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Linux Kernel 4.3 RC5 Uncovers an Ancient and Fascinating EXT3/EXT4 Bug

According to Mr. Torvalds, things appear to have calmed down and the release cycle of Linux kernel 4.3 continues to be fairly smooth, for now. There are no big features implemented in this fifth RC build, except for some a nasty fallout from the recently implemented strscpy thingy, as well as the discovery of a fascinating and ancient bug in the EXT3 and EXT4 filesystems.

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