f2fs: introduce a periodic checkpoint flow

This patch introduces a periodic checkpoint feature.
Note that, this is not enforcing to conduct checkpoints very strictly in terms
of trigger timing, inst

f2fs: introduce a periodic checkpoint flow

This patch introduces a periodic checkpoint feature.
Note that, this is not enforcing to conduct checkpoints very strictly in terms
of trigger timing, instead just hope to help user experiences.
The default value is 60 seconds.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

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Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare first round of input updates for 4.1 merge window.

Merge tag 'v4.0' into for_next

Linux 4.0

Merge branches 'for-4.0/upstream-fixes', 'for-4.1/genius', 'for-4.1/huion-uclogic-merge', 'for-4.1/i2c-hid', 'for-4.1/kconfig-drop-expert-dependency', 'for-4.1/logitech', 'for-4.1/multitouch', 'for-4

Merge branches 'for-4.0/upstream-fixes', 'for-4.1/genius', 'for-4.1/huion-uclogic-merge', 'for-4.1/i2c-hid', 'for-4.1/kconfig-drop-expert-dependency', 'for-4.1/logitech', 'for-4.1/multitouch', 'for-4.1/rmi', 'for-4.1/sony', 'for-4.1/upstream' and 'for-4.1/wacom' into for-linus

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Merge tag 'v4.0-rc5' into next

Merge with the latest upstream to synchronize Synaptics changes
and bring in new infrastructure pieces.

Conflicts:
drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c

Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes before applying new patches

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc5' into x86/fpu, to prevent conflicts

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc3' into x86/build, to refresh an older tree before applying new changes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc3' into asoc-rt5670

Linux 4.0-rc3

Conflicts:
sound/soc/codecs/rt5670.c

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc2' into irq/core, to refresh the tree before applying new changes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc2' into timers/core, to refresh the tree before pulling more changes

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc2' into x86/asm, to refresh the tree

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into perf/core, to refresh the tree

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into x86/mm, to refresh the tree

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into locking/core, to refresh the tree before merging new changes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 34.0-rc1

* tag 'v4.0-rc1': (8947 commits)
Linux 4.0-rc1
autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation
procfs: fix race

Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 34.0-rc1

* tag 'v4.0-rc1': (8947 commits)
Linux 4.0-rc1
autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation
procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals
debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction
Documentation/filesystems/Locking: ->get_sb() is long gone
trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive()
fanotify: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
Cachefiles: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
VFS: (Scripted) Convert S_ISLNK/DIR/REG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_*(dentry)
SELinux: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
Smack: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
TOMOYO: Use d_is_dir() rather than d_inode and S_ISDIR()
Apparmor: Use d_is_positive/negative() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
Apparmor: mediated_filesystem() should use dentry->d_sb not inode->i_sb
VFS: Split DCACHE_FILE_TYPE into regular and special types
VFS: Add a fallthrough flag for marking virtual dentries
VFS: Add a whiteout dentry type
VFS: Introduce inode-getting helpers for layered/unioned fs environments
kernel: make READ_ONCE() valid on const arguments
blk-throttle: check stats_cpu before reading it from sysfs
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent, to merge dependent patch

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'for-f2fs-3.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs

Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim:
"Major changes are to:
- add f2fs_io_tracer and F2FS_IOC_GETVERSION

Merge tag 'for-f2fs-3.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs

Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim:
"Major changes are to:
- add f2fs_io_tracer and F2FS_IOC_GETVERSION
- fix wrong acl assignment from parent
- fix accessing wrong data blocks
- fix wrong condition check for f2fs_sync_fs
- align start block address for direct_io
- add and refactor the readahead flows of FS metadata
- refactor atomic and volatile write policies

But most of patches are for clean-ups and minor bug fixes. Some of
them refactor old code too"

* tag 'for-f2fs-3.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: (64 commits)
f2fs: use spinlock for segmap_lock instead of rwlock
f2fs: fix accessing wrong indexed data blocks
f2fs: avoid variable length array
f2fs: fix sparse warnings
f2fs: allocate data blocks in advance for f2fs_direct_IO
f2fs: introduce macros to convert bytes and blocks in f2fs
f2fs: call set_buffer_new for get_block
f2fs: check node page contents all the time
f2fs: avoid data offset overflow when lseeking huge file
f2fs: fix to use highmem for pages of newly created directory
f2fs: introduce a batched trim
f2fs: merge {invalidate,release}page for meta/node/data pages
f2fs: show the number of writeback pages in stat
f2fs: keep PagePrivate during releasepage
f2fs: should fail mount when trying to recover data on read-only dev
f2fs: split UMOUNT and FASTBOOT flags
f2fs: avoid write_checkpoint if f2fs is mounted readonly
f2fs: support norecovery mount option
f2fs: fix not to drop mount options when retrying fill_super
f2fs: merge flags in struct f2fs_sb_info
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f2fs: introduce a batched trim

This patch introduces a batched trimming feature, which submits split discard
commands.

This is to avoid long latency due to huge trim commands.
If fstrim was trigger

f2fs: introduce a batched trim

This patch introduces a batched trimming feature, which submits split discard
commands.

This is to avoid long latency due to huge trim commands.
If fstrim was triggered ranging from 0 to the end of device, we should lock
all the checkpoint-related mutexes, resulting in very long latency.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

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Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare first round of input updates for 3.20.

Merge tag 'v3.19-rc4' into next

Merge with mainline to bring in the latest thermal and other changes.

Merge Linus' tree to be be to apply submitted patches to newer code than
current trivial.git base

Merge tag 'v3.18-rc4' into x86/cleanups, to refresh the tree before pulling new changes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'asoc-v3.18-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus

ASoC: Fixes for v3.18

A few small driver fixes for v3.18 plus the removal of the s6000 suppo

Merge tag 'asoc-v3.18-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus

ASoC: Fixes for v3.18

A few small driver fixes for v3.18 plus the removal of the s6000 support
since the relevant chip is no longer supported in mainline.

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