Linus Torvalds a3fe778c78 Frontswap provides a "transcendent memory" interface for swap pages. ... In some environments, dramatic performance savings may be obtained because swapped pages are saved in RAM (or a RAM-like device) instead of a swap disk. This tag provides the basic infrastructure along with some changes to the existing backends. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJPsorBAAoJEFjIrFwIi8fJcz8H/RBXCtFo0kiJmRked3nMAIDO /2zN/q/Qawsg9aeoGlP7G8hQi9PMipbhQj3ixHyCTMv0zMbH988GXbBce+gIcg6e TOQi7xXAuPEwLizmSpiTv84XzN5bMgu1oJXEqIXw0EIpuZAmp+9m/o3WBwEAtyxi B+hvjE7eZM8f75K3lxs6sOtmIcERj9zqmT933Y8+i9iiuRyGMey2SyKtvVLbYZ+j HroFMUi0so5TzxT/cpkRiHu0U75c651o+LV00zh7InMqbwyRsWlKTf53k8Q/q2WP I7dVmfItwN/TpOrYTfxglYFlbYuUP35ziFvZ2trd6hcs9RK8OuKw+OmBLReHTtc= =x9Vp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'stable/frontswap.v16-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm Pull frontswap feature from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk: "Frontswap provides a "transcendent memory" interface for swap pages. In some environments, dramatic performance savings may be obtained because swapped pages are saved in RAM (or a RAM-like device) instead of a swap disk. This tag provides the basic infrastructure along with some changes to the existing backends." Fix up trivial conflict in mm/Makefile due to removal of swap token code changing a line next to the new frontswap entry. This pull request came in before the merge window even opened, it got delayed to after the merge window by me just wanting to make sure it had actual users. Apparently IBM is using this on their embedded side, and Jan Beulich says that it's already made available for SLES and OpenSUSE users. Also acked by Rik van Riel, and Konrad points to other people liking it too. So in it goes. By Dan Magenheimer (4) and Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk (2) via Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk * tag 'stable/frontswap.v16-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm: frontswap: s/put_page/store/g s/get_page/load MAINTAINER: Add myself for the frontswap API mm: frontswap: config and doc files mm: frontswap: core frontswap functionality mm: frontswap: core swap subsystem hooks and headers mm: frontswap: add frontswap header file		2012-06-04 12:28:45 -07:00
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ABI	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
accounting	Documentation: update cgroupfs mount point	2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
acpi	Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txt	2012-03-30 03:30:19 -04:00
aoe	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
arm	fbdev updates for 3.5	2012-06-01 16:57:51 -07:00
auxdisplay
backlight	backlight: new backlight driver for LP855x devices	2012-03-23 16:58:33 -07:00
blackfin	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
block	Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
blockdev	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
cdrom	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups	memcg: move charges to root cgroup if use_hierarchy=0	2012-05-29 16:22:27 -07:00
connector	Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate	2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
console	doc: fix console doc typo	2010-02-24 13:51:32 +01:00
cpu-freq	Doc: cpufreq: Fix typo and outdated line	2011-11-08 10:23:29 +01:00
cpuidle	cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.	2012-03-30 01:52:58 -04:00
cris	CRIS: Update documentation	2012-04-03 13:09:18 +02:00
crypto
development-process	Documentation: Update stable address	2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
device-mapper	dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata	2012-06-03 00:30:01 +01:00
devicetree	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
DocBook	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
driver-model	Pin control subsystem changes for kernel 3.5:	2012-05-21 16:58:23 -07:00
dvb	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-05-24 10:21:51 -07:00
early-userspace
EDID	drm: allow loading an EDID as firmware to override broken monitor	2012-03-20 10:09:28 +00:00
extcon	Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.	2012-04-20 09:24:27 -07:00
fault-injection	fault-injection: update documentation with the mmc module param	2011-10-26 16:32:13 -04:00
fb	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
filesystems	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2012-06-01 10:34:35 -07:00
firmware_class	firmware: Update hotplug script	2010-08-05 13:53:34 -07:00
frv	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid	HID: Move hiddev.txt to the new Documentation/hid directory	2011-03-22 11:43:51 +01:00
hwmon	hwmon updates for 3.5-rc1	2012-05-23 14:15:09 -07:00
i2c	i2c: Split I2C_M_NOSTART support out of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING	2012-05-30 10:55:34 +02:00
i2o	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
ia64	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
ide	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
infiniband	Documentation: update broken web addresses.	2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
input	Documentation: input.txt: clarify mousedev 'cat' command syntax	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ioctl	mei: update Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt	2012-05-09 14:00:31 -07:00
isdn	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ja_JP	Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6	2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild	Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild	2012-05-28 10:37:56 -07:00
kdump	[S390] Add s390x description to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt	2011-12-27 11:27:13 +01:00
ko_KR	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
laptops	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
leds	leds: add new transient trigger for one shot timer activation	2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
