[SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/4] Xenial: Sync to upstream v4.9 (LP: #1820872)

[Juerg Haefliger]

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820872

== SRU Justification ==

Reduce the delta between Xenial 4.4 and upstream stable 4.9 in the Spectre-related areas.

== Regression Potential ==

Low. These are cosmetic cleanups (non-functional changes) and backports of low-risk commits that have been in upstream stable for quite a while already.

== Fix ==

Backport the relevant commits.

== Test Case ==

TBD.

Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at canonical.com>


Greg Kroah-Hartman (1):
  Revert "module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC"

Juerg Haefliger (3):
  UBUNTU: SAUCE: cpu/hotplug: Fix Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
  UBUNTU: SAUCE: Fix typo in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
  UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: Move hunks and sync to upstream stable 4.9

 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt  | 4 ++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 7 ++++---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c            | 4 +---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c           | 3 +--
 include/linux/vermagic.h             | 8 +-------
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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