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![]() In this cycle, we've applied relatively small number of patches which fix subtle corner cases mainly, while introducing a new mount option to be able to fragment the disk intentionally for performance tests. Enhancement: - add a mount option to fragmente on-disk layout to understand the performance - support direct IO for multi-partitions - add a fault injection of dquot_initialize Bug fix: - address some lockdep complaints - fix a deadlock issue with quota - fix a memory tuning condition - fix compression condition to improve the ratio - fix disabling compression on the non-empty compressed file - invalidate cached pages before IPU/DIO writes And, we've added some minor clean-ups as usual. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE00UqedjCtOrGVvQiQBSofoJIUNIFAmGMILwACgkQQBSofoJI UNJDRA/+KPyCXdY0OqL26BuGKj+z7hW6bz7tlh6h3wdnPdsR/W3ehbqQEr3GBb+q yokmD75/in7vZwGsDHGowFWMAfWOHYEqHz5UAq91sHjhfZzLDNUgLFWJedBX2XJb UoEAa7KzRt9M9K2p/5vSTs07RN3okUiRkFhVBBQJIaL7xi6MpadN/XAqpyoBqsiP pAV6J3GF6WNF19P/hkN1CJI8rV+PFrvY6C23lMkP7mnsWh03jMSgDDuhLHMQpAba EJYq7QbSatsLDRdR+jUQwIfMucvvzN7M6ja9+NTGlbeACvND8vXKYXOwngCq9+je 2PIU4J8zNqnEkLsPn8STm4zwZHCA7VFdeCobCZcaVZCZFBzVqCkVYE9wqFVaQmr1 bCrRFvEb+D1pkHYFujVXwCAfPlO6twiAInFNMa3WQ3FduJq2nhc8OLCJJ46D1KT2 ZzzLv2EIIlncxPvgLIhiEE9DgPOyV56PQAO3OTsBZcvycU32aHo4hyexju1ubKiD CZFEHLnPbxX8Ulh3NX4uUxqPAEVhM/aw4l4e8xhmVRY3uj75geY7M6rt1vD+Y5Et EwbUE8XbLy+GhqbbO/SX9G38pftOiIquH1J0RuhuVNNmkIDkQvnSNp8WqHTdjEJE NiHZ5bkRkii34Wfrax9UccqGDswh/gjHAXEfGD8nFfcQZwLP1n8= =KGQ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'f2fs-for-5.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim: "In this cycle, we've applied relatively small number of patches which fix subtle corner cases mainly, while introducing a new mount option to be able to fragment the disk intentionally for performance tests. Enhancements: - add a mount option to fragmente on-disk layout to understand the performance - support direct IO for multi-partitions - add a fault injection of dquot_initialize Bug fixes: - address some lockdep complaints - fix a deadlock issue with quota - fix a memory tuning condition - fix compression condition to improve the ratio - fix disabling compression on the non-empty compressed file - invalidate cached pages before IPU/DIO writes And, we've added some minor clean-ups as usual" * tag 'f2fs-for-5.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: f2fs: fix UAF in f2fs_available_free_memory f2fs: invalidate META_MAPPING before IPU/DIO write f2fs: support fault injection for dquot_initialize() f2fs: fix incorrect return value in f2fs_sanity_check_ckpt() f2fs: compress: disallow disabling compress on non-empty compressed file f2fs: compress: fix overwrite may reduce compress ratio unproperly f2fs: multidevice: support direct IO f2fs: introduce fragment allocation mode mount option f2fs: replace snprintf in show functions with sysfs_emit f2fs: include non-compressed blocks in compr_written_block f2fs: fix wrong condition to trigger background checkpoint correctly f2fs: fix to use WHINT_MODE f2fs: fix up f2fs_lookup tracepoints f2fs: set SBI_NEED_FSCK flag when inconsistent node block found f2fs: introduce excess_dirty_threshold() f2fs: avoid attaching SB_ACTIVE flag during mount f2fs: quota: fix potential deadlock f2fs: should use GFP_NOFS for directory inodes |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. Note: The fields should be use a simple notation, compatible with ReST markup. Also, the file **should not** have a top-level index, like:: === foo === How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.