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* firmware: teach the kernel to load firmware files directly from the filesystem instead of using udev [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=abb139e75c2cdbb955e840d6331cb5863e409d0e (commit)] * RCU * Control grace-period duration from sysfs [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d40011f601b450396104de42c631981502946cf0 (commit)] * Make rcutree module parameters visible in sysfs [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=7e5c2dfb4de15e21f62c956ec32cda9372ca993b (commit)] * Consider userspace as in RCU extended quiescent state: this option sets hooks on kernel / userspace boundaries and puts RCU in extended quiescent state when the CPU runs in userspace. It means that when a CPU runs in userspace, it is excluded from the global RCU state machine and thus doesn't to keep the timer tick on for RCU [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2b1d5024e17be459aa6385763ca3faa8f01c52d9 (commit)] * kdb: Implement disable_nmi command to disable NMI-entry [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ad394f66fa57ae66014cb74f337e2820bac4c417 (commit)] |
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* loopback: set default mtu to 64K [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=0cf833aefaa85bbfce3ff70485e5534e09254773 (commit)] * Providing protocol type via system.sockprotoname xattr of /proc/PID/fd entries [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=600e177920df936d03b807780ca92c662af98990 (commit)] * Use a per task frag allocator [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5640f7685831e088fe6c2e1f863a6805962f8e81 (commit)] netfilter: add protocol independent NAT core [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c7232c9979cba684c50b64c513c4a83c9aa70563 (commit)] * Netfilter * Add IPv6 MASQUERADE target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=b3f644fc8232ca761da0b5c5ccb6f30b423c4302 (commit)] * Add IPv6 NETMAP target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ed72d9e294a66fce8f4b4a2f6c8c011b22f1a87c (commit)] * Add IPv6 REDIRECT target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=115e23ac78f87b632b5406e9d504fd56d17ffef1 (commit)] * Add IPv6 NAT support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=58a317f1061c894d2344c0b6a18ab4a64b69b815 (commit)] * Support IPv6 in FTP NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d33cbeeb1a46a7dc82fe9f53e40a742ce0c67c79 (commit)] * Support IPv6 in IRC NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5901b6be885e2c9a30fd94803b846b3d33e351dd (commit)] * Support IPv6 in SIP NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=9a664821068739dbc8eac13770e28167b46a0c0f (commit)] * Support IPv6 in amanda NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ee6eb96673704225164f0ba7462e1973ce10885c (commit)] * Add stateless IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8a91bb0c304b0853f8c59b1b48c7822c52362cba (commit)] * Remove xt_NOTRACK [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=965505015beccc4ec900798070165875b8e8dccf (commit)] |
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* team: add support for non-ethernet devices [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a (commit)] * gre: Support GRE over IPv6 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f (commit)], add GSO support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=6b78f16e4bdde3936b11690bdb970be423e07a07 (commit)], add GRO capability [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=60769a5dcd8755715c7143b4571d5c44f01796f1 (commit)] * packet: Diag core and basic socket info dumping [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=96ec6327144e1ac9e6676e34fae8b49c2102fa5a (commit)] |
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* ppp: add 64 bit stats [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=e51f6ff396eac38582eb583d16c5d9be05a848d2 (commit)] * Add generic netlink support for tcp_metrics [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea (commit)] |
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* MD: TRIM support for linear [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=f1cad2b68ed12c0f82d3f56e150691f62b6f5edf (commit)], raid 0 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c83057a1f4f987327c49448b046d9625c612ed8e (commit)], raid 1 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2ff8cc2c6d4e323de71a42affeb3041fa17d5b10 (commit)], raid 10 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=532a2a3fba8df076d65fdf17518eeb327b37a313 (commit)], raid5 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=620125f2bf8ff0c4969b79653b54d7bcc9d40637 (commit)] * DM RAID: Add rebuild capability for RAID10 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4ec1e369af83f7ecdfbd48a905e44fc9910115ba (commit)] |
