RepoJournal
Linux

Linux

The kernel, distros, and the rigs of the moment

Pick a date

  1. Sun 3 may
  2. Mon 4 may
  3. Tue 5 may
  4. Wed 6 may
  5. Thu 7 may
  6. Fri 8 may
  7. Sat 9 may
  8. Sun 10 may
  9. Mon 11 may
  10. Tue 12 may
  11. Wed 13 may
  12. Thu 14 may
  13. Fri 15 may
  14. Sat 16 may
  15. Sun 17 may
  16. Tue 19 may
  17. Wed 20 may
  18. Thu 21 may
  19. Sat 23 may
  20. Sun 24 may
  21. Mon 25 may
  22. Tue 26 may
  23. Wed 27 may
  24. Fri 29 may
  25. Sat 30 may
  26. Sun 31 may
  27. Mon 1 jun
  28. Mon 8 jun
  29. Tue 9 jun
  30. Today 10 jun

The Wire · Showcase

LINUX 7.1-RC6 LANDS WITH USB, TTY, AND SMCIFS FIXES

By RepoJournal · Filed · About Linux

Greg KH shipped the final batch of USB and serial driver patches for 7.1, closing out the release cycle with fixes for typec fuzzer findings and long-standing MIPS console issues.

The USB merge [1] pulls in typec fixes discovered by fuzzer campaigns that had finally reached driver binding paths, plus a batch of device ID updates and smaller device interaction issues. The tty/serial driver pull [2] addresses what KH calls the majority of changes: MIPS serial driver fixes that resolve long-standing console interaction bugs, alongside sh-sci and 8250 regression fixes that shipped in earlier RCs. The char/misc/iio merge [3] hits the finishing line with dozens of small IIO driver fixes, Android binder bugfixes, and oddball drivers like the parport (still in use, apparently). On the storage side, Steve French landed smcifs client fixes [4] for an uninitialized variable in smb2_writev_callback and a folioq copy detection issue that was leaving data on the table. Mike Rapoport's liveupdate fixes [5] close out kexec handover regressions with order calculation corrections for both 4KB and 16KB page sizes.

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'usb-7.1-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'tty-7.1-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge tag 'char-misc-7.1-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc torvalds/linux
  4. [4] Merge tag 'v7.1-rc6-smb3-client-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6 torvalds/linux
  5. [5] Merge tag 'liveupdate-fixes-2026-05-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/liveupdate/linux torvalds/linux

FAQ

What changed in Linux on May 31, 2026?
Greg KH shipped the final batch of USB and serial driver patches for 7.1, closing out the release cycle with fixes for typec fuzzer findings and long-standing MIPS console issues.
What should Linux teams do about it?
If you depend on USB typec or serial drivers, pull 7.1-rc6 to verify your stack before final release • SMCIFS users with active writes should test the smb2_writev_callback fix before upgrade • Verify IIO device patches if you ship sensor drivers or Binder-dependent Android subsystems
Which Linux repositories shipped on May 31, 2026?
torvalds/linux

Related across the cluster

For your repos

The showcase is a teaser.
Your wire is the product.

Same engine. Different stack. Below: what changes when the wire is yours.

Showcase wire

  • •14 famous open source orgs
  • •One wire per day
  • •Public, generic
  • •Read on the web, when you remember

Your wire

  • →Up to 1,500 of your repos - orgs, deps, vendors
  • →Morning and evening briefs
  • →Action items routed to your team
  • →Slack delivery, email, breaking-news CVE alerts

Want a hands-on demo first? Ask a current user for an invite link.