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Linus Torvalds c6b1e36c8f Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull core block/IO updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the main pull request for the block layer for 4.13. Not a huge
  round in terms of features, but there's a lot of churn related to some
  core cleanups.

  Note this depends on the UUID tree pull request, that Christoph
  already sent out.

  This pull request contains:

   - A series from Christoph, unifying the error/stats codes in the
     block layer. We now use blk_status_t everywhere, instead of using
     different schemes for different places.

   - Also from Christoph, some cleanups around request allocation and IO
     scheduler interactions in blk-mq.

   - And yet another series from Christoph, cleaning up how we handle
     and do bounce buffering in the block layer.

   - A blk-mq debugfs series from Bart, further improving on the support
     we have for exporting internal information to aid debugging IO
     hangs or stalls.

   - Also from Bart, a series that cleans up the request initialization
     differences across types of devices.

   - A series from Goldwyn Rodrigues, allowing the block layer to return
     failure if we will block and the user asked for non-blocking.

   - Patch from Hannes for supporting setting loop devices block size to
     that of the underlying device.

   - Two series of patches from Javier, fixing various issues with
     lightnvm, particular around pblk.

   - A series from me, adding support for write hints. This comes with
     NVMe support as well, so applications can help guide data placement
     on flash to improve performance, latencies, and write
     amplification.

   - A series from Ming, improving and hardening blk-mq support for
     stopping/starting and quiescing hardware queues.

   - Two pull requests for NVMe updates. Nothing major on the feature
     side, but lots of cleanups and bug fixes. From the usual crew.

   - A series from Neil Brown, greatly improving the bio rescue set
     support. Most notably, this kills the bio rescue work queues, if we
     don't really need them.

   - Lots of other little bug fixes that are all over the place"

* 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (217 commits)
  lightnvm: pblk: set line bitmap check under debug
  lightnvm: pblk: verify that cache read is still valid
  lightnvm: pblk: add initialization check
  lightnvm: pblk: remove target using async. I/Os
  lightnvm: pblk: use vmalloc for GC data buffer
  lightnvm: pblk: use right metadata buffer for recovery
  lightnvm: pblk: schedule if data is not ready
  lightnvm: pblk: remove unused return variable
  lightnvm: pblk: fix double-free on pblk init
  lightnvm: pblk: fix bad le64 assignations
  nvme: Makefile: remove dead build rule
  blk-mq: map all HWQ also in hyperthreaded system
  nvmet-rdma: register ib_client to not deadlock in device removal
  nvme_fc: fix error recovery on link down.
  nvmet_fc: fix crashes on bad opcodes
  nvme_fc: Fix crash when nvme controller connection fails.
  nvme_fc: replace ioabort msleep loop with completion
  nvme_fc: fix double calls to nvme_cleanup_cmd()
  nvme-fabrics: verify that a controller returns the correct NQN
  nvme: simplify nvme_dev_attrs_are_visible
  ...
2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto crypto : asymmetric_keys : verify_pefile:zero memory content before freeing 2017-06-09 13:29:50 +10:00
Documentation Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
include Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
init Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
net net: handle NAPI_GRO_FREE_STOLEN_HEAD case also in napi_frags_finish() 2017-06-29 15:54:13 -04:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v4.12 (2nd) 2017-06-24 16:18:00 -07:00
security UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
sound UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
tools UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
usr initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression) 2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages 2017-06-06 15:28:40 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap power supply and reset changes for the v4.12 series (part 2) 2017-05-12 12:02:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade 2010-09-19 22:54:11 -04:00
MAINTAINERS UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.12 2017-07-02 16:07:02 -07:00
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.