Kernel 4.11.1 has been released, and the changelog is here:  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.1

This does include the licence ‘revert’ for refcount.c, and so the latest NVIDIA drivers now compile/load OK..

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Building modules, stage 2.
 MODPOST 4 modules
 CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o
 LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko
 CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o
 LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko
 CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o
 LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko
 CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia.mod.o
 LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-381.22/kernel/nvidia.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.11.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.11.1'

Robert Gadsdon.  May14, 2017.