linux/drivers/nvdimm
Linus Torvalds f0c98ebc57 libnvdimm for 4.8
1/ Replace pcommit with ADR / directed-flushing:
    The pcommit instruction, which has not shipped on any product, is
    deprecated. Instead, the requirement is that platforms implement either
    ADR, or provide one or more flush addresses per nvdimm. ADR
    (Asynchronous DRAM Refresh) flushes data in posted write buffers to the
    memory controller on a power-fail event. Flush addresses are defined in
    ACPI 6.x as an NVDIMM Firmware Interface Table (NFIT) sub-structure:
    "Flush Hint Address Structure". A flush hint is an mmio address that
    when written and fenced assures that all previous posted writes
    targeting a given dimm have been flushed to media.
 
 2/ On-demand ARS (address range scrub):
    Linux uses the results of the ACPI ARS commands to track bad blocks
    in pmem devices.  When latent errors are detected we re-scrub the media
    to refresh the bad block list, userspace can also request a re-scrub at
    any time.
 
 3/ Support for the Microsoft DSM (device specific method) command format.
 
 4/ Support for EDK2/OVMF virtual disk device memory ranges.
 
 5/ Various fixes and cleanups across the subsystem.
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:

 - Replace pcommit with ADR / directed-flushing.

   The pcommit instruction, which has not shipped on any product, is
   deprecated.  Instead, the requirement is that platforms implement
   either ADR, or provide one or more flush addresses per nvdimm.

   ADR (Asynchronous DRAM Refresh) flushes data in posted write buffers
   to the memory controller on a power-fail event.

   Flush addresses are defined in ACPI 6.x as an NVDIMM Firmware
   Interface Table (NFIT) sub-structure: "Flush Hint Address Structure".
   A flush hint is an mmio address that when written and fenced assures
   that all previous posted writes targeting a given dimm have been
   flushed to media.

 - On-demand ARS (address range scrub).

   Linux uses the results of the ACPI ARS commands to track bad blocks
   in pmem devices.  When latent errors are detected we re-scrub the
   media to refresh the bad block list, userspace can also request a
   re-scrub at any time.

 - Support for the Microsoft DSM (device specific method) command
   format.

 - Support for EDK2/OVMF virtual disk device memory ranges.

 - Various fixes and cleanups across the subsystem.

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (41 commits)
  libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "__nd_device_register"
  nfit: do an ARS scrub on hitting a latent media error
  nfit: move to nfit/ sub-directory
  nfit, libnvdimm: allow an ARS scrub to be triggered on demand
  libnvdimm: register nvdimm_bus devices with an nd_bus driver
  pmem: clarify a debug print in pmem_clear_poison
  x86/insn: remove pcommit
  Revert "KVM: x86: add pcommit support"
  nfit, tools/testing/nvdimm/: unify shutdown paths
  libnvdimm: move ->module to struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor
  nfit: cleanup acpi_nfit_init calling convention
  nfit: fix _FIT evaluation memory leak + use after free
  tools/testing/nvdimm: add manufacturing_{date|location} dimm properties
  tools/testing/nvdimm: add virtual ramdisk range
  acpi, nfit: treat virtual ramdisk SPA as pmem region
  pmem: kill __pmem address space
  pmem: kill wmb_pmem()
  libnvdimm, pmem: use nvdimm_flush() for namespace I/O writes
  fs/dax: remove wmb_pmem()
  libnvdimm, pmem: flush posted-write queues on shutdown
  ...
2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
..
blk.c libnvdimm for 4.8 2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
btt_devs.c libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "__nd_device_register" 2016-07-24 08:04:55 -07:00
btt.c block: convert to device_add_disk() 2016-06-27 12:26:08 -07:00
btt.h libnvdimm, btt: consolidate arena validation 2015-08-14 13:43:04 -04:00
bus.c libnvdimm for 4.8 2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
claim.c libnvdimm, pmem: use nvdimm_flush() for namespace I/O writes 2016-07-12 15:13:48 -07:00
core.c nfit, libnvdimm: allow an ARS scrub to be triggered on demand 2016-07-23 21:51:42 -07:00
dax_devs.c libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support 2016-05-20 22:02:57 -07:00
dimm_devs.c libnvdimm, nfit: move flush hint mapping to region-device driver-data 2016-07-11 15:09:26 -07:00
dimm.c libnvdimm: pmem label sets and namespace instantiation. 2015-06-24 21:24:10 -04:00
e820.c libnvdimm: move ->module to struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor 2016-07-21 20:03:19 -07:00
Kconfig libnvdimm: introduce devm_nvdimm_memremap(), convert nfit_spa_map() users 2016-07-07 17:11:09 -07:00
label.c libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices 2015-06-25 04:20:04 -04:00
label.h libnvdimm: write blk label set 2015-06-24 21:24:10 -04:00
Makefile libnvdimm, dax: introduce device-dax infrastructure 2016-05-09 15:35:42 -07:00
namespace_devs.c libnvdimm, dax: introduce device-dax infrastructure 2016-05-09 15:35:42 -07:00
nd-core.h libnvdimm: move ->module to struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor 2016-07-21 20:03:19 -07:00
nd.h libnvdimm: cycle flush hints 2016-07-11 16:16:03 -07:00
pfn_devs.c libnvdimm, pfn, dax: fix initialization vs autodetect for mode + alignment 2016-06-23 17:50:39 -07:00
pfn.h libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support 2016-05-20 22:02:57 -07:00
pmem.c libnvdimm for 4.8 2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
pmem.h pmem: kill __pmem address space 2016-07-12 19:25:38 -07:00
region_devs.c libnvdimm: cycle flush hints 2016-07-11 16:16:03 -07:00
region.c libnvdimm: keep region data alive over namespace removal 2016-07-11 16:13:41 -07:00