• The 6.18 kernel has been released

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Mon Dec 1 06:40:07 2025
    Linus has released the 6.18 kernel, as expected.

    So I'll have to admit that I'd have been happier with slightly less
    bugfixing noise in this last week of the release, but while there's
    a few more fixes than I would hope for, there was nothing that made
    me feel like this needs more time to cook. So 6.18 is tagged and
    pushed out.

    Headline changes in this release include
    the ability
    to manage namespaces with file handles,
    support for the AccECN
    congestion-control protocol,
    initial support for signing of BPF
    programs,
    improved memory management with sheaves,
    the Rust binder driver,
    better control over transparent huge
    pages,
    and a lot more.
    This release also saw the removal
    of the bcachefs filesystem.

    See the LWN merge-window summaries
    (part˙1, part˙2)
    and the KernelNewbies 6.18
    page for more information.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1048703/
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