Merge tag 'v3.10-rc1' into stable/for-linus-3.10

Linux 3.10-rc1

* tag 'v3.10-rc1': (12273 commits)
  Linux 3.10-rc1
  [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update firmware link in Kconfig file.
  [SCSI] iscsi class, qla4xxx: fix sess/conn refcounting when find fns are used
  [SCSI] sas: unify the pointlessly separated enums sas_dev_type and sas_device_type
  [SCSI] pm80xx: thermal, sas controller config and error handling update
  [SCSI] pm80xx: NCQ error handling changes
  [SCSI] pm80xx: WWN Modification for PM8081/88/89 controllers
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Changed module name and debug messages update
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Firmware flash memory free fix, with addition of new memory region for it
  [SCSI] pm80xx: SPC new firmware changes for device id 0x8081 alone
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Added SPCv/ve specific hardware functionalities and relevant changes in common files
  [SCSI] pm80xx: MSI-X implementation for using 64 interrupts
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Updated common functions common for SPC and SPCv/ve
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Multiple inbound/outbound queue configuration
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Added SPCv/ve specific ids, variables and modify for SPC
  [SCSI] lpfc: fix up Kconfig dependencies
  [SCSI] Handle MLQUEUE busy response in scsi_send_eh_cmnd
  dm cache: set config value
  dm cache: move config fns
  dm thin: generate event when metadata threshold passed
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 1e483fa7afb..3cd32478f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -79,11 +79,26 @@ typedef int (*dm_ioctl_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd,
 typedef int (*dm_merge_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
 			    struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size);
 
+/*
+ * These iteration functions are typically used to check (and combine)
+ * properties of underlying devices.
+ * E.g. Does at least one underlying device support flush?
+ *      Does any underlying device not support WRITE_SAME?
+ *
+ * The callout function is called once for each contiguous section of
+ * an underlying device.  State can be maintained in *data.
+ * Return non-zero to stop iterating through any further devices.
+ */
 typedef int (*iterate_devices_callout_fn) (struct dm_target *ti,
 					   struct dm_dev *dev,
 					   sector_t start, sector_t len,
 					   void *data);
 
+/*
+ * This function must iterate through each section of device used by the
+ * target until it encounters a non-zero return code, which it then returns.
+ * Returns zero if no callout returned non-zero.
+ */
 typedef int (*dm_iterate_devices_fn) (struct dm_target *ti,
 				      iterate_devices_callout_fn fn,
 				      void *data);