unreliable in some cases, and reads may return a value 32
+  beyond the correct value. This also affects writes to the tval
+  registers, due to the implicit counter read.
+
 ** Optional properties:
 
 - arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured : Firmware does not initialize
@@ -38,6 +44,11 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
   architecturally-defined reset values. Only supported for 32-bit
   systems which follow the ARMv7 architected reset values.
 
+- arm,no-tick-in-suspend : The main counter does not tick when the system is in
+  low-power system suspend on some SoCs. This behavior does not match the
+  Architecture Reference Manual's specification that the system counter "must
+  be implemented in an always-on power domain."
+
 
 Example:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,meson8b-clkc.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,meson8b-clkc.txt
index 2b7b3fa588d7..606da38c0959 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,meson8b-clkc.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,meson8b-clkc.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-* Amlogic Meson8b Clock and Reset Unit
+* Amlogic Meson8, Meson8b and Meson8m2 Clock and Reset Unit
 
-The Amlogic Meson8b clock controller generates and supplies clock to various
-controllers within the SoC.
+The Amlogic Meson8 / Meson8b / Meson8m2 clock controller generates and
+supplies clock to various controllers within the SoC.
 
 Required Properties:
 
-- compatible: should be "amlogic,meson8b-clkc"
+- compatible: must be one of:
+	- "amlogic,meson8-clkc" for Meson8 (S802) SoCs
+	- "amlogic,meson8b-clkc" for Meson8 (S805) SoCs
+	- "amlogic,meson8m2-clkc" for Meson8m2 (S812) SoCs
 - reg: it must be composed by two tuples:
 	0) physical base address of the xtal register and length of memory
 	   mapped region.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt
index 19df842c694f..8163d565f697 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/imx31-clock.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
index 16a3ec433119..1bd2c76396f4 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Required properties:
 	* "fsl,t4240-clockgen"
 	* "fsl,b4420-clockgen"
 	* "fsl,b4860-clockgen"
+	* "fsl,ls1012a-clockgen"
 	* "fsl,ls1021a-clockgen"
 	Chassis-version clock strings include:
 	* "fsl,qoriq-clockgen-1.0": for chassis 1.0 clocks
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ths8135.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ths8135.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ec1a880ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ths8135.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+THS8135 Video DAC
+-----------------
+
+This is the binding for Texas Instruments THS8135 Video DAC bridge.
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible: Must be "ti,ths8135"
+
+Required nodes:
+
+This device has two video ports. Their connections are modelled using the OF
+graph bindings specified in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/graph.txt.
+
+- Video port 0 for RGB input
+- Video port 1 for VGA output
+
+Example
+-------
+
+vga-bridge {
+	compatible = "ti,ths8135";
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <0>;
+
+	ports {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		port@0 {
+			reg = <0>;
+
+			vga_bridge_in: endpoint {
+				remote-endpoint = <&lcdc_out_vga>;
+			};
+		};
+
+		port@1 {
+			reg = <1>;
+
+			vga_bridge_out: endpoint {
+				remote-endpoint = <&vga_con_in>;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.txt
index b6a7e7397b8b..b944fe067188 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Required properties:
   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/graph.txt. This port should be connected
   to the input port of an attached HDMI or LVDS encoder chip.
 
+Optional properties:
+- pinctrl-names: Contain "default" and "sleep".
+
 Example:
 
 dpi0: dpi@1401d000 {
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ dpi0: dpi@1401d000 {
 		 <&mmsys CLK_MM_DPI_ENGINE>,
 		 <&apmixedsys CLK_APMIXED_TVDPLL>;
 	clock-names = "pixel", "engine", "pll";
+	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
+	pinctrl-0 = <&dpi_pin_func>;
+	pinctrl-1 = <&dpi_pin_idle>;
 
 	port {
 		dpi0_out: endpoint {
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/toppoly,td028ttec1.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/tpo,td028ttec1.txt
similarity index 84%
rename from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/toppoly,td028ttec1.txt
rename to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/tpo,td028ttec1.txt
index 7175dc3740ac..ed34253d9fb1 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/toppoly,td028ttec1.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/tpo,td028ttec1.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Toppoly TD028TTEC1 Panel
 ========================
 
 Required properties:
-- compatible: "toppoly,td028ttec1"
+- compatible: "tpo,td028ttec1"
 
 Optional properties:
 - label: a symbolic name for the panel
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Example
 -------
 
 lcd-panel: td028ttec1@0 {
-	compatible = "toppoly,td028ttec1";
+	compatible = "tpo,td028ttec1";
 	reg = <0>;
 	spi-max-frequency = <100000>;
 	spi-cpol;
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
index b95696d748c7..bda9d6fab6b4 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ The TCON acts as a timing controller for RGB, LVDS and TV interfaces.
 Required properties:
  - compatible: value must be either:
    * allwinner,sun5i-a13-tcon
+   * allwinner,sun6i-a31-tcon
+   * allwinner,sun6i-a31s-tcon
    * allwinner,sun8i-a33-tcon
  - reg: base address and size of memory-mapped region
  - interrupts: interrupt associated to this IP
@@ -45,12 +47,15 @@ Required properties:
   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt. The
   first port should be the input endpoint, the second one the output
 
-  The output should have two endpoints. The first is the block
-  connected to the TCON channel 0 (usually a panel or a bridge), the
-  second the block connected to the TCON channel 1 (usually the TV
-  encoder)
+  The output may have multiple endpoints. The TCON has two channels,
+  usually with the first channel being used for the panels interfaces
+  (RGB, LVDS, etc.), and the second being used for the outputs that
+  require another controller (TV Encoder, HDMI, etc.). The endpoints
+  will take an extra property, allwinner,tcon-channel, to specify the
+  channel the endpoint is associated to. If that property is not
+  present, the endpoint number will be used as the channel number.
 
-On the A13, there is one more clock required:
+On SoCs other than the A33, there is one more clock required:
    - 'tcon-ch1': The clock driving the TCON channel 1
 
 DRC
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ system.
 Required properties:
   - compatible: value must be one of:
     * allwinner,sun5i-a13-display-backend
+    * allwinner,sun6i-a31-display-backend
     * allwinner,sun8i-a33-display-backend
   - reg: base address and size of the memory-mapped region.
   - clocks: phandles to the clocks feeding the frontend and backend
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ deinterlacing and color space conversion.
 Required properties:
   - compatible: value must be one of:
     * allwinner,sun5i-a13-display-frontend
+    * allwinner,sun6i-a31-display-frontend
     * allwinner,sun8i-a33-display-frontend
   - reg: base address and size of the memory-mapped region.
   - interrupts: interrupt associated to this IP
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ extra node.
 Required properties:
   - compatible: value must be one of:
     * allwinner,sun5i-a13-display-engine
+    * allwinner,sun6i-a31-display-engine
+    * allwinner,sun6i-a31s-display-engine
     * allwinner,sun8i-a33-display-engine
 
   - allwinner,pipelines: list of phandle to the display engine
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/mv-xor-v2.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/mv-xor-v2.txt
index 217a90eaabe7..9c38bbe7e6d7 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/mv-xor-v2.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/mv-xor-v2.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ Required properties:
   interrupts.
 
 Optional properties:
-- clocks: Optional reference to the clock used by the XOR engine.
+- clocks: Optional reference to the clocks used by the XOR engine.
+- clock-names: mandatory if there is a second clock, in this case the
+   name must be "core" for the first clock and "reg" for the second
+   one
+
 
 Example:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
index 0f5583293c9c..633481e2a4ec 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ 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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
index 735bc94444bb..4dcce8ee5cee 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Required properties:
 
 	"atmel,24c00", "atmel,24c01", "atmel,24c02", "atmel,24c04",
 	"atmel,24c08", "atmel,24c16", "atmel,24c32", "atmel,24c64",
-	"atmel,24c128", "atmel,24c256", "atmel,24c512", "atmel,24c1024"
+	"atmel,24c128", "atmel,24c256", "atmel,24c512", "atmel,24c1024",
+	"atmel,24c2048"
 
 	"catalyst,24c32"
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Required properties:
 	 If there is no specific driver for <manufacturer>, a generic
 	 driver based on <type> is selected. Possible types are:
 	 "24c00", "24c01", "24c02", "24c04", "24c08", "24c16", "24c32", "24c64",
-	 "24c128", "24c256", "24c512", "24c1024", "spd"
+	 "24c128", "24c256", "24c512", "24c1024", "24c2048", "spd"
 
   - reg : the I2C address of the EEPROM
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
index 07a250498fbb..f569db58f64a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Required properties:
 
 - reg: I2C address
 
+Optional properties:
+- smbus-timeout-disable: When set, the smbus timeout function will be disabled.
+			 This is not supported on all chips.
+
 Example:
 
 temp-sensor@1a {
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/avia-hx711.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/avia-hx711.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3629405f568
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
index 3e5b9793341f..8682ab6d4a50 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ This driver provides a simple power button event via an Interrupt.
 Required properties:
 - compatible: should be "ti,tps65217-pwrbutton" or "ti,tps65218-pwrbutton"
 
-Required properties for TPS65218:
+Required properties:
 - interrupts: should be one of the following
+   - <2>: For controllers compatible with tps65217
    - <3 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH>: For controllers compatible with tps65218
 
 Examples:
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Examples:
 &tps {
 	tps65217-pwrbutton {
 		compatible = "ti,tps65217-pwrbutton";
+		interrupts = <2>;
 	};
 };
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/axp20x.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/axp20x.txt
index 8f3ad9ab4637..b41d2601c6ba 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/axp20x.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/axp20x.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Optional properties:
 		  regulator to drive the OTG VBus, rather then as an input pin
 		  which signals whether the board is driving OTG VBus or not.
 
+- x-powers,master-mode: Boolean (axp806 only). Set this when the PMIC is
+			wired for master mode. The default is slave mode.
+
 - <input>-supply: a phandle to the regulator supply node. May be omitted if
 		  inputs are unregulated, such as using the IPSOUT output
 		  from the PMIC.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/tps65086.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/tps65086.txt
index d3705612a846..9cfa886fe99f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/tps65086.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/tps65086.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Required properties:
                             defined below.
 
 Optional regulator properties:
- - ti,regulator-step-size-25mv	: This is applicable for buck[1,2,6], set this
+ - ti,regulator-step-size-25mv	: This is applicable for buck[1-6], set this
 				    if the regulator is factory set with a 25mv
 				    step voltage mapping.
  - ti,regulator-decay		: This is applicable for buck[1-6], set this if
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
index ee3723beb701..33b38716b77f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt
index d6c6e41648d4..6192f02af2a9 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties:
       "brcm,bcm53128"
       "brcm,bcm5365"
       "brcm,bcm5395"
+      "brcm,bcm5389"
       "brcm,bcm5397"
       "brcm,bcm5398"
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
index 9c67ee4890d7..bbcb255c3150 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 Required properties:
 
-- compatible: should be "qca,qca8337"
+- compatible: should be one of:
+    "qca,qca8334"
+    "qca,qca8337"
+
 - #size-cells: must be 0
 - #address-cells: must be 1
 
@@ -14,6 +17,20 @@ port and PHY id, each subnode describing a port needs to have a valid phandle
 referencing the internal PHY connected to it. The CPU port of this switch is
 always port 0.
 
