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KERNEL TEST FRAMEWORK FIXES LAND AHEAD OF 7.1 RELEASE
By RepoJournal · Filed · About Linux · Composed from the cited sources · methodology
Critical kselftest regressions that broke fixture test ordering are patched before the final 7.1 push.
The kernel test suite just picked up two essential fixes [1] that address ordering bugs introduced during the 7.1-rc cycle. The first fix corrects a test numbering increment error in ksft_exit_skip() that was producing malformed KTAP results, while the second restores proper ordering between fixture and non-fixture tests after a recent constructor-order change broke the detection mechanism. These aren't cosmetic—broken test output means broken CI pipelines across every distribution and vendor that builds on mainline.
In parallel, the IPMI subsystem got its own patch set [2] addressing a nasty class of hardware compatibility issues. The fixes work around buggy IPMI controllers that constantly report available data, causing driver loops that starve new requests. This is a real-world problem hitting production systems, not edge-case territory.
On the Omarchy front [3] , the gaming-focused desktop environment shipped 3.7.0 with a unified CLI tool and screen-based OCR text extraction via Tesseract. The release also adds Xbox Cloud Gaming options for users who want cloud-native gaming integration. These are quality-of-life improvements for the desktop ecosystem, not kernel-critical, but worth tracking if you're running bleeding-edge desktops.
Action items
- → Pull the kselftest fixes [ref:1] into your test tree before pushing 7.1 torvalds/linux [immediate]
- → Review the IPMI hardware workarounds [ref:2] if you manage IPMI-dependent infrastructure torvalds/linux [plan]
- → Test Omarchy 3.7.0 if you're running the distro on gaming rigs or need OCR text extraction basecamp/omarchy [monitor]
References
- [1] Merge tag 'linux_kselftest-fixes-7.1-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest torvalds/linux ↗
- [2] Merge tag 'for-linus-7.1-2' of https://github.com/cminyard/linux-ipmi torvalds/linux ↗
- [3] v3.7.0 ↗ basecamp/omarchy
