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* Require struct page by default for filesystem DAX to remove a number of
   surprising failure cases.  This includes failures with direct I/O, gdb and
   fork(2).
 
 * Add support for the new Platform Capabilities Structure added to the NFIT in
   ACPI 6.2a.  This new table tells us whether the platform supports flushing
   of CPU and memory controller caches on unexpected power loss events.
 
 * Revamp vmem_altmap and dev_pagemap handling to clean up code and better
   support future future PCI P2P uses.
 
 * Deprecate the ND_IOCTL_SMART_THRESHOLD command whose payload has become
   out-of-sync with recent versions of the NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL spec, and
   instead rely on the generic ND_CMD_CALL approach used by the two other IOCTL
   families, NVDIMM_FAMILY_{HPE,MSFT}.
 
 * Enhance nfit_test so we can test some of the new things added in version 1.6
   of the DSM specification.  This includes testing firmware download and
   simulating the Last Shutdown State (LSS) status.
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm updates from Ross Zwisler:

 - Require struct page by default for filesystem DAX to remove a number
   of surprising failure cases. This includes failures with direct I/O,
   gdb and fork(2).

 - Add support for the new Platform Capabilities Structure added to the
   NFIT in ACPI 6.2a. This new table tells us whether the platform
   supports flushing of CPU and memory controller caches on unexpected
   power loss events.

 - Revamp vmem_altmap and dev_pagemap handling to clean up code and
   better support future future PCI P2P uses.

 - Deprecate the ND_IOCTL_SMART_THRESHOLD command whose payload has
   become out-of-sync with recent versions of the NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL
   spec, and instead rely on the generic ND_CMD_CALL approach used by
   the two other IOCTL families, NVDIMM_FAMILY_{HPE,MSFT}.

 - Enhance nfit_test so we can test some of the new things added in
   version 1.6 of the DSM specification. This includes testing firmware
   download and simulating the Last Shutdown State (LSS) status.

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (37 commits)
  libnvdimm, namespace: remove redundant initialization of 'nd_mapping'
  acpi, nfit: fix register dimm error handling
  libnvdimm, namespace: make min namespace size 4K
  tools/testing/nvdimm: force nfit_test to depend on instrumented modules
  libnvdimm/nfit_test: adding support for unit testing enable LSS status
  libnvdimm/nfit_test: add firmware download emulation
  nfit-test: Add platform cap support from ACPI 6.2a to test
  libnvdimm: expose platform persistence attribute for nd_region
  acpi: nfit: add persistent memory control flag for nd_region
  acpi: nfit: Add support for detect platform CPU cache flush on power loss
  device-dax: Fix trailing semicolon
  libnvdimm, btt: fix uninitialized err_lock
  dax: require 'struct page' by default for filesystem dax
  ext2: auto disable dax instead of failing mount
  ext4: auto disable dax instead of failing mount
  mm, dax: introduce pfn_t_special()
  mm: Fix devm_memremap_pages() collision handling
  mm: Fix memory size alignment in devm_memremap_pages_release()
  memremap: merge find_dev_pagemap into get_dev_pagemap
  memremap: change devm_memremap_pages interface to use struct dev_pagemap
  ...
2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
arch libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
block for-linus-20180204 2018-02-04 11:16:35 -08:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-01-31 14:22:45 -08:00
Documentation pci-v4.16-changes 2018-02-06 09:59:40 -08:00
drivers libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
include libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
init init_task out-of-lining 2018-01-29 09:08:34 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.mqueue' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-01-30 18:32:21 -08:00
kernel libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
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net Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-04 11:45:55 -08:00
samples Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
scripts Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
security Currently, hardened usercopy performs dynamic bounds checking on slab 2018-02-03 16:25:42 -08:00
sound Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
tools libnvdimm for 4.16 2018-02-06 10:41:33 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt Currently, hardened usercopy performs dynamic bounds checking on slab 2018-02-03 16:25:42 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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