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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/block/null_blk.c, branch v4.9.16</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.9/block-irq' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2016-10-10T00:29:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-10-10T00:29:33+00:00</published>
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Pull blk-mq irq/cpu mapping updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the block-irq topic branch for 4.9-rc. It's mostly from
  Christoph, and it allows drivers to specify their own mappings, and
  more importantly, to share the blk-mq mappings with the IRQ affinity
  mappings. It's a good step towards making this work better out of the
  box"

* 'for-4.9/block-irq' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  blk_mq: linux/blk-mq.h does not include all the headers it depends on
  blk-mq: kill unused blk_mq_create_mq_map()
  blk-mq: get rid of the cpumask in struct blk_mq_tags
  nvme: remove the post_scan callout
  nvme: switch to use pci_alloc_irq_vectors
  blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI device
  blk-mq: allow the driver to pass in a queue mapping
  blk-mq: remove -&gt;map_queue
  blk-mq: only allocate a single mq_map per tag_set
  blk-mq: don't redistribute hardware queues on a CPU hotplug event
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Pull blk-mq irq/cpu mapping updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the block-irq topic branch for 4.9-rc. It's mostly from
  Christoph, and it allows drivers to specify their own mappings, and
  more importantly, to share the blk-mq mappings with the IRQ affinity
  mappings. It's a good step towards making this work better out of the
  box"

* 'for-4.9/block-irq' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  blk_mq: linux/blk-mq.h does not include all the headers it depends on
  blk-mq: kill unused blk_mq_create_mq_map()
  blk-mq: get rid of the cpumask in struct blk_mq_tags
  nvme: remove the post_scan callout
  nvme: switch to use pci_alloc_irq_vectors
  blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI device
  blk-mq: allow the driver to pass in a queue mapping
  blk-mq: remove -&gt;map_queue
  blk-mq: only allocate a single mq_map per tag_set
  blk-mq: don't redistribute hardware queues on a CPU hotplug event
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>lightnvm: control life of nvm_dev in driver</title>
<updated>2016-09-21T13:56:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matias Bjørling</name>
<email>m@bjorling.me</email>
</author>
<published>2016-09-16T12:25:07+00:00</published>
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LightNVM compatible device drivers does not have a method to expose
LightNVM specific sysfs entries.

To enable LightNVM sysfs entries to be exposed, lightnvm device
drivers require a struct device to attach it to. To allow both the
actual device driver and lightnvm sysfs entries to coexist, the device
driver tracks the lifetime of the nvm_dev structure.

This patch refactors NVMe and null_blk to handle the lifetime of struct
nvm_dev, which eliminates the need for struct gendisk when a lightnvm
compatible device is provided.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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LightNVM compatible device drivers does not have a method to expose
LightNVM specific sysfs entries.

To enable LightNVM sysfs entries to be exposed, lightnvm device
drivers require a struct device to attach it to. To allow both the
actual device driver and lightnvm sysfs entries to coexist, the device
driver tracks the lifetime of the nvm_dev structure.

This patch refactors NVMe and null_blk to handle the lifetime of struct
nvm_dev, which eliminates the need for struct gendisk when a lightnvm
compatible device is provided.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>null_blk: refactor to support non-gendisk devices</title>
<updated>2016-09-21T13:56:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matias Bjørling</name>
<email>m@bjorling.me</email>
</author>
<published>2016-09-16T12:25:05+00:00</published>
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With LightNVM enabled devices, the gendisk structure is not exposed
to the user. This hides the device driver specific sysfs entries, and
prevents binding of LightNVM geometry information to the device.

Refactor the device registration process, so that gendisk and
non-gendisk devices are easily managed.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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With LightNVM enabled devices, the gendisk structure is not exposed
to the user. This hides the device driver specific sysfs entries, and
prevents binding of LightNVM geometry information to the device.

Refactor the device registration process, so that gendisk and
non-gendisk devices are easily managed.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>blk-mq: remove -&gt;map_queue</title>
<updated>2016-09-15T14:42:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-09-14T14:18:54+00:00</published>
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All drivers use the default, so provide an inline version of it.  If we
ever need other queue mapping we can add an optional method back,
although supporting will also require major changes to the queue setup
code.

This provides better code generation, and better debugability as well.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch &lt;keith.busch@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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All drivers use the default, so provide an inline version of it.  If we
ever need other queue mapping we can add an optional method back,
although supporting will also require major changes to the queue setup
code.

