tree 839a5a070eabe8851797330ea77ca7eb7c93bcc1
parent 9f45efb9286268e01d5022d34a58a68f53ca3072
parent 9d92573fff3ec70785ef1815cc80573f70e7a921
author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1499445846 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1499445846 -0700
mergetag object 9d92573fff3ec70785ef1815cc80573f70e7a921
 type commit
 tag libnvdimm-for-4.13
 tagger Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 1499383052 -0700
 
 libnvdimm for 4.13
 
 * Introduce the _flushcache() family of memory copy helpers and use them
   for persistent memory write operations on x86. The _flushcache()
   semantic indicates that the cache is either bypassed for the copy
   operation (movnt) or any lines dirtied by the copy operation are
   written back (clwb, clflushopt, or clflush).
 
 * Extend dax_operations with ->copy_from_iter() and ->flush()
   operations. These operations and other infrastructure updates allow
   all persistent memory specific dax functionality to be pushed into
   libnvdimm and the pmem driver directly. It also allows dax-specific
   sysfs attributes to be linked to a host device, for example:
       /sys/block/pmem0/dax/write_cache
 
 * Add support for the new NVDIMM platform/firmware mechanisms introduced
   in ACPI 6.2 and UEFI 2.7. This support includes the v1.2 namespace
   label format, extensions to the address-range-scrub command set, new
   error injection commands, and a new BTT (block-translation-table)
   layout. These updates support inter-OS and pre-OS compatibility.
 
 * Fix a longstanding memory corruption bug in nfit_test.
 
 * Make the pmem and nvdimm-region 'badblocks' sysfs files poll(2)
   capable.
 
 * Miscellaneous fixes and small updates across libnvdimm and the nfit
   driver.
 
 Acknowledgements that came after the branch was pushed:
 
 commit 6aa734a2f38e "libnvdimm, region, pmem: fix 'badblocks'
   sysfs_get_dirent() reference lifetime"
 Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:
 "libnvdimm updates for the latest ACPI and UEFI specifications. This
  pull request also includes new 'struct dax_operations' enabling to
  undo the abuse of copy_user_nocache() for copy operations to pmem.

  The dax work originally missed 4.12 to address concerns raised by Al.

  Summary:

   - Introduce the _flushcache() family of memory copy helpers and use
     them for persistent memory write operations on x86. The
     _flushcache() semantic indicates that the cache is either bypassed
     for the copy operation (movnt) or any lines dirtied by the copy
     operation are written back (clwb, clflushopt, or clflush).

   - Extend dax_operations with ->copy_from_iter() and ->flush()
     operations. These operations and other infrastructure updates allow
     all persistent memory specific dax functionality to be pushed into
     libnvdimm and the pmem driver directly. It also allows dax-specific
     sysfs attributes to be linked to a host device, for example:
     /sys/block/pmem0/dax/write_cache

   - Add support for the new NVDIMM platform/firmware mechanisms
     introduced in ACPI 6.2 and UEFI 2.7. This support includes the v1.2
     namespace label format, extensions to the address-range-scrub
     command set, new error injection commands, and a new BTT
     (block-translation-table) layout. These updates support inter-OS
     and pre-OS compatibility.

   - Fix a longstanding memory corruption bug in nfit_test.

   - Make the pmem and nvdimm-region 'badblocks' sysfs files poll(2)
     capable.

   - Miscellaneous fixes and small updates across libnvdimm and the nfit
     driver.

  Acknowledgements that came after the branch was pushed: commit
  6aa734a2f38e ("libnvdimm, region, pmem: fix 'badblocks'
  sysfs_get_dirent() reference lifetime") was reviewed by Toshi Kani
  <toshi.kani@hpe.com>"

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (42 commits)
  libnvdimm, namespace: record 'lbasize' for pmem namespaces
  acpi/nfit: Issue Start ARS to retrieve existing records
  libnvdimm: New ACPI 6.2 DSM functions
  acpi, nfit: Show bus_dsm_mask in sysfs
  libnvdimm, acpi, nfit: Add bus level dsm mask for pass thru.
  acpi, nfit: Enable DSM pass thru for root functions.
  libnvdimm: passthru functions clear to send
  libnvdimm, btt: convert some info messages to warn/err
  libnvdimm, region, pmem: fix 'badblocks' sysfs_get_dirent() reference lifetime
  libnvdimm: fix the clear-error check in nsio_rw_bytes
  libnvdimm, btt: fix btt_rw_page not returning errors
  acpi, nfit: quiet invalid block-aperture-region warnings
  libnvdimm, btt: BTT updates for UEFI 2.7 format
  acpi, nfit: constify *_attribute_group
  libnvdimm, pmem: disable dax flushing when pmem is fronting a volatile region
  libnvdimm, pmem, dax: export a cache control attribute
  dax: convert to bitmask for flags
  dax: remove default copy_from_iter fallback
  libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges
  libnvdimm, pmem: fix persistence warning
  ...