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* DM RAID: Add rebuild capability for RAID10 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4ec1e369af83f7ecdfbd48a905e44fc9910115ba (commit)] * MD: raid5 trim support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=620125f2bf8ff0c4969b79653b54d7bcc9d40637 (commit)] |
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* Allow Yama to be unconditionally stacked [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c6993e4ac002c92bc75379212e9179c36d4bf7ee (commit)] * Integrity Measurement Architecture * audit log hashes [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=e7c568e0fd0cf6d9c8ab8ea537ba8f3a3ae7c3d8 (commit)] * digital signature verification support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8606404fa555c2ee691376fcc640ab89fe752035 (commit)] * integrity appraisal extension [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2fe5d6def1672ae6635dd71867bf36dcfaa7434b (commit)] |
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= Perf = * kvm: Events analysis tool [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=bcf6edcd6fdb8965290f0b635a530fa3c6c212e1 (commit)] * perf probe: Add union member access support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=7b0295b3db20a89b3296673871858b9ab6b68404 (commit)] * perf tools: Long option completion support for each subcommands [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4d8061faca7a50010f037374410f0c3647c3ecf8 (commit)] * perf trace: New tool [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=514f1c67c2fdae7b334fdc5adee63a484781241a (commit)] |
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Linux 3.7 has not been released . While penguins finish the redaction of this page, you can take a look at these articles:
LWN [https://lwn.net/Articles/518275/ Merge window part 1], [https://lwn.net/Articles/518711/ merge window part 2], [https://lwn.net/Articles/519883/ merge window part 3]
H-Online Kernel Log - Coming in 3.7 [http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3-7-Part-1-Filesystems-storage-1750000.html Part 1: Filesystems & storage], [http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3-7-Part-2-Networking-1752099.html Part 2: Networking]
1. Prominent features in Linux 3.7
2. Driver and architecture-specific changes
All the driver and architecture-specific changes can be found in the [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.7_DriverArch Linux_3.7_DriverArch page]
3. Various core changes
VFS: don't do protected {sym,hard}links by default (breaks things) [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=561ec64ae67ef25cac8d72bb9c4bfc955edfd415 (commit)]
cgroup: add xattr support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=03b1cde6b22f625ae832b939bc7379ec1466aec5 (commit)]
coredump: make core dump functionality optional [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=046d662f481830e652ac34cd112249adde16452a (commit)]
firmware: teach the kernel to load firmware files directly from the filesystem instead of using udev [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=abb139e75c2cdbb955e840d6331cb5863e409d0e (commit)]
- RCU
Control grace-period duration from sysfs [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d40011f601b450396104de42c631981502946cf0 (commit)]
Make rcutree module parameters visible in sysfs [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=7e5c2dfb4de15e21f62c956ec32cda9372ca993b (commit)]
Consider userspace as in RCU extended quiescent state: this option sets hooks on kernel / userspace boundaries and puts RCU in extended quiescent state when the CPU runs in userspace. It means that when a CPU runs in userspace, it is excluded from the global RCU state machine and thus doesn't to keep the timer tick on for RCU [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2b1d5024e17be459aa6385763ca3faa8f01c52d9 (commit)]
kdb: Implement disable_nmi command to disable NMI-entry [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ad394f66fa57ae66014cb74f337e2820bac4c417 (commit)]
4. Memory Management
5. Networking
loopback: set default mtu to 64K [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=0cf833aefaa85bbfce3ff70485e5534e09254773 (commit)]
Providing protocol type via system.sockprotoname xattr of /proc/PID/fd entries [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=600e177920df936d03b807780ca92c662af98990 (commit)]
Use a per task frag allocator [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5640f7685831e088fe6c2e1f863a6805962f8e81 (commit)]
netfilter: add protocol independent NAT core [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c7232c9979cba684c50b64c513c4a83c9aa70563 (commit)]
