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==== BASE IDENTICAL ====
==== COMMIT DIFF ====
diff --git a/tmp/tmp.MPbqNxUcgG b/tmp/tmp.EFRLzrjp22
index ea5a0d554dd1..9c5b6e393baf 100644
--- a/tmp/tmp.MPbqNxUcgG
+++ b/tmp/tmp.EFRLzrjp22
@@ -12,9 +12,23 @@ nipa: config: x86: use periodic HZ tick
 nipa: disable 6.17's merge window kunit tests
 nipa: dbg net/sctp_vrf.sh
 nipa: disable random kunit tests
+selftests: net/forwarding: test purge of active DWRR classes
+net/sched: ets: use old 'nbands' while purging unused classes
+netdevsim: Fix wild pointer access in nsim_queue_free().
 net: explicitly check in of_phy_is_fixed_link() for managed = "in-band-status"
-Merge tag 'docs/v6.17-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-docs
+net: rnpgbe: Add register_netdev
+net: rnpgbe: Add basic mbx_fw support
+net: rnpgbe: Add basic mbx ops support
+net: rnpgbe: Add n500/n210 chip support
+net: rnpgbe: Add build support for rnpgbe
+net: libwx: cleanup VF register macros
 virtio_net: adjust the execution order of function `virtnet_close` during freeze
+tun: replace strcpy with strscpy for ifr_name
+selftests: net: Test bridge backup port when port is administratively down
+bridge: Redirect to backup port when port is administratively down
+selftests: forwarding: Add a test for FDB activity notification control
+sfc: replace min/max nesting with clamp()
+ipv6: sr: add validity check for algorithm ID
 net: mctp: Fix bad kfree_skb in bind lookup test
 net: mediatek: wed: Introduce MT7992 WED support to MT7988 SoC
 amd-xgbe: Configure and retrieve 'tx-usecs' for Tx coalescing
@@ -105,243 +119,3 @@ RDS: remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN
 tcp: cdg: remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN
 phy: ti: gmii-sel: Force RGMII TX delay
 bonding: fix multicast MAC address synchronization
-sphinx: parser_yaml.py: fix line numbers information
-docs: parser_yaml.py: fix backward compatibility with old docutils
-docs: parser_yaml.py: add support for line numbers from the parser
-tools: netlink_yml_parser.py: add line numbers to parsed data
-MAINTAINERS: add netlink_yml_parser.py to linux-doc
-docs: netlink: remove obsolete .gitignore from unused directory
-tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: drop support for generating index files
-docs: uapi: netlink: update netlink specs link
-docs: use parser_yaml extension to handle Netlink specs
-docs: sphinx: add a parser for yaml files for Netlink specs
-tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: cleanup coding style
-docs: netlink: index.rst: add a netlink index file
-tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: Split library from command line tool
-docs: netlink: netlink-raw.rst: use :ref: instead of :doc:
-Linux 6.17-rc1
-Merge tag 'turbostat-2025.09.09' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux
-Merge tag 'smp_urgent_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
-Merge tag 'irq_urgent_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
-Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
-Merge tag 'locking_urgent_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
-tools/power turbostat: version 2025.09.09
-tools/power turbostat: Handle non-root legacy-uncore sysfs permissions
-tools/power turbostat: standardize PER_THREAD_PARAMS
-tools/power turbostat: Fix DMR support
-tools/power turbostat: add format "average" for external attributes
-tools/power turbostat: delete GET_PKG()
-tools/power turbostat: probe and display L3 cache topology
-tools/power turbostat: Support more than 64 built-in-counters
-tools/power turbostat.8: Document Totl%C0, Any%C0, GFX%C0, CPUGFX% columns
-Merge tag 'tty-6.16-rc1-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty
-Merge tag 'efi-next-for-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi
-Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf
-Merge tag 'block-6.17-20250808' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux
-Merge tag 'io_uring-6.17-20250808' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux
