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 - Fix dm-btree removal to ensure non-root btree nodes have at least
   (max_entries / 3) entries.  This resolves userspace thin_check
   utility's report of "too few entries in btree_node".
 
 - Fix both the DM thin-provisioning and dm-clone targets to properly
   flush the data device prior to metadata commit.  This resolves the
   potential for inconsistency across a power loss event when the data
   device has a volatile writeback cache.
 
 - Small documentation fixes to dm-clone and dm-integrity.
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Merge tag 'for-5.5/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer:

 - Fix DM multipath by restoring full path selector functionality for
   bio-based configurations that don't haave a SCSI device handler.

 - Fix dm-btree removal to ensure non-root btree nodes have at least
   (max_entries / 3) entries. This resolves userspace thin_check
   utility's report of "too few entries in btree_node".

 - Fix both the DM thin-provisioning and dm-clone targets to properly
   flush the data device prior to metadata commit. This resolves the
   potential for inconsistency across a power loss event when the data
   device has a volatile writeback cache.

 - Small documentation fixes to dm-clone and dm-integrity.

* tag 'for-5.5/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm:
  docs: dm-integrity: remove reference to ARC4
  dm thin: Flush data device before committing metadata
  dm thin metadata: Add support for a pre-commit callback
  dm clone: Flush destination device before committing metadata
  dm clone metadata: Use a two phase commit
  dm clone metadata: Track exact changes per transaction
  dm btree: increase rebalance threshold in __rebalance2()
  dm: add dm-clone to the documentation index
  dm mpath: remove harmful bio-based optimization
2019-12-13 14:13:15 -08:00
Documentation - Fix DM multipath by restoring full path selector functionality for 2019-12-13 14:13:15 -08:00
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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.