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Cgroup kill fix, EDAC orphanings land in 7.3-rc2

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Linus Torvalds codefiles Borislav Petkov (AMD) Etienne Perot
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Linus Torvalds @torvalds 2 cited codefiles @codefiles 2 cited Borislav Petkov (AMD) @bp3tk0v 1 cited Etienne Perot @EtiennePerot 1 cited

Two merge batches hit Linux 7.3-rc2: a cgroup SIGKILL fix and EDAC driver updates.

Linux 7.3-rc2 merges a cgroup fix [1] that prevents spurious SIGKILL of CLONE_INTO_CGROUP children: the fork path snapshotted the kill counter before resolving the target cgroup, so children were killed even when the kill counter belonged to a different cgroup [2]. The same merge also notes that releasing an isolated cpuset partition no longer drops isolation for CPUs isolated on the kernel command line [1]. EDAC updates [3] mark the mpc85xx and ThunderX drivers as orphaned due to lack of hardware access and remove the unused fake error injection interface from debugfs code over race concerns [3]. XFS fixes landed [4] covering zoned storage support, a possible deadlock vector, and a quota evasion fix when exporting via NFS, with capability subsystem patches included [4]. Archinstall got a temporary fix [5] to its archiso workflow, working around broadcom-wl being absent from archiso's package list pending a new archiso release [6].

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'edac_updates_for_v7.3_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras ↗ torvalds/linux
  2. [2] cgroup: fix spurious SIGKILL of CLONE_INTO_CGROUP children ↗ torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge remote-tracking branches 'ras/edac-misc', 'ras/edac-drivers' and 'ras/edac-amd-atl' into edac-updates ↗ torvalds/linux
  4. [4] Merge tag 'xfs-fixes-7.3-rc2' of gitolite.kernel.org:/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux ↗ torvalds/linux
  5. [5] Fix archiso workflow (#4748) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  6. [6] Fix archiso workflow ↗ archlinux/archinstall

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

the week in review secretmem locked-page accounting fix lands the month in review Linux 7.2 closes and 7.3 opens amid kernel hardening and Omarchy's security push
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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on September 1, 2026?
Two merge batches hit Linux 7.3-rc2: a cgroup SIGKILL fix and EDAC driver updates. In total, 16 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on September 1, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds, Borislav Petkov (AMD), Etienne Perot, and codefiles.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'edac_updates_for_v7.3_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras, cgroup: fix spurious SIGKILL of CLONE_INTO_CGROUP children, and Merge remote-tracking branches 'ras/edac-misc', 'ras/edac-drivers' and 'ras/edac-amd-atl' into edac-updates.
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Omarchy hardens lock and sleep hook installs, restrains Kitty remote control 43 shipped Driver core, NVMe, LoongArch fixes land in 7.3-rc2; Omarchy gains OpenClaw app 26 shipped DRM fixes target Blackwell display, ceph nearfull_sync on remount 15 shipped secretmem locked-page accounting hole closed across Linux tree 15 shipped

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