- Netfilter
Add IPv6 MASQUERADE target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=b3f644fc8232ca761da0b5c5ccb6f30b423c4302 (commit)]
Add IPv6 NETMAP target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ed72d9e294a66fce8f4b4a2f6c8c011b22f1a87c (commit)]
Add IPv6 REDIRECT target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=115e23ac78f87b632b5406e9d504fd56d17ffef1 (commit)]
Add IPv6 NAT support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=58a317f1061c894d2344c0b6a18ab4a64b69b815 (commit)]
Support IPv6 in FTP NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d33cbeeb1a46a7dc82fe9f53e40a742ce0c67c79 (commit)]
Support IPv6 in IRC NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5901b6be885e2c9a30fd94803b846b3d33e351dd (commit)]
Support IPv6 in SIP NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=9a664821068739dbc8eac13770e28167b46a0c0f (commit)]
Support IPv6 in amanda NAT helper [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=ee6eb96673704225164f0ba7462e1973ce10885c (commit)]
Add stateless IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation target [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8a91bb0c304b0853f8c59b1b48c7822c52362cba (commit)]
Remove xt_NOTRACK [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=965505015beccc4ec900798070165875b8e8dccf (commit)]
Near Field Communication (NFC): Add an Link Layer Control(LLC) Core layer to HCI [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=67cccfe17d1b3da1ed6c79e643c9be95ebde9642 (commit)], add an shdlc llc module to llc core [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4a61cd6687fc6348d08724676d34e38160d6cf9b (commit)], LLCP raw socket support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4463523bef98ff827a89cf8219db7dfac4350241 (commit)]
bonding: support for IPv6 transmit hashing (and TCP or UDP over IPv6), bringing IPv6 up to par with IPv4 support in the bonding driver [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=6b923cb7188d46905f43fa84210c4c3e5f9cd8fb (commit)]
team: add support for non-ethernet devices [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a (commit)]
gre: Support GRE over IPv6 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f (commit)], add GSO support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=6b78f16e4bdde3936b11690bdb970be423e07a07 (commit)], add GRO capability [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=60769a5dcd8755715c7143b4571d5c44f01796f1 (commit)]
packet: Diag core and basic socket info dumping [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=96ec6327144e1ac9e6676e34fae8b49c2102fa5a (commit)]
ethtool: support for setting MDI/MDI-X state for twisted pair wiring [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=6f6bbc186dc8e4e0c628db7decbd1a5e02cb5fd8 (commit)]
ppp: add 64 bit stats [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=e51f6ff396eac38582eb583d16c5d9be05a848d2 (commit)]
Add generic netlink support for tcp_metrics [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea (commit)]
6. Block
Implement support for the WRITE SAME command supported on some SCSI devices. This command allows the same block to be efficiently replicated throughout a block range. Only a single logical block is transferred from the host and the storage device writes the same data to all blocks described by the I/O [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4363ac7c13a9a4b763c6e8d9fdbfc2468f3b8ca4 (commit)]
ioctl to zero block ranges [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=66ba32dc167202c3cf8c86806581a9393ec7f488 (commit)]
UBI (Unsorted Block Images), targetted for flash devices: Fastmap support. Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device. The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach the device [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=dbb7d2a88d2a7bd3624e090bee42cdee048d9290 (commit 1], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=1c865749999efdae63ddfb73b911ee04e1d4e1c8 2], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=dac6e2087a4143cfc3fc1017bf24b9d4be3055b7 3], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5638b33abffd967dda4f984a247925b7af38b23d 4], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8199b901a31b6e89b63842643f644fc05b403b20 5], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=00abf3041590da6ad7533bf592e8dd452820109f 6], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=a7306653705e456c8affeb4efe9542b9f6b757ad 7], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8974b15c6e84e686201d382c7d459aa9c8c96572 8], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=76ac66e469f084d41742ba08923de76fbdc7dce3 9)]