+A CPU port node has the following optional node:
+
+- fixed-link            : Fixed-link subnode describing a link to a non-MDIO
+                          managed entity. See
+                          Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt
+                          for details.
+
+For QCA8K the 'fixed-link' sub-node supports only the following properties:
+
+- 'speed' (integer, mandatory), to indicate the link speed. Accepted
+  values are 10, 100 and 1000
+- 'full-duplex' (boolean, optional), to indicate that full duplex is
+  used. When absent, half duplex is assumed.
+
 Example:
 
 
@@ -53,6 +70,10 @@ Example:
 					label = "cpu";
 					ethernet = <&gmac1>;
 					phy-mode = "rgmii";
+					fixed-link {
+						speed = 1000;
+						full-duplex;
+					};
 				};
 
 				port@1 {
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
index 1506e948610c..d1f435c92912 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ 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,zynq-gem" Xilinx Zynq-7xxx SoC.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
index c010fafc66a8..c7194e87d5f4 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ have dual GMAC each represented by a child node..
 * Ethernet controller node
 
 Required properties:
-- compatible: Should be "mediatek,mt7623-eth"
+- compatible: Should be "mediatek,mt2701-eth"
 - reg: Address and length of the register set for the device
 - interrupts: Should contain the three frame engines interrupts in numeric
 	order. These are fe_int0, fe_int1 and fe_int2.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/meson-dwmac.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/meson-dwmac.txt
index 89e62ddc69ca..da37da0fdd3f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/meson-dwmac.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/meson-dwmac.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties on all platforms:
 			- "amlogic,meson6-dwmac"
 			- "amlogic,meson8b-dwmac"
 			- "amlogic,meson-gxbb-dwmac"
+			- "amlogic,meson-axg-dwmac"
 		Additionally "snps,dwmac" and any applicable more
 		detailed version number described in net/stmmac.txt
 		should be used.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
index bc1c3c8bf8fa..62bdc5f2bf16 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ Optional Properties:
 - broken-turn-around: If set, indicates the PHY device does not correctly
   release the turn around line low at the end of a MDIO transaction.
 
+- eee-broken-100tx:
+- eee-broken-1000t:
+- eee-broken-10gt:
+- eee-broken-1000kx:
+- eee-broken-10gkx4:
+- eee-broken-10gkr:
+  Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as broken and
+  request the ethernet to stop advertising it.
+
 Example:
 
 ethernet-phy@0 {
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ti,dp83867.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ti,dp83867.txt
index 5d21141a68b5..75bcaa355880 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ti,dp83867.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ti,dp83867.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 Required properties:
 	- reg - The ID number for the phy, usually a small integer
 	- ti,rx-internal-delay - RGMII Receive Clock Delay - see dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
-		for applicable values
+		for applicable values. Required only if interface type is
+		PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID or PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID
 	- ti,tx-internal-delay - RGMII Transmit Clock Delay - see dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
-		for applicable values
+		for applicable values. Required only if interface type is
+		PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID or PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID
 	- ti,fifo-depth - Transmitt FIFO depth- see dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
 		for applicable values
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/meson,pinctrl.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/meson,pinctrl.txt
index fe7fe0b03cfb..1b9881786ce9 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/meson,pinctrl.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/meson,pinctrl.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 Required properties for the root node:
  - compatible: one of "amlogic,meson8-cbus-pinctrl"
 		      "amlogic,meson8b-cbus-pinctrl"
+		      "amlogic,meson8m2-cbus-pinctrl"
 		      "amlogic,meson8-aobus-pinctrl"
 		      "amlogic,meson8b-aobus-pinctrl"
+		      "amlogic,meson8m2-aobus-pinctrl"
 		      "amlogic,meson-gxbb-periphs-pinctrl"
 		      "amlogic,meson-gxbb-aobus-pinctrl"
  - reg: address and size of registers controlling irq functionality
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
index caf297bee1fb..c28d4eb83b76 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-palmas.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
index 98d131acee95..a11072c5a866 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ TPS65217 Charger
 
 Required Properties:
 -compatible: "ti,tps65217-charger"
+-interrupts: TPS65217 interrupt numbers for the AC and USB charger input change.
+             Should be <0> for the USB charger and <1> for the AC adapter.
+-interrupt-names: Should be "USB" and "AC"
 
 This node is a subnode of the tps65217 PMIC.
 
 Example:
 
 	tps65217-charger {
-		compatible = "ti,tps65090-charger";
+		compatible = "ti,tps65217-charger";
+		interrupts = <0>, <1>;
+		interrupt-names = "USB", "AC";
 	};
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt
index df873d1f3b7c..2aaae210317b 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/fman.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt
index be789685a1c2..18b892d010d8 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/mvebu-uart.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/mvebu-uart.txt
index 6087defd9f93..d37fabe17bd1 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/mvebu-uart.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/mvebu-uart.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Required properties:
 Example:
 	serial@12000 {
 		compatible = "marvell,armada-3700-uart";
-		reg = <0x12000 0x400>;
+		reg = <0x12000 0x200>;
 		interrupts = <43>;
 	};
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
index 1c35e7b665e1..03ab8f5eab40 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Required properties:
   be used, but a device adhering to this binding may leave out all except
   for usbVID,PID.
 - reg: the port number which this device is connecting to, the range
-  is 1-31.
+  is 1-255.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
index 966885c636d0..7790c819859a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Required properties:
 Optional properties:
   - clocks: reference to a clock
   - usb3-lpm-capable: determines if platform is USB3 LPM capable
+  - quirk-broken-port-ped: set if the controller has broken port disable mechanism
 
 Example:
 	usb@f0931000 {
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
index f0a48ea78659..bceffffb7502 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ atmel	Atmel Corporation
 auo	AU Optronics Corporation
 auvidea Auvidea GmbH
 avago	Avago Technologies
+avia	avia semiconductor
 avic	Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
 axis	Axis Communications AB
 boe	BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/samsung-wdt.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/samsung-wdt.txt
index 8f3d96af81d7..1f6e101e299a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/samsung-wdt.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/samsung-wdt.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ occurred.
 
 Required properties:
 - compatible : should be one among the following
-	(a) "samsung,s3c2410-wdt" for Exynos4 and previous SoCs
-	(b) "samsung,exynos5250-wdt" for Exynos5250
-	(c) "samsung,exynos5420-wdt" for Exynos5420
-	(c) "samsung,exynos7-wdt" for Exynos7
+	- "samsung,s3c2410-wdt" for S3C2410
+	- "samsung,s3c6410-wdt" for S3C6410, S5PV210 and Exynos4
+	- "samsung,exynos5250-wdt" for Exynos5250
+	- "samsung,exynos5420-wdt" for Exynos5420
+	- "samsung,exynos7-wdt" for Exynos7
 