m68k	Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= values	2011-08-03 14:25:21 -10:00
make	kbuild: introduce HDR_ARCH_LIST for headers_install_all	2010-12-14 22:16:19 +01:00
memory-devices	memory: emif: add basic infrastructure for EMIF driver	2012-05-02 00:10:49 -07:00
mips	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
misc-devices	mei: Documentation: add generated example binary into .gitignore file	2012-05-14 15:43:44 -07:00
mmc	mmc: core: Fixup delayed work clock gating patch	2012-01-11 23:58:43 -05:00
mn10300
mtd	Documentation: update broken web addresses.	2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
namespaces
netlabel	Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate	2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
networking	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
nfc	NFC: Update Documentation/nfc-hci.txt	2012-05-15 17:28:01 -04:00
parisc	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
PCI	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
pcmcia	pcmcia: use autoconfiguration feature for ioports and iomem	2010-09-29 17:20:24 +02:00
power	A bunch of fixes for v3.5, nothing extraordinary.	2012-05-31 12:10:15 -07:00
powerpc	Revert "powerpc/hw-breakpoint: Use generic hw-breakpoint interfaces for new PPC ptrace flags"	2012-05-22 14:37:24 +10:00
pps	pps: add parallel port PPS signal generator	2011-01-13 08:03:21 -08:00
prctl	Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter	2012-04-14 11:13:22 +10:00
pti	Kernel documentation for the PTI feature.	2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00
ptp	ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks.	2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
rapidio	RapidIO: documentation update	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
RCU	rcu: Introduce rcutorture testing for rcu_barrier()	2012-04-30 10:48:18 -07:00
s390	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
scheduler	sched: Remove stale power aware scheduling remnants and dysfunctional knobs	2012-05-17 13:48:56 +02:00
scsi	Merge branch 'delete-mca' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux	2012-05-23 17:12:06 -07:00
security	Smack: allow for significantly longer Smack labels v4	2012-05-14 22:48:38 -07:00
serial	serial: delete the MCA specific 8250 support.	2012-05-17 19:02:14 -04:00
sh	sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex().	2010-11-15 18:25:12 +09:00
sound	Sound updates for 3.5-rc1	2012-05-23 13:05:43 -07:00
spi	spi: create a message queueing infrastructure	2012-03-07 19:19:48 -07:00
sysctl	mqueue: separate mqueue default value from maximum value	2012-05-31 17:49:31 -07:00
target	Documentation: Fix typo in tcm_mod_builder.py	2012-02-10 09:52:18 +01:00
telephony	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
thermal	thermal: Rename generate_netlink_event	2012-01-23 03:15:25 -05:00
timers	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
trace	tracing: Fix kconfig warning due to a typo	2012-05-08 14:17:25 +02:00
usb	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
vDSO	Document the vDSO and add a reference parser	2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00
video4linux	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-05-24 10:21:51 -07:00
virtual	Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm	2012-05-24 16:17:30 -07:00
vm	Frontswap provides a "transcendent memory" interface for swap pages.	2012-06-04 12:28:45 -07:00
w1	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
watchdog	Watchdog: DA9052/53 PMIC watchdog support	2012-05-30 07:56:12 +02:00
wimax
x86	x86, efi: Add EFI boot stub documentation	2012-06-01 09:11:41 -07:00
zh_CN	Fix a mistake sentence in the file 'Documentation/zh_CN/magic-number.txt'	2012-05-07 17:20:27 -07:00
.gitignore	add random binaries to .gitignore	2010-04-08 11:34:34 +02:00
00-INDEX	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt	doc: Add load/store guarantees to Documentation/atomic-ops.txt	2011-12-11 10:31:58 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt	Documentation: update broken web addresses.	2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt	mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t	2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
Changes	Documentation/Changes: remove some really obsolete text	2011-07-11 16:48:38 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt	Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities	2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
clk.txt	Documentation: common clk API	2012-03-16 20:35:01 +00:00
coccinelle.txt	coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option	2012-01-14 22:25:56 +01:00
CodingStyle	CodingStyle: add kmalloc_array() to memory allocators	2012-05-31 17:49:26 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	documentation: remove references to cpu_*_map.	2012-03-29 15:38:31 +10:30
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt	topology/sysfs: Provide book id and siblings attributes	2010-09-09 20:41:25 +02:00
crc32.txt	crc32: move long comment about crc32 fundamentals to Documentation/	2012-03-23 16:58:37 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
devices.txt	Merge branch 'delete-mca' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux	2012-05-23 17:12:06 -07:00
digsig.txt	crypto: digital signature verification support	2011-11-09 12:10:37 +02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix misleading example	2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
DMA-API.txt	include/linux/dma-mapping.h: add dma_zalloc_coherent()	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
DMA-attributes.txt	common: DMA-mapping: add NON-CONSISTENT attribute	2012-03-28 16:36:44 +02:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: add initial vmap documentation	2012-05-25 12:51:11 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
dontdiff	Documentation: remove 'mach' from dontdiff file	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	dynamic_debug: update Documentation/*, Kconfig.debug	2012-04-30 16:26:30 -04:00
edac.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
