Linus Torvalds 912afc3616 Improve multipath's retrying mechanism in some defined circumstances ... and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJPyqIdAAoJEK2W1qbAHj1nSPoQAJvAb/6UHufTWC/lufbEyo7t ft6uwZZ4S/VV1Gdx8V5YXo3rxkVIZj/CV0hiJIDctmDMKGPMlzup39kCgjD/rOUF mzcFAE8sEr3QEavkfjSWw2RHIIlhnJpvqVnb8nu3p/mSgAB4qYGgaDjBpi+W60PV aqQSSWgwH1uNhfGDBIxQoJ8OIjjYvKPIf2Ir2FAXam/dNi9chWO9nzFdj3q2LccP nZir094BDsFac1BF0FYW3J+rgT1FfPO7RRGAQct6WNJ197IZlYWYjKH3XehxnUHE wgiJmjfUO8vrho1hhWmWDOesKJPPWFN67EQnl5FqAu9itP7c7k8bd7Ay4jWgtZQU QIx10uiAgAuFUmTdWGK1fLlE8HGKUFINYLp63N5n5NZ4TDJrgo8e7CIID3rvYf/O EtmL7HzAyztL9Uc6oaXzCK6TgMUtd/ht8OJCDFhjitzQTNjbrfAGz6m+RHnEZyyj dtOVK7WBlmuKEANl2vDFGuVVF0+MwJLTlvPx1/b/ejFvnHI/R5Wuk9EH7t/DO4LB nCmiwzB6uWMzU3y3vnZG72AYSF5NTKSvnAl5B8U/0rI1MZU+6PehjeviJNx6ddJN 2YheHBLU4vbBV/LF4XIpaHK2aiHN1ltaKCp8INo3EKhCwpR4ZdlVvnAGU9ocf9+c qoaFTOP7zGD9zgPeGjoG =wCpY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm Pull device-mapper updates from Alasdair G Kergon: "Improve multipath's retrying mechanism in some defined circumstances and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use." * tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata dm thin: use slab mempools dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init dm mpath: delay retry of bypassed pg dm mpath: reduce size of struct multipath		2012-06-02 17:39:40 -07:00
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ABI	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
accounting
acpi	Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txt	2012-03-30 03:30:19 -04:00
aoe	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
arm	fbdev updates for 3.5	2012-06-01 16:57:51 -07:00
auxdisplay
backlight	backlight: new backlight driver for LP855x devices	2012-03-23 16:58:33 -07:00
blackfin	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
block
blockdev	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
cdrom
cgroups	memcg: move charges to root cgroup if use_hierarchy=0	2012-05-29 16:22:27 -07:00
connector
console
cpu-freq
cpuidle	cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.	2012-03-30 01:52:58 -04:00
cris	CRIS: Update documentation	2012-04-03 13:09:18 +02:00
crypto
development-process
device-mapper	dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata	2012-06-03 00:30:01 +01:00
devicetree	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
DocBook	- More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2	2012-06-01 16:55:42 -07:00
driver-model	Pin control subsystem changes for kernel 3.5:	2012-05-21 16:58:23 -07:00
dvb	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-05-24 10:21:51 -07:00
early-userspace
EDID	drm: allow loading an EDID as firmware to override broken monitor	2012-03-20 10:09:28 +00:00
extcon	Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.	2012-04-20 09:24:27 -07:00
fault-injection
fb	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
filesystems	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2012-06-01 10:34:35 -07:00
firmware_class
frv
hid
hwmon	hwmon updates for 3.5-rc1	2012-05-23 14:15:09 -07:00
i2c	i2c: Split I2C_M_NOSTART support out of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING	2012-05-30 10:55:34 +02:00
i2o	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
ia64
ide	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
infiniband
input	Documentation: input.txt: clarify mousedev 'cat' command syntax	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ioctl	mei: update Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt	2012-05-09 14:00:31 -07:00
isdn	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ja_JP
kbuild	Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild	2012-05-28 10:37:56 -07:00
kdump
ko_KR	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
laptops	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
leds	leds: add new transient trigger for one shot timer activation	2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
m68k
make
memory-devices	memory: emif: add basic infrastructure for EMIF driver	2012-05-02 00:10:49 -07:00
mips
misc-devices	mei: Documentation: add generated example binary into .gitignore file	2012-05-14 15:43:44 -07:00
mmc
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
nfc	NFC: Update Documentation/nfc-hci.txt	2012-05-15 17:28:01 -04:00
parisc	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
PCI
pcmcia
power	A bunch of fixes for v3.5, nothing extraordinary.	2012-05-31 12:10:15 -07:00
powerpc	Revert "powerpc/hw-breakpoint: Use generic hw-breakpoint interfaces for new PPC ptrace flags"	2012-05-22 14:37:24 +10:00
pps
prctl	Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter	2012-04-14 11:13:22 +10:00
pti
ptp
rapidio
RCU	rcu: Introduce rcutorture testing for rcu_barrier()	2012-04-30 10:48:18 -07:00
s390	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
scheduler	sched: Remove stale power aware scheduling remnants and dysfunctional knobs	2012-05-17 13:48:56 +02:00
