xen-blkback: Implement discard requests ('feature-discard')

..aka ATA TRIM/SCSI UNMAP command to be passed through the frontend
and used as appropiately by the backend. We also advertise
certain gra

xen-blkback: Implement discard requests ('feature-discard')

..aka ATA TRIM/SCSI UNMAP command to be passed through the frontend
and used as appropiately by the backend. We also advertise
certain granulity parameters to the frontend so it can plug them in.
If the backend is a realy device - we just end up using
'blkdev_issue_discard' while for loopback devices - we just punch
a hole in the image file.

Signed-off-by: Li Dongyang <lidongyang@novell.com>
[v1: Fixed up pr_debug and commit description]
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

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Merge branch 'sirf/cleanup' into next/cleanup

Merge branch 'for-grant' of git://git.jdl.com/software/linux-3.0 into devicetree/next

Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core

Merge reason: pick up the latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Merge branch 'pm-fixes' into pm-domains

Merge commit e8b364b88cc4001b21c28c1ecf1e1e3ffbe162e6
(PM / Clocks: Do not acquire a mutex under a spinlock) fixing
a regression in drivers/base/power/clock_o

Merge branch 'pm-fixes' into pm-domains

Merge commit e8b364b88cc4001b21c28c1ecf1e1e3ffbe162e6
(PM / Clocks: Do not acquire a mutex under a spinlock) fixing
a regression in drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c.

Conflicts:
drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c

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Merge commit 'v3.1-rc7' into perf/core

Merge reason: Pick up the latest upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Merge branch 'master' of github.com:davem330/net

Conflicts:
MAINTAINERS
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
drivers/net/wire

Merge branch 'master' of github.com:davem330/net

Conflicts:
MAINTAINERS
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-tx-pcie.c
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c

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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
floppy: use del_timer_sync() in init cleanup
blk-cgroup: be able to remove the recor

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
floppy: use del_timer_sync() in init cleanup
blk-cgroup: be able to remove the record of unplugged device
block: Don't check QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP in __blk_complete_request
mm: Add comment explaining task state setting in bdi_forker_thread()
mm: Cleanup clearing of BDI_pending bit in bdi_forker_thread()
block: simplify force plug flush code a little bit
block: change force plug flush call order
block: Fix queue_flag update when rq_affinity goes from 2 to 1
block: separate priority boosting from REQ_META
block: remove READ_META and WRITE_META
xen-blkback: fixed indentation and comments
xen-blkback: Don't disconnect backend until state switched to XenbusStateClosed.

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Merge commit 'v3.1-rc4' into next

Merge branch 'stable/for-jens' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen into for-linus

xen-blkback: fixed indentation and comments

This patch fixes belows:

1. Fix code style issue.
2. Fix incorrect functions name in comments.

Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
Cc: Jens Axbo

xen-blkback: fixed indentation and comments

This patch fixes belows:

1. Fix code style issue.
2. Fix incorrect functions name in comments.

Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@eu.citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

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xen-blkback: Don't disconnect backend until state switched to XenbusStateClosed.

When do block-attach/block-detach test with below steps, umount hangs
in the guest. Furthermore shutdown ends up bein

xen-blkback: Don't disconnect backend until state switched to XenbusStateClosed.

When do block-attach/block-detach test with below steps, umount hangs
in the guest. Furthermore shutdown ends up being stuck when umounting file-systems.

1. start guest.
2. attach new block device by xm block-attach in Dom0.
3. mount new disk in guest.
4. execute xm block-detach to detach the block device in dom0 until timeout
5. Any request to the disk will hung.

Root cause:
This issue is caused when setting backend device's state to
'XenbusStateClosing', which sends to the frontend the XenbusStateClosing
notification. When frontend receives the notification it tries to release
the disk in blkfront_closing(), but at that moment the disk is still in use
by guest, so frontend refuses to close. Specifically it sets the disk state to
XenbusStateClosing and sends the notification to backend - when backend receives the
event, it disconnects the vbd from real device, and sets the vbd device state to
XenbusStateClosing. The backend disconnects the real device/file, and any IO
requests to the disk in guest will end up in ether, leaving disk DEAD and set to
XenbusStateClosing. When the guest wants to disconnect the disk, umount will
hang on blkif_release()->xlvbd_release_gendisk() as it is unable to send any IO
to the disk, which prevents clean system shutdown.

Solution:
Don't disconnect backend until frontend state switched to XenbusStateClosed.

Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
Cc: Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@citrix.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Cc: Annie Li <annie.li@oracle.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@eu.citrix.com>
[v1: Modified description a bit]
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

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Merge branch 'mw-3.1-jul25' of git://oss.oracle.com/git/smushran/linux-2.6 into ocfs2-fixes

Merge commit 'v3.1-rc2' into HEAD

Merge branch 'fix/hda' into topic/hda

Merge branch 'fix/kconfig' into for-linus

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux

Merge branch 'wm8996-rename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound-2.6 into fix/asoc

Merge commit 'v3.1-rc1' into imx-fixes

Merge branch 'for-3.1' into for-3.2

Conflict due to the fix for the register map failure - taken the for-3.1
version.

Conflicts:
sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c

Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent

Merge reason: Include most of the merge window trees, to do fixes on top.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Merge branch 'linus' into core/urgent

Merge branch 'imx-cleanup' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/ukl/linux-2.6 into imx-cleanup

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6

Conflicts:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h
drivers/staging/brcm8

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6

Conflicts:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
drivers/staging/bcm/headers.h
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
drivers/staging/et131x/et131x_netdev.c
drivers/staging/rtl8187se/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E.h
drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/utils.h

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