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Jens Axboe 09ce874425 block: use flags instead of bit fields for blkdev_dio
This generates a lot better code for me, and bumps performance from
7650K IOPS to 7750K IOPS. Looking at profiles for the run and running
perf diff, it confirms that we're now sending a lot less time there:

     6.38%     -2.80%  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] blkdev_direct_IO

Taking it from the 2nd most cycle consumer to only the 9th most at
3.35% of the CPU time.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-10-18 06:17:36 -06:00
Documentation virtio,vdpa: fixes 2021-10-17 18:17:19 -10:00
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ipc ipc: remove memcg accounting for sops objects in do_semtimedop() 2021-09-14 10:22:11 -07:00
kernel sched: move the <linux/blkdev.h> include out of kernel/sched/sched.h 2021-10-18 06:17:01 -06:00
lib sbitmap: add __sbitmap_queue_get_batch() 2021-10-18 06:17:35 -06:00
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README

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.