 - reg : base physical address of the controller and length of memory mapped
 	region.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 6c0108eb0137..2139ea253142 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/porting linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index bdd025ceb763..85ed3450099a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -596,3 +596,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 [mandatory]
 	->rename() has an added flags argument.  Any flags not handled by the
         filesystem should result in EINVAL being returned.
+--
+[mandatory]
+
+	[should've been added in 2016] stale comment in finish_open()
+	nonwithstanding, failure exits in ->atomic_open() instances should
+	*NOT* fput() the file, no matter what.  Everything is handled by the
+	caller.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 74329fd0add2..077c37ed976f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -484,7 +484,9 @@ 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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
index c8656dd029a9..958fff945304 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/index.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5fbc6ae9d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+========================
+Hardware vulnerabilities
+========================
+
+This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the
+possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they
+are configurable at compile, boot or run time.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   l1tf
+   mds
+   tsx_async_abort
+   multihit
+   special-register-buffer-data-sampling
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31653a9f0e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,615 @@
+L1TF - L1 Terminal Fault
+========================
+
+L1 Terminal Fault is a hardware vulnerability which allows unprivileged
+speculative access to data which is available in the Level 1 Data Cache
+when the page table entry controlling the virtual address, which is used
+for the access, has the Present bit cleared or other reserved bits set.
+
+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
+
+   - A range of Intel ATOM processors (Cedarview, Cloverview, Lincroft,
+     Penwell, Pineview, Silvermont, Airmont, Merrifield)
+
+   - The Intel XEON PHI family
+
+   - Intel processors which have the ARCH_CAP_RDCL_NO bit set in the
+     IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR. If the bit is set the CPU is not affected
+     by the Meltdown vulnerability either. These CPUs should become
+     available by end of 2018.
+
+Whether a processor is affected or not can be read out from the L1TF
+vulnerability file in sysfs. See :ref:`l1tf_sys_info`.
+
+Related CVEs
+------------
+
+The following CVE entries are related to the L1TF vulnerability:
+
+   =============  =================  ==============================
+   CVE-2018-3615  L1 Terminal Fault  SGX related aspects
+   CVE-2018-3620  L1 Terminal Fault  OS, SMM related aspects
+   CVE-2018-3646  L1 Terminal Fault  Virtualization related aspects
+   =============  =================  ==============================
+
+Problem
+-------
+
+If an instruction accesses a virtual address for which the relevant page
+table entry (PTE) has the Present bit cleared or other reserved bits set,
+then speculative execution ignores the invalid PTE and loads the referenced
+data if it is present in the Level 1 Data Cache, as if the page referenced
+by the address bits in the PTE was still present and accessible.
+
+While this is a purely speculative mechanism and the instruction will raise
+a page fault when it is retired eventually, the pure act of loading the
+data and making it available to other speculative instructions opens up the
+opportunity for side channel attacks to unprivileged malicious code,
+similar to the Meltdown attack.
+
+While Meltdown breaks the user space to kernel space protection, L1TF
+allows to attack any physical memory address in the system and the attack
+works across all protection domains. It allows an attack of SGX and also
+works from inside virtual machines because the speculation bypasses the
+extended page table (EPT) protection mechanism.
+
+
+Attack scenarios
+----------------
+
+1. Malicious user space
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   Operating Systems store arbitrary information in the address bits of a
+   PTE which is marked non present. This allows a malicious user space
+   application to attack the physical memory to which these PTEs resolve.
+   In some cases user-space can maliciously influence the information
+   encoded in the address bits of the PTE, thus making attacks more
+   deterministic and more practical.
+
+   The Linux kernel contains a mitigation for this attack vector, PTE
+   inversion, which is permanently enabled and has no performance
+   impact. The kernel ensures that the address bits of PTEs, which are not
+   marked present, never point to cacheable physical memory space.
+
+   A system with an up to date kernel is protected against attacks from
+   malicious user space applications.
+
+2. Malicious guest in a virtual machine
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   The fact that L1TF breaks all domain protections allows malicious guest
+   OSes, which can control the PTEs directly, and malicious guest user
+   space applications, which run on an unprotected guest kernel lacking the
+   PTE inversion mitigation for L1TF, to attack physical host memory.
+
+   A special aspect of L1TF in the context of virtualization is symmetric
+   multi threading (SMT). The Intel implementation of SMT is called
+   HyperThreading. The fact that Hyperthreads on the affected processors
+   share the L1 Data Cache (L1D) is important for this. As the flaw allows
+   only to attack data which is present in L1D, a malicious guest running
+   on one Hyperthread can attack the data which is brought into the L1D by
+   the context which runs on the sibling Hyperthread of the same physical
+   core. This context can be host OS, host user space or a different guest.
+
+   If the processor does not support Extended Page Tables, the attack is
+   only possible, when the hypervisor does not sanitize the content of the
+   effective (shadow) page tables.
+
+   While solutions exist to mitigate these attack vectors fully, these
+   mitigations are not enabled by default in the Linux kernel because they
+   can affect performance significantly. The kernel provides several
+   mechanisms which can be utilized to address the problem depending on the
+   deployment scenario. The mitigations, their protection scope and impact
+   are described in the next sections.
+
+   The default mitigations and the rationale for choosing them are explained
+   at the end of this document. See :ref:`default_mitigations`.
+
+.. _l1tf_sys_info:
+
+L1TF system information
+-----------------------
+
+The Linux kernel provides a sysfs interface to enumerate the current L1TF
+status of the system: whether the system is vulnerable, and which
+mitigations are active. The relevant sysfs file is:
+
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf
+
+The possible values in this file are:
+
+  ===========================   ===============================
+  'Not affected'		The processor is not vulnerable
+  'Mitigation: PTE Inversion'	The host protection is active
+  ===========================   ===============================
+
+If KVM/VMX is enabled and the processor is vulnerable then the following
+information is appended to the 'Mitigation: PTE Inversion' part:
+
+  - SMT status:
+
+    =====================  ================
+    'VMX: SMT vulnerable'  SMT is enabled
+    'VMX: SMT disabled'    SMT is disabled
+    =====================  ================
+
+  - L1D Flush mode:
+
+    ================================  ====================================
+    'L1D vulnerable'		      L1D flushing is disabled
+
+    'L1D conditional cache flushes'   L1D flush is conditionally enabled
+
+    'L1D cache flushes'		      L1D flush is unconditionally enabled
+    ================================  ====================================
+
+The resulting grade of protection is discussed in the following sections.
+
+
+Host mitigation mechanism
+-------------------------
+
+The kernel is unconditionally protected against L1TF attacks from malicious
+user space running on the host.
+
+
+Guest mitigation mechanisms
+---------------------------
+
+.. _l1d_flush:
+
+1. L1D flush on VMENTER
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   To make sure that a guest cannot attack data which is present in the L1D
+   the hypervisor flushes the L1D before entering the guest.
+
+   Flushing the L1D evicts not only the data which should not be accessed
+   by a potentially malicious guest, it also flushes the guest
+   data. Flushing the L1D has a performance impact as the processor has to
+   bring the flushed guest data back into the L1D. Depending on the
+   frequency of VMEXIT/VMENTER and the type of computations in the guest
+   performance degradation in the range of 1% to 50% has been observed. For
+   scenarios where guest VMEXIT/VMENTER are rare the performance impact is
+   minimal. Virtio and mechanisms like posted interrupts are designed to
+   confine the VMEXITs to a bare minimum, but specific configurations and
+   application scenarios might still suffer from a high VMEXIT rate.
+
+   The kernel provides two L1D flush modes:
+    - conditional ('cond')
+    - unconditional ('always')
+
+   The conditional mode avoids L1D flushing after VMEXITs which execute
+   only audited code paths before the corresponding VMENTER. These code
+   paths have been verified that they cannot expose secrets or other
+   interesting data to an attacker, but they can leak information about the
+   address space layout of the hypervisor.
+
+   Unconditional mode flushes L1D on all VMENTER invocations and provides
+   maximum protection. It has a higher overhead than the conditional
+   mode. The overhead cannot be quantified correctly as it depends on the
+   workload scenario and the resulting number of VMEXITs.
+
+   The general recommendation is to enable L1D flush on VMENTER. The kernel
+   defaults to conditional mode on affected processors.
+
+   **Note**, that L1D flush does not prevent the SMT problem because the
+   sibling thread will also bring back its data into the L1D which makes it
+   attackable again.
+
+   L1D flush can be controlled by the administrator via the kernel command
+   line and sysfs control files. See :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line`
+   and :ref:`mitigation_control_kvm`.
+
+.. _guest_confinement:
+
+2. Guest VCPU confinement to dedicated physical cores
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   To address the SMT problem, it is possible to make a guest or a group of
+   guests affine to one or more physical cores. The proper mechanism for
+   that is to utilize exclusive cpusets to ensure that no other guest or
+   host tasks can run on these cores.
+
+   If only a single guest or related guests run on sibling SMT threads on
+   the same physical core then they can only attack their own memory and
+   restricted parts of the host memory.
+
+   Host memory is attackable, when one of the sibling SMT threads runs in
+   host OS (hypervisor) context and the other in guest context. The amount
+   of valuable information from the host OS context depends on the context
+   which the host OS executes, i.e. interrupts, soft interrupts and kernel
+   threads. The amount of valuable data from these contexts cannot be
+   declared as non-interesting for an attacker without deep inspection of
+   the code.
+
+   **Note**, that assigning guests to a fixed set of physical cores affects
+   the ability of the scheduler to do load balancing and might have
+   negative effects on CPU utilization depending on the hosting
+   scenario. Disabling SMT might be a viable alternative for particular
+   scenarios.
+
+   For further information about confining guests to a single or to a group
+   of cores consult the cpusets documentation:
+
+   https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt
+
+.. _interrupt_isolation:
+
+3. Interrupt affinity
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   Interrupts can be made affine to logical CPUs. This is not universally
+   true because there are types of interrupts which are truly per CPU
+   interrupts, e.g. the local timer interrupt. Aside of that multi queue
+   devices affine their interrupts to single CPUs or groups of CPUs per
+   queue without allowing the administrator to control the affinities.
+
+   Moving the interrupts, which can be affinity controlled, away from CPUs
+   which run untrusted guests, reduces the attack vector space.
+
+   Whether the interrupts with are affine to CPUs, which run untrusted
+   guests, provide interesting data for an attacker depends on the system
+   configuration and the scenarios which run on the system. While for some
+   of the interrupts it can be assumed that they won't expose interesting
+   information beyond exposing hints about the host OS memory layout, there
+   is no way to make general assumptions.
+
+   Interrupt affinity can be controlled by the administrator via the
+   /proc/irq/$NR/smp_affinity[_list] files. Limited documentation is
+   available at:
+
+   https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt
+
+.. _smt_control:
+
+4. SMT control
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   To prevent the SMT issues of L1TF it might be necessary to disable SMT
+   completely. Disabling SMT can have a significant performance impact, but
+   the impact depends on the hosting scenario and the type of workloads.
+   The impact of disabling SMT needs also to be weighted against the impact
+   of other mitigation solutions like confining guests to dedicated cores.
+
+   The kernel provides a sysfs interface to retrieve the status of SMT and
+   to control it. It also provides a kernel command line interface to
+   control SMT.
+
+   The kernel command line interface consists of the following options:
+
+     =========== ==========================================================
+     nosmt	 Affects the bring up of the secondary CPUs during boot. The
+		 kernel tries to bring all present CPUs online during the
+		 boot process. "nosmt" makes sure that from each physical
+		 core only one - the so called primary (hyper) thread is
+		 activated. Due to a design flaw of Intel processors related
+		 to Machine Check Exceptions the non primary siblings have
+		 to be brought up at least partially and are then shut down
+		 again.  "nosmt" can be undone via the sysfs interface.
+
+     nosmt=force Has the same effect as "nosmt" but it does not allow to
+		 undo the SMT disable via the sysfs interface.
+     =========== ==========================================================
+
+   The sysfs interface provides two files:
+
+   - /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
+   - /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
+
+   /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control:
+
+     This file allows to read out the SMT control state and provides the
+     ability to disable or (re)enable SMT. The possible states are:
+
+	==============  ===================================================
+	on		SMT is supported by the CPU and enabled. All
+			logical CPUs can be onlined and offlined without
+			restrictions.
+
+	off		SMT is supported by the CPU and disabled. Only
+			the so called primary SMT threads can be onlined
+			and offlined without restrictions. An attempt to
+			online a non-primary sibling is rejected
+
+	forceoff	Same as 'off' but the state cannot be controlled.
+			Attempts to write to the control file are rejected.
+
+	notsupported	The processor does not support SMT. It's therefore
+			not affected by the SMT implications of L1TF.
+			Attempts to write to the control file are rejected.
+	==============  ===================================================
+
+     The possible states which can be written into this file to control SMT
+     state are:
+
+     - on
+     - off
+     - forceoff
+
+   /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active:
+
+     This file reports whether SMT is enabled and active, i.e. if on any
+     physical core two or more sibling threads are online.
+
+   SMT control is also possible at boot time via the l1tf kernel command
+   line parameter in combination with L1D flush control. See
+   :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line`.
+
+5. Disabling EPT
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  Disabling EPT for virtual machines provides full mitigation for L1TF even
+  with SMT enabled, because the effective page tables for guests are
+  managed and sanitized by the hypervisor. Though disabling EPT has a
+  significant performance impact especially when the Meltdown mitigation
+  KPTI is enabled.
+
+  EPT can be disabled in the hypervisor via the 'kvm-intel.ept' parameter.
+
+There is ongoing research and development for new mitigation mechanisms to
+address the performance impact of disabling SMT or EPT.
+
+.. _mitigation_control_command_line:
+
+Mitigation control on the kernel command line
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The kernel command line allows to control the L1TF mitigations at boot
+time with the option "l1tf=". The valid arguments for this option are:
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+  full		Provides all available mitigations for the L1TF
+		vulnerability. Disables SMT and enables all mitigations in
+		the hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flushing
+
+		SMT control and L1D flush control via the sysfs interface
+		is still possible after boot.  Hypervisors will issue a
+		warning when the first VM is started in a potentially
+		insecure configuration, i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush
+		disabled.
+
+  full,force	Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D flush runtime
+		control. Implies the 'nosmt=force' command line option.
+		(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
+
