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FSVERITY REGRESSION FIXED, CGROUP TIMER BUG PATCHED, OMARCHY SHELL RESTART UNCONDITIONAL

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Linus Torvalds David Heinemeier Hansson codefiles scottjones
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Linus Torvalds @torvalds 3 cited David Heinemeier Hansson @dhh 3 cited codefiles @codefiles 3 cited scottjones @scottjones 1 cited

Linus pulled three critical filesystem and scheduler fixes overnight while Omarchy shipped a shell restart mandate that kills stale QML loading.

The fsverity regression that let file truncation slip through on kernels without fsverity support is dead [1], and Eric Biggers' fix removes the check that was blocking it. Same merge window brought cgroup pressure timer fixes [2] that prevent use-after-free when a trigger's poll timer fires after the cgroup itself is freed, plus an fscrypt owner-check bug [3] that was reading the wrong idmap during FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY calls. Over at Omarchy, the bigger story is shell restart policy: updates now unconditionally restart the shell at the end of every cycle because "updates routinely replace the shell's QML, and a stale process can lazy-load new files into old code" [4]. Weather retries got the same treatment [5] to prevent the bar icon staying stuck on failed Open-Meteo fetches. Archinstall's desk spent the day grinding through type annotation refactors [8] [9] [10] across CPUVendor, PartitionTable, and Bootloader classes to appease pyright and pyre linters. The Omarchy clock got AM/PM format pairs on right-click [6] and a Super+Shift+= calculator hotkey [7].

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'fsverity-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fsverity/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  2. [2] Merge tag 'cgroup-for-7.2-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup torvalds/linux ↗
  3. [3] Merge tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  4. [4] Restart the shell unconditionally after every update ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  5. [5] Retry failed weather fetches so the bar icon can't stay stuck ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  6. [6] Offer AM/PM clock formats when right-clicking the bar clock ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  7. [7] Add a Super + Shift + = hotkey for calculator ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  8. [8] Refactor CPUVendor ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  9. [9] Refactor default PartitionTable ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  10. [10] Use staticmethod for Bootloader.get_default ↗ archlinux/archinstall

$ ls linux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Omarchy closes installer security holes, traces land in 7.3-rc2 the month in review Linux 7.2 closes and 7.3 opens amid kernel hardening and Omarchy's security push
Topics: Infrastructure Full archive → Weekly reviews →

Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on August 4, 2026?
Linus pulled three critical filesystem and scheduler fixes overnight while Omarchy shipped a shell restart mandate that kills stale QML loading. In total, 14 commits and 6 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on August 4, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds, David Heinemeier Hansson, scottjones, and codefiles.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'fsverity-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fsverity/linux, Merge tag 'cgroup-for-7.2-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup, and Merge tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/linux.
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$ log Linux --recent

Btrfs filesystem IDs stabilize again in 7.3-rc3 2 shipped SMB client fixes land for 7.3, Elsewhen becomes a default Omarchy plugin 30 shipped TCP fast path tightens ACK validation, ALSA fixes a use-after-free 17 shipped PowerPC KVM fixes land as Omarchy closes two reset and path bugs 8 shipped

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@openclaw Cold-start Gateway diagnostics stop crying wolf, doctor repairs plugin drift Agentic Coding Cline desktop bundles shrink, goose unblocks its own clicks

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