Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits)
  Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs."
  block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags
  block: improve rq_affinity placement
  blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support
  Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area
  allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH
  xen/blkback: Make description more obvious.
  cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling
  block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected
  block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table
  block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show()
  drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value
  drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse
  bsg-lib: add module.h include
  cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction
  blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio
  loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other
  loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices
  loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation
  loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index
  ...

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6ca1f5cb71e0..614d0382e2cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1350,9 +1350,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
                         the IO APIC.
 
-        max_loop=       [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
-                        be mounted
-                        Format: <1-256>
+        max_loop=       [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
+        (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
+                        number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
+                        of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
+                        devices can be requested on-demand with the
+                        /dev/loop-control interface.
 
         mcatest=        [IA-64]