+  flush		Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default hypervisor
+		mitigation, i.e. conditional L1D flushing
+
+		SMT control and L1D flush control via the sysfs interface
+		is still possible after boot.  Hypervisors will issue a
+		warning when the first VM is started in a potentially
+		insecure configuration, i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush
+		disabled.
+
+  flush,nosmt	Disables SMT and enables the default hypervisor mitigation,
+		i.e. conditional L1D flushing.
+
+		SMT control and L1D flush control via the sysfs interface
+		is still possible after boot.  Hypervisors will issue a
+		warning when the first VM is started in a potentially
+		insecure configuration, i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush
+		disabled.
+
+  flush,nowarn	Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not warn when a VM is
+		started in a potentially insecure configuration.
+
+  off		Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't emit any
+		warnings.
+		It also drops the swap size and available RAM limit restrictions
+		on both hypervisor and bare metal.
+
+  ============  =============================================================
+
+The default is 'flush'. For details about L1D flushing see :ref:`l1d_flush`.
+
+
+.. _mitigation_control_kvm:
+
+Mitigation control for KVM - module parameter
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The KVM hypervisor mitigation mechanism, flushing the L1D cache when
+entering a guest, can be controlled with a module parameter.
+
+The option/parameter is "kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=". It takes the
+following arguments:
+
+  ============  ==============================================================
+  always	L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
+
+  cond		Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between VMEXIT and
+		VMENTER can leak host memory which is considered
+		interesting for an attacker. This still can leak host memory
+		which allows e.g. to determine the hosts address space layout.
+
+  never		Disables the mitigation
+  ============  ==============================================================
+
+The parameter can be provided on the kernel command line, as a module
+parameter when loading the modules and at runtime modified via the sysfs
+file:
+
+/sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/vmentry_l1d_flush
+
+The default is 'cond'. If 'l1tf=full,force' is given on the kernel command
+line, then 'always' is enforced and the kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush
+module parameter is ignored and writes to the sysfs file are rejected.
+
+.. _mitigation_selection:
+
+Mitigation selection guide
+--------------------------
+
+1. No virtualization in use
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   The system is protected by the kernel unconditionally and no further
+   action is required.
+
+2. Virtualization with trusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   If the guest comes from a trusted source and the guest OS kernel is
+   guaranteed to have the L1TF mitigations in place the system is fully
+   protected against L1TF and no further action is required.
+
+   To avoid the overhead of the default L1D flushing on VMENTER the
+   administrator can disable the flushing via the kernel command line and
+   sysfs control files. See :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line` and
+   :ref:`mitigation_control_kvm`.
+
+
+3. Virtualization with untrusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+3.1. SMT not supported or disabled
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+  If SMT is not supported by the processor or disabled in the BIOS or by
+  the kernel, it's only required to enforce L1D flushing on VMENTER.
+
+  Conditional L1D flushing is the default behaviour and can be tuned. See
+  :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line` and :ref:`mitigation_control_kvm`.
+
+3.2. EPT not supported or disabled
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+  If EPT is not supported by the processor or disabled in the hypervisor,
+  the system is fully protected. SMT can stay enabled and L1D flushing on
+  VMENTER is not required.
+
+  EPT can be disabled in the hypervisor via the 'kvm-intel.ept' parameter.
+
+3.3. SMT and EPT supported and active
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+  If SMT and EPT are supported and active then various degrees of
+  mitigations can be employed:
+
+  - L1D flushing on VMENTER:
+
+    L1D flushing on VMENTER is the minimal protection requirement, but it
+    is only potent in combination with other mitigation methods.
+
+    Conditional L1D flushing is the default behaviour and can be tuned. See
+    :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line` and :ref:`mitigation_control_kvm`.
+
+  - Guest confinement:
+
+    Confinement of guests to a single or a group of physical cores which
+    are not running any other processes, can reduce the attack surface
+    significantly, but interrupts, soft interrupts and kernel threads can
+    still expose valuable data to a potential attacker. See
+    :ref:`guest_confinement`.
+
+  - Interrupt isolation:
+
+    Isolating the guest CPUs from interrupts can reduce the attack surface
+    further, but still allows a malicious guest to explore a limited amount
+    of host physical memory. This can at least be used to gain knowledge
+    about the host address space layout. The interrupts which have a fixed
+    affinity to the CPUs which run the untrusted guests can depending on
+    the scenario still trigger soft interrupts and schedule kernel threads
+    which might expose valuable information. See
+    :ref:`interrupt_isolation`.
+
+The above three mitigation methods combined can provide protection to a
+certain degree, but the risk of the remaining attack surface has to be
+carefully analyzed. For full protection the following methods are
+available:
+
+  - Disabling SMT:
+
+    Disabling SMT and enforcing the L1D flushing provides the maximum
+    amount of protection. This mitigation is not depending on any of the
+    above mitigation methods.
+
+    SMT control and L1D flushing can be tuned by the command line
+    parameters 'nosmt', 'l1tf', 'kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush' and at run
+    time with the matching sysfs control files. See :ref:`smt_control`,
+    :ref:`mitigation_control_command_line` and
+    :ref:`mitigation_control_kvm`.
+
+  - Disabling EPT:
+
+    Disabling EPT provides the maximum amount of protection as well. It is
+    not depending on any of the above mitigation methods. SMT can stay
+    enabled and L1D flushing is not required, but the performance impact is
+    significant.
+
+    EPT can be disabled in the hypervisor via the 'kvm-intel.ept'
+    parameter.
+
+3.4. Nested virtual machines
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+When nested virtualization is in use, three operating systems are involved:
+the bare metal hypervisor, the nested hypervisor and the nested virtual
+machine.  VMENTER operations from the nested hypervisor into the nested
+guest will always be processed by the bare metal hypervisor. If KVM is the
+bare metal hypervisor it will:
+
+ - Flush the L1D cache on every switch from the nested hypervisor to the
+   nested virtual machine, so that the nested hypervisor's secrets are not
+   exposed to the nested virtual machine;
+
+ - Flush the L1D cache on every switch from the nested virtual machine to
+   the nested hypervisor; this is a complex operation, and flushing the L1D
+   cache avoids that the bare metal hypervisor's secrets are exposed to the
+   nested virtual machine;
+
+ - Instruct the nested hypervisor to not perform any L1D cache flush. This
+   is an optimization to avoid double L1D flushing.
+
+
+.. _default_mitigations:
+
+Default mitigations
+-------------------
+
+  The kernel default mitigations for vulnerable processors are:
+
+  - PTE inversion to protect against malicious user space. This is done
+    unconditionally and cannot be controlled. The swap storage is limited
+    to ~16TB.
+
+  - L1D conditional flushing on VMENTER when EPT is enabled for
+    a guest.
+
+  The kernel does not by default enforce the disabling of SMT, which leaves
+  SMT systems vulnerable when running untrusted guests with EPT enabled.
+
+  The rationale for this choice is:
+
+  - Force disabling SMT can break existing setups, especially with
+    unattended updates.
+
+  - If regular users run untrusted guests on their machine, then L1TF is
+    just an add on to other malware which might be embedded in an untrusted
+    guest, e.g. spam-bots or attacks on the local network.
+
+    There is no technical way to prevent a user from running untrusted code
+    on their machines blindly.
+
+  - It's technically extremely unlikely and from today's knowledge even
+    impossible that L1TF can be exploited via the most popular attack
+    mechanisms like JavaScript because these mechanisms have no way to
+    control PTEs. If this would be possible and not other mitigation would
+    be possible, then the default might be different.
+
+  - The administrators of cloud and hosting setups have to carefully
+    analyze the risk for their scenarios and make the appropriate
+    mitigation choices, which might even vary across their deployed
+    machines and also result in other changes of their overall setup.
+    There is no way for the kernel to provide a sensible default for this
+    kind of scenarios.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst
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+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.
+
+  full,nosmt	The same as mds=full, with SMT disabled on vulnerable
+		CPUs.  This is the complete mitigation.
+
+  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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/multihit.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/multihit.rst
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+iTLB multihit
+=============
+
+iTLB multihit is an erratum where some processors may incur a machine check
+error, possibly resulting in an unrecoverable CPU lockup, when an
+instruction fetch hits multiple entries in the instruction TLB. This can
+occur when the page size is changed along with either the physical address
+or cache type. A malicious guest running on a virtualized system can
+exploit this erratum to perform a denial of service attack.
+
+
+Affected processors
+-------------------
+
+Variations of this erratum are present on most Intel Core and Xeon processor
+models. The erratum is not present on:
+
+   - non-Intel processors
+
+   - Some Atoms (Airmont, Bonnell, Goldmont, GoldmontPlus, Saltwell, Silvermont)
+
+   - Intel processors that have the PSCHANGE_MC_NO bit set in the
+     IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR.
+
+
+Related CVEs
+------------
+
+The following CVE entry is related to this issue:
+
+   ==============  =================================================
+   CVE-2018-12207  Machine Check Error Avoidance on Page Size Change
+   ==============  =================================================
+
+
+Problem
+-------
+
+Privileged software, including OS and virtual machine managers (VMM), are in
+charge of memory management. A key component in memory management is the control
+of the page tables. Modern processors use virtual memory, a technique that creates
+the illusion of a very large memory for processors. This virtual space is split
+into pages of a given size. Page tables translate virtual addresses to physical
+addresses.
+
+To reduce latency when performing a virtual to physical address translation,
+processors include a structure, called TLB, that caches recent translations.
+There are separate TLBs for instruction (iTLB) and data (dTLB).
+
+Under this errata, instructions are fetched from a linear address translated
+using a 4 KB translation cached in the iTLB. Privileged software modifies the
+paging structure so that the same linear address using large page size (2 MB, 4
+MB, 1 GB) with a different physical address or memory type.  After the page
+structure modification but before the software invalidates any iTLB entries for
+the linear address, a code fetch that happens on the same linear address may
+cause a machine-check error which can result in a system hang or shutdown.
+
+
+Attack scenarios
+----------------
+
+Attacks against the iTLB multihit erratum can be mounted from malicious
+guests in a virtualized system.
+
+
+iTLB multihit system information
+--------------------------------
+
+The Linux kernel provides a sysfs interface to enumerate the current iTLB
+multihit status of the system:whether the system is vulnerable and which
+mitigations are active. The relevant sysfs file is:
+
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit
+
+The possible values in this file are:
+
+.. list-table::
+
+     * - Not affected
+       - The processor is not vulnerable.
+     * - KVM: Mitigation: Split huge pages
+       - Software changes mitigate this issue.
+     * - KVM: Vulnerable
+       - The processor is vulnerable, but no mitigation enabled
+
+
+Enumeration of the erratum
+--------------------------------
+
+A new bit has been allocated in the IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (PSCHANGE_MC_NO) msr
+and will be set on CPU's which are mitigated against this issue.
+
+   =======================================   ===========   ===============================
+   IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR                Not present   Possibly vulnerable,check model
+   IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES[PSCHANGE_MC_NO]    '0'           Likely vulnerable,check model
+   IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES[PSCHANGE_MC_NO]    '1'           Not vulnerable
+   =======================================   ===========   ===============================
+
+
+Mitigation mechanism
+-------------------------
+
+This erratum can be mitigated by restricting the use of large page sizes to
+non-executable pages.  This forces all iTLB entries to be 4K, and removes
+the possibility of multiple hits.
+
+In order to mitigate the vulnerability, KVM initially marks all huge pages
+as non-executable. If the guest attempts to execute in one of those pages,
+the page is broken down into 4K pages, which are then marked executable.
+
+If EPT is disabled or not available on the host, KVM is in control of TLB
+flushes and the problematic situation cannot happen.  However, the shadow
+EPT paging mechanism used by nested virtualization is vulnerable, because
+the nested guest can trigger multiple iTLB hits by modifying its own
+(non-nested) page tables.  For simplicity, KVM will make large pages
+non-executable in all shadow paging modes.
+
+Mitigation control on the kernel command line and KVM - module parameter
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The KVM hypervisor mitigation mechanism for marking huge pages as
+non-executable can be controlled with a module parameter "nx_huge_pages=".
+The kernel command line allows to control the iTLB multihit mitigations at
+boot time with the option "kvm.nx_huge_pages=".
+
+The valid arguments for these options are:
+
+  ==========  ================================================================
+  force       Mitigation is enabled. In this case, the mitigation implements
+              non-executable huge pages in Linux kernel KVM module. All huge
+              pages in the EPT are marked as non-executable.
+              If a guest attempts to execute in one of those pages, the page is
+              broken down into 4K pages, which are then marked executable.
+
+  off	      Mitigation is disabled.
+
+  auto        Enable mitigation only if the platform is affected and the kernel
+              was not booted with the "mitigations=off" command line parameter.
+	      This is the default option.
+  ==========  ================================================================
+
+
+Mitigation selection guide
+--------------------------
+
+1. No virtualization in use
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   The system is protected by the kernel unconditionally and no further
+   action is required.
+
+2. Virtualization with trusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   If the guest comes from a trusted source, you may assume that the guest will
+   not attempt to maliciously exploit these errata and no further action is
+   required.
+
+3. Virtualization with untrusted guests
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   If the guest comes from an untrusted source, the guest host kernel will need
+   to apply iTLB multihit mitigation via the kernel command line or kvm
+   module parameter.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47b1b3afac99
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+.. 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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af6865b822d2
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+.. 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.
+
+  full,nosmt    The same as tsx_async_abort=full, with SMT disabled on
+                vulnerable CPUs that have TSX enabled. This is the complete
+                mitigation. When TSX is disabled, SMT is not disabled because
+                CPU is not vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
+  ============  =============================================================
+
+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=full,nosmt   As above, cross-thread attacks on SMT
+                                          mitigated.
+  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=full,nosmt   Ditto
+  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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
index cfd31d94c872..f8bf14055c2f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/index.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/index.rst
index c53d089455a4..f95c58dbbbc3 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/index.rst
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ Contents:
    gpu/index
    80211/index
 
