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Linus Torvalds e9f8ca0ae7 - Fix DM core's potential for q->make_request_fn NULL pointer in the
unlikely case that a DM device is created without a DM table and
   then accessed due to upper-layer userspace code or user error.
 
 - Fix DM thin-provisioning's metadata_pre_commit_callback to not use
   memory after it is free'd.  Also refactor code to disallow changing
   the thin-pool's data device once in use -- doing so guarantees smae
   lifetime of pool's data device relative to the pool metadata.
 
 - Fix DM space maps used by DM thinp and DM cache to avoid reuse of a
   already used block. This race was identified with extremely heavy
   snapshot use in the context of DM thin provisioning.
 
 - Fix DM raid's table status relative to an active rebuild.
 
 - Fix DM crypt to use GFP_NOIO rather than GFP_NOFS in call to
   skcipher_request_alloc(). Also fix benbi IV constructor crash if
   used in authenticated mode.
 
 - Add DM crypt support for Elephant diffuser to allow for Bitlocker
   compatibility.
 
 - Fix DM verity target to not prefetch hash blocks for data that has
   already been verified.
 
 - Fix DM writecache's incorrect flush sequence during commit when in
   SSD mode.
 
 - Improve DM writecache's sequential write performance on SSDs.
 
 - Add DM zoned target support for zone sizes smaller than 128MiB.
 
 - Add DM multipath 'queue_if_no_path_timeout_secs' module param to
   allow timeout if path isn't reinstated. This allows users a kernel
   safety-net against IO hanging indefinitely, due to no active paths,
   that has historically only been provided by multipathd userspace.
 
 - Various DM code cleanups to use true/false rather than 1/0, a
   variable rename in dm-dust, and fix for a math error in comment for
   DM thin metadata's ondisk format.
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Merge tag 'for-5.6/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer:

 - Fix DM core's potential for q->make_request_fn NULL pointer in the
   unlikely case that a DM device is created without a DM table and then
   accessed due to upper-layer userspace code or user error.

 - Fix DM thin-provisioning's metadata_pre_commit_callback to not use
   memory after it is free'd. Also refactor code to disallow changing
   the thin-pool's data device once in use -- doing so guarantees smae
   lifetime of pool's data device relative to the pool metadata.

 - Fix DM space maps used by DM thinp and DM cache to avoid reuse of a
   already used block. This race was identified with extremely heavy
   snapshot use in the context of DM thin provisioning.

 - Fix DM raid's table status relative to an active rebuild.

 - Fix DM crypt to use GFP_NOIO rather than GFP_NOFS in call to
   skcipher_request_alloc(). Also fix benbi IV constructor crash if used
   in authenticated mode.

 - Add DM crypt support for Elephant diffuser to allow for Bitlocker
   compatibility.

 - Fix DM verity target to not prefetch hash blocks for data that has
   already been verified.

 - Fix DM writecache's incorrect flush sequence during commit when in
   SSD mode.

 - Improve DM writecache's sequential write performance on SSDs.

 - Add DM zoned target support for zone sizes smaller than 128MiB.

 - Add DM multipath 'queue_if_no_path_timeout_secs' module param to
   allow timeout if path isn't reinstated. This allows users a kernel
   safety-net against IO hanging indefinitely, due to no active paths,
   that has historically only been provided by multipathd userspace.

 - Various DM code cleanups to use true/false rather than 1/0, a
   variable rename in dm-dust, and fix for a math error in comment for
   DM thin metadata's ondisk format.

* tag 'for-5.6/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (21 commits)
  dm: fix potential for q->make_request_fn NULL pointer
  dm writecache: improve performance of large linear writes on SSDs
  dm mpath: Add timeout mechanism for queue_if_no_path
  dm thin: change data device's flush_bio to be member of struct pool
  dm thin: don't allow changing data device during thin-pool reload
  dm thin: fix use-after-free in metadata_pre_commit_callback
  dm thin metadata: use pool locking at end of dm_pool_metadata_close
  dm writecache: fix incorrect flush sequence when doing SSD mode commit
  dm crypt: fix benbi IV constructor crash if used in authenticated mode
  dm crypt: Implement Elephant diffuser for Bitlocker compatibility
  dm space map common: fix to ensure new block isn't already in use
  dm verity: don't prefetch hash blocks for already-verified data
  dm crypt: fix GFP flags passed to skcipher_request_alloc()
  dm thin metadata: Fix trivial math error in on-disk format documentation
  dm thin metadata: use true/false for bool variable
  dm snapshot: use true/false for bool variable
  dm bio prison v2: use true/false for bool variable
  dm mpath: use true/false for bool variable
  dm zoned: support zone sizes smaller than 128MiB
  dm raid: table line rebuild status fixes
  ...
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

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.