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linux-4.8.9-1 from [testing] causes a kernel oops with nvidia-340.98-2 from [extra], however rebuilding it against linux-4.8.9-1 fixes the problem.

The dmesg excerpt shows some problems including "BUG" and "Oops" which I have never seen on this machine before:
[ 5.763348] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff880000000042
[ 5.763348] IP: [<ffffffffc0e04355>] rm_shutdown_gvi_device+0x1a5/0x2d0 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] PGD 0
[ 5.763348] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 5.763348] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_realtek(+) snd_hda_codec_generic arc4 nvidia(PO) ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw led_class ath mac80211 cfg80211 ppdev evdev rfkill mac_hid ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 xt_hl nv_tco snd_hda_intel ip6t_rt snd_hda_codec psmouse snd_hda_core nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 shpchp snd_hwdep snd_pcm drm ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 forcedeth xt_comment snd_timer snd soundcore i2c_nforce2 xt_limit xt_tcpudp xt_addrtype parport_pc fjes parport wmi acpi_cpufreq button tpm_tis tpm_tis_core tpm nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_filter sch_fq_codel lm90 coretemp ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc16 jbd2 fscrypto mbcache sd_mod serio_raw atkbd
[ 5.763348] libps2 ohci_pci ahci libahci ohci_hcd libata ehci_pci ehci_hcd scsi_mod usbcore usb_common i8042 serio
[ 5.763348] CPU: 2 PID: 390 Comm: Xorg Tainted: P O 4.8.9-1-ARCH #1
[ 5.763348] Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M./To be filled by O.E.M., BIOS 080015 08/13/2009
[ 5.763348] task: ffff8e851bae8d00 task.stack: ffff8e85170fc000
[ 5.763348] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc0e04355>] [<ffffffffc0e04355>] rm_shutdown_gvi_device+0x1a5/0x2d0 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] RSP: 0018:ffff8e85170ffa70 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 5.763348] RAX: ffff880000000042 RBX: ffff8e850e552fd0 RCX: 0000000000000003
[ 5.763348] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000042
[ 5.763348] RBP: ffff8e850e552f58 R08: 0000000000000043 R09: 0000000000000042
[ 5.763348] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000001ba58 R12: 0000000000004f03
[ 5.763348] R13: ffff8e850e552fd4 R14: ffff8e850e552fd4 R15: ffff8e850e552fd8
[ 5.763348] FS: 00007fdea07a5940(0000) GS:ffff8e851fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 5.763348] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 5.763348] CR2: ffff880000000042 CR3: 000000005705d000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[ 5.763348] Stack:
[ 5.763348] ffff8e85170ffa80 ffffffffc0e043f0 ffff8e85170ffac0 ffffffffc0e0475d
[ 5.763348] ffff8e850e638008 0000000000004f03 ffff8e850e552fd4 0000000000000000
[ 5.763348] ffff8e850e552fdc ffffffffc0df36cc ffff8e85158df000 ffff8e850e638008
[ 5.763348] Call Trace:
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0e043f0>] ? rm_shutdown_gvi_device+0x240/0x2d0 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0e0475d>] ? _nv013096rm+0x6d/0x7f0 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0df36cc>] ? _nv013389rm+0x7c/0x160 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0e01bc9>] ? _nv000780rm+0x459/0x650 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0df98ba>] ? rm_init_adapter+0x6a/0x100 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa50dbc00>] ? request_threaded_irq+0xd0/0x1a0
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0e09a0b>] ? nvidia_open+0x1fb/0x900 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffc0e14849>] ? nvidia_frontend_open+0x49/0x90 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa520e560>] ? chrdev_open+0xb0/0x1e0
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5206e35>] ? do_dentry_open+0x205/0x2e0
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa520e4b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5207eec>] ? vfs_open+0x4c/0x70
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5215b6b>] ? may_open+0x9b/0x100
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5217ee2>] ? path_openat+0x282/0x1170
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa522abf2>] ? legitimize_mnt+0x12/0x60
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5230648>] ? simple_xattr_get+0x68/0xb0
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa52b3f78>] ? security_capable+0x48/0x60
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5226912>] ? setattr_copy+0x82/0x100
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5219fa1>] ? do_filp_open+0x91/0x100
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5227ec9>] ? __alloc_fd+0xc9/0x180
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5208317>] ? do_sys_open+0x147/0x210
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa5207d5d>] ? SyS_fchownat+0xdd/0x110
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa52083fe>] ? SyS_open+0x1e/0x20
[ 5.763348] [<ffffffffa55f7f32>] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1a/0xa4
[ 5.763348] Code: 92 ff ff ff 31 d2 48 85 c0 74 03 0f b6 10 89 d0 48 83 c4 08 c3 90 48 83 ec 08 be 02 00 00 00 e8 72 ff ff ff 31 d2 48 85 c0 74 03 <0f> b7 10 89 d0 48 83 c4 08 c3 90 48 83 ec 08 be 04 00 00 00 e8
[ 5.763348] RIP [<ffffffffc0e04355>] rm_shutdown_gvi_device+0x1a5/0x2d0 [nvidia]
[ 5.763348] RSP <ffff8e85170ffa70>
[ 5.763348] CR2: ffff880000000042
[ 5.763348] ---[ end trace 36d5b256313b7353 ]---