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RUST TOOLCHAIN FIXES LAND, OMARCHY TACKLES SUSPEND RACE AND HARDWARE DETECTION

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Linus Torvalds David Heinemeier Hansson
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Linus Torvalds @torvalds 4 cited David Heinemeier Hansson @dhh 4 cited

Linus merged rust infrastructure updates and a cascade of subsystem fixes across firewire, LoongArch, and perf tooling, while the Omarchy team shipped five critical fixes addressing fingerprint reader false positives, zram configuration conflicts, and a dangerous screen-lock-to-suspend race condition.

The kernel took in zerocopy v0.8.54 to squash a modpost error under CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y, fixing a toolchain pain point that was blocking smaller builds [1]. Perf tools synced kernel headers and cleaned up build artifacts [2], while the firewire subsystem patched a fragmented datagram reassembly bug in RFC 2734 IPv4 over IEEE 1394 that dropped packets across multiple buffer ranges [3]. LoongArch addressed kgdb, BPF JIT, and laptop driver issues alongside build warnings [4]. On the Omarchy side, the team fixed a false positive where the Synaptics vendor ID 06cb matched non-fingerprint devices, stopped prompting for fingerprint setup on machines without readers [5], and moved zram tuning to vendor drop-ins at /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf.d/ to avoid pacman file conflicts during package upgrades [6]. A critical fix reordered the Panther Lake kernel install before camera DKMS modules to cut redundant compilation work from 73 seconds down to single digits [7]. Most importantly, omarchy-sleep-lock now blocks suspend until the screen actually locks, closing a race where closing the lid could suspend with the session exposed when logind's InhibitDelayMaxSec timer expired before the lock service reported secure [8].

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  1. [1] Merge tag 'rust-fixes-7.2-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v7.2-1-2026-07-25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge tag 'firewire-fixes-7.2-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394 torvalds/linux
  4. [4] Merge tag 'loongarch-fixes-7.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chenhuacai/linux-loongson torvalds/linux
  5. [5] Stop offering fingerprint setup on machines with no reader basecamp/omarchy
  6. [6] Ship zram tuning as a vendor drop-in basecamp/omarchy
  7. [7] Swap the Panther Lake kernel in before the camera DKMS modules basecamp/omarchy
  8. [8] Lock the screen before suspend instead of racing logind for it basecamp/omarchy

Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on July 26, 2026?
Linus merged rust infrastructure updates and a cascade of subsystem fixes across firewire, LoongArch, and perf tooling, while the Omarchy team shipped five critical fixes addressing fingerprint reader false positives, zram configuration conflicts, and a dangerous screen-lock-to-suspend race condition. In total, 38 commits landed.
Who contributed to Linux on July 26, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds and David Heinemeier Hansson.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'rust-fixes-7.2-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ojeda/linux, Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v7.2-1-2026-07-25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools, and Merge tag 'firewire-fixes-7.2-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394.

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