-Merge tag 'spi-fix-v6.17-merge-window' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi
-Merge tag 'regulator-fix-v6.17-merge-window' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator
-Merge tag 'regmap-fix-v6.17-merge-window' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regmap
-Merge tag 'pci-v6.17-fixes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci
-Merge tag 'mailbox-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jassibrar/mailbox
-Merge tag 'gpio-updates-for-v6.17-rc1-part2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux
-Merge tag 'sound-fix-6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound
-Merge tag 'soc-fixes-6.17-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc
-Merge tag 'xtensa-20250808' of https://github.com/jcmvbkbc/linux-xtensa
-Merge tag 'v6.17-p2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
-Merge tag 'nfs-for-6.17-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs
-Merge tag 'v6.17rc-part2-SMB3-client-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6
-Merge tag 'v6.17rc-part2-ksmbd-server-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/ksmbd
-Merge tag 'tegra-for-6.17-arm64-dt-v3' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tegra/linux into arm/fixes
-tools/power turbostat: Fix bogus SysWatt for forked program
-tools/power turbostat: Handle cap_get_proc() ENOSYS
-tools/power turbostat: Fix build with musl
-tools/power turbostat: verify arguments to params --show and --hide
-io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting
-mailbox/pcc: support mailbox management of the shared buffer
-smb: server: Fix extension string in ksmbd_extract_shortname()
-ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP
-smb: client: only use a single wait_queue to monitor smbdirect connection status
-smb: client: don't call init_waitqueue_head(&info->conn_wait) twice in _smbd_get_connection
-smb: client: improve logging in smbd_conn_upcall()
-smb: client: return an error if rdma_connect does not return within 5 seconds
-PCI: vmd: Fix wrong kfree() in vmd_msi_free()
-Merge branch 'perf-s390-regression-move-uid-filtering-to-bpf-filters'
-perf bpf-filter: Enable events manually
-libbpf: Add the ability to suppress perf event enablement
-lib/sbitmap: make sbitmap_get_shallow() internal
-lib/sbitmap: convert shallow_depth from one word to the whole sbitmap
-nvmet: exit debugfs after discovery subsystem exits
-treewide: rename GPIO set callbacks back to their original names
-gpio: remove legacy GPIO line value setter callbacks
-Merge commit '6e64f4580381e32c06ee146ca807c555b8f73e24' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into gpio/for-next
-ALSA: hda/cirrus: Restrict prompt only for CONFIG_EXPERT
-ALSA: hda/hdmi: Restrict prompt only for CONFIG_EXPERT
-ALSA: hda/realtek: Restrict prompt only for CONFIG_EXPERT
-cpu: Remove obsolete comment from takedown_cpu()
-smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.{send,recv}_io.mem.{cache,pool}
-smb: smbdirect: add smbdirect_socket.{send,recv}_io.mem.{cache,pool}
-smb: client: make use of struct smbdirect_send_io
-smb: smbdirect: introduce struct smbdirect_send_io
-smb: client: make use of SMBDIRECT_RECV_IO_MAX_SGE
-smb: smbdirect: add SMBDIRECT_RECV_IO_MAX_SGE
-smb: client: remove unused enum smbd_connection_status
-smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.reassembly.*
-smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.reassembly.*
-smb: client: make use of smb: smbdirect_socket.recv_io.free.{list,lock}
-smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.free.{list,lock}
-smb: client: make use of struct smbdirect_recv_io
-smb: smbdirect: introduce struct smbdirect_recv_io
-smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket->recv_io.expected
-smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.expected
-smb: client: remove unused smbd_connection->fragment_reassembly_remaining
-smb: client: let recv_done() avoid touching data_transfer after cleanup/move
-smb: client: let recv_done() cleanup before notifying the callers.
