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IO_URING OVERHAULS TASK WORK, NVMe GAINS TIMEOUT CONTROLS

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Kernel 7.2 ships a fundamental rework of io_uring's task scheduling that eliminates O(n) list reversals on every run, while NVMe gets fine-grained per-controller timeout knobs.

The io_uring subsystem got its biggest structural change in years [1], replacing LIFO-ordered task_work lists with a proper queue that runs work in the order it was submitted, cutting overhead on systems processing thousands of async operations. Meanwhile, NVMe adds per-controller admin and IO timeout sysfs attributes [2], letting operators tune timeouts without recompiling or rebooting, a critical fix for production environments running heterogeneous hardware. Block layer multipath gains P2PDMA support and per-device iostats [2], unlocking direct peer-to-peer transfers on capable hardware. Device mapper introduces dm-inlinecrypt for transparent encryption at the block level [3], shipping alongside cleanups across dm-vdo, dm-raid, and dm-cache. Test infrastructure gets improvements too [4], with resctrl tests tuned to reduce L2 cache interference and clearer documentation for the FORCE_TARGETS build variable.

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References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'for-7.2/io_uring-20260615' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  2. [2] Merge tag 'for-7.2/block-20260615' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  3. [3] Merge tag 'for-7.2/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm torvalds/linux ↗
  4. [4] Merge tag 'linux_kselftest-next-7.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest torvalds/linux ↗

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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on June 17, 2026?
Kernel 7.2 ships a fundamental rework of io_uring's task scheduling that eliminates O(n) list reversals on every run, while NVMe gets fine-grained per-controller timeout knobs. In total, 16 commits landed.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'for-7.2/io_uring-20260615' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux, Merge tag 'for-7.2/block-20260615' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux, and Merge tag 'for-7.2/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.
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$ log Linux --recent

drm-fixes backs out dma-buf debug, vfs closes pathwalk use-after-frees 29 shipped Netlink stops hashing the net pointer, stmmac clears a stuck RGMII interrupt 27 shipped Poly1305 carry fix lands, Omarchy locks down N1x laptops and idle fingerprint readers 23 shipped Omarchy copies agent logins over SSH, kernel queues 7.4 merges 106 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

Alignment & Post-training verl rejects conflicting vLLM engine_kwargs, open-instruct adds MILES OPD behind a Megatron learner Interpretability nnsight 0.8.0 cuts import time from 7.6s to 1.6s

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Safety Evals AI Red Teaming Agent Security Interpretability Alignment & Post-training

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