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Linus Torvalds 9763dd6f81 We've got eight GFS2 patches for this merge window:
1. Andy Price submitted a patch to make gfs2_write_full_page a
    static function.
 2. Dan Carpenter submitted a patch to fix a ERR_PTR thinko.
 
 I've also got a few patches, three of which fix bugs related to
 deleting very large files, which cause GFS2 to run out of
 journal space:
 
 3. The first one prevents GFS2 delete operation from requesting too
    much journal space.
 4. The second one fixes a problem whereby GFS2 can hang because it
    wasn't taking journal space demand into its calculations.
 5. The third one wakes up IO waiters when a flush is done to restart
    processes stuck waiting for journal space to become available.
 
 The other three patches are a performance improvement related to
 spin_lock contention between multiple writers:
 
 6. The "tr_touched" variable was switched to a flag to be more atomic
    and eliminate the possibility of some races.
 7. Function meta_lo_add was moved inline with its only caller to make
    the code more readable and efficient.
 8. Contention on the gfs2_log_lock spinlock was greatly reduced by
    avoiding the lock altogether in cases where we don't really need
    it: buffers that already appear in the appropriate metadata list
    for the journal. Many thanks to Steve Whitehouse for the ideas and
    principles behind these patches.
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Merge tag 'gfs2-4.11.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2

Pull GFS2 updates from Robert Peterson:
 "We've got eight GFS2 patches for this merge window:

   - Andy Price submitted a patch to make gfs2_write_full_page a static
     function.

   - Dan Carpenter submitted a patch to fix a ERR_PTR thinko.

  Three patches fix bugs related to deleting very large files, which
  cause GFS2 to run out of journal space:

   - The first one prevents GFS2 delete operation from requesting too
     much journal space.

   - The second one fixes a problem whereby GFS2 can hang because it
     wasn't taking journal space demand into its calculations.

   - The third one wakes up IO waiters when a flush is done to restart
     processes stuck waiting for journal space to become available.

  The final three patches are a performance improvement related to
  spin_lock contention between multiple writers:

   - The "tr_touched" variable was switched to a flag to be more atomic
     and eliminate the possibility of some races.

   - Function meta_lo_add was moved inline with its only caller to make
     the code more readable and efficient.

   - Contention on the gfs2_log_lock spinlock was greatly reduced by
     avoiding the lock altogether in cases where we don't really need
     it: buffers that already appear in the appropriate metadata list
     for the journal. Many thanks to Steve Whitehouse for the ideas and
     principles behind these patches"

* tag 'gfs2-4.11.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2:
  gfs2: Make gfs2_write_full_page static
  GFS2: Reduce contention on gfs2_log_lock
  GFS2: Inline function meta_lo_add
  GFS2: Switch tr_touched to flag in transaction
  GFS2: Wake up io waiters whenever a flush is done
  GFS2: Made logd daemon take into account log demand
  GFS2: Limit number of transaction blocks requested for truncates
  GFS2: Fix reference to ERR_PTR in gfs2_glock_iter_next
2017-02-21 07:46:34 -08:00
arch ACPI updates for v4.11-rc1 2017-02-20 17:55:15 -08:00
block cfq-iosched: don't call wbt_disable_default() with IRQs disabled 2017-02-16 08:02:06 -07:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: algif_aead - Fix kernel panic on list_del 2017-02-03 17:45:48 +08:00
Documentation ACPI updates for v4.11-rc1 2017-02-20 17:55:15 -08:00
drivers Generic device properties framework updates for v4.11-rc1 2017-02-20 18:06:09 -08:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs We've got eight GFS2 patches for this merge window: 2017-02-21 07:46:34 -08:00
include For this cycle we add support for the shutdown ioctl, which is 2017-02-20 18:24:39 -08:00
init Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20 13:23:30 -08:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: fix incorrect sem_lock pairing 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
kernel Power management updates for v4.11-rc1 2017-02-20 17:41:31 -08:00
lib For this cycle we add support for the shutdown ioctl, which is 2017-02-20 18:24:39 -08:00
mm mm/slub.c: fix random_seq offset destruction 2017-02-08 15:41:43 -08:00
net Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20 13:23:30 -08:00
samples Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20 12:21:13 -08:00
scripts Merge branch 'pm-tools' 2017-02-20 14:26:34 +01:00
security Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-20 13:23:30 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda - adding a new NV HDMI/DP codec ID in the driver 2017-02-09 08:57:47 +01:00
tools ACPI updates for v4.11-rc1 2017-02-20 17:55:15 -08:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt KVM/ARM updates for 4.10-rc4 2017-01-17 15:04:59 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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MAINTAINERS Various cleanups for the file system encryption feature. 2017-02-20 18:22:31 -08:00
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README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.