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Christoph Hellwig 1cb039f3dc bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag
The BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES is one of the few bits of information in the
backing_dev_info shared between the block drivers and the writeback code.
To help untangling the dependency replace it with a queue flag and a
superblock flag derived from it.  This also helps with the case of e.g.
a file system requiring stable writes due to its own checksumming, but
not forcing it on other users of the block device like the swap code.

One downside is that we an't support the stable_pages_required bdi
attribute in sysfs anymore.  It is replaced with a queue attribute which
also is writable for easier testing.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
arch Three interrupt related fixes for X86: 2020-08-30 12:01:23 -07:00
block bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
certs
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-08-30 15:53:44 -07:00
Documentation Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst: remove an incorrect sentence 2020-09-02 07:59:59 -06:00
drivers bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
fs bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
include bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
init
ipc treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
kernel PM: mm: cleanup swsusp_swap_check 2020-09-23 10:43:19 -06:00
lib lib: Revert use of fallthrough pseudo-keyword in lib/ 2020-08-24 14:17:44 -07:00
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mm bdi: replace BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES with a queue and a sb flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
net Fixes: 2020-08-25 18:01:36 -07:00
samples treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
scripts kconfig: qconf: replace deprecated QString::sprintf() with QTextStream 2020-08-21 10:23:38 +09:00
security treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
sound treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
tools blk-iocost: update iocost_monitor.py 2020-09-01 19:38:33 -06:00
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virt * PAE and PKU bugfixes for x86 2020-08-22 10:03:05 -07:00
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.mailmap Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-08-21 14:44:48 -07:00
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Linux kernel
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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
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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.