This provides better code generation, and better debugability as well.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch &lt;keith.busch@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>block: get rid of bio_rw and READA</title>
<updated>2016-07-20T23:37:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-19T09:28:41+00:00</published>
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These two are confusing leftover of the old world order, combining
values of the REQ_OP_ and REQ_ namespaces.  For callers that don't
special case we mostly just replace bi_rw with bio_data_dir or
op_is_write, except for the few cases where a switch over the REQ_OP_
values makes more sense.  Any check for READA is replaced with an
explicit check for REQ_RAHEAD.  Also remove the READA alias for
REQ_RAHEAD.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;jthumshirn@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;mchristi@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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These two are confusing leftover of the old world order, combining
values of the REQ_OP_ and REQ_ namespaces.  For callers that don't
special case we mostly just replace bi_rw with bio_data_dir or
op_is_write, except for the few cases where a switch over the REQ_OP_
values makes more sense.  Any check for READA is replaced with an
explicit check for REQ_RAHEAD.  Also remove the READA alias for
REQ_RAHEAD.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;jthumshirn@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;mchristi@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>null_blk: add lightnvm null_blk device to the nullb_list</title>
<updated>2016-03-19T01:10:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wenwei Tao</name>
<email>ww.tao0320@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-04T16:27:04+00:00</published>
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After register null_blk devices into lightnvm, we forget
to add these devices to the the nullb_list, makes them
invisible to the null_blk driver.

Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao &lt;ww.tao0320@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: a514379b0c77 ("null_blk: oops when initializing without lightnvm")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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After register null_blk devices into lightnvm, we forget
to add these devices to the the nullb_list, makes them
invisible to the null_blk driver.

Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao &lt;ww.tao0320@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: a514379b0c77 ("null_blk: oops when initializing without lightnvm")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>null_blk: oops when initializing without lightnvm</title>
<updated>2016-02-11T15:56:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matias Bjørling</name>
<email>m@bjorling.me</email>
</author>
<published>2016-02-11T13:49:13+00:00</published>
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If the LightNVM subsystem is not compiled into the kernel, and the
null_blk device driver requests lightnvm to be initialized. The call to
nvm_register fails and the null_add_dev function cleans up the
initialization. However, at this point the null block device has
already been added to the nullb_list and thus a second cleanup will
occur when the function has returned, that leads to a double call to
blk_cleanup_queue.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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If the LightNVM subsystem is not compiled into the kernel, and the
null_blk device driver requests lightnvm to be initialized. The call to
nvm_register fails and the null_add_dev function cleans up the
initialization. However, at this point the null block device has
already been added to the nullb_list and thus a second cleanup will
occur when the function has returned, that leads to a double call to
blk_cleanup_queue.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>lightnvm: allow to force mm initialization</title>
<updated>2016-02-04T16:19:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matias Bjørling</name>
<email>m@bjorling.me</email>
</author>
<published>2016-02-04T14:13:27+00:00</published>
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System block allows the device to initialize with its configured media
manager. The system blocks is written to disk, and read again when media
manager is determined. For this to work, the backend must store the
data. Device drivers, such as null_blk, does not have any backend
storage. This patch allows the media manager to be initialized without a
storage backend.

It also fix incorrect configuration of capabilities in null_blk, as it
does not support get/set bad block interface.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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System block allows the device to initialize with its configured media
manager. The system blocks is written to disk, and read again when media
manager is determined. For this to work, the backend must store the
data. Device drivers, such as null_blk, does not have any backend
storage. This patch allows the media manager to be initialized without a
storage backend.

It also fix incorrect configuration of capabilities in null_blk, as it
does not support get/set bad block interface.

Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling &lt;m@bjorling.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.5/lightnvm' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2016-01-22T03:01:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-01-22T03:01:55+00:00</published>
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Pull lightnvm fixes and updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This should have been part of the drivers branch, but it arrived a bit
  late and wasn't based on the official core block driver branch.  So
  they got a small scolding, but got a pass since it's still new.  Hence
  it's in a separate branch.

  This is mostly pure fixes, contained to lightnvm/, and minor feature
  additions"

* 'for-4.5/lightnvm' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  lightnvm: ensure that nvm_dev_ops can be used without CONFIG_NVM
  lightnvm: introduce factory reset
  lightnvm: use system block for mm initialization
  lightnvm: introduce ioctl to initialize device
  lightnvm: core on-disk initialization
  lightnvm: introduce mlc lower page table mappings
  lightnvm: add mccap support
  lightnvm: manage open and closed blocks separately
  lightnvm: fix missing grown bad block type
  lightnvm: reference rrpc lun in rrpc block
  lightnvm: introduce nvm_submit_ppa
  lightnvm: move rq-&gt;error to nvm_rq-&gt;error
  lightnvm: support multiple ppas in nvm_erase_ppa
  lightnvm: move the pages per block check out of the loop
  lightnvm: sectors first in ppa list
  lightnvm: fix locking and mempool in rrpc_lun_gc
  lightnvm: put block back to gc list on its reclaim fail
  lightnvm: check bi_error in gc
  lightnvm: return the get_bb_tbl return value
  lightnvm: refactor end_io functions for sync
  ...
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Pull lightnvm fixes and updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This should have been part of the drivers branch, but it arrived a bit
  late and wasn't based on the official core block driver branch.  So
  they got a small scolding, but got a pass since it's still new.  Hence
  it's in a separate branch.

