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Linus Torvalds 781fca5b10 Changes for 4.19:
- Use extent maps to track pagecache page status instead of bufferhead
   state.
 - Refactor pagecache read and write paths to use the new iomap library
   functions, which enable us to drop the old bufferhead code for
   pagesize == blocksize filesystems.
 - Set up parallel per-block-per-page metadata to track subpage
   information that was tracked by buffer heads, which enables us to drop
   the old bufferhead code for pagesize > blocksize filesystems.
 - Tie a deferred ops control structure to a transaction so that we can
   take advantage of an upper-level dfops without having to plumb pointer
   passing through the code.
 - Refactor the deferred ops code to track deferred ops as part of the
   transaction structure (instead of as a separate data structure) so
   that we can simplify the scoping rules around defer_ops.
 - Refactor twisty delwri buffer submission code to avoid deadlocks.
 - Shorten and fix indenting problems in the scrub code.
 - Detect obviously bad summary counts at mount and fix them.
 - Directly associate deferred ops control structure with a transaction
   so that callers no longer have to manage it themselves.
 - Remove a couple of IRIX-era inode macros.
 - Remove the long-deprecated 'barrier' and 'nobarrier' mount options.
 - Clean up the inode fork structure a bit.
 - Check for bad fs summary counter values in the superblock.
 - Reduce COW fork lookups during writeback.
 - Refactor the deferred ops control structures into the transaction
   structure, thereby eliminating the need for transaction users to
   handle the deferred ops as a separate data structure.
 - Add the ability to repair AG headers online.
 - Fix a crash due to insufficient return value checking.
 - Various fixes and cleanups.
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Merge tag 'xfs-4.19-merge-6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux

Pull xfs updates from Darrick Wong:
 "This is the second part of the XFS changes for 4.19.

  The biggest changes are the removal of buffer heads frm XFS, a massive
  reworking of the deferred transaction operations handling code, the
  removal of the long defunct barrier/nobarrier mount options, and the
  addition of a few more online repair functions.

  Summary:

   - Use extent maps to track pagecache page status instead of
     bufferhead state.

   - Refactor pagecache read and write paths to use the new iomap
     library functions, which enable us to drop the old bufferhead code
     for pagesize == blocksize filesystems.

   - Set up parallel per-block-per-page metadata to track subpage
     information that was tracked by buffer heads, which enables us to
     drop the old bufferhead code for pagesize > blocksize filesystems.

   - Tie a deferred ops control structure to a transaction so that we
     can take advantage of an upper-level dfops without having to plumb
     pointer passing through the code.

   - Refactor the deferred ops code to track deferred ops as part of the
     transaction structure (instead of as a separate data structure) so
     that we can simplify the scoping rules around defer_ops.

   - Refactor twisty delwri buffer submission code to avoid deadlocks.

   - Shorten and fix indenting problems in the scrub code.

   - Detect obviously bad summary counts at mount and fix them.

   - Directly associate deferred ops control structure with a
     transaction so that callers no longer have to manage it themselves.

   - Remove a couple of IRIX-era inode macros.

   - Remove the long-deprecated 'barrier' and 'nobarrier' mount options.

   - Clean up the inode fork structure a bit.

   - Check for bad fs summary counter values in the superblock.

   - Reduce COW fork lookups during writeback.

   - Refactor the deferred ops control structures into the transaction
     structure, thereby eliminating the need for transaction users to
     handle the deferred ops as a separate data structure.

   - Add the ability to repair AG headers online.

   - Fix a crash due to insufficient return value checking.

   - Various fixes and cleanups"

* tag 'xfs-4.19-merge-6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux: (155 commits)
  xfs: fix a null pointer dereference in xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree
  xfs: remove b_last_holder & associated macros
  iomap: Switch to offset_in_page for clarity
  xfs: Close race between direct IO and xfs_break_layouts()
  xfs: repair the AGI
  xfs: repair the AGFL
  xfs: repair the AGF
  xfs: remove dead error handling code in xfs_dquot_disk_alloc()
  xfs: use WRITE_ONCE to update if_seq
  xfs: fix a comment in xfs_log_reserve
  xfs: only validate summary counts on primary superblock
  xfs: substitute spaces with tabs
  xfs: fold dfops into the transaction
  xfs: always defer agfl block frees
  xfs: pass transaction to xfs_defer_add()
  xfs: replace xfs_defer_ops ->dop_pending with on-stack list
  xfs: cancel dfops on xfs_defer_finish() error
  xfs: clean out superfluous dfops dop params/vars
  xfs: drop dop param from xfs_defer_op_type ->finish_item() callback
  xfs: automatic dfops inode relogging
  ...
2018-08-14 08:56:02 -07:00
Documentation Changes for 4.19: 2018-08-14 08:56:02 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
arch Here are the main MIPS changes for 4.19. 2018-08-13 19:24:32 -07:00
block Partially revert "block: fail op_is_write() requests to read-only partitions" 2018-08-04 18:19:55 -07:00
certs certs/blacklist: fix const confusion 2018-06-26 09:43:03 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-07-19 07:32:44 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Changes for 4.19: 2018-08-14 08:56:02 -07:00
include Changes for 4.19: 2018-08-14 08:56:02 -07:00
init Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2018-08-13 19:07:17 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
kernel Here are the main MIPS changes for 4.19. 2018-08-13 19:24:32 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2018-08-13 19:07:17 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
net Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: xdp_redirect_cpu adjustment to reproduce teardown race easier 2018-08-09 21:50:44 +02:00
scripts lib/ubsan: remove null-pointer checks 2018-08-10 20:19:58 -07:00
security Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Yet another Clevo P950 quirk entry 2018-07-18 12:17:46 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'parisc-4.19-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2018-08-13 19:18:02 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2018-07-25 11:29:58 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap mailmap: remap some of my email addresses to kernel.org address 2018-08-06 13:15:16 -04:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2018-08-13 19:07:17 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.18 2018-08-12 13:41:04 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

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.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

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.