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Linux 5.9 rc7

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Linus Torvalds
Sep 27, 2020
So we finally have all the issues I know about sorted out - the fixfor the VM issue I mentioned in the rc6 announcement is here, as isthe fix for the slab corruption issue that was separately discussed,along with another silly page locking bug one-liner fix.But while I do now know of any remaining gating issues any more, thefixes came in fairly late. So unless I feel insanely optimistic and/ora burning bush tells me that everything is bug-free, my plan right nowis that I'll do another rc next Sunday rather than the final 5.9release. And btw, please no more burning bushes. We're kind ofsensitive about those on the West coast right now.Anyway, while the MM side is what kept me on my toes last week, mostof the changes here are actually drivers and networking. Andnetworking drivers. With a small smattering of documentation andfilesystem fixes and other noise thrown in.Shortlog appended, but what I really hope you all will do is to giveit a nice good testing. One extra week or rc kernels will help, butonly if people actually try this out.So.. Please?              Linus
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Linus Torvalds

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