9p changes for 3.14 merge window

Included are a new cache model for support of mmap,
 and several cleanups across the filesystem and networking
 portions of the code.
 
 Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]>
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Merge tag 'for-3.14-merge-window' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs

Pull 9p changes from Eric Van Hensbergen:
 "Included are a new cache model for support of mmap, and several
  cleanups across the filesystem and networking portions of the code"

* tag 'for-3.14-merge-window' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs:
  9p: update documentation
  9P: introduction of a new cache=mmap model.
  net/9p: remove virtio default hack and set appropriate bits instead
  9p: remove useless 'name' variable and assignment
  9p: fix return value in case in v9fs_fid_xattr_set()
  9p: remove useless variable and assignment
  9p: remove useless assignment
  9p: remove unused 'super_block' struct pointer
  9p: remove never used return variable
  9p: remove unused 'p9_fid' struct pointer
  9p: remove unused 'p9_client' struct pointer
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Linus Torvalds 2014-01-26 10:55:41 -08:00
commit 1c2948380b
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@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ OPTIONS
offering several exported file systems.
cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used.
none = default no cache policy, metadata and data
alike are synchronous.
loose = no attempts are made at consistency,
intended for exclusive, read-only mounts
fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
cache backend.
mmap = minimal cache that is only used for read-write
mmap. Northing else is cached, like cache=none
debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask.
0x01 = display verbose error messages
@ -147,8 +151,7 @@ on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs).
News and other information is maintained on a Wiki.
(http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php).
Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org)
Bug reports are best issued via the mailing list.
For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
@ -156,11 +159,3 @@ http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
For information on Plan 9 from User Space (Plan 9 applications and libraries
ported to Linux/BSD/OSX/etc) check out http://swtch.com/plan9
STATUS
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The 2.6 kernel support is working on PPC and x86.
PLEASE USE THE KERNEL BUGZILLA TO REPORT PROBLEMS. (http://bugzilla.kernel.org)