  This is mostly pure fixes, contained to lightnvm/, and minor feature
  additions"

* 'for-4.5/lightnvm' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  lightnvm: ensure that nvm_dev_ops can be used without CONFIG_NVM
  lightnvm: introduce factory reset
  lightnvm: use system block for mm initialization
  lightnvm: introduce ioctl to initialize device
  lightnvm: core on-disk initialization
  lightnvm: introduce mlc lower page table mappings
  lightnvm: add mccap support
  lightnvm: manage open and closed blocks separately
  lightnvm: fix missing grown bad block type
  lightnvm: reference rrpc lun in rrpc block
  lightnvm: introduce nvm_submit_ppa
  lightnvm: move rq-&gt;error to nvm_rq-&gt;error
  lightnvm: support multiple ppas in nvm_erase_ppa
  lightnvm: move the pages per block check out of the loop
  lightnvm: sectors first in ppa list
  lightnvm: fix locking and mempool in rrpc_lun_gc
  lightnvm: put block back to gc list on its reclaim fail
  lightnvm: check bi_error in gc
  lightnvm: return the get_bb_tbl return value
  lightnvm: refactor end_io functions for sync
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.5/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2016-01-22T02:19:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-01-22T02:19:38+00:00</published>
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Pull block driver updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the block driver pull request for 4.5, with the exception of
  NVMe, which is in a separate branch and will be posted after this one.

  This pull request contains:

   - A set of bcache stability fixes, which have been acked by Kent.
     These have been used and tested for more than a year by the
     community, so it's about time that they got in.

   - A set of drbd updates from the drbd team (Andreas, Lars, Philipp)
     and Markus Elfring, Oleg Drokin.

   - A set of fixes for xen blkback/front from the usual suspects, (Bob,
     Konrad) as well as community based fixes from Kiri, Julien, and
     Peng.

   - A 2038 time fix for sx8 from Shraddha, with a fix from me.

   - A small mtip32xx cleanup from Zhu Yanjun.

   - A null_blk division fix from Arnd"

* 'for-4.5/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (71 commits)
  null_blk: use sector_div instead of do_div
  mtip32xx: restrict variables visible in current code module
  xen/blkfront: Fix crash if backend doesn't follow the right states.
  xen/blkback: Fix two memory leaks.
  xen/blkback: make st_ statistics per ring
  xen/blkfront: Handle non-indirect grant with 64KB pages
  xen-blkfront: Introduce blkif_ring_get_request
  xen-blkback: clear PF_NOFREEZE for xen_blkif_schedule()
  xen/blkback: Free resources if connect_ring failed.
  xen/blocks: Return -EXX instead of -1
  xen/blkback: make pool of persistent grants and free pages per-queue
  xen/blkback: get the number of hardware queues/rings from blkfront
  xen/blkback: pseudo support for multi hardware queues/rings
  xen/blkback: separate ring information out of struct xen_blkif
  xen/blkfront: correct setting for xen_blkif_max_ring_order
  xen/blkfront: make persistent grants pool per-queue
  xen/blkfront: Remove duplicate setting of -&gt;xbdev.
  xen/blkfront: Cleanup of comments, fix unaligned variables, and syntax errors.
  xen/blkfront: negotiate number of queues/rings to be used with backend
  xen/blkfront: split per device io_lock
  ...
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<pre>
Pull block driver updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the block driver pull request for 4.5, with the exception of
  NVMe, which is in a separate branch and will be posted after this one.

  This pull request contains:

   - A set of bcache stability fixes, which have been acked by Kent.
     These have been used and tested for more than a year by the
     community, so it's about time that they got in.

   - A set of drbd updates from the drbd team (Andreas, Lars, Philipp)
     and Markus Elfring, Oleg Drokin.

   - A set of fixes for xen blkback/front from the usual suspects, (Bob,
     Konrad) as well as community based fixes from Kiri, Julien, and
     Peng.

   - A 2038 time fix for sx8 from Shraddha, with a fix from me.

   - A small mtip32xx cleanup from Zhu Yanjun.

   - A null_blk division fix from Arnd"

* 'for-4.5/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (71 commits)
  null_blk: use sector_div instead of do_div
  mtip32xx: restrict variables visible in current code module
  xen/blkfront: Fix crash if backend doesn't follow the right states.
  xen/blkback: Fix two memory leaks.
  xen/blkback: make st_ statistics per ring
  xen/blkfront: Handle non-indirect grant with 64KB pages
  xen-blkfront: Introduce blkif_ring_get_request
  xen-blkback: clear PF_NOFREEZE for xen_blkif_schedule()
  xen/blkback: Free resources if connect_ring failed.
  xen/blocks: Return -EXX instead of -1
  xen/blkback: make pool of persistent grants and free pages per-queue
  xen/blkback: get the number of hardware queues/rings from blkfront
  xen/blkback: pseudo support for multi hardware queues/rings
  xen/blkback: separate ring information out of struct xen_blkif
  xen/blkfront: correct setting for xen_blkif_max_ring_order
  xen/blkfront: make persistent grants pool per-queue
  xen/blkfront: Remove duplicate setting of -&gt;xbdev.
  xen/blkfront: Cleanup of comments, fix unaligned variables, and syntax errors.
  xen/blkfront: negotiate number of queues/rings to be used with backend
  xen/blkfront: split per device io_lock
  ...
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