+This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and their mitigations.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   hw-vuln/index
+
+Architecture-specific documentation
+-----------------------------------
+
+These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
+implementation.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   x86/index
+
 Indices and tables
 ==================
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 37babf91f2cb..40602517ca52 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			use by PCI
 			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
 
+	acpi_mask_gpe=  [HW,ACPI]
+			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
+			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
+                        GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
+                        the GPE dispatcher.
+			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
+			GPE floodings.
+			Format: <int>
+
 	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
 			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
 			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
@@ -326,6 +335,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
 			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
 
+	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
+			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
+			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
+
 	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
 			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
 			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
@@ -1074,12 +1087,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
 			in some Intel CPUs.
 
-	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.
 
@@ -1391,6 +1398,10 @@ 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
@@ -1958,6 +1969,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			kmemcheck=2 (one-shot mode)
 			Default: 2 (one-shot mode)
 
+	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
+			and kernel address spaces.
+			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
+			0: force disabled
+			1: force enabled
+
 	kstack=N	[X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
 			in oops dumps.
 
@@ -1968,6 +1985,25 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			KVM MMU at runtime.
 			Default is 0 (off)
 
+	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
+			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
+			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
+			force	: Always deploy workaround.
+			off	: Never deploy workaround.
+			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
+				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
+
+			Default is 'auto'.
+
+			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
+			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
+
+	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
+			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
+			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
+			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
+			minute.  The default is 60.
+
 	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
 			Default is 1 (enabled)
 
@@ -1996,10 +2032,87 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
 			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
 
+	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
+			CVE-2018-3620.
+
+			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
+
+			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
+			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
+				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
+			never:	Disables the mitigation
+
+			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
+
 	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
 			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
 			Default is 1 (enabled)
 
+	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
+			      affected CPUs
+
+			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
+			enabled and cannot be disabled.
+
+			full
+				Provides all available mitigations for the
+				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
+				enables all mitigations in the
+				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
+
+				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+				sysfs interface is still possible after
+				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
+				when the first VM is started in a
+				potentially insecure configuration,
+				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+			full,force
+				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
+				flush runtime control. Implies the
+				'nosmt=force' command line option.
+				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
+
+			flush
+				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
+				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
+				L1D flush.
+
+				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+				sysfs interface is still possible after
+				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
+				when the first VM is started in a
+				potentially insecure configuration,
+				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+			flush,nosmt
+
+				Disables SMT and enables the default
+				hypervisor mitigation.
+
+				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+				sysfs interface is still possible after
+				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
+				when the first VM is started in a
+				potentially insecure configuration,
+				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+			flush,nowarn
+				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
+				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
+				insecure configuration.
+
+			off
+				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
+				emit any warnings.
+				It also drops the swap size and available
+				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
+				bare metal.
+
+			Default is 'flush'.
+
+			For details see: Documentation/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
+
 	l2cr=		[PPC]
 
 	l3cr=		[PPC]
@@ -2241,6 +2354,38 @@ 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
+			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
+				     SMT 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.
@@ -2363,6 +2508,47 @@ 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]
+					       l1tf=off [X86]
+					       mds=off [X86]
+					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
+					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
+
+				Exceptions:
+					       This does not have any effect on
+					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
+					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
+
+			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)
+
+			auto,nosmt
+				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
+				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
+				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
+				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
+					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
+					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
+
 	mminit_loglevel=
 			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
 			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
@@ -2626,6 +2812,9 @@ 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.
 
@@ -2677,6 +2866,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
 			Equivalent to smt=1.
 
+			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
+			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
+				     via the sysfs control file.
+
+	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
+
 	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.
@@ -2781,11 +2986,11 @@ 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
 
@@ -3309,6 +3514,21 @@ 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.
@@ -3652,6 +3872,13 @@ 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]] \
@@ -3913,11 +4140,172 @@ 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
+
+	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
+			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
+
+			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
+			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
+			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
+			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
+
+			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
+				   for both kernel and userspace
+			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
+				   for both kernel and userspace
+			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
+				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
+				   to allow userspace to register its
+				   interest in being mitigated too.
+
+	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.
 
@@ -3998,10 +4386,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
 
 	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
-			Format: { <int> | force }
+			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
 			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
 			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
 			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
+			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
 
 	switches=	[HW,M68k]
 
@@ -4190,6 +4579,76 @@ 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.
+
+			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
+				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
+				     is not disabled because CPU is not
+				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
+			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:
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/index.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/index.rst
index e347a3e7bdef..7f8f0af620ce 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/index.rst
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/index.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 Linux Media Subsystem Documentation
 ===================================
 
-.. Sphinx 1.4.x has a definition for DUrole that doesn't work on alltt blocks
-.. raw:: latex
-
-	\renewcommand*{\DUrole}[2]{ #2 }
-
 Contents:
 
 .. toctree::
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst
index 015d4db597b5..c80c5fc6e916 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ depends on the delivery system and on the device:
 
    -  This call requires read/write access to the device.
 
-   -  At return, the values are updated to reflect the actual parameters
-      used.
+.. note::
+
+   At return, the values aren't updated to reflect the actual
+   parameters used. If the actual parameters are needed, an explicit
+   call to ``FE_GET_PROPERTY`` is needed.
 
 -  ``FE_GET_PROPERTY:``
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
index 44bb5a7059b3..95a23a28c595 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ Colorspace sRGB (V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB)
 The :ref:`srgb` standard defines the colorspace used by most webcams
 and computer graphics. The default transfer function is
 ``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_SRGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`sycc` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
 The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
 
 
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding as defined by :ref:`sycc`:
 
 Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
 [-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
 
 
 .. _col-adobergb:
@@ -288,10 +294,15 @@ The :ref:`adobergb` standard defines the colorspace used by computer
 graphics that use the AdobeRGB colorspace. This is also known as the
 :ref:`oprgb` standard. The default transfer function is
 ``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_ADOBERGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full
-range. The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference
-are:
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited
+range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`oprgb` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
 
+The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
 
 
 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding:
 
 Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
 [-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
 
 
 .. _col-bt2020:
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 3db8c67d2c8d..49935d5bb5c6 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -122,14 +122,11 @@ 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-4.17)
 	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.
@@ -233,6 +230,14 @@ 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
@@ -408,6 +413,7 @@ 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
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt
index 4650a00ed012..9bc271cdc9a8 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
index a20b2fae942b..56af008e9258 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/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-4.9-gnu/Documentation/printk-formats.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 5962949944fd..d2fbeeb29582 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -279,11 +279,10 @@ struct clk:
 
 	%pC	pll1
 	%pCn	pll1
-	%pCr	1560000000
 
 	For printing struct clk structures. '%pC' and '%pCn' print the name
 	(Common Clock Framework) or address (legacy clock framework) of the
-	structure; '%pCr' prints the current clock rate.
+	structure.
 
