Commit e24c567b authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge tag '5.15-rc-first-ksmbd-merge' of git://git.samba.org/ksmbd

Pull initial ksmbd implementation from Steve French:
 "Initial merge of kernel smb3 file server, ksmbd.

  The SMB family of protocols is the most widely deployed network
  filesystem protocol, the default on Windows and Macs (and even on many
  phones and tablets), with clients and servers on all major operating
  systems, but lacked a kernel server for Linux. For many cases the
  current userspace server choices were suboptimal either due to memory
  footprint, performance or difficulty integrating well with advanced
  Linux features.

  ksmbd is a new kernel module which implements the server-side of the
  SMB3 protocol. The target is to provide optimized performance, GPLv2
  SMB server, and better lease handling (distributed caching). The
  bigger goal is to add new features more rapidly (e.g. RDMA aka
  "smbdirect", and recent encryption and signing improvements to the
  protocol) which are easier to develop on a smaller, more tightly...
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