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Linus Torvalds 018d21f5c5 We've got a lot of patches (39) for this merge window. Most of these patches
are related to corruption that occurs when journals are replayed.
 For example:
 
    1. A node fails while writing to the file system.
    2. Other nodes use the metadata that was once used by the failed node.
    3. When the node returns to the cluster, its journal is replayed,
       but the older metadata blocks overwrite the changes from step 2.
 
 - Fixed the recovery sequence to prevent corruption during journal replay.
 - Many bug fixes found during recovery testing.
 - New improved file system withdraw sequence.
 - Fixed how resource group buffers are managed.
 - Fixed how metadata revokes are tracked and written.
 - Improve processing of IO errors hit by daemons like logd and quotad.
 - Improved error checking in metadata writes.
 - Fixed how qadata quota data structures are managed.
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Merge tag 'gfs2-for-5.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2

Pull gfs2 updates from Bob Peterson:
 "We've got a lot of patches (39) for this merge window. Most of these
  patches are related to corruption that occurs when journals are
  replayed. For example:

   1. A node fails while writing to the file system.
   2. Other nodes use the metadata that was once used by the failed
      node.
   3. When the node returns to the cluster, its journal is replayed, but
      the older metadata blocks overwrite the changes from step 2.

  Summary:

   - Fixed the recovery sequence to prevent corruption during journal
     replay.

   - Many bug fixes found during recovery testing.

   - New improved file system withdraw sequence.

   - Fixed how resource group buffers are managed.

   - Fixed how metadata revokes are tracked and written.

   - Improve processing of IO errors hit by daemons like logd and
     quotad.

   - Improved error checking in metadata writes.

   - Fixed how qadata quota data structures are managed"

* tag 'gfs2-for-5.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gfs2/linux-gfs2: (39 commits)
  gfs2: Fix oversight in gfs2_ail1_flush
  gfs2: change from write to read lock for sd_log_flush_lock in journal replay
  gfs2: instrumentation wrt ail1 stuck
  gfs2: don't lock sd_log_flush_lock in try_rgrp_unlink
  gfs2: Remove unnecessary gfs2_qa_{get,put} pairs
  gfs2: Split gfs2_rsqa_delete into gfs2_rs_delete and gfs2_qa_put
  gfs2: Change inode qa_data to allow multiple users
  gfs2: eliminate gfs2_rsqa_alloc in favor of gfs2_qa_alloc
  gfs2: Switch to list_{first,last}_entry
  gfs2: Clean up inode initialization and teardown
  gfs2: Additional information when gfs2_ail1_flush withdraws
  gfs2: leaf_dealloc needs to allocate one more revoke
  gfs2: allow journal replay to hold sd_log_flush_lock
  gfs2: don't allow releasepage to free bd still used for revokes
  gfs2: flesh out delayed withdraw for gfs2_log_flush
  gfs2: Do proper error checking for go_sync family of glops functions
  gfs2: Don't demote a glock until its revokes are written
  gfs2: drain the ail2 list after io errors
  gfs2: Withdraw in gfs2_ail1_flush if write_cache_pages fails
  gfs2: Do log_flush in gfs2_ail_empty_gl even if ail list is empty
  ...
2020-03-31 14:16:03 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-vmware-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-31 12:09:51 -07:00
block Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 16:13:08 -07:00
certs certs: Add wrapper function to check blacklisted binary hash 2019-11-12 12:25:50 +11:00
crypto Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2020-02-20 15:15:16 -08:00
Documentation fscrypt updates for 5.7 2020-03-31 12:58:36 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-31 10:28:35 -07:00
fs We've got a lot of patches (39) for this merge window. Most of these patches 2020-03-31 14:16:03 -07:00
include for-5.7-tag 2020-03-31 13:00:16 -07:00
init Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 17:01:51 -07:00
ipc Revert "ipc,sem: remove uneeded sem_undo_list lock usage in exit_sem()" 2020-02-21 11:22:15 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-31 11:51:05 -07:00
lib for-5.7-tag 2020-03-31 13:00:16 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm arm64 updates for 5.7: 2020-03-31 10:05:01 -07:00
net This has been a busy cycle for documentation work. Highlights include: 2020-03-30 12:45:23 -07:00
samples media: rename VFL_TYPE_GRABBER to _VIDEO 2020-02-24 16:52:39 +01:00
scripts arm64 updates for 5.7: 2020-03-31 10:05:01 -07:00
security Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 16:13:08 -07:00
sound Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 16:40:08 -07:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-misc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-31 11:30:45 -07:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-03-17 09:50:37 +09:00
virt irqchip/gic-v4.1: Move doorbell management to the GICv4 abstraction layer 2020-03-24 12:15:51 +00:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2020-03-06 21:50:05 +01:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore selftest/lkdtm: Use local .gitignore 2020-03-02 08:39:39 -07:00
.mailmap media updates for v5.7-rc1 2020-03-30 13:42:05 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Hand MIPS over to Thomas 2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Couple of cleanup patches 2020-03-31 09:26:06 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.6 2020-03-29 15:25:41 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.