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Merge tag 'for-6.1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux

Pull btrfs updates from David Sterba:
 "There's a bunch of performance improvements, most notably the FIEMAP
  speedup, the new block group tree to speed up mount on large
  filesystems, more io_uring integration, some sysfs exports and the
  usual fixes and core updates.

  Summary:

  Performance:

   - outstanding FIEMAP speed improvement
      - algorithmic change how extents are enumerated leads to orders of
        magnitude speed boost (uncached and cached)
      - extent sharing check speedup (2.2x uncached, 3x cached)
      - add more cancellation points, allowing to interrupt seeking in
        files with large number of extents
      - more efficient hole and data seeking (4x uncached, 1.3x cached)
      - sample results:
	    256M, 32K extents:   4s ->  29ms  (~150x)
	    512M, 64K extents:  30s ->  59ms  (~550x)
	    1G,  128K extents: 225s -> 120ms (~1800x)

   - improved inode logging, especially for directories (on dbench
     workload throughput +25%, max latency -21%)

   - improved buffered IO, remove redundant extent state tracking,
     lowering memory consumption and avoiding rb tree traversal

   - add sysfs tunable to let qgroup temporarily skip exact accounting
     when deleting snapshot, leading to a speedup but requiring a rescan
     after that, will be used by snapper

   - support io_uring and buffered writes, until now it was just for
     direct IO, with the no-wait semantics implemented in the buffered
     write path it now works and leads to speed improvement in IOPS
     (2x), throughput (2.2x), latency (depends, 2x to 150x)

   - small performance improvements when dropping and searching for
     extent maps as well as when flushing delalloc in COW mode
     (throughput +5MB/s)

  User visible changes:

   - new incompatible feature block-group-tree adding a dedicated tree
     for tracking block groups, this allows a much faster load during
     mount and avoids seeking unlike when it's scattered in the extent
     tree items
      - this reduces mount time for many-terabyte sized filesystems
      - conversion tool will be provided so existing filesystem can also
        be updated in place
      - to reduce test matrix and feature combinations requires no-holes
        and free-space-tree (mkfs defaults since 5.15)

   - improved reporting of super block corruption detected by scrub

   - scrub also tries to repair super block and does not wait until next
     commit

   - discard stats and tunables are exported in sysfs
     (/sys/fs/btrfs/FSID/discard)

   - qgroup status is exported in sysfs
     (/sys/sys/fs/btrfs/FSID/qgroups/)

   - verify that super block was not modified when thawing filesystem

  Fixes:

   - FIEMAP fixes
      - fix extent sharing status, does not depend on the cached status
        where merged
      - flush delalloc so compressed extents are reported correctly

   - fix alignment of VMA for memory mapped files on THP

   - send: fix failures when processing inodes with no links (orphan
     files and directories)

   - fix race between quota enable and quota rescan ioctl

   - handle more corner cases for read-only compat feature verification

   - fix missed extent on fsync after dropping extent maps

  Core:

   - lockdep annotations to validate various transactions states and
     state transitions

   - preliminary support for fs-verity in send

   - more effective memory use in scrub for subpage where sector is
     smaller than page

   - block group caching progress logic has been removed, load is now
     synchronous

   - simplify end IO callbacks and bio handling, use chained bios
     instead of own tracking

   - add no-wait semantics to several functions (tree search, nocow,
     flushing, buffered write

   - cleanups and refactoring

  MM changes:

   - export balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags"

* tag 'for-6.1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux: (177 commits)
  btrfs: set generation before calling btrfs_clean_tree_block in btrfs_init_new_buffer
  btrfs: drop extent map range more efficiently
  btrfs: avoid pointless extent map tree search when flushing delalloc
  btrfs: remove unnecessary next extent map search
  btrfs: remove unnecessary NULL pointer checks when searching extent maps
  btrfs: assert tree is locked when clearing extent map from logging
  btrfs: remove unnecessary extent map initializations
  btrfs: remove the refcount warning/check at free_extent_map()
  btrfs: add helper to replace extent map range with a new extent map
  btrfs: move open coded extent map tree deletion out of inode eviction
  btrfs: use cond_resched_rwlock_write() during inode eviction
  btrfs: use extent_map_end() at btrfs_drop_extent_map_range()
  btrfs: move btrfs_drop_extent_cache() to extent_map.c
  btrfs: fix missed extent on fsync after dropping extent maps
  btrfs: remove stale prototype of btrfs_write_inode
  btrfs: enable nowait async buffered writes
  btrfs: assert nowait mode is not used for some btree search functions
  btrfs: make btrfs_buffered_write nowait compatible
  btrfs: plumb NOWAIT through the write path
  btrfs: make lock_and_cleanup_extent_if_need nowait compatible
  ...
2022-10-06 17:36:48 -07:00
arch whack-a-mole: constifying struct path * 2022-10-06 17:31:02 -07:00
block STATX_DIOALIGN for 6.1 2022-10-03 20:33:41 -07:00
certs certs: make system keyring depend on built-in x509 parser 2022-09-24 04:31:18 +09:00
crypto crypto: blake2b: effectively disable frame size warning 2022-08-10 17:59:11 -07:00
Documentation struct file-related stuff 2022-10-06 17:13:18 -07:00
drivers whack-a-mole: cropped up open-coded file_inode() uses... 2022-10-06 17:22:11 -07:00
fs for-6.1-tag 2022-10-06 17:36:48 -07:00
include for-6.1-tag 2022-10-06 17:36:48 -07:00
init Kbuild: add Rust support 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
io_uring whack-a-mole: constifying struct path * 2022-10-06 17:31:02 -07:00
ipc Updates to various subsystems which I help look after. lib, ocfs2, 2022-08-07 10:03:24 -07:00
kernel whack-a-mole: constifying struct path * 2022-10-06 17:31:02 -07:00
lib linux-kselftest-kunit-6.1-rc1 2022-10-06 12:57:55 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers 2021-12-16 14:33:10 +01:00
mm for-6.1-tag 2022-10-06 17:36:48 -07:00
net d_path pile 2022-10-06 16:55:41 -07:00
rust Kbuild: add Rust support 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
samples ARM: driver updates for 6.1 2022-10-06 11:04:57 -07:00
scripts Networking changes for 6.1. 2022-10-04 13:38:03 -07:00
security whack-a-mole: constifying struct path * 2022-10-06 17:31:02 -07:00
sound sound updates for 6.1-rc1 2022-10-05 12:02:07 -07:00
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.mailmap Qualcomm ARM64 DTS fixes for 6.0 2022-09-23 16:44:37 +02:00
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COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS drm for 5.20/6.0 2022-08-03 19:52:08 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
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MAINTAINERS linux-kselftest-next-6.1-rc1 2022-10-06 12:53:15 -07:00
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README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

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.