Linux 4.6 has not been released.
1. Prominent features
== == == ==
2. Core (various)
3. File systems
- XFS
4. Memory management
5. Block layer
6. Cryptography
7. Security
8. Tracing and perf tool
9. Virtualization
10. Networking
11. Architectures
12. List of merges
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d37a14bb5fed13a52dada3fa9ef4488ac588b35e Pull ram resource handling changes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fbed0bc0915e2dec7452fc3e66ad03dd2b0c04c7 Pull locking changes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5ec942463bfbc6c98ea4a96689b498e88a031c4a Pull dma_*_writecombine rename ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d09e356ad06a8b6f5cceabf7c6cf05fdb62b46e5 Pull read-only kernel memory updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e71c2c1eeb8de7a083a728c5b7e0b83ed1faf047 Pull perf updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d88bfe1d68735595d57bd071294f664c4f054435 Pull RAS updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4e796152a049f6a675f8b6dcf7080a9d80014e5 Pull scheduler updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e23604edac2a7be6a8808a5d13fac6b9df4eb9a8 Pull NOHZ updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ba33ea811e1ff6726abb7f8f96df38c2d7b50304 Pull x86 asm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/42576bee6eacda29a3193e97961ab3583a324850 Pull x86 boot updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ecc026bff6e8444c6b50dcde192e7acdaf42bf82 Pull x86 fpu updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cf8d6360c1589a97a98313729ed9e5db187f80b Pull x86 microcode updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/13c76ad87216513db2487aac84155aa57dfd46ce Pull x86 mm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ab84ef699e5495d37ace5801c5cb788cafcf9da Pull x86 core platform updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ae465beeff5e7f49e029c7de02f055fe0dca4b19 Pull x86 timer update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/208de21477679175384b5dc1e6dcf97bd568e8cb Pull RCU updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a284c062ec923c924c79e3b1b5199b8d72904fc Pull timer updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/df2e37c814d51692803245fcbecca360d4882e96 Pull irq updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/710d60cbf1b312a8075a2158cbfbbd9c66132dcc Pull cpu hotplug updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5ca5446ec5ba5e79a6f271cd026bb153d6850fcc Pull pin control updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ff280e3639548fc8c366f6e4bd471e715ac590c7 Pull spi updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7aae4a9d02a1f9fdeb183cd5da95e00aae5c93e Pull regmap updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/555f8160b2c36dfa071c043b54d4b1edca7e07b4 Pull regulator updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0718cea471265fe69017191429979ba1a54b9e0 Pull hwmon updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/13f6f62f61b4d3d5f45bed889128bb7ff3fda5ed Pull RTC updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9256d5a308c95a50c6e85d682492ae1f86a70f9b Pull LED updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/047486d8e7c2a7e8d75b068b69cb67b47364f5d4 Pull EDAC updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10dc3747661bea9215417b659449bb7b8ed3df2c Pull KVM updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c8e85b17ac0707c7732081e94cadc5f89986e5f Pull AVR32 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/72aafdf01d826ad9e6fbd52bf689be937679f5d6 Pull s390 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aa6865d836418eb2ba888a4cb1318a28e9aa2e0c Pull m68k updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/271ecc5253e2b317d729d366560789cd7f93836c Merge first patch-bomb ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/277edbabf6fece057b14fb6db5e3a34e00f42f42 Pull power management and ACPI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/63e30271b04c712c684c07567401b61b10d094d4 Pull PCI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7bb7a74886ce1f88d727ba46faa05edcdbacc192 Pull iscsi_ibft update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cae8da047b165aaf334fd87020c2ea7ee020c41c Pull SCSI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6968e6f8329d014920331dd2cf166ccd474b5299 Pull device mapper updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8759957b77ac1b5b5bdfac5ba049789107e85190 Pull libnvdimm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bace3db5da970c4d4f80a1ffa988ec66c7f6a8f5 Pull media updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/09fd671ccb2475436bd5f597f751ca4a7d177aea Pull fbdev updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70477371dc350746d10431d74f0f213a8d59924c Pull crypto update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb7aeae3d680c2c777f54274b0270ced0599f33d Pull security layer updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/37aa7319cd81a0eb587e552b0ec7e88c03853bf7 Pul documentation update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7eec380e85a427983782df744f0fb745d867170 Pull remoteproc updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b5b131c7473e17275debcdf1c226f452dc3876ed Pull dmaengine updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cc984e4bc089cd21b715b92ffe2d2bda0bb1d1a Pull power supply and reset changes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c0b8d1c5f334d1fd0c7eafc18bfb4ab0087b165 Pull