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KERNEL 7.2 PATCHES SCHEDULER LOCKUPS, RASPBERRY PI TIMER DEADLOCK

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Linus Torvalds Omarchybot heyjohnwilson yashranaway
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Linus merged three urgent fixes overnight that prevent hard lockups in the scheduler, rseq subsystem, and Raspberry Pi 5 boards, while reverting a touchpad-breaking i2c patch days before release.

The scheduler fix [1] corrects runtime stat updates for delayed entities to ensure proper lag compensation, addressing a timing bug that could leave tasks starved. A companion rseq patch [2] prevents hard lockups when the kernel grants a timeslice extension, fixing a race in the core scheduling logic. On the hardware front, the timer fix [3] detects a broken EL2 virtual timer in bcm2712 SoC boards used in Raspberry Pi 5 and falls back to the physical timer instead. Separately, a wifi driver refactor [4] splits the mt7921 regd update function to prevent recursive mutex deadlock when radio domain restrictions change during device initialization. In a last-minute revert, Linus pulled out an i2c designware patch [5] that broke touchpads on Thinkpads, saying it needed to be resolved before the 7.2 release shipped. On the tools side, Omarchy added noninteractive SSH key fetching [6] so provisioning scripts can grab GitHub public keys without prompts.

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References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'sched_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux ↗
  2. [2] Merge tag 'core_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux ↗
  3. [3] Merge tag 'timers_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux ↗
  4. [4] wifi: mt76: mt7921: refactor regd update to fix recursive mutex deadlock torvalds/linux ↗
  5. [5] Revert "i2c: designware: defer probe if child GpioInt controllers are not bound" torvalds/linux ↗
  6. [6] Add --gh-keys so sshd setup can run without prompts (#7086) ↗ basecamp/omarchy

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

the week in review Omarchy polkit PAM stack skipped system-auth the month in review Linux 7.3 rc cycle fixes cgroup kill, SMB corruption
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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on August 17, 2026?
Linus merged three urgent fixes overnight that prevent hard lockups in the scheduler, rseq subsystem, and Raspberry Pi 5 boards, while reverting a touchpad-breaking i2c patch days before release. In total, 14 commits and 4 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on August 17, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds, Omarchybot, heyjohnwilson, and yashranaway.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'sched_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip, Merge tag 'core_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip, and Merge tag 'timers_urgent_for_v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.
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$ log Linux --recent

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$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

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