Merge tag 'for-4.17/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer:

 - a stable fix for DM integrity to use kvfree

 - fix for a 4.17-rc1 change to dm-bufio's buffer alignment

 - fixes for a few sparse warnings

 - remove VLA usage in DM mirror target

 - improve DM thinp Documentation for the "read_only" feature

* tag 'for-4.17/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm:
  dm thin: update Documentation to clarify when "read_only" is valid
  dm mirror: remove VLA usage
  dm: fix some sparse warnings and whitespace in dax methods
  dm cache background tracker: fix sparse warning
  dm bufio: fix buffer alignment
  dm integrity: use kvfree for kvmalloc'd memory

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 4bcd4b7f79f9..3d01948ea061 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ i) Constructor
 			   data device, but just remove the mapping.
 
       read_only: Don't allow any changes to be made to the pool
-		 metadata.
+		 metadata.  This mode is only available after the
+		 thin-pool has been created and first used in full
+		 read/write mode.  It cannot be specified on initial
+		 thin-pool creation.
 
       error_if_no_space: Error IOs, instead of queueing, if no space.