eisa.txt	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
email-clients.txt	Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net	2012-05-31 10:32:36 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt	flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end	2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt	gpio: add flags to export GPIOs when requesting	2012-04-05 21:24:06 -07:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO	docs: update HOWTO for 2.6.x -> 3.x versioning	2012-04-19 19:13:08 -07:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt	hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call	2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt	init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure	2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
initrd.txt	Documentation/initrd.txt: Change the location of util-linux	2012-05-25 16:18:34 +02:00
intel_txt.txt	Documentation: update broken web addresses.	2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt	Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc.	2011-03-23 20:44:18 +01:00
IPMI.txt	IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_info	2010-12-14 00:22:00 -05:00
IRQ-affinity.txt	bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq	2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00
IRQ-domain.txt	irq_domain: add documentation and MAINTAINERS entry.	2012-02-14 14:06:47 -07:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	docbook: warn on unused doc entries	2010-09-11 16:49:21 -07:00
kernel-docs.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt	Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2012-06-04 11:25:31 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt	kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation	2011-12-02 16:12:42 +00:00
kobject.txt	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
kprobes.txt	tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos	2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00
kref.txt	kref: Fix typo in kref documentation	2011-03-07 13:20:05 -08:00
ldm.txt	Documentation: update broken web addresses.	2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt	lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection	2011-12-11 10:31:23 -08:00
lockstat.txt	Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks	2011-05-28 17:03:29 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt	watchdog: Update documentation	2012-02-11 15:11:28 +01:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt	drivers/net: fix up stale paths from driver reorg	2012-01-30 12:54:40 -05:00
Makefile	mei: move doc files Documentation/misc-devices/mei	2012-05-09 13:59:09 -07:00
ManagementStyle
md.txt	md: create externally visible flags for supporting hot-replace.	2011-12-23 10:17:51 +11:00
media-framework.txt	[media] media: Add link_validate() op to check links to the sink pad	2012-05-14 08:44:11 -03:00
memory-barriers.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
memory.txt
mono.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
mutex-design.txt	mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook	2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt	Doc: Update numastat.txt	2012-02-28 16:05:06 +01:00
oops-tracing.txt	module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree	2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt	Documentation/padata.txt: fix typos etc.	2010-08-11 08:59:18 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: implement devm_pinctrl_get()/put()	2012-04-18 13:53:13 +02:00
pnp.txt	doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc	2010-02-05 12:22:44 +01:00
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt	Documentation: update printk-formats.txt	2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
prio_tree.txt
ramoops.txt	pstore/ram: Add ECC support	2012-05-17 08:51:59 -07:00
rbtree.txt	Documentation: Update augmented rbtree documentation	2011-07-24 10:03:05 -07:00
remoteproc.txt	remoteproc: remove the single rpmsg vdev limitation	2012-03-06 19:14:12 +02:00
rfkill.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt	rpmsg: add virtio-based remote processor messaging bus	2012-02-08 22:53:58 +02:00
rt-mutex-design.txt	variable name fix to Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt	2010-06-05 17:39:09 +02:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt	RTC: Fix up rtc.txt documentation to reflect changes to generic rtc layer	2011-03-09 11:25:10 -08:00
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
sparse.txt	update email address	2010-07-19 10:56:54 +02:00
spinlocks.txt	Documentation/spinlocks.txt: Remove reference to sti()/cli()	2011-07-11 12:45:04 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt	doc: stable_api_nonsense.txt: fix paragraph to make more sense.	2011-03-30 12:02:05 +02:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt	stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version	2012-01-24 10:50:22 -08:00
static-keys.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
SubmitChecklist	Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options	2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers	Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: suggested the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl	2012-05-25 16:18:30 +02:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt	Fix typos in comments	2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00
sysrq.txt	Documentation: sysrq: Crutcher Dunnavant is unavailable	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt	misc latin1 to utf8 conversions	2012-01-02 13:04:55 +01:00
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt	VME: Move API documentation to Documentation folder	2012-05-08 16:01:34 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt	Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation	2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00
workqueue.txt	workqueue: Document debugging tricks	2011-03-31 13:40:42 +02:00
xz.txt	decompressors: add XZ decompressor module	2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00
zorro.txt