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Linux 5.9 RC7

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 27th of September 2020 11:49:35 PM Filed under
Linux
  • Linux 5.9-rc7
    So we finally have all the issues I know about sorted out - the fix
for the VM issue I mentioned in the rc6 announcement is here, as is
the fix for the slab corruption issue that was separately discussed,
along with another silly page locking bug one-liner fix.

But while I do now know of any remaining gating issues any more, the
fixes came in fairly late. So unless I feel insanely optimistic and/or
a burning bush tells me that everything is bug-free, my plan right now
is that I'll do another rc next Sunday rather than the final 5.9
release. And btw, please no more burning bushes. We're kind of
sensitive about those on the West coast right now.

Anyway, while the MM side is what kept me on my toes last week, most
of the changes here are actually drivers and networking. And
networking drivers. With a small smattering of documentation and
filesystem fixes and other noise thrown in.

Shortlog appended, but what I really hope you all will do is to give
it a nice good testing. One extra week or rc kernels will help, but
only if people actually try this out.

So.. Please?

              Linus
  • Kernel prepatch 5.9-rc7

    The 5.9-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "But while I do now know of any remaining gating issues any more, the fixes came in fairly late. So unless I feel insanely optimistic and/or a burning bush tells me that everything is bug-free, my plan right now is that I'll do another rc next Sunday rather than the final 5.9 release. And btw, please no more burning bushes. We're kind of sensitive about those on the West coast right now."

  • Linux 5.9 Stable Expected In Two Weeks, But For Now Is Linux 5.9-rc7

    Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.9-rc7 as the newest weekly test candidate for Linux 5.9. Due to the regressions encountered this cycle and prominent issues being resolved late, he's looking at releasing Linux 5.9 in two weeks time rather than next week.

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Some setbacks

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 4th of October 2020 07:21:54 AM.
  • Linux 5.9-rc7 Is A Total Disaster On Machines With Intel Graphics
  • Linux 5.9 Will Be Delayed One Week

    The Linux 5.9 release cycle has not gone as smoothly as earlier release cycles. There has been some unfortunate virtual memory management issues and slab corruption issues during the 5.9 release cycle which are, hopefully, fixed in 5.9 rc7. Linus Torvalds wants to delay the final 5.9 release just to be sure those are gone. He neglected to mention that 5.9 rc7 introduced a regression that prevents certain Intel integrated graphics chips from being used as more than coasters.

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