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There was some confusion about what these functions did. Make it clear that this is a hint for upper layers to pass to the block layer, and that it does not guarantee that I/O will not be submitted between a start and finish plug. Reported-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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
``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.