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Pull Ceph changes from Sage Weil: "Lots of stuff this time around: - lots of cleanup and refactoring in the libceph messenger code, and many hard to hit races and bugs closed as a result. - lots of cleanup and refactoring in the rbd code from Alex Elder, mostly in preparation for the layering functionality that will be coming in 3.7. - some misc rbd cleanups from Josh Durgin that are finally going upstream - support for CRUSH tunables (used by newer clusters to improve the data placement) - some cleanup in our use of d_parent that Al brought up a while back - a random collection of fixes across the tree There is another patch coming that fixes up our ->atomic_open() behavior, but I'm going to hammer on it a bit more before sending it." Fix up conflicts due to commits that were already committed earlier in drivers/block/rbd.c, net/ceph/{messenger.c, osd_client.c} * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (132 commits) rbd: create rbd_refresh_helper() rbd: return obj version in __rbd_refresh_header() rbd: fixes in rbd_header_from_disk() rbd: always pass ops array to rbd_req_sync_op() rbd: pass null version pointer in add_snap() rbd: make rbd_create_rw_ops() return a pointer rbd: have __rbd_add_snap_dev() return a pointer libceph: recheck con state after allocating incoming message libceph: change ceph_con_in_msg_alloc convention to be less weird libceph: avoid dropping con mutex before fault libceph: verify state after retaking con lock after dispatch libceph: revoke mon_client messages on session restart libceph: fix handling of immediate socket connect failure ceph: update MAINTAINERS file libceph: be less chatty about stray replies libceph: clear all flags on con_close libceph: clean up con flags libceph: replace connection state bits with states libceph: drop unnecessary CLOSED check in socket state change callback libceph: close socket directly from ceph_con_close() ... |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. The file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt may describe some of these interfaces, giving a schedule for when they will be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in.