Merge branch 'work.splice_read' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull VFS splice updates from Al Viro:
"There's a bunch of branches this cycle, both mine and from other folks
and I'd rather send pull requests separately.
This one is the conversion of ->splice_read() to ITER_PIPE iov_iter
(and introduction of such). Gets rid of a lot of code in fs/splice.c
and elsewhere; there will be followups, but these are for the next
cycle... Some pipe/splice-related cleanups from Miklos in the same
branch as well"
* 'work.splice_read' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
pipe: fix comment in pipe_buf_operations
pipe: add pipe_buf_steal() helper
pipe: add pipe_buf_confirm() helper
pipe: add pipe_buf_release() helper
pipe: add pipe_buf_get() helper
relay: simplify relay_file_read()
switch default_file_splice_read() to use of pipe-backed iov_iter
switch generic_file_splice_read() to use of ->read_iter()
new iov_iter flavour: pipe-backed
fuse_dev_splice_read(): switch to add_to_pipe()
skb_splice_bits(): get rid of callback
new helper: add_to_pipe()
splice: lift pipe_lock out of splice_to_pipe()
splice: switch get_iovec_page_array() to iov_iter
splice_to_pipe(): don't open-code wakeup_pipe_readers()
consistent treatment of EFAULT on O_DIRECT read/write
problems and shouldn't be hard to work out when they happen
(MAINTAINERS and some lustre build problems with the IB tree)"
And furter from me asking for clarification about greybus:
"Right now there is a phone from Motorola shipping with this code (a
slightly older version, but the same tree), so even though Ara is not
alive in the same form, the functionality is happening. We are working
with the developers of that phone to merge the newer stuff in with
their fork so they can use the upstream version in future versions of
their phone product line.
Toshiba has at least one chip shipping in their catalog that
needs/uses this protocol over a Unipro link, and rumor has it that
there might be more in the future.
There are also other users of the greybus protocols, there is a talk
next week at ELC that shows how it is being used across a network
connection to control a device, and previous ELC talks have showed the
protocol stack being used over USB to drive embedded Linux boards.
I've also talked to some people who are starting to work to add a host
controller driver to control arduinos as the greybus PHY protocols are
very useful to control a serial/i2c/spio/whatever device across a
random physical link, as it is a way to have a self-describing device
be attached to a host without needing manual configuration.
So yes, people are using it, and there is still the chance that it
will show up in a phone/laptop/tablet/whatever from Google in the
future as well, the tech isn't dead, even if the original large phone
project happens to be"
* tag 'staging-4.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging: (3703 commits)
Staging: fbtft: Fix bug in fbtft-core
staging: rtl8188eu: fix double unlock error in rtw_resume_process()
staging:r8188eu: remove GEN_MLME_EXT_HANDLER macro
staging:r8188eu: remove GEN_DRV_CMD_HANDLER macro
staging:r8188eu: remove GEN_EVT_CODE macro
staging:r8188eu: remove GEN_CMD_CODE macro
staging:r8188eu: remove pkt_newalloc member of the recv_buf structure
staging:r8188eu: remove rtw_handle_dualmac declaration
staging:r8188eu: remove (RGTRY|BSSID)_(OFT|SZ) macros
staging:r8188eu: change rtl8188e_process_phy_info function argument type
Staging: fsl-mc: Remove blank lines
Staging: fsl-mc: Fix unaligned * in block comments
Staging: comedi: Align the * in block comments
Staging : ks7010 : Fix block comments warninig
Staging: vt6655: Remove explicit NULL comparison using Coccinelle
staging: rtl8188eu: core: rtw_xmit: Use macros instead of constants
staging: rtl8188eu: core: rtw_xmit: Move constant of the right side
staging: dgnc: Fix lines longer than 80 characters
Staging: dgnc: constify attribute_group structures
Staging: most: hdm-dim2: constify attribute_group structures
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