MD: TRIM support for linear [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=f1cad2b68ed12c0f82d3f56e150691f62b6f5edf (commit)], raid 0 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c83057a1f4f987327c49448b046d9625c612ed8e (commit)], raid 1 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2ff8cc2c6d4e323de71a42affeb3041fa17d5b10 (commit)], raid 10 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=532a2a3fba8df076d65fdf17518eeb327b37a313 (commit)], raid5 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=620125f2bf8ff0c4969b79653b54d7bcc9d40637 (commit)]
DM RAID: Add rebuild capability for RAID10 [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4ec1e369af83f7ecdfbd48a905e44fc9910115ba (commit)]
7. Crypto
aesni_intel: improve performance by utilizing parallel AES-NI hardware pipelines [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=023af608254add7ba037cd634cc5f2fb21ff6420 (commit)]
Add IPsec ESN support to caam [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=891104ed008e8646c7860fe5bc70b0aac55dcc6c (commit)] and talitos [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=e763eb699be723fb41af818118068c6b3afdaf8d (commit)]
cast5 - add x86_64/avx assembler implementation [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4d6d6a2c850f89bc9283d02519cb536baba72032 (commit)]
RSA: Implement signature verification algorithm [PKCS#1 / RFC3447] [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=612e0fe99965a4028359cd1da5af56b7f6caf7f6 (commit)]
X.509: Add a crypto key parser for binary (DER) X.509 certificates [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c26fd69fa00916a31a47f5f096fd7be924106df8 (commit)], add an ASN.1 decoder [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=42d5ec27f873c654a68f7f865dcd7737513e9508 (commit)], add simple ASN.1 grammar compiler [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4520c6a49af833c83de6c74525ce8e07bbe6d783 (commit)]
8. Security
Smack: implement revoking all rules for a subject label [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=449543b0436a9146b855aad39eab76ae4853e88d (commit)]
Allow Yama to be unconditionally stacked [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c6993e4ac002c92bc75379212e9179c36d4bf7ee (commit)]
- Integrity Measurement Architecture
audit log hashes [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=e7c568e0fd0cf6d9c8ab8ea537ba8f3a3ae7c3d8 (commit)]
digital signature verification support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=8606404fa555c2ee691376fcc640ab89fe752035 (commit)]
integrity appraisal extension [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2fe5d6def1672ae6635dd71867bf36dcfaa7434b (commit)]
9. Perf
kvm: Events analysis tool [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=bcf6edcd6fdb8965290f0b635a530fa3c6c212e1 (commit)]
perf probe: Add union member access support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=7b0295b3db20a89b3296673871858b9ab6b68404 (commit)]
perf tools: Long option completion support for each subcommands [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4d8061faca7a50010f037374410f0c3647c3ecf8 (commit)]
perf trace: New tool [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=514f1c67c2fdae7b334fdc5adee63a484781241a (commit)]
10. Filesystems
- Ext4
Add online resizing support for meta_bg and 64-bit file systems [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=01f795f9e0d67adeccc61a8b20c28acb45fa5fd8 (commit)]
Add max_dir_size_kb mount option, that allows to ensure that directories never get larger than a sane size [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=df981d03eeff7971ac7e6ff37000bfa702327ef1 (commit)]
Re-enable -o discard functionality in no-journal mode [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=b5e2368baeddf401bf3da9e364fc1c96676279cd (commit)]
Speed up truncate/unlink [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=18888cf0883c286f238d44ee565530fe82752f06 (commit)]
- xfs
Make inode32 a remountable option [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=2ea0392983a82f7dc3055568ae0f2558724d119b (commit)], make inode64 a remountable option [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=c3a58fecdd1934a8538ada9073107625f5151687 (commit)]
Make inode64 as the default allocation mode [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=08bf540412ed82a15cb9068249ad49b410a7b082 (commit)]
NFS: Introduce "migration" mount option [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=896526174ce2b6a773e187ebe5a047b68230e2c4 (commit)]
UDF: Add support for O_DIRECT [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=5eec54fcde7e065eb3d8a6e70e61d90673ca706b (commit)]
JFS: TRIM support [http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=b40c2e665cd552eae5fbdbb878bc29a34357668e (commit)]