Merge tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-mediagrafted

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:

 - v4l2-core: added ISP statistics support and per-block validation

 - v4l2-core: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance

 - New camera sensors: Sony IMX678 and IMX471m, Himax HM1092 IR sensor

 - New codec: Milos: VPU v2.0 codec support

 - isp driver: gained support for Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP framework

 - vsp1 driver: gained support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H

 - Novalake driver: gained CVS support for new NVL hardware

 - dvb-core: fix feed leak on failed DMX_ADD_PID

 - several driver fixes, cleanups and minor improvements

* tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (308 commits)
  media: ipu-bridge: check all DMI entries when overriding sensor rotation
  media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error
  media: rzg2l-cru: Align bytesperline to hardware DMA stride requirement
  media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
  media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
  media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path
  media: amd: isp4: release partial allocations in isp4if_alloc_fw_gpumem()
  media: rcar-isp: Fix VSPX reference leaks
  media: rcar-isp: Release ISPCORE resources
  media: i2c: imx415: Release runtime PM reference on VBLANK error
  media: i2c: imx415: Return test pattern write errors
  media: renesas: vsp1: Declare index variables in for loop statement
  media: renesas: vsp1: Make reset control optional to support platforms without a reset line
  media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,vsp1: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
  media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,fcp: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
  media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add additional 32-bit RGB format support
  media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add 16-bit raw Bayer format support
  media: nxp: imx8-isi: Implement per-stream reference counting for multiplexed streams
  media: nxp: imx8-isi: Use BIT_ULL() for 64-bit stream masks
  media: nxp: imx8-isi: Correct color map between V4L2 and ISI
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+===============
+Persistent data
+===============
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The more-sophisticated device-mapper targets require complex metadata
+that is managed in kernel.  In late 2010 we were seeing that various
+different targets were rolling their own data structures, for example:
+
+- Mikulas Patocka's multisnap implementation
+- Heinz Mauelshagen's thin provisioning target
+- Another btree-based caching target posted to dm-devel
+- Another multi-snapshot target based on a design of Daniel Phillips
+
+Maintaining these data structures takes a lot of work, so if possible
+we'd like to reduce the number.
+
+The persistent-data library is an attempt to provide a re-usable
+framework for people who want to store metadata in device-mapper
+targets.  It's currently used by the thin-provisioning target and an
+upcoming hierarchical storage target.
+
+Overview
+========
+
+The main documentation is in the header files which can all be found
+under drivers/md/persistent-data.
+
+The block manager
+-----------------
+
+dm-block-manager.[hc]
+
+This provides access to the data on disk in fixed sized-blocks.  There
+is a read/write locking interface to prevent concurrent accesses, and
+keep data that is being used in the cache.
+
+Clients of persistent-data are unlikely to use this directly.
+
+The transaction manager
+-----------------------
+
+dm-transaction-manager.[hc]
+
+This restricts access to blocks and enforces copy-on-write semantics.
+The only way you can get hold of a writable block through the
+transaction manager is by shadowing an existing block (ie. doing
+copy-on-write) or allocating a fresh one.  Shadowing is elided within
+the same transaction so performance is reasonable.  The commit method
+ensures that all data is flushed before it writes the superblock.
+On power failure your metadata will be as it was when last committed.
+
+The Space Maps
+--------------
+
+dm-space-map.h
+dm-space-map-metadata.[hc]
+dm-space-map-disk.[hc]
+
+On-disk data structures that keep track of reference counts of blocks.
+Also acts as the allocator of new blocks.  Currently two
+implementations: a simpler one for managing blocks on a different
+device (eg. thinly-provisioned data blocks); and one for managing
+the metadata space.  The latter is complicated by the need to store
+its own data within the space it's managing.
+
+The data structures
+-------------------
+
+dm-btree.[hc]
+dm-btree-remove.c
+dm-btree-spine.c
+dm-btree-internal.h
+
+Currently there is only one data structure, a hierarchical btree.
+There are plans to add more.  For example, something with an
+array-like interface would see a lot of use.
+
+The btree is 'hierarchical' in that you can define it to be composed
+of nested btrees, and take multiple keys.  For example, the
+thin-provisioning target uses a btree with two levels of nesting.
+The first maps a device id to a mapping tree, and that in turn maps a
+virtual block to a physical block.
+
+Values stored in the btrees can have arbitrary size.  Keys are always
+64bits, although nesting allows you to use multiple keys.