[GIT PULL 00/37] lightnvm patches for 4.17

[Matias BjÃrling]

Hi Jens,

Here is a bunch of patches for 4.17. They include:

 - Open-Channel 2.0 support by Javier and I.
 - Lots of refactoring patches to enable 2.0 support.
 - Fixes to pblk from Hans, Markus, and Dan.
 - Introduction of write amplication and padding counters. From Hans.
 - Fix from Johannes to unify the permission checks for the lightnvm
   ioctls.
 - Fixes from Heiner for bad block initialization and
   over-provisioning validation.

Please pick up when convenient.

-Matias

Dan Carpenter (1):
  lightnvm: pblk: remove some unnecessary NULL checks

Hans Holmberg (8):
  lightnvm: pblk: handle bad sectors in the emeta area correctly
  lightnvm: pblk: check data lines version on recovery
  lightnvm: pblk: export write amplification counters to sysfs
  lightnvm: pblk: add padding distribution sysfs attribute
  lightnvm: pblk: delete writer kick timer before stopping thread
  lightnvm: pblk: allow allocation of new lines during shutdown
  lightnvm: pblk: prevent race in pblk_rb_flush_point_set
  lightnvm: pblk: don't recover unwritten lines

Heiner Litz (2):
  lightnvm: fix bad block initialization
  lightnvm: Avoid validation of default op value

Javier GonzÃlez (14):
  lightnvm: pblk: refactor bad block identification
  lightnvm: pblk: refactor init/exit sequences
  lightnvm: simplify geometry structure
  lightnvm: add minor version to generic geometry
  lightnvm: add shorten OCSSD version in geo
  lightnvm: complete geo structure with maxoc*
  lightnvm: normalize geometry nomenclature
  lightnvm: add support for 2.0 address format
  lightnvm: make address conversions depend on generic device
  lightnvm: implement get log report chunk helpers
  lightnvm: pblk: check for supported version
  lightnvm: pblk: rename ppaf* to addrf*
  lightnvm: pblk: implement get log report chunk
  lightnvm: pblk: implement 2.0 support

Johannes Thumshirn (1):
  lightnvm: centralize permission check for lightnvm ioctl

Markus Elfring (1):
  lightnvm/pblk-gc: Delete an error message for a failed memory
    allocation in pblk_gc_line_prepare_ws()

Matias BjÃrling (10):
  lightnvm: remove chnl_offset in nvme_nvm_identity
  lightnvm: remove mlc pairs structure
  lightnvm: remove multiple groups in 1.2 data structure
  lightnvm: make 1.2 data structures explicit
  lightnvm: flatten nvm_id_group into nvm_id
  lightnvm: add 2.0 geometry identification
  lightnvm: remove max_rq_size
  lightnvm: remove nvm_dev_ops->max_phys_sect
  nvme: lightnvm: add late setup of block size and metadata
  lightnvm: remove function name in strings

 drivers/lightnvm/core.c          | 238 +++++------
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c    |   4 +
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c     | 202 +++++++---
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c       |  12 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c     | 850 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c      |   6 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c       |  21 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c     |   2 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c |  91 ++++-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c    | 235 +++++++++--
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c    |   2 +-
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h          | 304 ++++++++++----
 drivers/nvme/host/core.c         |   6 +-
 drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c     | 747 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h         |   2 +
 include/linux/lightnvm.h         | 338 ++++++++++------
 17 files changed, 2090 insertions(+), 972 deletions(-)

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