 	Passed by reference.
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/siphash.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/siphash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..908d348ff777
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/siphash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+         SipHash - a short input PRF
+-----------------------------------------------
+Written by Jason A. Donenfeld <jason@zx2c4.com>
+
+SipHash is a cryptographically secure PRF -- a keyed hash function -- that
+performs very well for short inputs, hence the name. It was designed by
+cryptographers Daniel J. Bernstein and Jean-Philippe Aumasson. It is intended
+as a replacement for some uses of: `jhash`, `md5_transform`, `sha_transform`,
+and so forth.
+
+SipHash takes a secret key filled with randomly generated numbers and either
+an input buffer or several input integers. It spits out an integer that is
+indistinguishable from random. You may then use that integer as part of secure
+sequence numbers, secure cookies, or mask it off for use in a hash table.
+
+1. Generating a key
+
+Keys should always be generated from a cryptographically secure source of
+random numbers, either using get_random_bytes or get_random_once:
+
+siphash_key_t key;
+get_random_bytes(&key, sizeof(key));
+
+If you're not deriving your key from here, you're doing it wrong.
+
+2. Using the functions
+
+There are two variants of the function, one that takes a list of integers, and
+one that takes a buffer:
+
+u64 siphash(const void *data, size_t len, const siphash_key_t *key);
+
+And:
+
+u64 siphash_1u64(u64, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_2u64(u64, u64, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_3u64(u64, u64, u64, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_4u64(u64, u64, u64, u64, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_1u32(u32, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_2u32(u32, u32, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_3u32(u32, u32, u32, const siphash_key_t *key);
+u64 siphash_4u32(u32, u32, u32, u32, const siphash_key_t *key);
+
+If you pass the generic siphash function something of a constant length, it
+will constant fold at compile-time and automatically choose one of the
+optimized functions.
+
+3. Hashtable key function usage:
+
+struct some_hashtable {
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(hashtable, 8);
+	siphash_key_t key;
+};
+
+void init_hashtable(struct some_hashtable *table)
+{
+	get_random_bytes(&table->key, sizeof(table->key));
+}
+
+static inline hlist_head *some_hashtable_bucket(struct some_hashtable *table, struct interesting_input *input)
+{
+	return &table->hashtable[siphash(input, sizeof(*input), &table->key) & (HASH_SIZE(table->hashtable) - 1)];
+}
+
+You may then iterate like usual over the returned hash bucket.
+
+4. Security
+
+SipHash has a very high security margin, with its 128-bit key. So long as the
+key is kept secret, it is impossible for an attacker to guess the outputs of
+the function, even if being able to observe many outputs, since 2^128 outputs
+is significant.
+
+Linux implements the "2-4" variant of SipHash.
+
+5. Struct-passing Pitfalls
+
+Often times the XuY functions will not be large enough, and instead you'll
+want to pass a pre-filled struct to siphash. When doing this, it's important
+to always ensure the struct has no padding holes. The easiest way to do this
+is to simply arrange the members of the struct in descending order of size,
+and to use offsetendof() instead of sizeof() for getting the size. For
+performance reasons, if possible, it's probably a good thing to align the
+struct to the right boundary. Here's an example:
+
+const struct {
+	struct in6_addr saddr;
+	u32 counter;
+	u16 dport;
+} __aligned(SIPHASH_ALIGNMENT) combined = {
+	.saddr = *(struct in6_addr *)saddr,
+	.counter = counter,
+	.dport = dport
+};
+u64 h = siphash(&combined, offsetofend(typeof(combined), dport), &secret);
+
+6. Resources
+
+Read the SipHash paper if you're interested in learning more:
+https://131002.net/siphash/siphash.pdf
+
+
+~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
+
+HalfSipHash - SipHash's insecure younger cousin
+-----------------------------------------------
+Written by Jason A. Donenfeld <jason@zx2c4.com>
+
+On the off-chance that SipHash is not fast enough for your needs, you might be
+able to justify using HalfSipHash, a terrifying but potentially useful
+possibility. HalfSipHash cuts SipHash's rounds down from "2-4" to "1-3" and,
+even scarier, uses an easily brute-forcable 64-bit key (with a 32-bit output)
+instead of SipHash's 128-bit key. However, this may appeal to some
+high-performance `jhash` users.
+
+Danger!
+
+Do not ever use HalfSipHash except for as a hashtable key function, and only
+then when you can be absolutely certain that the outputs will never be
+transmitted out of the kernel. This is only remotely useful over `jhash` as a
+means of mitigating hashtable flooding denial of service attacks.
+
+1. Generating a key
+
+Keys should always be generated from a cryptographically secure source of
+random numbers, either using get_random_bytes or get_random_once:
+
+hsiphash_key_t key;
+get_random_bytes(&key, sizeof(key));
+
+If you're not deriving your key from here, you're doing it wrong.
+
+2. Using the functions
+
+There are two variants of the function, one that takes a list of integers, and
+one that takes a buffer:
+
+u32 hsiphash(const void *data, size_t len, const hsiphash_key_t *key);
+
+And:
+
+u32 hsiphash_1u32(u32, const hsiphash_key_t *key);
+u32 hsiphash_2u32(u32, u32, const hsiphash_key_t *key);
+u32 hsiphash_3u32(u32, u32, u32, const hsiphash_key_t *key);
+u32 hsiphash_4u32(u32, u32, u32, u32, const hsiphash_key_t *key);
+
+If you pass the generic hsiphash function something of a constant length, it
+will constant fold at compile-time and automatically choose one of the
+optimized functions.
+
+3. Hashtable key function usage:
+
+struct some_hashtable {
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(hashtable, 8);
+	hsiphash_key_t key;
+};
+
+void init_hashtable(struct some_hashtable *table)
+{
+	get_random_bytes(&table->key, sizeof(table->key));
+}
+
+static inline hlist_head *some_hashtable_bucket(struct some_hashtable *table, struct interesting_input *input)
+{
+	return &table->hashtable[hsiphash(input, sizeof(*input), &table->key) & (HASH_SIZE(table->hashtable) - 1)];
+}
+
+You may then iterate like usual over the returned hash bucket.
+
+4. Performance
+
+HalfSipHash is roughly 3 times slower than JenkinsHash. For many replacements,
+this will not be a problem, as the hashtable lookup isn't the bottleneck. And
+in general, this is probably a good sacrifice to make for the security and DoS
+resistance of HalfSipHash.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4dbe6f7cdae
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+===================
+Speculation Control
+===================
+
+Quite some CPUs have speculation-related misfeatures which are in
+fact vulnerabilities causing data leaks in various forms even across
+privilege domains.
+
+The kernel provides mitigation for such vulnerabilities in various
+forms. Some of these mitigations are compile-time configurable and some
+can be supplied on the kernel command line.
+
+There is also a class of mitigations which are very expensive, but they can
+be restricted to a certain set of processes or tasks in controlled
+environments. The mechanism to control these mitigations is via
+:manpage:`prctl(2)`.
+
+There are two prctl options which are related to this:
+
+ * PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL
+
+ * PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL
+
+PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL
+-----------------------
+
+PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL returns the state of the speculation misfeature
+which is selected with arg2 of prctl(2). The return value uses bits 0-3 with
+the following meaning:
+
+==== ===================== ===================================================
+Bit  Define                Description
+==== ===================== ===================================================
+0    PR_SPEC_PRCTL         Mitigation can be controlled per task by
+                           PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL.
+1    PR_SPEC_ENABLE        The speculation feature is enabled, mitigation is
+                           disabled.
+2    PR_SPEC_DISABLE       The speculation feature is disabled, mitigation is
+                           enabled.
+3    PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE Same as PR_SPEC_DISABLE, but cannot be undone. A
+                           subsequent prctl(..., PR_SPEC_ENABLE) will fail.
+==== ===================== ===================================================
+
+If all bits are 0 the CPU is not affected by the speculation misfeature.
+
+If PR_SPEC_PRCTL is set, then the per-task control of the mitigation is
+available. If not set, prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL) for the speculation
+misfeature will fail.
+
+PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL
+-----------------------
+
+PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL allows to control the speculation misfeature, which
+is selected by arg2 of :manpage:`prctl(2)` per task. arg3 is used to hand
+in the control value, i.e. either PR_SPEC_ENABLE or PR_SPEC_DISABLE or
+PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE.
+
+Common error codes
+------------------
+======= =================================================================
+Value   Meaning
+======= =================================================================
+EINVAL  The prctl is not implemented by the architecture or unused
+        prctl(2) arguments are not 0.
+
+ENODEV  arg2 is selecting a not supported speculation misfeature.
+======= =================================================================
+
+PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL error codes
+-----------------------------------
+======= =================================================================
+Value   Meaning
+======= =================================================================
+0       Success
+
+ERANGE  arg3 is incorrect, i.e. it's neither PR_SPEC_ENABLE nor
+        PR_SPEC_DISABLE nor PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE.
+
+ENXIO   Control of the selected speculation misfeature is not possible.
+        See PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL.
+
+EPERM   Speculation was disabled with PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE and caller
+        tried to enable it again.
+======= =================================================================
+
+Speculation misfeature controls
+-------------------------------
+- PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS: Speculative Store Bypass
+
+  Invocations:
+   * prctl(PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, 0, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_ENABLE, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_DISABLE, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE, 0, 0);
+
+- PR_SPEC_INDIR_BRANCH: Indirect Branch Speculation in User Processes
+                        (Mitigate Spectre V2 style attacks against user processes)
+
+  Invocations:
+   * prctl(PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, 0, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_ENABLE, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_DISABLE, 0, 0);
+   * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE, 0, 0);
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/speculation.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/speculation.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9e6cbae2841
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/speculation.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+This document explains potential effects of speculation, and how undesirable
+effects can be mitigated portably using common APIs.
+
+===========
+Speculation
+===========
+
+To improve performance and minimize average latencies, many contemporary CPUs
+employ speculative execution techniques such as branch prediction, performing
+work which may be discarded at a later stage.
+
+Typically speculative execution cannot be observed from architectural state,
+such as the contents of registers. However, in some cases it is possible to
+observe its impact on microarchitectural state, such as the presence or
+absence of data in caches. Such state may form side-channels which can be
+observed to extract secret information.
+
+For example, in the presence of branch prediction, it is possible for bounds
+checks to be ignored by code which is speculatively executed. Consider the
+following code:
+
+	int load_array(int *array, unsigned int index)
+	{
+		if (index >= MAX_ARRAY_ELEMS)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return array[index];
+	}
+
+Which, on arm64, may be compiled to an assembly sequence such as:
+
+	CMP	<index>, #MAX_ARRAY_ELEMS
+	B.LT	less
+	MOV	<returnval>, #0
+	RET
+  less:
+	LDR	<returnval>, [<array>, <index>]
+	RET
+
+It is possible that a CPU mis-predicts the conditional branch, and
+speculatively loads array[index], even if index >= MAX_ARRAY_ELEMS. This
+value will subsequently be discarded, but the speculated load may affect
+microarchitectural state which can be subsequently measured.
+
+More complex sequences involving multiple dependent memory accesses may
+result in sensitive information being leaked. Consider the following
+code, building on the prior example:
+
+	int load_dependent_arrays(int *arr1, int *arr2, int index)
+	{
+		int val1, val2,
+
+		val1 = load_array(arr1, index);
+		val2 = load_array(arr2, val1);
+
+		return val2;
+	}
+
+Under speculation, the first call to load_array() may return the value
+of an out-of-bounds address, while the second call will influence
+microarchitectural state dependent on this value. This may provide an
+arbitrary read primitive.
+
+====================================
+Mitigating speculation side-channels
+====================================
+
+The kernel provides a generic API to ensure that bounds checks are
+respected even under speculation. Architectures which are affected by
+speculation-based side-channels are expected to implement these
+primitives.
+
+The array_index_nospec() helper in <linux/nospec.h> can be used to
+prevent information from being leaked via side-channels.
+
+A call to array_index_nospec(index, size) returns a sanitized index
+value that is bounded to [0, size) even under cpu speculation
+conditions.
+
+This can be used to protect the earlier load_array() example:
+
+	int load_array(int *array, unsigned int index)
+	{
+		if (index >= MAX_ARRAY_ELEMS)
+			return 0;
+		else {
+			index = array_index_nospec(index, MAX_ARRAY_ELEMS);
+			return array[index];
+		}
+	}
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
index 55f275793028..25feb0d35e7a 100755
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ class ListTableBuilder(object):
     def buildTableNode(self):
 
         colwidths    = self.directive.get_column_widths(self.max_cols)
+        if isinstance(colwidths, tuple):
+            # Since docutils 0.13, get_column_widths returns a (widths,
+            # colwidths) tuple, where widths is a string (i.e. 'auto').
+            # See https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/120/.
+            colwidths = colwidths[1]
         stub_columns = self.directive.options.get('stub-columns', 0)
         header_rows  = self.directive.options.get('header-rows', 0)
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 4d82e31b7958..501af5d5feba 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
-     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x-
+     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
 
