. some locking improvements in DM bufio
. add Kconfig option to disable the DM block manager's extra locking
which mainly serves as a developer tool
. a few bug fixes to DM's persistent-data
. a couple changes to prepare for multipage biovec support in the block
layer
. various improvements and cleanups in the DM core, DM cache, DM raid
and DM crypt
. add ability to have DM crypt use keys from the kernel key retention
service
. add a new "error_writes" feature to the DM flakey target, reads are
left unchanged in this mode
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Merge tag 'dm-4.10-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer:
- various fixes and improvements to request-based DM and DM multipath
- some locking improvements in DM bufio
- add Kconfig option to disable the DM block manager's extra locking
which mainly serves as a developer tool
- a few bug fixes to DM's persistent-data
- a couple changes to prepare for multipage biovec support in the block
layer
- various improvements and cleanups in the DM core, DM cache, DM raid
and DM crypt
- add ability to have DM crypt use keys from the kernel key retention
service
- add a new "error_writes" feature to the DM flakey target, reads are
left unchanged in this mode
* tag 'dm-4.10-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (40 commits)
dm flakey: introduce "error_writes" feature
dm cache policy smq: use hash_32() instead of hash_32_generic()
dm crypt: reject key strings containing whitespace chars
dm space map: always set ev if sm_ll_mutate() succeeds
dm space map metadata: skip useless memcpy in metadata_ll_init_index()
dm space map metadata: fix 'struct sm_metadata' leak on failed create
Documentation: dm raid: define data_offset status field
dm raid: fix discard support regression
dm raid: don't allow "write behind" with raid4/5/6
dm mpath: use hw_handler_params if attached hw_handler is same as requested
dm crypt: add ability to use keys from the kernel key retention service
dm array: remove a dead assignment in populate_ablock_with_values()
dm ioctl: use offsetof() instead of open-coding it
dm rq: simplify use_blk_mq initialization
dm: use blk_set_queue_dying() in __dm_destroy()
dm bufio: drop the lock when doing GFP_NOIO allocation
dm bufio: don't take the lock in dm_bufio_shrink_count
dm bufio: avoid sleeping while holding the dm_bufio lock
dm table: simplify dm_table_determine_type()
dm table: an 'all_blk_mq' table must be loaded for a blk-mq DM device
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