KernelNewbies:

Linux 4.8 [https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/10/2/102 has been released] on Sun, 2 Oct 2016.

/!\ /!\ Warning: /!\ /!\ The changelog is not complete. It will be available during the next week. Meanwhile, you can read about Linux 4.8 here (or examine [https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.8#head-41a68e7d7eede3a16c612d71c2ead8e67edaadcc the merge list]):

# TableOfContents()

1. Prominent features

== ==

2. Core (various)

3. File systems

4. Memory management

mm, kasan: switch SLUB to stackdepot, enable memory quarantine for SLUB [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/80a9201a5965f4715d5c09790862e0df84ce0614 commit] mm, workingset: make working set detection node-aware [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1e6b10857f91685c60c341703ece4ae9bb775cf3 commit] mm: Hardened usercopy [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f5509cc18daa7f82bcc553be70df2117c8eedc16 commit] mm: Implement stack frame object validation [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0f60a8efe4005ab5e65ce000724b04d4ca04a199 commit] mm: SLAB hardened usercopy support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/04385fc5e8fffed84425d909a783c0f0c587d847 commit] mm: SLUB freelist randomization [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/210e7a43fa905bccafa9bb5966fba1d71f33eb8b commit] mm: SLUB hardened usercopy support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed18adc1cdd00a5c55a20fbdaed4804660772281 commit] mm: add NR_ZSMALLOC to vmstat [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91537fee001361b1a4d485f1af65d8efa03d49b5 commit] mm: add per-zone lru list stat [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/71c799f4982d340fff86e751898841322f07f235 commit] mm: make optimistic check for swapin readahead [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70652f6ec0566ae6b4147d88c6d043c68484227f commit] mm: make swapin readahead to improve thp collapse rate [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a966ed746d63c8103d496da85973eeeec01d77f commit] mm: move swap-in anonymous page into active list [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1a8018fb4c6976559c3f04bcf760822381be501d commit] mm: use put_page() to free page instead of putback_lru_page() [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c6c919eb90e021fbcfcbfa9dd3d55930cdbb67f9 commit]

5. Block layer

6. Cryptography

7. Tracing and perf tool

8. Virtualization

9. Security

10. Networking

11. Architectures

12. Drivers

12.1. Graphics

12.2. Storage

12.3. Staging

12.4. Networking

rtl8xxxu: Enable aggregation for rtl8723au [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91dcbb7175317da7caafc3b05b002addd42cdabd commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82cce22acd8ec7c75087825f23c053a642e7b672 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fd83f12278262feccd012b62c30643bd6a6c2888 commit]

12.5. Audio

12.6. Tablets, touch screens, keyboards, mouses

12.7. TV tuners, webcams, video capturers

12.8. USB

12.9. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

12.10. Watchdog

12.11. Serial

12.12. ACPI, EFI, cpufreq, thermal, Power Management

12.13. Real Time Clock (RTC)

12.14. Voltage, current regulators, power capping, power supply

12.15. Rapid I/O

12.16. Pin Controllers (pinctrl)

12.17. Memory Technology Devices (MTD)

12.18. Multi Media Card

12.19. Industrial I/O (iio)

12.20. Multi Function Devices (MFD)

12.21. Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)

12.22. Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)

12.23. Hardware monitoring (hwmon)

12.24. General Purpose I/O (gpio)

12.25. Clocks

== Hardware Random Number Generator ==

12.26. PCI

12.27. Various

13. List of merges

14. Other news sites

KernelNewbies: Linux_4.8 (last edited 2016-12-13 17:21:18 by diegocalleja)