Minor gems
The following links lead to some small but by no means insignificant changes:
File Systems
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C 1
] Btrfs: add some free space cache tests - [
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D
] btrfs: document mount options in Documentation/fs/btrfs.txt - [
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2
] Btrfs: Include the device in most error printk()s - [
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C
] btrfs: move leak debug code to functions - [
C
] btrfs: update kconfig title - [
D
] Documentation: update nfs option in filesystem/vfat.txt - [
C N3
] efivarfs: Move to fs/efivarfs - [
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C
] ext4: fix Kconfig documentation for CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG - [
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D 1
] ext4: introduce reserved space - [
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N
] f2fs: add tracepoints for sync & inode operations - [
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3
] f2fs: introduce a new global lock scheme - [
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D
] f2fs: update f2fs.txt related with discard at mkfs - [
C
] fs: make binfmt support for #! scripts modular and removable - [
9
] procfs: new helper - PDE_DATA(inode) - [
N3
] SUNRPC: Add RPC based upcall mechanism for RPCGSS auth - [
C
] SUNRPC: Load GSS kernel module by OID - [
DN1
] SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS authentication. - [
2
] xfs: add CRC checking to dir2 data blocks - [
2
] xfs: add CRC checking to dir2 free blocks - [
8
] xfs: add CRC checking to dir2 leaf blocks - [
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3
] xfs: add CRC checks to block format directory blocks - [
1
] xfs: add CRC checks to remote symlinks - [
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1
] xfs: add CRC checks to the AGFL - [
1
] xfs: add CRC checks to the superblock - [
1
] xfs: add CRC protection to remote attributes - [
9
] xfs: add CRCs to attr leaf blocks - [
8
] xfs: add CRCs to dir2/da node blocks - [
5
] xfs: add support for large btree blocks - [
2
] xfs: add version 3 inode format with CRCs - [
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C 1
] xfs: introduce CONFIG_XFS_WARN - [
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2
] xfs: rework remote attr CRCs
Storage
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I
] ahci: add an observed PCI ID for Marvell 88se9172 SATA controller - [
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2
] aio: remove retry-based AIO - [
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D
] bcache: Documentation updates - [
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D 1
] DM RAID: Add message/status support for changing sync action - [
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D
] Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables - [
N3
] fnic: FIP VLAN Discovery Feature Support - [
N
] iscsi-target: Add iscsit_transport API template - [
1
] iscsi-target: Add iser-target parameter keys + setup during login - [
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1
] lpfc 8.3.39: Fixed driver vector mapping to CPU affinity - [
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DN
] pata_imx: add devicetree support - [
I N9
] pm80xx: Added SPCv/ve specific hardware functionalities and relevant changes in common files - [
I N9
] qla2xxx: Enhancements to support ISPFx00. - [
C
] qla2xxx: Update firmware link in Kconfig file. - [
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] qla4xxx: Add flash node mgmt support - [
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D 1
] rapidio: documentation update for enumeration changes - [
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D
] rbd: don't create sysfs entries for non-mapped snapshots - [
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4
] scsi_transport_iscsi: Add flash node mgmt support - [
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C N
] ufs: Add Platform glue driver for ufshcd - [
2
] writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue
Every link is preceded by various letters and numbers in square brackets. The letter "C" identifies patches that modify Kconfig files, which contain the help texts and configuration options displayed by "make menuconfig", "make xconfig" and similar tools during kernel configuration. "D" is used for patches that modify the documentation available under Documentation/ in the kernel branch. "N" identifies changes which create a new file. The numbers provide a rough idea of the patch size: For instance, "1" is used for changes between 10 and 20 KBytes including comment, "2" for patches between 20 and 30 KBytes; changes without a number are less than 10 KBytes, while patches marked "9" are 90 KBytes or more.
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