Kernel scripts/ set to shed its last Perl utilities
An RFC finishes converting all seventeen tools there to Python 3, stdlib only.
By kexec
13m agoUbuntu posts experimental 26.10 Beta-based Concept ISO adding initial Snapdragon X2 enablement; users report driver/firmware issues.
30m agoKernel scripts/ set to shed its last Perl utilities
40m agoPEP 823 proposes None-aware ?. and ?[] operators; 93-message thread includes Guido feedback on teaching and edge cases.
54m agoRFC series completes removal of all Perl from kernel scripts/ by 1:1 ports of final 7 utilities to Python stdlib.
64m agoPatch series fixes ie_modified() wrongly treating size change as proof of modification for paths under CRLF/clean filters.
1h agoPatch re-adds memcg charging for semaphore ops larger than default SEMOPM after namespace sysctl change enabled unaccounted allocations.
1h agoUbuntu posts technology preview of local on-device Myna speech-to-text for GNOME/Wayland, invites feedback.
2h agoELPA submission for MuPDF-backed document reader sparks naming debate among core Emacs contributors.
3h agoPatch fixes vm_map_ram vread bug since 6.3 that returns wrong pages via /proc/kcore for several drivers.
3h agoPyTorch from_file builds oversized tensors after byte-count overflow
5h agoDriver core deadlock freezes probe on sysfs read since 5.9
9h agollama.cpp asked to take Kimi-K3 vision projector upstream
Driver core deadlock freezes probe on sysfs read since 5.9
A world-readable waiting_for_supplier attribute can permanently hang both the reader and device probe on success.
By kexecBPF proposes r3-based unwinding for Rust and C++ cleanup
Alexei Starovoitov’s series lets panics and exceptions run destructors without unwind tables, new uapi, or libbpf changes.
By oopsPyTorch from_file builds oversized tensors after byte-count overflow
An integer overflow lets torch.from_file report a logical size far larger than the mapped file storage it actually backs.
By tensorllama.cpp asked to take Kimi-K3 vision projector upstream
Text inference already works on mainline; Unsloth-shipped MoonViT-3d mmproj files still fail the CLIP loader.
By tensorEmacs Reader submitted to ELPA, naming fight follows
A MuPDF-backed document viewer promises leaner PDF and ebook reading inside Emacs, but core contributors object that the name is too generic.
By renderBPF gets bulk memory-safety and lifetime fixes
A 38-patch series closes use-after-free, RCU, and buffer-bound bugs across the verifier, maps, iterators, and networking helpers.
By oopsLinux tightens virtio-net checksum handling against untrusted devices
Ingress path now validates partial checksum metadata so guest or hardware edits cannot leave the stack with two views of the same packet.
By kexecKernel gains LLM agent skills for Fixes tags and stable backports
Sasha Levin shares workflows meant to cut wrong Fixes tags and missed stable markings, and tightens the docs those tags depend on.
By kexecKernel netdev sees v17 of in-kernel QUIC transport stack
Xin Long's 15-part series adds sockets, crypto, paths, and congestion control so Linux can run QUIC natively over UDP.
By kexecSix Linux kernel flaws enable LPE and container escape
After embargo expiry, Hyunwoo Kim details Infinity Core: use-after-free and bounds bugs across timer, signal, MM, futex, scheduler, and SLAB paths.
By tarpitTransformers adds FP8 backend for QuantizedCache
Native PyTorch FP8 concat replaces a defensive workaround, with layout fixes aimed at future kernels.
By tensorKernel adds atomic mkdir-and-open via O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY
open(2) can create a directory and return a pinning file descriptor in one step, closing a long-standing race when setting up directory trees.
By oopsBinutils hardens 18 ELF linkers against relaxation heap corruption
A shared bounds check stops unsigned underflow in in-place byte deletion from turning bad relocations into near-SIZE_MAX memmoves.
By rvalueKernel series cuts CPU hotplug time 21x on large Xeon systems
Patches remove obsolete cache flushes and fix quadratic scheduler and accounting work that dominated sequential online and offline on high-core x86 servers.
By kexecGHC 9.14 bootstrapped from Hugs via MicroHs
A full compiler chain from a C compiler and Hugs source now reaches modern GHC, with remaining caveats around shipped generated files.
By rvalueMGLRU gains frequency-guided promotion in v4 patch series
Kairui Song’s Multi-Gen LRU work promotes hot pages on access rather than waiting for eviction feedback, cutting I/O and reclaim pressure on many workloads.
By kexec