In this round, we've followed up to support some generic features such as cgroup, block reservation, linking fscrypt_ops, delivering write_hints, and some ioctls. And, we could fix some corner cases in terms of power-cut recovery and subtle deadlocks. Enhancement: - bitmap operations to handle NAT blocks - readahead to improve readdir speed - switch to use fscrypt_* - apply write hints for direct IO - add reserve_root=%u,resuid=%u,resgid=%u to reserve blocks for root/uid/gid - modify b_avail and b_free to consider root reserved blocks - support cgroup writeback - support FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR for fibmap - add F2FS_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS to pre-cache extents - add F2FS_IOC_{GET/SET}_PIN_FILE to pin LBAs for data blocks - support inode creation time Bug fix: - sysfile-based quota operations - memory footprint accounting - allow to write data on partial preallocation case - fix deadlock case on fallocate - fix to handle fill_super errors - fix missing inode updates of fsync'ed file - recover renamed file which was fsycn'ed before - drop inmemory pages in corner error case - keep last_disk_size correctly - recover missing i_inline flags during roll-forward Various clean-up patches were added as well. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE00UqedjCtOrGVvQiQBSofoJIUNIFAlpw7uUACgkQQBSofoJI UNIDEA//d0ScVxEWN6s2Qba5wa2XnTcIi3upzB61gYAkeKdy/8zan8Dp7yaZWh+h hAMG7iuaNZS6fwkNvF4SRf3zChIDDXofJneQVE5x3eyHpYCJTIBRijV/dtZ1Fzzd q+hrl3JxMKx1jMezh2tDxWnznL8Fgu34cz3UmcF/YBniM99nNP7ri4HsDB+r/691 Yo/Z1nN3VEJRrHiIfTK2eR8LmlvUFWBq21R9mszvPTYpUz3GGJ5bInY1r92nzMC9 1EDk4e0RFvV2p/CJPmFiOGMDVUb9LJ/J8icXF5FlQ5eE6DNIP6Q4609MJD29sVtE mDC11hV15QhKt+huazn/nivcPtwWgjUdyzw6EYJLtUdEaugQarA1iORR2ZNNBxOX ZmocX++rby4oHMd+Tl618jcRYOS3hUhHncgw8IxDJH9Kh1vI/4z2wdCfkucH5L/u eG5+1qMehE4vnSB2nMvEJdCERR3yHc5qZDUfMZs/e7jHjIUdT399kkAprljdEDSc QVlXeM5rdmiILVs9fY6gVgr6BgjzYB+DhrOJ3jQ8xrIOdcoqeN14RduOvZpAdiNr IwQgPxNQm8WBJQxomso7ySWotYmGIxWOPjqWtSyfL7TS4Jdiwf7eoo3pUDc8sg7A xi6zvDjdT4hmkqLKx71As3V82g6RmY4Ydcyk2XqnBjF26g2Kb68= =jZqE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'f2fs-for-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim: "In this round, we've followed up to support some generic features such as cgroup, block reservation, linking fscrypt_ops, delivering write_hints, and some ioctls. And, we could fix some corner cases in terms of power-cut recovery and subtle deadlocks. Enhancements: - bitmap operations to handle NAT blocks - readahead to improve readdir speed - switch to use fscrypt_* - apply write hints for direct IO - add reserve_root=%u,resuid=%u,resgid=%u to reserve blocks for root/uid/gid - modify b_avail and b_free to consider root reserved blocks - support cgroup writeback - support FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR for fibmap - add F2FS_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS to pre-cache extents - add F2FS_IOC_{GET/SET}_PIN_FILE to pin LBAs for data blocks - support inode creation time Bug fixs: - sysfile-based quota operations - memory footprint accounting - allow to write data on partial preallocation case - fix deadlock case on fallocate - fix to handle fill_super errors - fix missing inode updates of fsync'ed file - recover renamed file which was fsycn'ed before - drop inmemory pages in corner error case - keep last_disk_size correctly - recover missing i_inline flags during roll-forward Various clean-up patches were added as well" * tag 'f2fs-for-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: (72 commits) f2fs: support inode creation time f2fs: rebuild sit page from sit info in mem f2fs: stop issuing discard if fs is readonly f2fs: clean up duplicated assignment in init_discard_policy f2fs: use GFP_F2FS_ZERO for cleanup f2fs: allow to recover node blocks given updated checkpoint f2fs: recover some i_inline flags f2fs: correct removexattr behavior for null valued extended attribute f2fs: drop page cache after fs shutdown f2fs: stop gc/discard thread after fs shutdown f2fs: hanlde error case in f2fs_ioc_shutdown f2fs: split need_inplace_update f2fs: fix to update last_disk_size correctly f2fs: kill F2FS_INLINE_XATTR_ADDRS for cleanup f2fs: clean up error path of fill_super f2fs: avoid hungtask when GC encrypted block if io_bits is set f2fs: allow quota to use reserved blocks f2fs: fix to drop all inmem pages correctly f2fs: speed up defragment on sparse file f2fs: support F2FS_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS ... |
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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. 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.