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Linus Torvalds 298fb76a55 Highlights:
- add a new knfsd file cache, so that we don't have to open and
 	  close on each (NFSv2/v3) READ or WRITE.  This can speed up
 	  read and write in some cases.  It also replaces our readahead
 	  cache.
 	- Prevent silent data loss on write errors, by treating write
 	  errors like server reboots for the purposes of write caching,
 	  thus forcing clients to resend their writes.
 	- Tweak the code that allocates sessions to be more forgiving,
 	  so that NFSv4.1 mounts are less likely to hang when a server
 	  already has a lot of clients.
 	- Eliminate an arbitrary limit on NFSv4 ACL sizes; they should
 	  now be limited only by the backend filesystem and the
 	  maximum RPC size.
 	- Allow the server to enforce use of the correct kerberos
 	  credentials when a client reclaims state after a reboot.
 
 And some miscellaneous smaller bugfixes and cleanup.
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Merge tag 'nfsd-5.4' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux

Pull nfsd updates from Bruce Fields:
 "Highlights:

   - Add a new knfsd file cache, so that we don't have to open and close
     on each (NFSv2/v3) READ or WRITE. This can speed up read and write
     in some cases. It also replaces our readahead cache.

   - Prevent silent data loss on write errors, by treating write errors
     like server reboots for the purposes of write caching, thus forcing
     clients to resend their writes.

   - Tweak the code that allocates sessions to be more forgiving, so
     that NFSv4.1 mounts are less likely to hang when a server already
     has a lot of clients.

   - Eliminate an arbitrary limit on NFSv4 ACL sizes; they should now be
     limited only by the backend filesystem and the maximum RPC size.

   - Allow the server to enforce use of the correct kerberos credentials
     when a client reclaims state after a reboot.

  And some miscellaneous smaller bugfixes and cleanup"

* tag 'nfsd-5.4' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (34 commits)
  sunrpc: clean up indentation issue
  nfsd: fix nfs read eof detection
  nfsd: Make nfsd_reset_boot_verifier_locked static
  nfsd: degraded slot-count more gracefully as allocation nears exhaustion.
  nfsd: handle drc over-allocation gracefully.
  nfsd: add support for upcall version 2
  nfsd: add a "GetVersion" upcall for nfsdcld
  nfsd: Reset the boot verifier on all write I/O errors
  nfsd: Don't garbage collect files that might contain write errors
  nfsd: Support the server resetting the boot verifier
  nfsd: nfsd_file cache entries should be per net namespace
  nfsd: eliminate an unnecessary acl size limit
  Deprecate nfsd fault injection
  nfsd: remove duplicated include from filecache.c
  nfsd: Fix the documentation for svcxdr_tmpalloc()
  nfsd: Fix up some unused variable warnings
  nfsd: close cached files prior to a REMOVE or RENAME that would replace target
  nfsd: rip out the raparms cache
  nfsd: have nfsd_test_lock use the nfsd_file cache
  nfsd: hook up nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op to the nfsd_file cache
  ...
2019-09-27 17:00:27 -07:00
Documentation add virtio-fs 2019-09-27 15:54:24 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
arch RISC-V additional updates for v5.4-rc1 2019-09-27 13:08:36 -07:00
block block: fix null pointer dereference in blk_mq_rq_timed_out() 2019-09-27 07:01:25 -06:00
certs Revert "Merge tag 'keys-acl-20190703' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs" 2019-07-10 18:43:43 -07:00
crypto - crypto and DM crypt advances that allow the crypto API to reclaim 2019-09-21 10:40:37 -07:00
drivers pwm: Changes for v5.4-rc1 2019-09-27 12:19:47 -07:00
fs Highlights: 2019-09-27 17:00:27 -07:00
include Highlights: 2019-09-27 17:00:27 -07:00
init mm: use CPU_BITS_NONE to initialize init_mm.cpu_bitmask 2019-09-24 15:54:10 -07:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: convert to use built-in RCU list checking 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
kernel x86 KVM changes: 2019-09-27 12:44:26 -07:00
lib lib: untag user pointers in strn*_user 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
mm Fix hardened usercopy under CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL 2019-09-26 12:27:33 -07:00
net Highlights: 2019-09-27 17:00:27 -07:00
samples rpmsg updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:58:15 -07:00
scripts checkpatch: check for nested (un)?likely() calls 2019-09-25 17:51:42 -07:00
security KEYS: trusted: correctly initialize digests and fix locking issue 2019-09-25 02:43:53 +03:00
sound sound fixes for 5.4-rc1 2019-09-24 16:46:16 -07:00
tools x86 KVM changes: 2019-09-27 12:44:26 -07:00
usr kbuild: clean compressed initramfs image 2019-09-24 15:54:07 -07:00
virt * s390: ioctl hardening, selftests 2019-09-18 09:49:13 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
.mailmap Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2019-09-18 12:34:53 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS CREDITS: Update email address 2019-09-13 17:21:38 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS add virtio-fs 2019-09-27 15:54:24 -07:00
Makefile Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

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.