 The tag has the meaning of:
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 35e17f748ca7..af5859b2d0f9 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
 - overflowgid
 - pipe-user-pages-hard
 - pipe-user-pages-soft
+- protected_fifos
 - protected_hardlinks
+- protected_regular
 - protected_symlinks
 - suid_dumpable
 - super-max
@@ -182,6 +184,24 @@ applied.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+protected_fifos:
+
+The intent of this protection is to avoid unintentional writes to
+an attacker-controlled FIFO, where a program expected to create a regular
+file.
+
+When set to "0", writing to FIFOs is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" don't allow O_CREAT open on FIFOs that we don't own
+in world writable sticky directories, unless they are owned by the
+owner of the directory.
+
+When set to "2" it also applies to group writable sticky directories.
+
+This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall.
+
+==============================================================
+
 protected_hardlinks:
 
 A long-standing class of security issues is the hardlink-based
@@ -202,6 +222,22 @@ This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall and grsecurity.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+protected_regular:
+
+This protection is similar to protected_fifos, but it
+avoids writes to an attacker-controlled regular file, where a program
+expected to create one.
+
+When set to "0", writing to regular files is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" don't allow O_CREAT open on regular files that we
+don't own in world writable sticky directories, unless they are
+owned by the owner of the directory.
+
+When set to "2" it also applies to group writable sticky directories.
+
+==============================================================
+
 protected_symlinks:
 
 A long-standing class of security issues is the symlink-based
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index f0480f7ea740..4d5e3b0cab3f 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ Values :
 	1 - enable JIT hardening for unprivileged users only
 	2 - enable JIT hardening for all users
 
+bpf_jit_limit
+-------------
+
+This enforces a global limit for memory allocations to the BPF JIT
+compiler in order to reject unprivileged JIT requests once it has
+been surpassed. bpf_jit_limit contains the value of the global limit
+in bytes.
+
 dev_weight
 --------------
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
index 0a94ffe17ab6..b13e031beaa6 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
@@ -365,11 +365,15 @@ autosuspend the interface's device.  When the usage counter is = 0
 then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may
 autosuspend the device.
 
-Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage
-counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver
-is unbound from its interface.  As a corollary, drivers must not call
-any of the usb_autopm_* functions after their disconnect() routine has
-returned.
+Drivers must be careful to balance their overall changes to the usage
+counter.  Unbalanced "get"s will remain in effect when a driver is
+unbound from its interface, preventing the device from going into
+runtime suspend should the interface be bound to a driver again.  On
+the other hand, drivers are allowed to achieve this balance by calling
+the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions even after their ``disconnect`` routine
+has returned -- say from within a work-queue routine -- provided they
+retain an active reference to the interface (via ``usb_get_intf`` and
+``usb_put_intf``).
 
 Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own
 synchronization and mutual exclusion.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/usb/rio.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index aee715af7db7..000000000000
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Bruce Tenison
-Portions Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 David Nelson
-Thanks to David Nelson for guidance and the usage of the scanner.txt
-and scanner.c files to model our driver and this informative file.
-
-Mar. 2, 2000
-
-CHANGES
-
-- Initial Revision
-
-
-OVERVIEW
-
-This README will address issues regarding how to configure the kernel
-to access a RIO 500 mp3 player.  
-Before I explain how to use this to access the Rio500 please be warned:
-
-W A R N I N G:
---------------
-
-Please note that this software is still under development.  The authors
-are in no way responsible for any damage that may occur, no matter how
-inconsequential.
-
-It seems that the Rio has a problem when sending .mp3 with low batteries.
-I suggest when the batteries are low and you want to transfer stuff that you
-replace it with a fresh one. In my case, what happened is I lost two 16kb
-blocks (they are no longer usable to store information to it). But I don't
-know if that's normal or not; it could simply be a problem with the flash 
-memory.
-
-In an extreme case, I left my Rio playing overnight and the batteries wore 
-down to nothing and appear to have corrupted the flash memory. My RIO 
-needed to be replaced as a result.  Diamond tech support is aware of the 
-problem.  Do NOT allow your batteries to wear down to nothing before 
-changing them.  It appears RIO 500 firmware does not handle low battery 
-power well at all. 
-
-On systems with OHCI controllers, the kernel OHCI code appears to have 
-power on problems with some chipsets.  If you are having problems 
-connecting to your RIO 500, try turning it on first and then plugging it 
-into the USB cable.  
-
-Contact information:
---------------------
-
-   The main page for the project is hosted at sourceforge.net in the following
-   URL: <http://rio500.sourceforge.net>. You can also go to the project's
-   sourceforge home page at: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/rio500/>.
-   There is also a mailing list: rio500-users@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-Authors:
--------
-
-Most of the code was written by Cesar Miquel <miquel@df.uba.ar>. Keith 
-Clayton <kclayton@jps.net> is incharge of the PPC port and making sure
-things work there. Bruce Tenison <btenison@dibbs.net> is adding support
-for .fon files and also does testing. The program will mostly sure be
-re-written and Pete Ikusz along with the rest will re-design it. I would
-also like to thank Tri Nguyen <tmn_3022000@hotmail.com> who provided use 
-with some important information regarding the communication with the Rio.
-
-ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and Userspace tools
-
-http://rio500.sourceforge.net/
-
-
-REQUIREMENTS
-
-A host with a USB port.  Ideally, either a UHCI (Intel) or OHCI
-(Compaq and others) hardware port should work.
-
-A Linux development kernel (2.3.x) with USB support enabled or a
-backported version to linux-2.2.x.  See http://www.linux-usb.org for
-more information on accomplishing this.
-
-A Linux kernel with RIO 500 support enabled.
-
-'lspci' which is only needed to determine the type of USB hardware
-available in your machine.
-
-CONFIGURATION
-
-Using `lspci -v`, determine the type of USB hardware available.
-
-  If you see something like:
-
-    USB Controller: ......
-    Flags: .....
-    I/O ports at ....
-
-  Then you have a UHCI based controller.
-
-  If you see something like:
-
-     USB Controller: .....
-     Flags: ....
-     Memory at .....
-
-  Then you have a OHCI based controller.
-
-Using `make menuconfig` or your preferred method for configuring the
-kernel, select 'Support for USB', 'OHCI/UHCI' depending on your
-hardware (determined from the steps above), 'USB Diamond Rio500 support', and
-'Preliminary USB device filesystem'.  Compile and install the modules
-(you may need to execute `depmod -a` to update the module
-dependencies).
-
-Add a device for the USB rio500:
-  `mknod /dev/usb/rio500 c 180 64`
-
-Set appropriate permissions for /dev/usb/rio500 (don't forget about
-group and world permissions).  Both read and write permissions are
-required for proper operation.
-
-Load the appropriate modules (if compiled as modules):
-
-  OHCI:
-    modprobe usbcore
-    modprobe usb-ohci
-    modprobe rio500
-
-  UHCI:
-    modprobe usbcore
-    modprobe usb-uhci  (or uhci)
-    modprobe rio500
-
-That's it.  The Rio500 Utils at: http://rio500.sourceforge.net should
-be able to access the rio500.
-
-BUGS
-
-If you encounter any problems feel free to drop me an email.
-
-Bruce Tenison
-btenison@dibbs.net
-
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 6bbceb9a3a19..b8f5bf2a890a 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to three classes
 
  - VM ioctls: These query and set attributes that affect an entire virtual
    machine, for example memory layout.  In addition a VM ioctl is used to
-   create virtual cpus (vcpus).
+   create virtual cpus (vcpus) and devices.
 
    Only run VM ioctls from the same process (address space) that was used
    to create the VM.
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to three classes
    Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the
    vcpu.
 
+ - device ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation
+   of a single device.
+
+   device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that
+   was used to create the VM.
 
 2. File descriptors
 -------------------
@@ -32,10 +37,11 @@ The kvm API is centered around file descriptors.  An initial
 open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle
 can be used to issue system ioctls.  A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this
 handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM
-ioctls.  A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu
-and return a file descriptor pointing to it.  Finally, ioctls on a vcpu
-fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of
-actually running guest code.
+ioctls.  A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will
+create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to
+the new resource.  Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used
+to control the vcpu or device.  For vcpus, this includes the important
+task of actually running guest code.
 
 In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means
 of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket.  These
@@ -122,14 +128,15 @@ KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as
 privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
 
 
-4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST
+4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST
 
-Capability: basic
+Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES for KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST
 Architectures: x86
-Type: system
+Type: system ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_msr_list (in/out)
 Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
 Errors:
+  EFAULT:    the msr index list cannot be read from or written to
   E2BIG:     the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by
              the user.
 
@@ -138,16 +145,23 @@ struct kvm_msr_list {
 	__u32 indices[0];
 };
 
-This ioctl returns the guest msrs that are supported.  The list varies
-by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise.  The
-user fills in the size of the indices array in nmsrs, and in return
-kvm adjusts nmsrs to reflect the actual number of msrs and fills in
-the indices array with their numbers.
+The user fills in the size of the indices array in nmsrs, and in return
+kvm adjusts nmsrs to reflect the actual number of msrs and fills in the
+indices array with their numbers.
+
+KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST returns the guest msrs that are supported.  The list
+varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise.
 
 Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are
 not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number
 of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl.
 
+KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST returns the list of MSRs that can be passed
+to the KVM_GET_MSRS system ioctl.  This lets userspace probe host capabilities
+and processor features that are exposed via MSRs (e.g., VMX capabilities).
+This list also varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change
+otherwise.
+
 
 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
 
@@ -474,14 +488,22 @@ Support for this has been removed.  Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead.
 
 4.18 KVM_GET_MSRS
 
-Capability: basic
+Capability: basic (vcpu), KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES (system)
 Architectures: x86
-Type: vcpu ioctl
+Type: system ioctl, vcpu ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_msrs (in/out)
-Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Returns: number of msrs successfully returned;
+        -1 on error
+
+When used as a system ioctl:
+Reads the values of MSR-based features that are available for the VM.  This
+is similar to KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, but it returns MSR indices and values.
+The list of msr-based features can be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST
+in a system ioctl.
 
