Merge tag 'dm-3.4-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm

Pull device-mapper changes for 3.4 from Alasdair Kergon:

- Update thin provisioning to support read-only ex

Merge tag 'dm-3.4-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm

Pull device-mapper changes for 3.4 from Alasdair Kergon:

- Update thin provisioning to support read-only external snapshot
origins and discards.
- A new target, dm verity, for device content validation.
- Mark dm uevent and dm raid as no-longer-experimental.
- Miscellaneous other fixes and clean-ups.

* tag 'dm-3.4-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: (27 commits)
dm: add verity target
dm bufio: prefetch
dm thin: add pool target flags to control discard
dm thin: support discards
dm thin: prepare to support discard
dm thin: use dm_target_offset
dm thin: support read only external snapshot origins
dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device
dm persistent data: remove space map ref_count entries if redundant
dm thin: commit outstanding data every second
dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input
dm raid: handle failed devices during start up
dm thin metadata: pass correct space map to dm_sm_root_size
dm persistent data: remove redundant value_size arg from value_ptr
dm mpath: detect invalid map_context
dm: clear bi_end_io on remapping failure
dm table: simplify call to free_devices
dm thin: correct comments
dm raid: no longer experimental
dm uevent: no longer experimental
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dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device

The thin metadata format can only make use of a device that is <=
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS (currently 15.9375 GB). Therefore, the

dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device

The thin metadata format can only make use of a device that is <=
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS (currently 15.9375 GB). Therefore, there is no
practical benefit to using a larger device.

However, it may be that other factors impose a certain granularity for
the space that is allocated to a device (E.g. lvm2 can impose a coarse
granularity through the use of large, >= 1 GB, physical extents).

Rather than reject a larger metadata device, during thin-pool device
construction, switch to allowing it but issue a warning if a device
larger than THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (16 GB) is
provided. Any space over 15.9375 GB will not be used.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

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Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Merge branch 'power-supply-scope' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen

Merge remote branch 'wireless-next/master' into ath6kl-next

Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into wl12xx-next

Merge commit 'v3.2-rc3' into next

Merge branch 'master' into x86/memblock

Conflicts & resolutions:

* arch/x86/xen/setup.c

dc91c728fd "xen: allow extra memory to be in multiple regions"
24aa07882b "memblock, x86: Replace memblock

Merge branch 'master' into x86/memblock

Conflicts & resolutions:

* arch/x86/xen/setup.c

dc91c728fd "xen: allow extra memory to be in multiple regions"
24aa07882b "memblock, x86: Replace memblock_x86_reserve/free..."

conflicted on xen_add_extra_mem() updates. The resolution is
trivial as the latter just want to replace
memblock_x86_reserve_range() with memblock_reserve().

* drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c

166e9278a3f "x86/ia64: intel-iommu: move to drivers/iommu/"
5dfe8660a3d "bootmem: Replace work_with_active_regions() with..."

conflicted as the former moved the file under drivers/iommu/.
Resolved by applying the chnages from the latter on the moved
file.

* mm/Kconfig

6661672053a "memblock: add NO_BOOTMEM config symbol"
c378ddd53f9 "memblock, x86: Make ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK a config option"

conflicted trivially. Both added config options. Just
letting both add their own options resolves the conflict.

* mm/memblock.c

d1f0ece6cdc "mm/memblock.c: small function definition fixes"
ed7b56a799c "memblock: Remove memblock_memory_can_coalesce()"

confliected. The former updates function removed by the
latter. Resolution is trivial.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into wireless-next

Merge tag 'v3.2-rc2' into staging/for_v3.3

* tag 'v3.2-rc2': (3068 commits)
Linux 3.2-rc2
hfs: add sanity check for file name length
fsl-rio: fix compile error
blackfin: Fixup export.h inclu

Merge tag 'v3.2-rc2' into staging/for_v3.3

* tag 'v3.2-rc2': (3068 commits)
Linux 3.2-rc2
hfs: add sanity check for file name length
fsl-rio: fix compile error
blackfin: Fixup export.h includes
Blackfin: add serial TX IRQ in individual platform resource
virtio-pci: fix use after free
ACPI / cpuidle: Remove acpi_idle_suspend (to fix suspend regression)
drm/radeon/kms/combios: fix dynamic allocation of PM clock modes
[CPUFREQ] db8500: fix build error due to undeclared i variable
bma023: Add SFI translation for this device
vrtc: change its year offset from 1960 to 1972
ce4100: fix a build error
arm/imx: fix imx6q mmc error when mounting rootfs
arm/imx: fix AUTO_ZRELADDR selection
arm/imx: fix the references to ARCH_MX3
ARM: mx51/53: set pwm clock parent to ipg_perclk
btrfs: rename the option to nospace_cache
drm/radeon/kms/pm: switch to dynamically allocating clock mode array
drm/radeon/kms: optimize r600_pm_profile_init
drm/radeon/kms/pm: add a proper pm profile init function for fusion
...

Conflicts:
drivers/media/radio/Kconfig

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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux

Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-debugfs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-rx.c
drivers/net/wir

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux

Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-debugfs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-scan.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-tx.c
include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h

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Merge commit 'v3.2-rc2' into fbdev-next

Merge branch 'master'; commit 'v3.2-rc2' into next

Merge branch 'master' into for-next

Sync with Linus tree to have 157550ff ("mtd: add GPMI-NAND driver
in the config and Makefile") as I have patch depending on that one.

Merge branch 'for-3.2' into for-3.3

Merge branch 'fixes-modulesplit' into fixes

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into rmobile-latest

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/linux-dm

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/linux-dm:
dm: raid fix device status indicator when array initializing
dm

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/linux-dm

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/linux-dm:
dm: raid fix device status indicator when array initializing
dm log userspace: add log device dependency
dm log userspace: fix comment hyphens
dm: add thin provisioning target
dm: add persistent data library
dm: add bufio
dm: export dm get md
dm table: add immutable feature
dm table: add always writeable feature
dm table: add singleton feature
dm kcopyd: add dm_kcopyd_zero to zero an area
dm: remove superfluous smp_mb
dm: use local printk ratelimit
dm table: propagate non rotational flag

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dm: add thin provisioning target

Initial EXPERIMENTAL implementation of device-mapper thin provisioning
with snapshot support. The 'thin' target is used to create instances of
the virtual devices t

dm: add thin provisioning target

Initial EXPERIMENTAL implementation of device-mapper thin provisioning
with snapshot support. The 'thin' target is used to create instances of
the virtual devices that are hosted in the 'thin-pool' target. The
thin-pool target provides data sharing among devices. This sharing is
made possible using the persistent-data library in the previous patch.

The main highlight of this implementation, compared to the previous
implementation of snapshots, is that it allows many virtual devices to
be stored on the same data volume, simplifying administration and
allowing sharing of data between volumes (thus reducing disk usage).

Another big feature is support for arbitrary depth of recursive
snapshots (snapshots of snapshots of snapshots ...). The previous
implementation of snapshots did this by chaining together lookup tables,
and so performance was O(depth). This new implementation uses a single
data structure so we don't get this degradation with depth.

For further information and examples of how to use this, please read
Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

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