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#pragma keywords Linux, kernel, operating system, changes, changelog, file system, Linus Torvalds, open source, device drivers
#pragma description Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux kernel during the 3.11 development cycle

Linux 3.11 /!\ /!\ /!\ HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED /!\ /!\ /!\

'''Summary''': This release adds support for
, new drivers and many small improvements.

[[TableOfContents()]]
= Prominent features =
= Drivers and architectures =
All the driver and architecture-specific changes can be found in the [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11-DriversArch Linux_3.11-DriversArch page]

= Core =
'' locking ''
= Memory management =
'' Memory control group ''
= Block layer =
= File systems =
''EXT4''

= Networking =
 * UDP: add low latency socket poll support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/a5b50476f77a8fcc8055c955720d05a7c2d9c532 (commit)]
 * TCP: add low latency socket poll support. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/d30e383bb856f614ddb5bbbb5a7d3f86240e41ec (commit)]
 * sit: add IPv4 over IPv4 support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/32b8a8e59c9c8fa56051d6e9ab2924e469ac4d92 (commit)]
 * 9p: Make 9P2000.L the default protocol for 9p file system [http://git.kernel.org/linus/095e7999c09afa09345db864427cb4bb4c98ae1c (commit)]
 * 9p: add privport option to 9p tcp transport [http://git.kernel.org/linus/2f28c8b31dc501027d9aa6acf496c5941736312b (commit)]
 * Add VF link state control [http://git.kernel.org/linus/1d8faf48c74b8329a0322dc4b2a2030ae5003c86 (commit)]
 * add low latency socket poll [http://git.kernel.org/linus/060212928670593fb89243640bf05cf89560b023 (commit)]
 * add socket option for low latency polling [http://git.kernel.org/linus/dafcc4380deec21d160c31411f33c8813f67f517 (commit)]
 * ipv6: add support of peer address [http://git.kernel.org/linus/caeaba79009c2ee858c3b2bf8caf922cd719fead (commit)]
 * mac80211: add support for per-chain signal strength reporting [http://git.kernel.org/linus/ef0621e805f9ef76eaf31ce6205028fe467e9ca9 (commit)]
 * mac80211: enable Auth Protocol Identifier on mesh config. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/0d4261ad5d0028b26cd88e645b4507eed8aab3f7 (commit)]
 * gso: Update tunnel segmentation to support Tx checksum offload [http://git.kernel.org/linus/cdbaa0bb26d8116d00be24e6b49043777b382f3a (commit)]
 * Implement /proc/net/icmp6. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/d862e546142328d18377a4704be97f2ae301847a (commit)]
 * bridge: Add a flag to control unicast packet flood. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/867a59436fc35593ae0e0efcd56cc6d2f8506586 (commit)]
 * netfilter: Implement RFC 1123 for FTP conntrack [http://git.kernel.org/linus/4e7dba99c9e606e304f104ce4071d8b5ba93957e (commit)]
 * nl80211: Add generic netlink module alias for cfg80211/nl80211 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/fb4e156886ce6e8309e912d8b370d192330d19d3 (commit)]
 * openvswitch: Add gre tunnel support. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/aa310701e787087dbfbccf1409982a96e16c57a6 (commit)]
 * openvswitch: Add tunneling interface. [http://git.kernel.org/linus/7d5437c709ded4f152cb8b305d17972d6707f20c (commit)]
 * packet: nlmon: virtual netlink monitoring device for packet sockets [http://git.kernel.org/linus/e4fc408e0e99fd2e009c8b3702d9637f5554fd5c (commit)]
 * xfrm: add LINUX_MIB_XFRMACQUIREERROR statistic counter [http://git.kernel.org/linus/4c4d41f200db375b2d2cc6d0a1de0606c8266398 (commit)]
 * RDMA
  * cma: Define native IB address [http://git.kernel.org/linus/8d36eb01da5d371feffa280e501377b5c450f5a5 (commit)]
  * ucma: Allow user space to bind to AF_IB [http://git.kernel.org/linus/eebe4c3a62aadb64ba30bde97b96d656e369d934 (commit)]
  * ucma: Allow user space to pass AF_IB into resolve [http://git.kernel.org/linus/209cf2a751f9ff2a516102339e54fcac0176fa78 (commit)]
  * ucma: Allow user space to specify AF_IB when joining multicast [http://git.kernel.org/linus/5bc2b7b397b02026a0596a7807443a18422733fa (commit)]
  * ucma: Support querying for AF_IB addresses [http://git.kernel.org/linus/ee7aed4528fb3c44a36abd79eb23fd5401a5b697 (commit)]
 * NFC
  * Add NCI over SPI receive [http://git.kernel.org/linus/391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3 (commit)]
  * Add NCI over SPI send [http://git.kernel.org/linus/ee9596d467e4d05c77a8c883aeeb5b74d1a3cd31 (commit)]
  * Add a nfc hardware simulation driver [http://git.kernel.org/linus/7cbe0ff3e475b7268ad9b55057048b2299fd60e0 (commit)]
  * Add basic NCI over SPI [http://git.kernel.org/linus/8a00a61b0ef2bfd1b468dd20c0d0b1a94a8f7475 (commit)]
  * Add firmware upload netlink command [http://git.kernel.org/linus/9674da8759df0d6c0d24e1ede6e2a1acdef91e3c (commit)]
 * MPLS: Add limited GSO support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/0d89d2035fe063461a5ddb609b2c12e7fb006e44 (commit)]



= Crypto =
= Virtualization =
'' KVM ''

'' virtio ''

'' hv ''
 * vmbus: Implement multi-channel support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/e68d2971d26577b932a16333ce165af98a96e068 (commit)]

= Security =
= Tracing/perf =
'' perf ''



= Other news sites that track the changes of this release =
 * LWN: [https://lwn.net/Articles/557314/ The 3.11 merge window opens], [https://lwn.net/Articles/558126/ 3.11 merge window part 2], [https://lwn.net/Articles/558940/ The 3.11 merge window closes]
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