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    Merge tag 'nfs-for-3.20-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs · 6f83e5bd
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull NFS client updates from Trond Myklebust:
     "Highlights incluse:
    
      Features:
       - Removing the forced serialisation of open()/close() calls in
         NFSv4.x (x>0) makes for a significant performance improvement in
         metadata intensive workloads.
       - Full support for the pNFS "flexible files" layout type
       - Further RPC/RDMA client improvements from Chuck
    
      Bugfixes:
       - Stable fix: NFSv4.1 backchannel calls blocking operations with !TASK_RUNNING
       - Stable fix: pnfs_generic_pg_init_read/write can be called with lseg == NULL
       - Stable fix: Fix an Oopsable condition when nsm_mon_unmon is called
         as part of the namespace cleanup,
       - Stable fix: Ensure we reference the inode for return-on-close in
         delegreturn
       - Use SO_REUSEPORT to ensure that NFSv3 TCP connections can rebind to
         the same source address/port combination during a disconnect/
         reconnect event.  This is a requirement imposed by most...
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