HSI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/45cb5230f862d10209b83e488b20916555d70c55 Pull VFIO updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1a4ab084afaa8e5405a3e22aca21478ee3ca5d59 Pull driver core updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8eee93e2576c303b6071368456dcd6c9a5a021c9 Pull char/misc updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96b9b1c95660d4bc5510c5d798d3817ae9f0b391 Pull tty/serial updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/48d10bda1f2c69980601a61194015bb0790fb7ab Pull USB updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/364e8dd9d636fea7def862919aac092b19b7c581 Pull configfs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faeb20ecfa398b043c3224607f512c009c51653d Pull ext4 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d77bed0d4c61cb0258851367a36b358dbeb7abcc Pull dlm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1ca80a0a3e37d847f3cd6120ca5eb35b39a9a152 Pull GFS2 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5cd0911a9e0e408f28079a5e36a981217bf47520 Pull pstore update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3d15cfdb1b77536c205d8e49c0312219ddf162ec Pull Kselftest updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/588ab3f9afdfa1a6b1e5761c858b2c4ab6098285 Pull arm64 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82b666eee71618b7ca812ee529af116582617dec Pull m68knommu updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1a46712aa99594eabe1e9aeedf115dfff0db1dfd Pull GPIO updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d66435cc7da95964cb386674bd82ec12ca66320a Pull HID updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/49dc2b7173010792c6923930ffcee84b7094b7de Pull trivial tree updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0f49fc95b86fc77b867d643e2d38bc9f28035ed4 Pull livepatching update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10fdfee7f7fd8d4a6a8455ac4c9fbbc51d79b9f7 Pull input updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9dffdb38d864ae89e16ff7b3a09451270736e35b Pull staging driver updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9ea446352047d8350553250db51da2c73a610688 Pull rdma updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/021f163d696caed5a336fa1569efdd22216da340 Pull sound updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12e7b0a62752234497de51356903f5f4e6bd2f77 Pull MFD updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/35d88d97bee90fc09286d28209a64a991291a64a Pull core block updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/237045fc3c67d44088f767dca5a9fa30815eba62 Pull block driver updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/814a2bf957739f367cbebfa1b60237387b72d0ee Merge second patch-bomb ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fcab86add71623e3963d7565c0d61bb9d99aea7c Pull libata updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6b5f04b6cf8ebab9a65d9c0026c650bb2538fd0f Pull cgroup updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1200b6809dfd9d73bc4c7db76d288c35fa4b2ebe Pull networking updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/31e182363b39d84031eadf0caf6d99fd9eb056f0 Pull DeviceTree updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5e2d00898bdfed9586472679760fc81a2ca2d02 Pull powerpc updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b31a3bc3dbd2f42b61674d37de7f46022e1f6846 Pull arch/sh updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/de06dbfa7861c9019eedefc0c356ba86e5098f1b Pull ARM updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/51b3eae8dbe5e6fa9657b21388ad6642d6934952 Pull audit updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c2de27d793bf55167804fc47954711e94f27be7 Pull vfs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c3d770043583d99118d52cad309f586ef8e7d4a Pull firewire updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1e75a9f34a5ed5902707fb74b468356c55142b71 Pull watchdog updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fffad3e1b34aaced7724ef513dff0d8232ad8d80 Pull Xtensa updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2b2f72d8ce59acce95ceb156f0f31b848e32e6d4 Pull mailbox updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0691533b756931089902464ca15afc218a49d70 Pull virtio/vhost updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dae0b74eb7abd7d5c7572414b0c8f91c2dab63c0 Pull ARM SoC non-urgent fixes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e88fa1b8b00a947299e2415e819301fa52037cf4 Pull ARM SoC cleanups ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33b3d2e88c9efd701b6153ca4714d4aa6e9f5af0 Pull ARM SoC platform updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8c6d4082fc6ad2214e945b5b7368b828fb16e9a9 Pull ARM SoC 64-bit changes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5a6b7e53d035db7941b27122365cca9f2e912596 Pull ARM DT updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/915c56bc01d6eab071e0dd1c6ea3bf73fbe5124f Pull ARM 64-bit DT updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e3b1f64e04f57198ca0ab1216d824a5547be8446 Pull ARM SoC defconfig updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/46e595a17dcf11404f713845ecb5b06b92a94e43 Pull ARM SoC driver updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/26660a4046b171a752e72a1dd32153230234fe3a Pull 'objtool' stack frame validation ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/24b5e20f11a75866bbffc46c30a22fa50612a769 Pull EFI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/643ad15d47410d37d43daf3ef1c8ac52c281efa5 