-smb: client: make sure we call ib_dma_unmap_single() only if we called ib_dma_map_single already
-smb: client: remove separate empty_packet_queue
-smb: client: let send_done() cleanup before calling smbd_disconnect_rdma_connection()
-cifs: Fix null-ptr-deref by static initializing global lock
-smb: server: let recv_done() avoid touching data_transfer after cleanup/move
-smb: server: let recv_done() consistently call put_recvmsg/smb_direct_disconnect_rdma_connection
-smb: server: make sure we call ib_dma_unmap_single() only if we called ib_dma_map_single already
-smb: server: remove separate empty_recvmsg_queue
-Merge tag 'asoc-fix-v6.17-merge-window' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus
-mailbox: bcm74110: Fix spelling mistake
-mailbox: bcm74110: remove unneeded semicolon
-mailbox: aspeed: add mailbox driver for AST27XX series SoC
-dt-bindings: mailbox: Add ASPEED AST2700 series SoC
-dt-bindings: mailbox: Drop consumers example DTS
-dt-bindings: mailbox: nvidia,tegra186-hsp: Use generic node name
-dt-bindings: mailbox: Correct example indentation
-dt-bindings: mailbox: ti,secure-proxy: Add missing reg maxItems
-dt-bindings: mailbox: amlogic,meson-gxbb-mhu: Add missing interrupts maxItems
-dt-bindings: mailbox: qcom-ipcc: document the Milos Inter-Processor Communication Controller
-mailbox: Add support for bcm74110
-dt-bindings: mailbox: Add support for bcm74110
-mailbox: Use dev_fwnode()
-mailbox: mtk-cmdq: Switch to pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
-cifs: Move the SMB1 transport code out of transport.c
-irqchip/mvebu-gicp: Use resource_size() for ioremap()
-ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix missing error handling in ca0132_alt_select_out()
-ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda-sdw-bpt: fix SND_SOF_SOF_HDA_SDW_BPT dependencies
-irqchip: Build IMX_MU_MSI only on ARM
-genirq/test: Resolve irq lock inversion warnings
-ALSA: hda/tas2781: Support L"SmartAmpCalibrationData" to save calibrated data
-ALSA: intel_hdmi: Fix off-by-one error in __hdmi_lpe_audio_probe()
-NFS/localio: nfs_uuid_put() fix the wake up after unlinking the file
-NFS/localio: nfs_uuid_put() fix races with nfs_open/close_local_fh()
-NFS/localio: nfs_close_local_fh() fix check for file closed
-smb: client: smb: client: eliminate mid_flags field
-smb: client: add mid_counter_lock to protect the mid counter counter
-smb: client: rename server mid_lock to mid_queue_lock
-irqchip/gic-v5: Remove IRQD_RESEND_WHEN_IN_PROGRESS for ITS IRQs
-irqchip/gic-v5: iwb: Fix iounmap probe failure path
-irqchip/mvebu-gicp: Clear pending interrupts on init
-irqchip/msi-lib: Fix fwnode refcount in msi_lib_irq_domain_select()
-irqchip/riscv-imsic: Don't dereference before NULL pointer check
-smb: client: fix creating symlinks under POSIX mounts
-smb: client: default to nonativesocket under POSIX mounts
-x86/irq: Plug vector setup race
-ALSA: hda/realtek: add LG gram 16Z90R-A to alc269 fixup table
-NFSv4: Remove duplicate lookups, capability probes and fsinfo calls
-NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem
-block, bfq: Reorder struct bfq_iocq_bfqq_data
-sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts
-nfs/localio: use read_seqbegin() rather than read_seqbegin_or_lock()
-gpio: mlxbf2: use platform_get_irq_optional()
-Revert "gpio: pxa: Make irq_chip immutable"
-Merge tag 'md-6.17-20250803' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mdraid/linux into block-6.17
-md: make rdev_addable usable for rcu mode
-md/raid1: remove struct pool_info and related code
-md/raid1: change r1conf->r1bio_pool to a pointer type
-bpf: Fix memory leak of bpf_scc_info objects
-ALSA: usb-audio: Don't use printk_ratelimit for debug prints
-futex: Move futex cleanup to __mmdrop()
-smp: Fix spelling in on_each_cpu_cond_mask()'s doc-comment
-Add audio support for acp7.2 platform
-x86/cpu: Add new Intel CPU model numbers for Wildcatlake and Novalake
-spi: cs42l43: Property entry should be a null-terminated array
-ASoC: Intel: sof_sdw: Add quirk for Alienware Area 51 (2025) 0CCC SKU
-ASoC: tas2781: Fix the wrong step for TLV on tas2781
-ASoC: amd: acp: Add SoundWire SOF machine driver support for acp7.2 platform
-ASoC: amd: acp: Add SoundWire legacy machine driver support for acp7.2 platform
-ASoC: amd: ps: Add SoundWire pci and dma driver support for acp7.2 platform
