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Linus Torvalds f0c98ebc57 libnvdimm for 4.8
1/ Replace pcommit with ADR / directed-flushing:
    The pcommit instruction, which has not shipped on any product, is
    deprecated. Instead, the requirement is that platforms implement either
    ADR, or provide one or more flush addresses per nvdimm. ADR
    (Asynchronous DRAM Refresh) flushes data in posted write buffers to the
    memory controller on a power-fail event. Flush addresses are defined in
    ACPI 6.x as an NVDIMM Firmware Interface Table (NFIT) sub-structure:
    "Flush Hint Address Structure". A flush hint is an mmio address that
    when written and fenced assures that all previous posted writes
    targeting a given dimm have been flushed to media.
 
 2/ On-demand ARS (address range scrub):
    Linux uses the results of the ACPI ARS commands to track bad blocks
    in pmem devices.  When latent errors are detected we re-scrub the media
    to refresh the bad block list, userspace can also request a re-scrub at
    any time.
 
 3/ Support for the Microsoft DSM (device specific method) command format.
 
 4/ Support for EDK2/OVMF virtual disk device memory ranges.
 
 5/ Various fixes and cleanups across the subsystem.
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:

 - Replace pcommit with ADR / directed-flushing.

   The pcommit instruction, which has not shipped on any product, is
   deprecated.  Instead, the requirement is that platforms implement
   either ADR, or provide one or more flush addresses per nvdimm.

   ADR (Asynchronous DRAM Refresh) flushes data in posted write buffers
   to the memory controller on a power-fail event.

   Flush addresses are defined in ACPI 6.x as an NVDIMM Firmware
   Interface Table (NFIT) sub-structure: "Flush Hint Address Structure".
   A flush hint is an mmio address that when written and fenced assures
   that all previous posted writes targeting a given dimm have been
   flushed to media.

 - On-demand ARS (address range scrub).

   Linux uses the results of the ACPI ARS commands to track bad blocks
   in pmem devices.  When latent errors are detected we re-scrub the
   media to refresh the bad block list, userspace can also request a
   re-scrub at any time.

 - Support for the Microsoft DSM (device specific method) command
   format.

 - Support for EDK2/OVMF virtual disk device memory ranges.

 - Various fixes and cleanups across the subsystem.