Pull x86 protection key support ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5518f66b5a64b76fd602a7baf60590cd838a2ca0 Pull cgroup namespace support ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d407574e7948210223a7adca5ff26e3b0ec8143e Pull f2fs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/53d2e6976bd4042672ed7b90dfbf4b31635b7dcf Pull xfs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/77d913178c248d436a15151be5214ef2bf06a465 Pull UDF and quota updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d34687ab97731b3a707106f78756342b61f46dbc Pull ARC architecture updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c856e14dad8cb1b085ae1f30c5e125c6d46019b Pull arm/arm64 perf updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/266c73b77706f2d05b4a3e70a5bb702ed35431d6 Pull drm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4526b710c1a31767044c3b1abb9f1f51e98bf49f Pull MD updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e531cdf50a8a0fb7a4d51c06e52097bd01e9bf7c Pull MMC updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/968f3e374faf41e5e6049399eb7302777a09a1e8 Pull btrfs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b4af7f773ef79c479cc25ee26063821220150a8a Pull IOMMU updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5266e5b12c8b73587130325f7074d2f49ef9e427 Pull SCSI target updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b852495908cd1b02ad47672a83f622ad4264801b Pull i2c updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/55fc733c7e1de05a03237d857f4fe6dcec52d8d9 Pull xen updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f15dec81339a76d91daebc53021daf56b8b15b9 Pull fuse update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/243d50678583100855862bc084b8b307eea67f68 Pull overlayfs updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/01cde1538e1dff4254e340f606177a870131a01f Pull NFS client updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b8ba4526832fcccba7f46e55ce9a8b79902bdcec Pull more rdma updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b91d9c6716319dcd9e6ffcfc9defaf79e705daab Pull more KVM updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a24e3d414e59ac76566dedcad1ed1d319a93ec14 Merge third patch-bomb ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33c1f638a0feda92ffcb507c302482a5e6158a87 Pull clk updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/988faa7312b490c8a9e7fcdca434c6bf3f3af97b Pull more mailbox updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed7d6bc23b6dd8f5272431ce930c84d1e537be49 Pull more SCSI target updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b615d3d406ead1157c6b846c417b71a3b6600776 Pull pwm updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5a010c73cdb760c9bdf37b28824b6566789cc005 Pull x86 platform driver updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3fa2fe2ce09c5a16be69c5319eb3347271a99735 Pull perf fixes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5b1e167d8de86d698114a0a8de61e9d1365d3e8a Pull nfsd updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faea72dd0f155a9d349e191d74830716c702651d Pull thermal updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e46b4e2b46e173889b19999b8bd033d5e8b3acf0 Pull tracing updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/732b84eece43bca56d2b4b28f5d2109cd30a6a32 Pull h8300 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a20a04bda46625f8dc7e6bb8c2e4f5a480965fd Pull more ARM DT changes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9d854607f9005c593dca9672b708f28e6ef96fe4 Pull second set of arm64 updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/976fb3f7b92e91aeccb87de60128a1e65edd676f Pull parisc updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2162b80fcadf5b0afff08b540bd141f8a5ff5ed1 Pull kbuild updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3a1ef0e03eee4c5ac30d19bb1b88e57924295810 Pull kconfig updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70c5eb84738cba88e08526fa14e06418cb2bd473 Pull kbuild misc updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8b306a2e7c8b23d65682fd70d861e2ba2ae10926 Pull more nfsd updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/88875667ebbcb95da3f93a4cf657d5dad7db9673 Pull UBI/UBIFS updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8f40842e4260f73792c156aded004197a19135ee Pull MTD updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d02369dba2cd9db110f0f35d9a777ee691e498b Pull block fixes ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8407ef4685895759f111190d091394ef974f52fb Pull more RTC updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3d66c6ba3f978fa88d62b83ad35e9adc31c8ea9e Pull more power management and ACPI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/11caf57f6a4b8e380001548b8af0a3ae3f7b4354 Pull asm-generic updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c155c7492c9ab81f3d358a10eb4f29376ae53d85 Pull more input updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dad44decc242a7ad185f1001541b0b7d49e2f58e Pull ia64 update ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/606c61a0579669c292dc5f5e1cf898edecfc0d53 Merge fourth patch-bomb ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/895a1067d5b83065afbad3bb02c3c464b71f1b3f Pull more SCSI updates ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/698f415cf5756e320623bdb015a600945743377c Pull orangefs filesystem ]
[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5a38f6e4668b3110a66cd96ce2096184bf66def Pull Ceph updates ]