scsi	Merge branch 'delete-mca' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux	2012-05-23 17:12:06 -07:00
security	Smack: allow for significantly longer Smack labels v4	2012-05-14 22:48:38 -07:00
serial	serial: delete the MCA specific 8250 support.	2012-05-17 19:02:14 -04:00
sh
sound	Sound updates for 3.5-rc1	2012-05-23 13:05:43 -07:00
spi	spi: create a message queueing infrastructure	2012-03-07 19:19:48 -07:00
sysctl	mqueue: separate mqueue default value from maximum value	2012-05-31 17:49:31 -07:00
target
telephony
thermal
timers
trace	tracing: Fix kconfig warning due to a typo	2012-05-08 14:17:25 +02:00
usb	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
vDSO
video4linux	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-05-24 10:21:51 -07:00
virtual	Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm	2012-05-24 16:17:30 -07:00
vm	Merge branch 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux	2012-06-01 16:50:23 -07:00
w1
watchdog	Watchdog: DA9052/53 PMIC watchdog support	2012-05-30 07:56:12 +02:00
wimax
x86	x86, efi: Add EFI boot stub documentation	2012-06-01 09:11:41 -07:00
zh_CN	Fix a mistake sentence in the file 'Documentation/zh_CN/magic-number.txt'	2012-05-07 17:20:27 -07:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
Changes
circular-buffers.txt
clk.txt	Documentation: common clk API	2012-03-16 20:35:01 +00:00
coccinelle.txt
CodingStyle	CodingStyle: add kmalloc_array() to memory allocators	2012-05-31 17:49:26 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	documentation: remove references to cpu_*_map.	2012-03-29 15:38:31 +10:30
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt	crc32: move long comment about crc32 fundamentals to Documentation/	2012-03-23 16:58:37 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt	Merge branch 'delete-mca' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux	2012-05-23 17:12:06 -07:00
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
DMA-API.txt
DMA-attributes.txt	common: DMA-mapping: add NON-CONSISTENT attribute	2012-03-28 16:36:44 +02:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: add initial vmap documentation	2012-05-25 12:51:11 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
dontdiff	Documentation: remove 'mach' from dontdiff file	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	dynamic_debug: update Documentation/*, Kconfig.debug	2012-04-30 16:26:30 -04:00
edac.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
eisa.txt	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
email-clients.txt
feature-removal-schedule.txt	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net	2012-05-31 10:32:36 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt	gpio: add flags to export GPIOs when requesting	2012-04-05 21:24:06 -07:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO	docs: update HOWTO for 2.6.x -> 3.x versioning	2012-04-19 19:13:08 -07:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
init.txt
initrd.txt	Documentation/initrd.txt: Change the location of util-linux	2012-05-25 16:18:34 +02:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
intel_txt.txt
io-mapping.txt
io_ordering.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt	irq_domain: add documentation and MAINTAINERS entry.	2012-02-14 14:06:47 -07:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt	IOMMU Updates for Linux 3.5	2012-05-30 08:49:28 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt
Makefile	mei: move doc files Documentation/misc-devices/mei	2012-05-09 13:59:09 -07:00
ManagementStyle
md.txt
media-framework.txt	[media] media: Add link_validate() op to check links to the sink pad	2012-05-14 08:44:11 -03:00
memory-barriers.txt
memory-hotplug.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
memory.txt
mono.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
mutex-design.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt	Doc: Update numastat.txt	2012-02-28 16:05:06 +01:00
oops-tracing.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: implement devm_pinctrl_get()/put()	2012-04-18 13:53:13 +02:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
prio_tree.txt
ramoops.txt	pstore/ram: Add ECC support	2012-05-17 08:51:59 -07:00
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt	remoteproc: remove the single rpmsg vdev limitation	2012-03-06 19:14:12 +02:00
rfkill.txt
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt
static-keys.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
SubmitChecklist
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: suggested the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl	2012-05-25 16:18:30 +02:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt	Documentation: sysrq: Crutcher Dunnavant is unavailable	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt	VME: Move API documentation to Documentation folder	2012-05-08 16:01:34 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt