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Jeff Moyer 40405851af block: clarify documentation for blk_{start|finish}_plug
There was some confusion about what these functions did.  Make it clear
that this is a hint for upper layers to pass to the block layer, and
that it does not guarantee that I/O will not be submitted between a
start and finish plug.

Reported-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2019-01-08 20:49:46 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'for-linus-4.21-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2019-01-02 18:39:22 -08:00
block block: clarify documentation for blk_{start|finish}_plug 2019-01-08 20:49:46 -07:00
certs
crypto Kconfig updates for v4.21 2018-12-29 13:03:29 -08:00
Documentation null_blk: add zoned config support information 2019-01-06 10:58:27 -07:00
drivers null_blk: add zoned config support information 2019-01-06 10:58:27 -07:00
firmware
fs NFS client updates for Linux 4.21 2019-01-02 16:35:23 -08:00
include Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md into for-linus 2019-01-03 08:21:02 -07:00
init Merge tag 'devicetree-for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux 2018-12-28 20:08:34 -08:00
ipc
kernel NFS client updates for Linux 4.21 2019-01-02 16:35:23 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md into for-linus 2019-01-03 08:21:02 -07:00
LICENSES
mm block: don't use un-ordered __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) 2019-01-02 10:46:03 -08:00
net NFS client updates for Linux 4.21 2019-01-02 16:35:23 -08:00
samples Merge branch 'next-seccomp' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-01-02 09:48:13 -08:00
scripts Tracing changes for v4.21: 2018-12-31 11:46:59 -08:00
security Merge branch 'next-tpm' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-01-02 11:05:43 -08:00
sound xen: features and fixes for 4.21 2018-12-26 11:35:07 -08:00
tools Merge branch 'next-seccomp' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-01-02 09:48:13 -08:00
usr
virt mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end callback 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
.clang-format
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.mailmap
COPYING
CREDITS Add CREDITS entry for Shaohua Li 2019-01-04 14:27:09 -07:00
Kbuild
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'for-linus-4.21-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2019-01-02 18:39:22 -08:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v4.21 2018-12-29 12:03:17 -08:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.