linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] libnvdimm for 4.13

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Date:   Fri, 7 Jul 2017 01:34:21 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] libnvdimm for 4.13

On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 12:22:38AM +0000, Williams, Dan J wrote:
> Hi Linus, please pull from:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm tags/libnvdimm-for-4.13
> 
> to receive, libnvdimm updates for the latest ACPI and UEFI
> specifications. This pull request also includes new 'struct
> dax_operations' enabling to undo the abuse [1] of copy_user_nocache()
> for copy operations to pmem. The dax work originally missed 4.12 to
> address concerns raised by Al.
> 
> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
> 
> All of the commits in this pull request have appeared in one or more
> -next releases with no errors reported, however, Stephen did report a
> late merge conflict between nvdimm.git and the vfs.git tree. Stephen's
> merge resolution is here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=1499064115
> 07301&w=2, but to match Al's changes we appear to also need the
> incremental change below.
> 
> Please pull, I believe any straggling _flushcache() feedback at this
> point can be fixed up post -rc1. I include commit 0aed55af8834 "x86,
> uaccess: introduce copy_from_iter_flushcache for pmem / cache-bypass
> operations" at the end of this message for reference.

There will be some followup, but let's do that on top of your branch.