+When used as a vcpu ioctl:
 Reads model-specific registers from the vcpu.  Supported msr indices can
-be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST.
+be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST in a system ioctl.
 
 struct kvm_msrs {
 	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in entries */
@@ -2050,6 +2072,7 @@ registers, find a list below:
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSCR           | 32
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_DSCR           | 64
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_TAR            | 64
+  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_XER            | 64
         |                               |
   MIPS  | KVM_REG_MIPS_R0               | 64
           ...
@@ -2117,6 +2140,9 @@ ARM 32-bit VFP control registers have the following id bit patterns:
 ARM 64-bit FP registers have the following id bit patterns:
   0x4030 0000 0012 0 <regno:12>
 
+ARM firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern:
+  0x4030 0000 0014 <regno:16>
+
 
 arm64 registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of
 that is the register group type, or coprocessor number:
@@ -2133,6 +2159,9 @@ arm64 CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value:
 arm64 system registers have the following id bit patterns:
   0x6030 0000 0013 <op0:2> <op1:3> <crn:4> <crm:4> <op2:3>
 
+arm64 firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern:
+  0x6030 0000 0014 <regno:16>
+
 
 MIPS registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits.  The upper 16 of that is
 the register group type:
@@ -2655,7 +2684,8 @@ Possible features:
 	  and execute guest code when KVM_RUN is called.
 	- KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT: Starts the CPU in a 32bit mode.
 	  Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only).
-	- KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 for the CPU.
+	- KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 (or a future revision
+          backward compatible with v0.2) for the CPU.
 	  Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2.
 	- KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3: Emulate PMUv3 for the CPU.
 	  Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3.
@@ -3504,9 +3534,11 @@ EOI was received.
 #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC          1
 #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL          2
 			__u32 type;
+			__u32 pad1;
 			union {
 				struct {
 					__u32 msr;
+					__u32 pad2;
 					__u64 control;
 					__u64 evt_page;
 					__u64 msg_page;
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aafdab887b04
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface)
+specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset
+and power-off to the guest.
+
+The PSCI specification is regularly updated to provide new features,
+and KVM implements these updates if they make sense from a virtualization
+point of view.
+
+This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can
+observe two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if
+a given guest is tied to a particular PSCI revision (unlikely), or if
+a migration causes a different PSCI version to be exposed out of the
+blue to an unsuspecting guest.
+
+In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware
+pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG
+interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set
+to a convenient value if required.
+
+The following register is defined:
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION:
+
+  - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set
+    (and thus has already been initialized)
+  - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the
+    highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2)
+  - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with
+    v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG
+  - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
index e5dd9f4d6100..46ef3680c8ab 100644
--- linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows:
 - kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring
   them together is quite rare.
 
-For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock.  Everything
-else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections.
+Everything else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical
+sections.
 
 2: Exception
 ------------
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update().
 ------------
 
 Name:		kvm_lock
-Type:		spinlock_t
+Type:		mutex
 Arch:		any
 Protects:	- vm_list
 
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/x86/conf.py linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33c5c3142e20
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
+
+project = "X86 architecture specific documentation"
+
+tags.add("subproject")
+
+latex_documents = [
+    ('index', 'x86.tex', project,
+     'The kernel development community', 'manual'),
+]
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/x86/index.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0780d55c5aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+==========================
+x86 architecture specifics
+==========================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   mds
+   tsx_async_abort
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/x86/mds.rst linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/mds.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d4330be200f
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/mds.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) mitigation
+=================================================
+
+.. _mds:
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) is a family of side channel attacks
+on internal buffers in Intel CPUs. The variants are:
+
+ - Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS) (CVE-2018-12126)
+ - Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS) (CVE-2018-12130)
+ - Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling (MLPDS) (CVE-2018-12127)
+ - Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM) (CVE-2019-11091)
+
+MSBDS leaks Store Buffer Entries which can be speculatively forwarded to a
+dependent load (store-to-load forwarding) as an optimization. The forward
+can also happen to a faulting or assisting load operation for a different
+memory address, which can be exploited under certain conditions. Store
+buffers are partitioned between Hyper-Threads so cross thread forwarding is
+not possible. But if a thread enters or exits a sleep state the store
+buffer is repartitioned which can expose data from one thread to the other.
+
+MFBDS leaks Fill Buffer Entries. Fill buffers are used internally to manage
+L1 miss situations and to hold data which is returned or sent in response
+to a memory or I/O operation. Fill buffers can forward data to a load
+operation and also write data to the cache. When the fill buffer is
+deallocated it can retain the stale data of the preceding operations which
+can then be forwarded to a faulting or assisting load operation, which can
+be exploited under certain conditions. Fill buffers are shared between
+Hyper-Threads so cross thread leakage is possible.
+
+MLPDS leaks Load Port Data. Load ports are used to perform load operations
+from memory or I/O. The received data is then forwarded to the register
+file or a subsequent operation. In some implementations the Load Port can
+contain stale data from a previous operation which can be forwarded to
+faulting or assisting loads under certain conditions, which again can be
+exploited eventually. Load ports are shared between Hyper-Threads so cross
+thread leakage is possible.
+
+MDSUM is a special case of MSBDS, MFBDS and MLPDS. An uncacheable load from
+memory that takes a fault or assist can leave data in a microarchitectural
+structure that may later be observed using one of the same methods used by
+MSBDS, MFBDS or MLPDS.
+
+Exposure assumptions
+--------------------
+
+It is assumed that attack code resides in user space or in a guest with one
+exception. The rationale behind this assumption is that the code construct
+needed for exploiting MDS requires:
+
+ - to control the load to trigger a fault or assist
+
+ - to have a disclosure gadget which exposes the speculatively accessed
+   data for consumption through a side channel.
+
+ - to control the pointer through which the disclosure gadget exposes the
+   data
+
+The existence of such a construct in the kernel cannot be excluded with
+100% certainty, but the complexity involved makes it extremly unlikely.
+
+There is one exception, which is untrusted BPF. The functionality of
+untrusted BPF is limited, but it needs to be thoroughly investigated
+whether it can be used to create such a construct.
+
+
+Mitigation strategy
+-------------------
+
+All variants have the same mitigation strategy at least for the single CPU
+thread case (SMT off): Force the CPU to clear the affected buffers.
+
+This is achieved by using the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW
+instruction in combination with a microcode update. The microcode clears
+the affected CPU buffers when the VERW instruction is executed.
+
+For virtualization there are two ways to achieve CPU buffer
+clearing. Either the modified VERW instruction or via the L1D Flush
+command. The latter is issued when L1TF mitigation is enabled so the extra
+VERW can be avoided. If the CPU is not affected by L1TF then VERW needs to
+be issued.
+
+If the VERW instruction with the supplied segment selector argument is
+executed on a CPU without the microcode update there is no side effect
+other than a small number of pointlessly wasted CPU cycles.
+
+This does not protect against cross Hyper-Thread attacks except for MSBDS
+which is only exploitable cross Hyper-thread when one of the Hyper-Threads
+enters a C-state.
+
+The kernel provides a function to invoke the buffer clearing:
+
+    mds_clear_cpu_buffers()
+
+The mitigation is invoked on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state
+(idle) transitions.
+
+As a special quirk to address virtualization scenarios where the host has
+the microcode updated, but the hypervisor does not (yet) expose the
+MD_CLEAR CPUID bit to guests, the kernel issues the VERW instruction in the
+hope that it might actually clear the buffers. The state is reflected
+accordingly.
+
+According to current knowledge additional mitigations inside the kernel
+itself are not required because the necessary gadgets to expose the leaked
+data cannot be controlled in a way which allows exploitation from malicious
+user space or VM guests.
+
+Kernel internal mitigation modes
+--------------------------------
+
+ ======= ============================================================
+ off      Mitigation is disabled. Either the CPU is not affected or
+          mds=off is supplied on the kernel command line
+
+ full     Mitigation is enabled. CPU is affected and MD_CLEAR is
+          advertised in CPUID.
+
+ vmwerv	  Mitigation is enabled. CPU is affected and MD_CLEAR is not
+	  advertised in CPUID. That is mainly for virtualization
+	  scenarios where the host has the updated microcode but the
+	  hypervisor does not expose MD_CLEAR in CPUID. It's a best
+	  effort approach without guarantee.
+ ======= ============================================================
+
+If the CPU is affected and mds=off is not supplied on the kernel command
+line then the kernel selects the appropriate mitigation mode depending on
+the availability of the MD_CLEAR CPUID bit.
+
+Mitigation points
+-----------------
+
+1. Return to user space
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   When transitioning from kernel to user space the CPU buffers are flushed
+   on affected CPUs when the mitigation is not disabled on the kernel
+   command line. The migitation is enabled through the static key
+   mds_user_clear.
+
+   The mitigation is invoked in prepare_exit_to_usermode() which covers
+   all but one of the kernel to user space transitions.  The exception
+   is when we return from a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI), which is
+   handled directly in do_nmi().
+
+   (The reason that NMI is special is that prepare_exit_to_usermode() can
+    enable IRQs.  In NMI context, NMIs are blocked, and we don't want to
+    enable IRQs with NMIs blocked.)
+
+
+2. C-State transition
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+   When a CPU goes idle and enters a C-State the CPU buffers need to be
+   cleared on affected CPUs when SMT is active. This addresses the
+   repartitioning of the store buffer when one of the Hyper-Threads enters
+   a C-State.
+
+   When SMT is inactive, i.e. either the CPU does not support it or all
+   sibling threads are offline CPU buffer clearing is not required.
+
+   The idle clearing is enabled on CPUs which are only affected by MSBDS
+   and not by any other MDS variant. The other MDS variants cannot be
+   protected against cross Hyper-Thread attacks because the Fill Buffer and
+   the Load Ports are shared. So on CPUs affected by other variants, the
+   idle clearing would be a window dressing exercise and is therefore not
+   activated.
+
+   The invocation is controlled by the static key mds_idle_clear which is
+   switched depending on the chosen mitigation mode and the SMT state of
+   the system.
+
+   The buffer clear is only invoked before entering the C-State to prevent
+   that stale data from the idling CPU from spilling to the Hyper-Thread
+   sibling after the store buffer got repartitioned and all entries are
+   available to the non idle sibling.
+
+   When coming out of idle the store buffer is partitioned again so each
+   sibling has half of it available. The back from idle CPU could be then
+   speculatively exposed to contents of the sibling. The buffers are
+   flushed either on exit to user space or on VMENTER so malicious code
+   in user space or the guest cannot speculatively access them.
+
+   The mitigation is hooked into all variants of halt()/mwait(), but does
+   not cover the legacy ACPI IO-Port mechanism because the ACPI idle driver
+   has been superseded by the intel_idle driver around 2010 and is
+   preferred on all affected CPUs which are expected to gain the MD_CLEAR
+   functionality in microcode. Aside of that the IO-Port mechanism is a
+   legacy interface which is only used on older systems which are either
+   not affected or do not receive microcode updates anymore.
diff --git linux-libre-4.9-gnu/Documentation/x86/pti.txt linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/pti.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cd58439ad2d
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-libre-4.9.231-gnu/Documentation/x86/pti.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+Overview
+========
+
+Page Table Isolation (pti, previously known as KAISER[1]) is a
+countermeasure against attacks on the shared user/kernel address
+space such as the "Meltdown" approach[2].
+
+To mitigate this class of attacks, we create an independent set of
+page tables for use only when running userspace applications.  When
+the kernel is entered via syscalls, interrupts or exceptions, the
+page tables are switched to the full "kernel" copy