-ASoC: SOF: amd: Add sof audio support for acp7.2 platform
-regmap: irq: Avoid lockdep warnings with nested regmap-irq chips
-regmap: irq: Free the regmap-irq mutex
-crypto: hash - Increase HASH_MAX_DESCSIZE for hmac(sha3-224-s390)
-Revert "tty: vt: use _IO() to define ioctl numbers"
-smb: client: set symlink type as native for POSIX mounts
-block: ensure discard_granularity is zero when discard is not supported
-zloop: fix KASAN use-after-free of tag set
-block: Fix default IO priority if there is no IO context
-Merge tag 'nvme-6.17-2025-07-31' of git://git.infradead.org/nvme into block-6.17
-arm64: tegra: Remove numa-node-id properties
-nvme: fix various comment typos
-nvme-auth: remove unneeded semicolon
-nvme-pci: fix leak on sgl setup error
-nvmet: initialize discovery subsys after debugfs is initialized
-nvme: add capability to connect to an administrative controller
-nvmet: add support for FDP in fabrics passthru path
-md: rename recovery_cp to resync_offset
-md/md-cluster: handle REMOVE message earlier
-md: fix create on open mddev lifetime regression
-ARM: s3c/gpio: complete the conversion to new GPIO value setters
-Merge tag 'arm-soc/for-6.16/devicetree-fixes' of https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux into for-next
-io_uring/net: Allow to do vectorized send
-ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix uninitialized pointer error in probe()
-block: fix potential deadlock while running nr_hw_queue update
-block: fix lockdep warning caused by lock dependency in elv_iosched_store
-block: move elevator queue allocation logic into blk_mq_init_sched
-ASoC: wm8962: Clear master mode when enter runtime suspend
-MAINTAINERS: Add entries for the RZ/V2H(P) RSPI
-regulator: core: correct convergence check in regulator_set_voltage()
-blk-ioc: don't hold queue_lock for ioc_lookup_icq()
-block: Enforce power-of-2 physical block size
-block: avoid possible overflow for chunk_sectors check in blk_stack_limits()
-block: Improve read ahead size for rotational devices
-ASoC: SOF: amd: acp-loader: Use GFP_KERNEL for DMA allocations in resume context
-NFS: Fixup allocation flags for nfsiod's __GFP_NORETRY
-NFSv4.2: another fix for listxattr
-NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry()
-SUNRPC: Silence warnings about parameters not being described
-NFS: Clean up pnfs_put_layout_hdr()/pnfs_destroy_layout_final()
-NFS: Fix wakeup of __nfs_lookup_revalidate() in unblock_revalidate()
-NFS: use a hash table for delegation lookup
-NFS: track active delegations per-server
-NFS: move the delegation_watermark module parameter
-NFS: cleanup nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation
-NFS: cleanup error handling in nfs4_server_common_setup
-pNFS/flexfiles: don't attempt pnfs on fatal DS errors
-NFS: drop __exit from nfs_exit_keyring
-NFS: pass struct nfs_client_initdata to nfs4_set_client
-ARM: dts: broadcom: Fix bcm7445 memory controller compatible
-efi: add API doc entry for ovmf_debug_log
-efistub: Lower default log level
-pNFS: Fix disk addr range check in block/scsi layout
-pNFS: Fix stripe mapping in block/scsi layout
-pNFS: Handle RPC size limit for layoutcommits
-pNFS: Add prepare commit trace to block/scsi layout
-pNFS: Fix extent encoding in block/scsi layout
-pNFS: Fix uninited ptr deref in block/scsi layout
-NFS: Remove unused function nfs_umount
-SUNRPC: Remove unused xdr functions
-nfs: create a kernel keyring
-NFS: support the kernel keyring for TLS
-NFS: Allow folio migration for the case of mode == MIGRATE_SYNC
-nfs: new tracepoint in match_stateid operation
-nfs: new tracepoint in nfs_delegation_need_return
-nfs: add a tracepoint to nfs_inode_detach_delegation_locked
-nfs: add cache_validity to the nfs_inode_event tracepoints
-NFS: remove unused pnfs_ld_data field from struct nfs_server
-NFS: remove unused time_delta field from struct nfs_server
-NFS: remove unused wpages field from struct nfs_server
-pnfs: add pnfs_ds_connect trace point
-nfs: use lock_two_nondirectories()
-NFS: Return the file btime in the statx results when appropriate
-nfs: Add timecreate to nfs inode
-Expand the type of nfs_fattr->valid
-efi: add ovmf debug log driver
-tools/power turbostat: regression fix: --show C1E%
-xtensa: Replace __ASSEMBLY__ with __ASSEMBLER__ in non-uapi headers
-xtensa: Replace __ASSEMBLY__ with __ASSEMBLER__ in uapi headers