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Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

Pull ext4 updates from Ted Ts'o:

 - add GETFSMAP support

 - some performance improvements for very large file systems and for
   random write workloads into a preallocated file

 - bug fixes and cleanups.

* tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  jbd2: cleanup write flags handling from jbd2_write_superblock()
  ext4: mark superblock writes synchronous for nobarrier mounts
  ext4: inherit encryption xattr before other xattrs
  ext4: replace BUG_ON with WARN_ONCE in ext4_end_bio()
  ext4: avoid unnecessary transaction stalls during writeback
  ext4: preload block group descriptors
  ext4: make ext4_shutdown() static
  ext4: support GETFSMAP ioctls
  vfs: add common GETFSMAP ioctl definitions
  ext4: evict inline data when writing to memory map
  ext4: remove ext4_xattr_check_entry()
  ext4: rename ext4_xattr_check_names() to ext4_xattr_check_entries()
  ext4: merge ext4_xattr_list() into ext4_listxattr()
  ext4: constify static data that is never modified
  ext4: trim return value and 'dir' argument from ext4_insert_dentry()
  jbd2: fix dbench4 performance regression for 'nobarrier' mounts
  jbd2: Fix lockdep splat with generic/270 test
  mm: retry writepages() on ENOMEM when doing an data integrity writeback
2017-05-08 11:30:05 -07:00
arch DeviceTree for 4.12: 2017-05-05 19:33:07 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-06 11:25:08 -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 docs: complete bumping minimal GNU Make version to 3.81 2017-05-06 18:49:09 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-06 11:25:08 -07:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs Add GETFSMAP support; some performance improvements for very large 2017-05-08 11:30:05 -07:00
include Add GETFSMAP support; some performance improvements for very large 2017-05-08 11:30:05 -07:00
init initramfs: avoid "label at end of compound statement" error 2017-05-06 10:27:13 -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 refcount: change EXPORT_SYMBOL markings 2017-05-06 11:01:34 -07:00
mm Add GETFSMAP support; some performance improvements for very large 2017-05-08 11:30:05 -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 DeviceTree for 4.12: 2017-05-05 19:33:07 -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 libnvdimm for 4.12 2017-05-05 18:49:20 -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
.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 Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap Staging/IIO patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-05 18:16:23 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS Staging/IIO patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-05 18:16:23 -07:00
Makefile A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
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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.