Simple Kernel Changelog
- Upstream Linux Stable 4.14.256
- Merge Tag CAF Merge tag 'LA.UM.9.11.r1-04900-NICOBAR.QSSI12.0' (QCACLD, FW-Api, Wi-FI Host)
- Fix video camera problem
- cpuidle: lpm_levels: add soft watchdog for s2idle
- Throw all printk info into debug massively
- Fix out of memory issue
- Relax CPU latency requirements to save power
- Remove old power event POPP
- Use boot clock for recording start time
- Set data processing limit to 1100
- profiling: Implement a simple task exit notifier when disabled
- adreno: hardcode for a610
- Force applications to use TCP_NODELAY to improve network latency
- arm64/module: Optimize module load time by optimizing PLT counting
- drivers: platform: msm: sps: Silent SPS_ERR logging messages
- drivers: pci: host: pci-msm: Silemt IPA context message
- sched: core: fix kmalloc error during spinlock
- sched/boost: Inhibit boosting functionality
- sched/tune: Bump top-app stune boost
- subsystem_restart: Always performs soft resets when
- fs: Improve eventpoll logging to stop indicting timerfd
- Fix memory leak for anonymous buffers
- ipc/mqueue: optimize msg_get()
- Enable westwood TCP algorithm by default
Backport And Upstream..
- BACKPORT: FROMGIT: virt_wifi: Return micros for BSS TSF values
- BACKPORT: binder: remove redundant assignment to pointer n
- BACKPORT: clk: composite: Export clk_hw_register_composite()
- BACKPORT: arm64: perf: Support new DT compatibles
- UPSTREAM: update to latest version of scripts/checkpatch.pl
- UPSTREAM: drm/virtio: Rewrite virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer using fenced version
- BACKPORT: drm/virtio: Use vmalloc for command buffer allocations.
- UPSTREAM: security: selinux: allow per-file labeling for bpffs
Etc..
- ANDROID: Add FORTIFY_SOURCE to the list of clang-specific options
- ANDROID: Incremental fs: Fix dentry get/put imbalance on vfs_mkdir() …
- ANDROID: Incremental fs: Fix memory leak on closing file
- FROMLIST: scripts: merge_config: add strict mode to fail upon any redefinition
- FROMLIST: arm64: kernel: implement fast refcount checking
- PM: runtime: Add pm_runtime_resume_and_get to deal with usage counter