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parent 1bc5e157ed2b4f5b206155fc772d860158acd201
parent 61031952f4c89dba1065f7a5b9419badb112554c
author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1435599282 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1435599282 -0700
mergetag object 61031952f4c89dba1065f7a5b9419badb112554c
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 tag libnvdimm-for-4.2
 tagger Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 1435339281 -0700
 
 The libnvdimm sub-system introduces, in addition to the libnvdimm-core,
 4 drivers / enabling modules:
 
 NFIT:
 Instantiates an "nvdimm bus" with the core and registers memory devices
 (NVDIMMs) enumerated by the ACPI 6.0 NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware Interface
 table).  After registering NVDIMMs the NFIT driver then registers
 "region" devices.  A libnvdimm-region defines an access mode and the
 boundaries of persistent memory media.  A region may span multiple
 NVDIMMs that are interleaved by the hardware memory controller.  In
 turn, a libnvdimm-region can be carved into a "namespace" device and
 bound to the PMEM or BLK driver which will attach a Linux block device
 (disk) interface to the memory.
 
 PMEM:
 Initially merged in v4.1 this driver for contiguous spans of persistent
 memory address ranges is re-worked to drive PMEM-namespaces emitted by
 the libnvdimm-core.  In this update the PMEM driver, on x86, gains the
 ability to assert that writes to persistent memory have been flushed all
 the way through the caches and buffers in the platform to persistent
 media.  See memcpy_to_pmem() and wmb_pmem().
 
 BLK:
 This new driver enables access to persistent memory media through "Block
 Data Windows" as defined by the NFIT.  The primary difference of this
 driver to PMEM is that only a small window of persistent memory is
 mapped into system address space at any given point in time.  Per-NVDIMM
 windows are reprogrammed at run time, per-I/O, to access different
 portions of the media.  BLK-mode, by definition, does not support DAX.
 
 BTT:
 This is a library, optionally consumed by either PMEM or BLK, that
 converts a byte-accessible namespace into a disk with atomic sector
 update semantics (prevents sector tearing on crash or power loss).  The
 sinister aspect of sector tearing is that most applications do not know
 they have a atomic sector dependency.  At least today's disk's rarely
 ever tear sectors and if they do one almost certainly gets a CRC error
 on access.  NVDIMMs will always tear and always silently.  Until an
 application is audited to be robust in the presence of sector-tearing
 the usage of BTT is recommended.
 
 Thanks to: Ross Zwisler, Jeff Moyer, Vishal Verma, Christoph Hellwig,
 Ingo Molnar, Neil Brown, Boaz Harrosh, Robert Elliott, Matthew Wilcox,
 Andy Rudoff, Linda Knippers, Toshi Kani, Nicholas Moulin, Rafael
 Wysocki, and Bob Moore.
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm subsystem from Dan Williams:
 "The libnvdimm sub-system introduces, in addition to the
  libnvdimm-core, 4 drivers / enabling modules:

  NFIT:
    Instantiates an "nvdimm bus" with the core and registers memory
    devices (NVDIMMs) enumerated by the ACPI 6.0 NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware
    Interface table).

    After registering NVDIMMs the NFIT driver then registers "region"
    devices.  A libnvdimm-region defines an access mode and the
    boundaries of persistent memory media.  A region may span multiple
    NVDIMMs that are interleaved by the hardware memory controller.  In
    turn, a libnvdimm-region can be carved into a "namespace" device and
    bound to the PMEM or BLK driver which will attach a Linux block
    device (disk) interface to the memory.

  PMEM:
    Initially merged in v4.1 this driver for contiguous spans of
    persistent memory address ranges is re-worked to drive
    PMEM-namespaces emitted by the libnvdimm-core.

    In this update the PMEM driver, on x86, gains the ability to assert
    that writes to persistent memory have been flushed all the way
    through the caches and buffers in the platform to persistent media.
    See memcpy_to_pmem() and wmb_pmem().

  BLK:
    This new driver enables access to persistent memory media through
    "Block Data Windows" as defined by the NFIT.  The primary difference
    of this driver to PMEM is that only a small window of persistent
    memory is mapped into system address space at any given point in
    time.

    Per-NVDIMM windows are reprogrammed at run time, per-I/O, to access
    different portions of the media.  BLK-mode, by definition, does not
    support DAX.

  BTT:
    This is a library, optionally consumed by either PMEM or BLK, that
    converts a byte-accessible namespace into a disk with atomic sector
    update semantics (prevents sector tearing on crash or power loss).

    The sinister aspect of sector tearing is that most applications do
    not know they have a atomic sector dependency.  At least today's
    disk's rarely ever tear sectors and if they do one almost certainly
    gets a CRC error on access.  NVDIMMs will always tear and always
    silently.  Until an application is audited to be robust in the
    presence of sector-tearing the usage of BTT is recommended.

  Thanks to: Ross Zwisler, Jeff Moyer, Vishal Verma, Christoph Hellwig,
  Ingo Molnar, Neil Brown, Boaz Harrosh, Robert Elliott, Matthew Wilcox,
  Andy Rudoff, Linda Knippers, Toshi Kani, Nicholas Moulin, Rafael
  Wysocki, and Bob Moore"

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/nvdimm: (33 commits)
  arch, x86: pmem api for ensuring durability of persistent memory updates
  libnvdimm: Add sysfs numa_node to NVDIMM devices
  libnvdimm: Set numa_node to NVDIMM devices
  acpi: Add acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node()
  libnvdimm, nfit: handle unarmed dimms, mark namespaces read-only
  pmem: flag pmem block devices as non-rotational
  libnvdimm: enable iostat
  pmem: make_request cleanups
  libnvdimm, pmem: fix up max_hw_sectors
  libnvdimm, blk: add support for blk integrity
  libnvdimm, btt: add support for blk integrity
  fs/block_dev.c: skip rw_page if bdev has integrity
  libnvdimm: Non-Volatile Devices
  tools/testing/nvdimm: libnvdimm unit test infrastructure
  libnvdimm, nfit, nd_blk: driver for BLK-mode access persistent memory
  nd_btt: atomic sector updates
  libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices
  libnvdimm: write blk label set
  libnvdimm: write pmem label set
  libnvdimm: blk labels and namespace instantiation
  ...