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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-10 20:04:23 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-10 20:04:23 -0400 |
commit | ce40be7a820bb393ac4ac69865f018d2f4038cf0 (patch) | |
tree | b1fe5a93346eb06f22b1c303d63ec5456d7212ab /Documentation/ABI | |
parent | ba0a5a36f60e4c1152af3a2ae2813251974405bf (diff) | |
parent | 02f3939e1a9357b7c370a4a69717cf9c02452737 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull block IO update from Jens Axboe:
"Core block IO bits for 3.7. Not a huge round this time, it contains:
- First series from Kent cleaning up and generalizing bio allocation
and freeing.
- WRITE_SAME support from Martin.
- Mikulas patches to prevent O_DIRECT crashes when someone changes
the block size of a device.
- Make bio_split() work on data-less bio's (like trim/discards).
- A few other minor fixups."
Fixed up silent semantic mis-merge as per Mikulas Patocka and Andrew
Morton. It is due to the VM no longer using a prio-tree (see commit
6b2dbba8b6ac: "mm: replace vma prio_tree with an interval tree").
So make set_blocksize() use mapping_mapped() instead of open-coding the
internal VM knowledge that has changed.
* 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
block: makes bio_split support bio without data
scatterlist: refactor the sg_nents
scatterlist: add sg_nents
fs: fix include/percpu-rwsem.h export error
percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos
fs/block_dev.c:1644:5: sparse: symbol 'blkdev_mmap' was not declared
blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphore
Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same time
block: fix request_queue->flags initialization
block: lift the initial queue bypass mode on blk_register_queue() instead of blk_init_allocated_queue()
block: ioctl to zero block ranges
block: Make blkdev_issue_zeroout use WRITE SAME
block: Implement support for WRITE SAME
block: Consolidate command flag and queue limit checks for merges
block: Clean up special command handling logic
block/blk-tag.c: Remove useless kfree
block: remove the duplicated setting for congestion_threshold
block: reject invalid queue attribute values
block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block index c1eb41cb9876..279da08f7541 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | |||
@@ -206,3 +206,17 @@ Description: | |||
206 | when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data | 206 | when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data |
207 | parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and | 207 | parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and |
208 | the result of reading a discarded area is undefined. | 208 | the result of reading a discarded area is undefined. |
209 | |||
210 | What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/write_same_max_bytes | ||
211 | Date: January 2012 | ||
212 | Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> | ||
213 | Description: | ||
214 | Some devices support a write same operation in which a | ||
215 | single data block can be written to a range of several | ||
216 | contiguous blocks on storage. This can be used to wipe | ||
217 | areas on disk or to initialize drives in a RAID | ||
218 | configuration. write_same_max_bytes indicates how many | ||
219 | bytes can be written in a single write same command. If | ||
220 | write_same_max_bytes is 0, write same is not supported | ||
221 | by the device. | ||
222 | |||