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Linus Torvalds 1a5fb64fee We've got ten GFS2 patches for this merge window.
1. Andreas Gruenbacher wrote a patch to replace the deprecated
    call to rhashtable_walk_init with rhashtable_walk_enter.
 2. Andreas also wrote a patch to eliminate redundant code in
    two of our debugfs sequence files.
 3. Andreas also cleaned up the rhashtable key ugliness Linus
    pointed out during this cycle, following Linus's suggestions.
 4. Andreas also wrote a patch to take advantage of his new
    function rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast. This makes glock
    lookup faster and more bullet-proof.
 5. Andreas also wrote a patch to revert a patch in the evict
    path that caused occasional deadlocks, and is no longer
    needed.
 6. Andrew Price wrote a patch to re-enable fallocate for the
    rindex system file to enable gfs2_grow to grow properly on
    secondary file system grow operations.
 7. I wrote a patch to initialize an inode number field to make
    certain kernel trace points more understandable.
 8. I also wrote a patch that makes GFS2 file system "withdraw"
    work more like it should by ignoring operations after a
    withdraw that would formerly cause a BUG() and kernel panic.
 9. I also reworked the entire truncate/delete algorithm,
    scrapping the old recursive algorithm in favor of a new
    non-recursive algorithm. This was done for performance:
    This way, GFS2 no longer needs to lock multiple resource
    groups while doing truncates and deletes of files that cross
    multiple resource group boundaries, allowing for better
    parallelism. It also solves a problem whereby deleting large
    files would request a large chunk of kernel memory, which
    resulted in a get_page_from_freelist warning.
 10. Due to a regression found during testing, I added a new
     patch to correct "GFS2: Prevent BUG from occurring when
     normal Withdraws occur".
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Merge tag 'gfs2-4.12.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2

Pull GFS2 updates from Bob Peterson:
 "We've got ten GFS2 patches for this merge window.

   - Andreas Gruenbacher wrote a patch to replace the deprecated call to
     rhashtable_walk_init with rhashtable_walk_enter.

   - Andreas also wrote a patch to eliminate redundant code in two of
     our debugfs sequence files.

   - Andreas also cleaned up the rhashtable key ugliness Linus pointed
     out during this cycle, following Linus's suggestions.

   - Andreas also wrote a patch to take advantage of his new function
     rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast. This makes glock lookup faster
     and more bullet-proof.

   - Andreas also wrote a patch to revert a patch in the evict path that
     caused occasional deadlocks, and is no longer needed.

   - Andrew Price wrote a patch to re-enable fallocate for the rindex
     system file to enable gfs2_grow to grow properly on secondary file
     system grow operations.

   - I wrote a patch to initialize an inode number field to make certain
     kernel trace points more understandable.

   - I also wrote a patch that makes GFS2 file system "withdraw" work
     more like it should by ignoring operations after a withdraw that
     would formerly cause a BUG() and kernel panic.

   - I also reworked the entire truncate/delete algorithm, scrapping the
     old recursive algorithm in favor of a new non-recursive algorithm.
     This was done for performance: This way, GFS2 no longer needs to
     lock multiple resource groups while doing truncates and deletes of
     files that cross multiple resource group boundaries, allowing for
     better parallelism. It also solves a problem whereby deleting large
     files would request a large chunk of kernel memory, which resulted
     in a get_page_from_freelist warning.

   - Due to a regression found during testing, I added a new patch to
     correct 'GFS2: Prevent BUG from occurring when normal Withdraws
     occur'."

* tag 'gfs2-4.12.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2:
  GFS2: Allow glocks to be unlocked after withdraw
  GFS2: Non-recursive delete
  gfs2: Re-enable fallocate for the rindex
  Revert "GFS2: Wait for iopen glock dequeues"
  gfs2: Switch to rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast
  GFS2: Temporarily zero i_no_addr when creating a dinode
  gfs2: Don't pack struct lm_lockname
  gfs2: Deduplicate gfs2_{glocks,glstats}_open
  gfs2: Replace rhashtable_walk_init with rhashtable_walk_enter
  GFS2: Prevent BUG from occurring when normal Withdraws occur
2017-05-05 13:40:20 -07:00
arch arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md 2017-05-03 10:05:38 -07:00
certs KEYS: Use structure to capture key restriction function and data 2017-04-04 14:10:10 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
Documentation arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
drivers arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs We've got ten GFS2 patches for this merge window. 2017-05-05 13:40:20 -07:00
include arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
init Fix for initramfs for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-05 13:30:11 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2017-05-05 11:08:43 -07:00
kernel powerpc updates for 4.12 part 1. 2017-05-05 11:36:44 -07:00
lib USB patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 18:03:51 -07:00
mm arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
net Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2017-05-05 11:08:43 -07:00
samples char/misc patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 19:15:35 -07:00
scripts char/misc patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 19:15:35 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
sound sound updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-03 11:58:59 -07:00
tools powerpc updates for 4.12 part 1. 2017-05-05 11:36:44 -07:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS arm64 updates for 4.12: 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -07:00
Makefile A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -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.