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EFI FIXES LAND AS RC3 STABILIZES; ARCHINSTALL SHIPS LOG SHARING

By RepoJournal · Filed · About Linux

Linus pulled critical EFI recovery fixes for x86 and LoongArch while archinstall replaced its broken paste service with a native share-log command.

The mainline kernel merged EFI fixes [1] addressing IRQ state restoration in page fault handlers and I-cache coherency on LoongArch — issues introduced by recent FPU API changes that could corrupt recovery paths. Meanwhile, ksmbd pulled a batch of SMB server hardening [2]: memory leak plugs, ACL validation tightening, and durable handle cleanup races that matter if you're exposing Samba shares from Linux boxes. Chrome platform took a NULL dereference fix in the typec driver [3], and parisc resolved build failures in its VDSO layer [4]. On the install side, archinstall shipped a native share-log subcommand [5] that uploads install logs to paste.rs, killing the broken 0x0.st workflow that's been failing for months — this is the fix everyone waiting for. The same release also handles truncated package metadata in the preview [6] and adds bspwm black screen recovery through delegation fixes [7], making fresh Arch installations more reliable end-to-end.

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'efi-fixes-for-v7.1-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'v7.1-rc3-ksmbd-server-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/ksmbd torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge tag 'chrome-platform-fixes-v7.1-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chrome-platform/linux torvalds/linux
  4. [4] Merge tag 'parisc-for-7.1-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux torvalds/linux
  5. [5] Add share-log subcommand to upload install.log to paste.rs ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  6. [6] Fix truncated package metadata in additional packages preview (#3580) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  7. [7] Fix bspwm black screen: add provision() delegation and default configs (#4518) archlinux/archinstall

FAQ

What changed in Linux on May 7, 2026?
Linus pulled critical EFI recovery fixes for x86 and LoongArch while archinstall replaced its broken paste service with a native share-log command.
What should Linux teams do about it?
If running x86 with EFI recovery enabled, cherry-pick the IRQ fix [ref:1] or wait for stable release • If managing ksmbd shares, apply the durable handle race fix [ref:2] before next maintenance window • Update archinstall to latest — the share-log command is now the official log sharing path
Which Linux repositories shipped on May 7, 2026?
torvalds/linux, archlinux/archinstall

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