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In this round, we added a new mount option, "checkpoint_merge", which introduces a kernel thread dealing with the f2fs checkpoints. Once we start to manage the IO priority along with blk-cgroup, the checkpoint operation can be processed in a lower priority under the process context. Since the checkpoint holds all the filesystem operations, we give a higher priority to the checkpoint thread all the time. Enhancement: - introduce gc_merge mount option to introduce a checkpoint thread - improve to run discard thread efficiently - allow modular compression algorithms - expose # of overprivision segments to sysfs - expose runtime compression stat to sysfs Bug fix: - fix OOB memory access by the node id lookup - avoid touching checkpointed data in the checkpoint-disabled mode - fix the resizing flow to avoid kernel panic and race conditions - fix block allocation issues on pinned files - address some swapfile issues - fix hugtask problem and kernel panic during atomic write operations - don't start checkpoint thread in RO And, we've cleaned up some kernel coding style and build warnings. In addition, we fixed some minor race conditions and error handling routines. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE00UqedjCtOrGVvQiQBSofoJIUNIFAmCQhVIACgkQQBSofoJI UNIggA/8DZINzFLMCj6+6P5wNAWj3nYtx/FnwZ7C31f8qkiZjgA4LfONUnDvV7sU GS8MuLQz4eTYfqU2rVgGiSm+aCkEOovnk7C7Huo7pezgqYb+5J6ACXsqdU3dcD5M kShJMqLKcTKqtOMbnJrdGvmw1/ysuAi7UhSSgVV+9NQxlhxADnagOGbQ7lXNSV3R spGMWazGY2uA5DFCCa4lMX79lyFATCzEKB3SKAW5r+8QSmxJY8ViK2Er7AnvwRJz XJ/QJ8ALNb/GGyHzBWFv3P6Yxo/G3FkUvTIc5Rhi9P2lUgjI2NALokj7AOnfNh4a uSXHVlNrrfH+gpx9xr5z8MUmroCYCCOJ6EhnVweqViRmekY8jSb2HxmUtDTIf19U LWl3gtD2GDQx6CY0a0K58Oa2Lp0Bp9MWUdPA/4P21EymZwXum7aCkhV+DnigcoCj yCmKlI8nIpCS97dIO/7MsnG6Tu/7c+Prytd2ezUo+6hlkXPZk8shs+elnjlWu/6V 3ZpSWKzQsPJL8U7eB9H04AxEokrrXm3fRhR86C7JdkEe0gyGFf3dB/G+jqzcNi5m ZpxiCeZ8RbNmPpnH8NWeYHk9uDKMOXuUPFYDoaOwImNWfqj0jfhiTxHo4MyBLAuk MT632ICcuJLvwgnSbMAI3U7v6+dZXKH4y6U7IHFjxhI7beMzxmI= =P5uk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'f2fs-for-5.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim: "In this round, we added a new mount option, "checkpoint_merge", which introduces a kernel thread dealing with the f2fs checkpoints. Once we start to manage the IO priority along with blk-cgroup, the checkpoint operation can be processed in a lower priority under the process context. Since the checkpoint holds all the filesystem operations, we give a higher priority to the checkpoint thread all the time. Enhancements: - introduce gc_merge mount option to introduce a checkpoint thread - improve to run discard thread efficiently - allow modular compression algorithms - expose # of overprivision segments to sysfs - expose runtime compression stat to sysfs Bug fixes: - fix OOB memory access by the node id lookup - avoid touching checkpointed data in the checkpoint-disabled mode - fix the resizing flow to avoid kernel panic and race conditions - fix block allocation issues on pinned files - address some swapfile issues - fix hugtask problem and kernel panic during atomic write operations - don't start checkpoint thread in RO And, we've cleaned up some kernel coding style and build warnings. In addition, we fixed some minor race conditions and error handling routines" * tag 'f2fs-for-5.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: (48 commits) f2fs: drop inplace IO if fs status is abnormal f2fs: compress: remove unneed check condition f2fs: clean up left deprecated IO trace codes f2fs: avoid using native allocate_segment_by_default() f2fs: remove unnecessary struct declaration f2fs: fix to avoid NULL pointer dereference f2fs: avoid duplicated codes for cleanup f2fs: document: add description about compressed space handling f2fs: clean up build warnings f2fs: fix the periodic wakeups of discard thread f2fs: fix to avoid accessing invalid fio in f2fs_allocate_data_block() f2fs: fix to avoid GC/mmap race with f2fs_truncate() f2fs: set checkpoint_merge by default f2fs: Fix a hungtask problem in atomic write f2fs: fix to restrict mount condition on readonly block device f2fs: introduce gc_merge mount option f2fs: fix to cover __allocate_new_section() with curseg_lock f2fs: fix wrong alloc_type in f2fs_do_replace_block f2fs: delete empty compress.h f2fs: fix a typo in inode.c ... |
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README
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. 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. Note: The fields should be use a simple notation, compatible with ReST markup. Also, the file **should not** have a top-level index, like:: === foo === 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. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.