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (41 commits)
  libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "__nd_device_register"
  nfit: do an ARS scrub on hitting a latent media error
  nfit: move to nfit/ sub-directory
  nfit, libnvdimm: allow an ARS scrub to be triggered on demand
  libnvdimm: register nvdimm_bus devices with an nd_bus driver
  pmem: clarify a debug print in pmem_clear_poison
  x86/insn: remove pcommit
  Revert "KVM: x86: add pcommit support"
  nfit, tools/testing/nvdimm/: unify shutdown paths
  libnvdimm: move ->module to struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor
  nfit: cleanup acpi_nfit_init calling convention
  nfit: fix _FIT evaluation memory leak + use after free
  tools/testing/nvdimm: add manufacturing_{date|location} dimm properties
  tools/testing/nvdimm: add virtual ramdisk range
  acpi, nfit: treat virtual ramdisk SPA as pmem region
  pmem: kill __pmem address space
  pmem: kill wmb_pmem()
  libnvdimm, pmem: use nvdimm_flush() for namespace I/O writes
  fs/dax: remove wmb_pmem()
  libnvdimm, pmem: flush posted-write queues on shutdown
  ...
2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-07-27 12:03:20 -07:00
configs
debug mm/init: Add 'rodata=off' boot cmdline parameter to disable read-only kernel mappings 2016-02-22 08:51:37 +01:00
events Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-07-27 12:03:20 -07:00
gcov gcov: add support for gcc version >= 6 2016-07-15 14:54:27 +09:00
irq genirq: Fix missing irq allocation affinity hint 2016-07-19 10:49:47 +02:00
livepatch Merge branches 'for-4.7/core', 'for-4.7/livepatching-doc' and 'for-4.7/livepatching-ppc64' into for-linus 2016-05-17 12:06:35 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-25 12:41:29 -07:00
power mm, vmscan: move LRU lists to node 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
printk printk: when dumping regs, show the stack, not thread_info 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-25 12:41:29 -07:00
sched xen: features and fixes for 4.8-rc0 2016-07-27 11:35:37 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-25 20:43:12 -07:00
trace Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-07-27 12:03:20 -07:00
.gitignore certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list 2015-10-21 15:18:35 +01:00
acct.c
async.c async: export current_is_async() 2015-11-19 17:51:48 +01:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.7' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-06-29 15:18:47 -07:00
audit.h audit: move audit_get_tty to reduce scope and kabi changes 2016-06-28 15:48:48 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: cleanup prune_tree_thread 2016-04-04 09:46:47 -04:00
audit_watch.c don't bother with ->d_inode->i_sb - it's always equal to ->d_sb 2016-04-10 17:11:51 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: Fix typo in comment 2016-02-08 11:25:39 -05:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.7' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-06-29 15:18:47 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-07-27 12:03:20 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: kill cgrp_ss_priv[CGROUP_CANFORK_COUNT] and friends 2015-12-03 10:24:08 -05:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup: Use lld instead of ld when printing pids controller events_limit 2016-06-21 15:03:36 -04:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API 2015-11-24 09:56:43 +01:00
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Keep enough storage space if SMP=n to avoid array out of bounds scribble 2016-07-13 09:29:39 +02:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpuset.c cpuset, mm: fix TIF_MEMDIE check in cpuset_change_task_nodemask 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
delayacct.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-25 13:59:34 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c mm: fix memcg stack accounting for sub-page stacks 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
freezer.c freezer, oom: check TIF_MEMDIE on the correct task 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
futex.c futex: Calculate the futex key based on a tail page for file-based futexes 2016-06-08 19:23:54 +02:00
futex_compat.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: use timeout diff when timeout is updated 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
irq_work.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
jump_label.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-25 12:41:29 -07:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: add support for relative offsets in kallsyms address table 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
kcmp.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kernel/kcov: unproxify debugfs file's fops 2016-06-15 04:56:35 -07:00
kexec.c s390/kexec: consolidate crash_map/unmap_reserved_pages() and arch_kexec_protect(unprotect)_crashkres() 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kexec_core.c s390/kexec: consolidate crash_map/unmap_reserved_pages() and arch_kexec_protect(unprotect)_crashkres() 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: introduce a protection mechanism for the crashkernel reserved memory 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: move some memembers and definitions within the scope of CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kmod.c kmod: don't run async usermode helper as a child of kworker thread 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
kprobes.c perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Disallow kernel breakpoints unless kprobe-safe 2015-08-04 10:16:54 +02:00
ksysfs.c rcu: Remove TINY_RCU bloat from pointless boot parameters 2015-12-07 16:59:37 -08:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
Makefile ELF/MIPS build fix 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c libnvdimm for 4.8 2016-07-28 17:38:16 -07:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: preserve Elf information for livepatch modules 2016-04-01 15:00:10 +02:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Move the point of trust determination to __key_link() 2016-04-11 22:43:43 +01:00
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c cgroup: introduce cgroup namespaces 2016-02-16 13:04:58 -05:00
padata.c kernel/padata.c: hide unused functions 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
panic.c printk/nmi: flush NMI messages on the system panic 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
params.c Nothing exciting, minor tweaks and cleanups. 2015-11-09 15:53:39 -08:00
pid.c remove lots of IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:26:11 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
profile.c profile: hide unused functions when !CONFIG_PROC_FS 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under ->siglock 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak 2016-06-09 14:23:11 -07:00
resource.c /proc/iomem: only expose physical resource addresses to privileged users 2016-04-14 12:56:09 -07:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2016-05-19 10:02:26 -07:00
signal.c signals: Use hrtimer for sigtimedwait() 2016-07-07 10:35:07 +02:00
smp.c locking/barriers: Replace smp_cond_acquire() with smp_cond_load_acquire() 2016-06-14 11:54:27 +02:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Unpark smpboot threads from the state machine 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
smpboot.h cpu/hotplug: Create hotplug threads 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
softirq.c arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: remove CONFIG_SMP dependencies 2016-01-16 11:17:24 -08:00
sys.c prctl: make PR_SET_THP_DISABLE wait for mmap_sem killable 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
sys_ni.c vfs: add copy_file_range syscall and vfs helper 2015-12-01 14:00:53 -05:00
sysctl.c mm: convert zone_reclaim to node_reclaim 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use generic UUID library 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
task_work.c locking/spinlock: Update spin_unlock_wait() users 2016-06-14 11:55:15 +02:00
taskstats.c taskstats: use the libnl API to align nlattr on 64-bit 2016-04-23 20:13:25 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Stop onoff task if there is only one cpu 2016-06-14 16:03:28 -07:00
tracepoint.c kernel/...: convert pr_warning to pr_warn 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
tsacct.c time, acct: Drop irq save & restore from __acct_update_integrals() 2016-02-29 09:53:09 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() 2016-01-04 10:27:55 -05:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c Revert "perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86" 2016-07-10 20:58:36 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branches 'pm-sleep' and 'pm-tools' 2016-07-25 13:44:32 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core: Get rid of 'cpu' argument in wq_worker_sleeping() 2016-03-02 10:28:47 -05:00