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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-07 18:14:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-07 18:14:36 -0700
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parentMerge tag 'leds-for-5.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/j.anaszewski/linux-leds (diff)
parentblock: fix mismerge in bvec_advance (diff)
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Merge tag 'for-5.2/block-20190507' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull block updates from Jens Axboe: "Nothing major in this series, just fixes and improvements all over the map. This contains: - Series of fixes for sed-opal (David, Jonas) - Fixes and performance tweaks for BFQ (via Paolo) - Set of fixes for bcache (via Coly) - Set of fixes for md (via Song) - Enabling multi-page for passthrough requests (Ming) - Queue release fix series (Ming) - Device notification improvements (Martin) - Propagate underlying device rotational status in loop (Holger) - Removal of mtip32xx trim support, which has been disabled for years (Christoph) - Improvement and cleanup of nvme command handling (Christoph) - Add block SPDX tags (Christoph) - Cleanup/hardening of bio/bvec iteration (Christoph) - A few NVMe pull requests (Christoph) - Removal of CONFIG_LBDAF (Christoph) - Various little fixes here and there" * tag 'for-5.2/block-20190507' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (164 commits) block: fix mismerge in bvec_advance block: don't drain in-progress dispatch in blk_cleanup_queue() blk-mq: move cancel of hctx->run_work into blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release blk-mq: always free hctx after request queue is freed blk-mq: split blk_mq_alloc_and_init_hctx into two parts blk-mq: free hw queue's resource in hctx's release handler blk-mq: move cancel of requeue_work into blk_mq_release blk-mq: grab .q_usage_counter when queuing request from plug code path block: fix function name in comment nvmet: protect discovery change log event list iteration nvme: mark nvme_core_init and nvme_core_exit static nvme: move command size checks to the core nvme-fabrics: check more command sizes nvme-pci: check more command sizes nvme-pci: remove an unneeded variable initialization nvme-pci: unquiesce admin queue on shutdown nvme-pci: shutdown on timeout during deletion nvme-pci: fix psdt field for single segment sgls nvme-multipath: don't print ANA group state by default nvme-multipath: split bios with the ns_head bio_set before submitting ...
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@@ -72,47 +72,44 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
-14) If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without
- ``CONFIG_LBDAF.``
+16) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
-15) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
+17) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
-16) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
-
-17) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
+18) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
-18) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
+19) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
-19) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
+20) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information.
Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
-20) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
+21) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
-21) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
+22) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``.
If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
injection might be appropriate.
-22) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
+23) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
-23) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
+24) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
-24) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
+25) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing
and why.
-25) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
+26) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
``Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt``.
-26) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
+27) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols,
then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled
and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the