kernel/linux.git/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev, branch v6.6.132

zram: split memory-tracking and ac-time tracking

2024-12-14T18:59:44+00:00

[ Upstream commit a7a0350583ba51d8cde6180bb51d704b89a3b29e ] ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING enables two features: - per-entry ac-time tracking - debugfs interface The latter one is the reason why memory-tracking depends on DEBUG_FS, while the former one is used far beyond debugging these days. Namely ac-time is used for fine grained writeback of idle entries (pages). Move ac-time tracking under its own config option so that it can be enabled (along with writeback) on systems without DEBUG_FS. [senozhatsky@chromium.org: ifdef fixup, per Dmytro] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231117013543.540280-1-senozhatsky@chromium.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231115024223.4133148-1-senozhatsky@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Cc: Minchan Kim Cc: Dmytro Maluka Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Stable-dep-of: d37da422edb0 ("zram: clear IDLE flag in mark_idle()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

docs nbd: userspace NBD now favors github over sourceforge

2023-04-28T01:15:11+00:00

While the sourceforge site for userspace NBD still exists, the code repository moved to github several years ago. Then with a recent patch[1], the github landing page contains just as much information as the sourceforge page, so we might as well point to a single location that also provides the code. [1] https://lists.debian.org/nbd/2023/03/msg00051.html Signed-off-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230410180611.1051618-5-eblake@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

drivers/block: Remove PARIDE core and high-level protocols

2023-01-31T01:41:32+00:00

Remove PARIDE core and high level protocols, taking care not to break low-level drivers (used by pata_parport). Also update documentation. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal

ata: pata_parport: add driver (PARIDE replacement)

2023-01-31T00:34:41+00:00

The pata_parport is a libata-based replacement of the old PARIDE subsystem - driver for parallel port IDE devices. It uses the original paride low-level protocol drivers but does not need the high-level drivers (pd, pcd, pf, pt, pg). The IDE devices behind parallel port adapters are handled by the ATA layer. This will allow paride and its high-level drivers to be removed. Unfortunately, libata drivers cannot sleep so pata_parport claims parport before activating the ata host and keeps it claimed (and protocol connected) until the ata host is removed. This means that no devices can be chained (neither other pata_parport devices nor a printer). paride and pata_parport are mutually exclusive because the compiled protocol drivers are incompatible. Tested with: - Imation SuperDisk LS-120 and HP C4381A (EPAT) - Freecom Parallel CD (FRPW) - Toshiba Mobile CD-RW 2793008 w/Freecom Parallel Cable rev.903 (FRIQ) - Backpack CD-RW 222011 and CD-RW 19350 (BPCK6) The following bugs in low-level protocol drivers were found and will be fixed later: Note: EPP-32 mode is buggy in EPAT - and also in all other protocol drivers - they don't handle non-multiple-of-4 block transfers correctly. This causes problems with LS-120 drive. There is also another bug in EPAT: EPP modes don't work unless a 4-bit or 8-bit mode is used first (probably some initialization missing?). Once the device is initialized, EPP works until power cycle. So after device power on, you have to: echo "parport0 epat 0" >/sys/bus/pata_parport/new_device echo pata_parport.0 >/sys/bus/pata_parport/delete_device echo "parport0 epat 4" >/sys/bus/pata_parport/new_device (autoprobe will initialize correctly as it tries the slowest modes first but you'll get the broken EPP-32 mode) Note: EPP modes are buggy in FRPW, only modes 0 and 1 work. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal

zram: add incompressible flag to read_block_state()

2022-11-30T23:58:53+00:00

Add a new flag to zram block state that shows if the page is incompressible: that none of the algorithm (including secondary ones) could compress it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221109115047.2921851-14-senozhatsky@chromium.org Suggested-by: Minchan Kim Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Acked-by: Minchan Kim Cc: Alexey Romanov Cc: Nhat Pham Cc: Nitin Gupta Cc: Suleiman Souhlal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

zram: add incompressible writeback

2022-11-30T23:58:53+00:00

Add support for incompressible pages writeback: echo incompressible > /sys/block/zramX/writeback Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221109115047.2921851-13-senozhatsky@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Acked-by: Minchan Kim Cc: Alexey Romanov Cc: Nhat Pham Cc: Nitin Gupta Cc: Suleiman Souhlal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

documentation: add zram recompression documentation

2022-11-30T23:58:52+00:00

Document user-space visible device attributes that are enabled by ZRAM_MULTI_COMP. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221109115047.2921851-12-senozhatsky@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Acked-by: Minchan Kim Cc: Alexey Romanov Cc: Nhat Pham Cc: Nitin Gupta Cc: Suleiman Souhlal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

zram: add recompress flag to read_block_state()

2022-11-30T23:58:51+00:00

Add a new flag to zram block state that shows if the page was recompressed (using alternative compression algorithm). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221109115047.2921851-6-senozhatsky@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Acked-by: Minchan Kim Cc: Alexey Romanov Cc: Nhat Pham Cc: Nitin Gupta Cc: Suleiman Souhlal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge tag 'docs-5.19-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2022-06-02T22:36:06+00:00

Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes and the addition of an SVG tux logo which, I'm assured, we're going to want" * tag 'docs-5.19-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: documentation: Format button_dev as a pointer. docs: add SVG version of the Linux logo docs: move Linux logo into a new `images` folder docs: blockdev: change title to match section content docs/conf.py: Cope with removal of language=None in Sphinx 5.0.0

docs: blockdev: change title to match section content

2022-06-01T15:30:53+00:00

This index.rst was added in commit 39443104c7d3 docs: blockdev: convert to ReST It appears that the title from the RapidIO index page was copied. This title does not match the content of this directory. Change it to match. Signed-off-by: Joel Colledge Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220530142849.717-1-joel.colledge@linbit.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet